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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1920)
"Nothing wrong with our balance! nHE right balance ofcostlyTurkish and choice Domestic tobaccos, propor 'tioncd by experts that's why Chester fields "satisfy!" PUBLIC SALE! Having sold my farm, I will offer at Public Austion 4 miles, west of North Platto and half mile south and two and a half miles east of Blrdwood Siding, known as the Red Ranch, Wednesday, February 11th, 1920, Commencing at one o'clock sharp, the following described property: 28 HEAD OF CATTLE Consisting of ten High Grado Holstcin Milk Cows, somo fresh, others soon fresh, 3 and 4 years old; one Holsteln bull 18 months old; three Holstcin heifers, two heifer calves, one White Face milk cow; one Durham milk cow; three 1 and 2 year old steers; two 2" year old heif ers, one Durham bull calf and five calves. The above Holsteln cowh are double tubercular tested. 12 HEAD OF HORSES Consisting of ono bay marc 6 years old, weight about 1400; one bay mare 5 years old, weight 1400; ono span of bay mores 10 and 11 years old, weight 2600; ono browji mare 10 years old, weight 1300; two grey colts 2 and 3 years old; ono gray mare weight 1100; ono span of buck skins weight 2100; one 1 year old colt 1G Head of ShoatsJ Dozen Chickens, 15 tons of Hay in Stuck) 150 lluSJiels of Corn in Crib. FARM MACHINERY Hay stacker, sweep, riding cultivator, Deering G-foot mower, 12-foot McCormlck hay rake, new B. & O. beet puller, disc, 24-foot steerf harrow, Fresno, beet boxes, two sulky plows, two wagons, top buggy, watering tank, 3 set work harness, single harness, two grindstones, cream separator, range, Round Oak base burner, good as new, oil heater, tools, some furnituro and other articles too numerous to cite. FREE LUNCH AT NOON. TERMS OF SALE $20 and under cash, sums over $20 eight months time will be given on bankable paper bearing 10 per cent in terest from date of sale. No property to bo removed .until settled for. CHAS. SWEDELL, Owner. Col. H. M. JOHANSEN, Auctioneer. F. C. PIELSTICKER, Clerk. LIFTS HANDICAP FROM DEAF Knowledge of Lip Reading Restores Afflicted to Their Place in the Industrial World. Deafness Is n trlbulntlon, but Its ef fects are more psychological than physical. Deaf men as a rule have less difficulty In getting jobs than have men with more obvious handicaps. The real hnndlcnp In denfness Is that It Is more calculated to Inspire Impatience than sympathy, and as a consequence, deaf men grow .suspicious, Irritable and complaining. The deaf man Is a trial to himself and to the world, and he walks quite alone. Communication Is the one thing that can restore him to normal contracts. In order to effect this the Modern nospltal advocates Hp rending as his Immediate necessity and salvation if he is to maintain a wholesome pluce In the world of industry. A peculiarity of speech reading Is that n person who can hear, cannot lenrn It. There Is n wide variety of Industrial conditions which contribute to deaf ness. Because of these hazards, the industrially employed form an exten sive problem. Without training they are not only liable to discomfort and unpopularity, but they are a source of risk because of their Inability to under stand orders. From two points of view the deaf have a great need for a knowledge of lip reading, and should learn it at all costs. It fits them for an Independent, useful career In In dustry, and In many ways re-establishes an Intlmato connection with nor mal life. ROMAN ROADS NOT PERFECT Suitable for Traffic of That Time, but Would Not Last Under Mod ern Conditions. Modem opinion, examining the road-bullding of the Romans nnd com paring It with that of today, has reached conclusions which seriously diminish the reputation of the Ro man engineers, or at any rate show that they built to meet the conditions of a certain kind of traffic. They built for endurance, hut their roads, uny thoKi surprising critics, were so rougl' Hint mod tint vehicles would be MUllU'll ro pieces on mem in mutism- j Chesterfield der. If Julius Caesar had driven a motor enr along the Applnn Way, so suggests Motor Life, the Journey would have phaken him out of his armor, shaken his plumed helmet off his heuil, and presently have shaken his motor into a worthless wreck. The criticism comes from a study of the construction of the old Roman roads; but from what one knows of the Ro mans, .one may feel reasonably cer tain that If Caesar had been wont to go about in an automobile the Roman engineers would have built roads that would have made motoring less ex citing and expensive. And the Ro man chariot, one may Imagine, bumped In moderation becniise its pace was limited to match that of the marching legions. MORE THAN GREAT PAINTER Gustavo Dore Is Declared to Have Been an Accomplished Player on the Violin. Gustavo Dpro (the painter) was said to be fumous on the violin, and his claims to consideration were far from Inconsiderable. He had acquired a val uable Instrument, on which he used to play Berlioz's concertos with a really extraordinary facility and spirit. These superficial works were enough for his musical powers. The surprising thing about his execution was that he never worked at It. If he could not get a thing at once, he gavo It up for good and all. We lived In the same- quarter and visited each other frequently. As we almost nevi'r were of the snmo opinion about anything, we had Intennlnnble urguments,'. entirely free from rnncor, which we thoroughly enjoyed. I hnve seen him pulntlng away on thirty can vases at thq same time In his Immense studio. Three seriously studied pic tures wouldi have been worth more. At heart this great, overgrown, Jovial boy was mtjlancholy and sensitive. Ho died young of heart disease, uggra vated by gflef over the death of his mother, frbih whom ho had never been separated. II dedicated a slight piece written for the violin to Dore. It would he entirely unknown had not Johannes Wolf, the violinist of queens nnd empresses, done me the favor of placing It In his repertory and bringing his le taleift to Its aid. "Anecdotes," by Sn'it-Snc-li. CHEAPLY BOUGHT By ALVAII JORDAN GARTH (Copyrlcht. 1920, Western Newapaper Union) Albion Dale was In no mood for tri fling, nor even for tho exercise of his usual kindly, congenial and co-operative nnturc. Ills impulse was to evade or pnss by a little boy and girl who, spying him, ran eagerly In his direc tion. He forced n smile and tried to act quite tho big brother, for the little follow was the brother of Miss Lois Beverly, which meant worlds to Al bion. Not so much Just now, however, ns n week previous, for a strange nnd puz ling chaiigo had come over the 'lovely and beloved sister of little Ned. Its mystery and puzzling uncentnlnty en forced constant mental speculation as to tho cause nnd possible, results. While Albion, after a charming ac quaintanceship with Lois of many months, had arrived at a point where ho wns about to confess his love, she seemed suddenly to become a different being. On one occasion he came upon her in tears. During two subsequent cnlls she was sad, pale and reticent, and arranged It bo that he bad no op portunity to see her alone. Then she wns "not at home" one evening, nnd the next day he received a note from her In response to his own, canceling a party engagement upon which there had been an agreement of mutual at tendance. So those wero distressing nnd unsat isfactory days to the ardent lover, held nt a distance nnd helpless to dls- sipate the cloud that surrounded the object of his truest affection. Albion assumed a casual smile as little Ben nnd a girl of his own age reached his side. Tho hands of each were flucd with an Incongruous heap of cards, en velopes nnd folded bits of pnper. "Oh, Mr. Dale!" piped the girl ex citedly, "we is postmasters, and we're selling letters. These," extending some canceled post cards, "are a penny apiece." "Give me five," encouraged Albion. "With the envelones tied with ribbon. mine are three for a nickel," announced little Ben. "All except this big one. That's a real letter, and It's three cents. I found It on sister's writing desk." "Run ulong to the candy store, little mnll carriers," directed Albion, nnd thp;st his unique purchases In his pocuet He thought no more of them until ho hnd reached home. Then he drew them forth to deposit in the waste basket. He noticed his three cent Investment with a token of Inter est as he recalled what little Ben had said regarding It Involuntnrlly, al most, he opened a folded sheet. It was written from Yorkton and signed "Alex Tyrrell." It was very brief, addressed to Miss Lois Beverly, nnd rend: "I shall be at room 57, Holland hotel, until Tuesdny evening. I warn you that If the two hundred dollars Is not produced by then, I will make the document public." The Jetter wns a shock to Albion. Its gross threat nnd familiarity stunned him. Wns It possible that the documents covered somo past entan glement of the woman ho loved? Oh, never 1 never I Albion banished the thought. The writer, however, wns, to say the mildest, a blackmnller. His eyes Hashed. Instantaneously he de cided what he would do. His should bo the function to meet this Alex Tyr rell and lenrn his secret power, and rescue the girl he Idolized from the pending menace, That same day he reached Yorkton. It was early In the evening when Al bion located the Holland hotel and room 57. He knocked at its door. It was opened by a mean-faced young man. "This Is Mr. Tyrrell?" Insinuated Al bion. "Well, I can take a message for him," was the guarded answer. "I come from Miss Lois Beverly." "Thnt's all right," promptly replied the man. "Come in. If sho sent a little necessnry package, the rest Is easy." "Two hundrded dollars, I believe?" "That's the sum," answered Tyr rell. "And I get In return?" "The notes that are signed by Miss Beverly's brother. Of course, she hns told you that they represent gambling debts, and Include some signatures he had no right to simulate." Albion took $200 from his pocket. He recalled that Wendell Beverly, the brother of Lois, had married a few months previous, nnd that he had for merly been somewhnt reckless and dls slpated. "Those are all?" he questioned ns a little package was tendered. "Yes. See here," said Tyrell, viewing Albion with speculative eyes, "I fancy you have a peculiar Interest In the young lady. The returned notes will subdue her tears. For another hun dred, though, I will tell you something that will make her very hnppy." He plnced himself near tho door, a table between himself and his visitor as he spoke. Silently Albion produced tho money mentioned. "All right, then," grinned Tyrrell "Her soul can rest In pence. Her brother gambled, but the notes are phoney, and he never signed them." "You scoundrel !" cried Albion, and lifted his fist, but Tyrroll made speed In getting out of the room nnd beyond his reach. "Cheaply bought! Dear, anxious Lois!" murmured Albion rnptly, nnd left the place confident and hnppy. THE ALIEN By CECILLE LANGDON (CopyiiKlw. i iw. We.irm Keupper Union) Wnrren Bull wns a grateful young mnn. At twenty ho broke down from overwork nt top-notch speed. It wus the end, the doctor told him, unless he could spend a year In New Mexico! Wnrren went thither, At the end of six months he hnd exhausted the Inst penny of his careful savings and was forced to work, beg or starve. Most fortunately ho happened ncross a ranch owner the grunt extent of whose holdings demnnded quite some clerical attention. When not busy nt his nc counts Warren helped rounding up the cattle. ThWe was Just enough vigor ous outdoor exercise to burden him, and nt the end of the year his nllmcnts wero gone. "Bound to get bnck to the city, are you?" propounded his employer, dis appointedly. "Why, yes," replied Wnrren. "Some how It hns a lure for me. I like to be nniong men nnd events. They Interest me. I'm done with ambition, though that Is, the kind that steams ahead recklessly und winds up lu a wreck." "You nro In quite prim condition," advised his physlclun when, bronzed nnd brisk. Warren reported to him. "Now don't fall bnck into the old nit. The ld7iMIfe for you Is a position where you can get outside half of tho time," nnd Warren proceeded to look for work corresponding with this basis. Luckily ho found it nt tho very start. His Ideas of compensation were modest. Ills new employer wns the publisher of an annunl city directory. Threo months In the yenr It wns all canvnss lng for names. Warren hnd his own district, covcrlug territory where the majority of tho population wus of for eign birth or descent. Ho hnd n smat tering of sovernl languages nnd ns ench year came around about one third of it wns spent In the open nlr. He had completely systematized his district and his friendly wnys won the co-operation of landlords, parish priests nnd policemen, who knew old and new residents of the district Particularly helpful In spelling out strange names and getting them cor rect wns a young girl named Aldn Merrill. She had charge of a creche for a benevolent society and cared for children left In dally charge. Her sal- ary wus smnll,but she loved tho little ones nnd this constituted a bond be tween Warren and herself. She hnd acquired a knowledge of Polish and Bohemian und very often corrected Warren's list where, becnuso of tlie Ignorance of those he listed, ho wns compelled to spell numcs purely by sound. Most of the canvassers on the direc tory were transient employees. Wnr ren, however, hnd become so proficient nnd experienced that he wns tuken on permanently. There wns nlwayB more or less clerical work to do between di rectory Issues. The company wns often solicited to furnish classltleu lists of nnmes to hunt up lndlvldunls. As tho company had for reference thi directories of nil tho lnrge cities a genealogical bureuu In England once employed them to list all the "Drakes" In the United Stntes. Some real life romnnces and tragedies came to light In other Investigations. These Warren wns deputized to take In chnrge. A pccullnr case had come to him. A local law firm employed him per sonally to look over old directories and try to locate one Vaclav Oqulson. They stated that Oqulson hnd left Poland ten years previous and It wns known that for a time ho had lived In Chicago. The name wus nn odd one, but did not occur In nny local or other directories. Warren gave up the search, but did not forget the Incident, for the attor neys stated that they would pay him five thousand dollars for the discovery of this Vaclav Oqulson. Warren was glad to start out on tho annual canvass. It would give him nn excuse to again meet Miss Merrill, whom he could not forget. One after noon, In the very next house to tho creche, he came across a man who re fused to give his name. Warren dis cerned that he was a Pole. He went to Alda and asked her to assist him In getting the man's name. Her knowl edge of his native tongue evidently won upon the foreigner, "He Is Peter Brown, he snys" re ported Alda. "Which Is nonsense, for he Is a dyed-ln-the-wool Pole. I snw that he wus hiding something und I grew conlldentlnl und friendly. It seems thnt he left Polund ten yeurs ago under the ban of the Russian gov ernment, nnd changed his name so he could not be traced. His real name Is Vaclav Oqulson." "What!" fulrly shouted Warren, springing impetuously to his feet "Oh, Alda I I mean, Miss Merrill, this melius five thousund dollars for us I" "Five thousand dollars for us? How strangely you talk," spoke Alda bewll dercdly. "His fenrs are foolish," explulned Wnrren. "He Is heir to a large estate in Poland and I huvo been searching for him for over two years. You dis covered him. You can carry out all your longing Ideas to provide for your little churges now, for half the rewurd is Justly yours." Sho looked so Impressed with his worthy generosity and unselfishness that Warren culled her "Alda" again, this time with a prefix of endearment, and that was the preface to a confes sion nf lnve. GET IT! GET IT! , GET IT! Tho most wonderful washing mnchlno on tho mn'rkot absolutely brand tvw nothing like It; beautifully flnlshecd In ,bluo nnd white cnamol. $5.00 puts ono in your homo. Walt and sec it Portor's painloss paying plnn THE PORTER ELECTRIC CO. 510 Locust Street Phono 240 PUOLJC SAL, Tho undersigned will offer southeast of North Platte and house in District No. 3, on Tuesday, February 17th, Commencing at ono o'clock, sharp, tho following proporty, to-wlt 25 Head o Cattle, Consisting of sovon milk cows, two 9 years old, two 5 years old, two 3 years old, and one 2 years old; and eighteen, stock cows ns follows, live 5 years old, seven 4 years old, sx 3 years old nnd ono calf. Eight Head of Horses, Consisting of black maro 8 years old, weight 1300; brown more 8 years old, weight 1350; bay maro 5 years old, wolght 1350; bny horso five years old, weight 1250; bny maro smooth mouth, wolght 1200; bay maro smooth mouth, weight 1100; sorrel maro smooth mouth, wolght 1000; hay maro 5 years old, weight 950. 31 HEAD OP HOGS. Flvo brood sows to farrow In April, ono boar and twonty-flvo shoats. ' 12 DOZEN THOROUGHBRED BROWN LEGHORN CHICKENS. FARM MACHINERY Corn Binder, Mower, Hay Rake, Stacker, Disc, Endgat Seeder, Spring Wagon, two Box Wagons, Hay Rack and Truck, Six-Shovol Cultivator, Four-shovol Cutlvator, Gang Plow, Mould Board 14-lnch Gnng Plow, Sweep, Dcoro LIstor, Deere Two-row, Harrow, Alfalfa Cultivator, Hand Corn Sheller, two Sets of Harness and Bomo household good3. FREE LUNCH AT JfOON. TERMS OF SALE $20 nnd undor cash; Bums over $20 eight months time will bo given on bankable paper bearing 10 per cent in West from dnto of snlo. No proporty to bo removed until settled for. E, M. ROBBINS, Owner. II. 31. JOHANSEN, Auctioneer. PUBLIC SALE 1 will soil at my place 1 mllos west and 4 niHcti north of North Platte, on Wednesday, Feb. 25th. Commencing at 12 o'clock sharp, tho following proporty: 95 HEAD GALLOWAY CATTLE Consisting of 28 calves, 22 coming 2 year old heifers, 43 cows, 2 regis tered bulls. FOUR SUCKING MULES Farm Machinery 2 farm wagons with 4 Inch tires, wagon box, hay rack, 2 grain binders, riding plow, tonguolesa disc, John Deoro two-row, Mollno lay-by, walk lng lifter, Mollno riding lister with potato planter nttnehmont, Doer lug 6 ft. mower, McCormlck 12 ft. rnko, tool grinder, 8 ft. Suporlor drill, endgnte seeder, 2 pumping Jacks, powor fanning mill, 2 setB Con cord harness, snddlo, a fow household goods and other articles too nu merous to mention. FREE LUNCH AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK". TERMS OF SALE All Bums under $10 cash; sums over $10, 12 months itlmo will bo given on bankable paper bearing 8 por cont interest. No property to bo removed until sottled for. MRS. H. F. DOEBKE, COL. EI) K1ERIG, Auctioneer PUBLIC SALE The undersigned will soil nt public sale on tho Claronco Mooro farm VA miles north of Horahoy. Nob., on Monday, February 9th. Beginning at 12:30 o'clock sharp tho following described property: 22 HEAD OF HORSES Consisting of ono black horso C years old wolght 1300, ono brown maro smooth mouth, wolght 1400, two black mnros 10 years old, weight 1200 and 1600, two grey maros 8 years old .weight 2200, two black geldings 4 and 5 years old weight 2100, ono bay horso 4 years old weight 1500, threo marcs 4 years old weight 1100 each, two black maros 5 and C years old, weight 2200, flvo last spring colts, ono Shet land pony, saddlo broke for children and a good ono, C years old. 8 HEAD OF CATTLE Consisting of ono Holsteln cow 6 years old fresh Novombor 1st and will give 5 gallons milk dally, ono red cow frosh soon, three last spring holfer calves, threo small calves. FARM MACHINERY Consisting of two-way plow good aB new, beet cultivator baby beet pullor, boot bax in good shapo, hay rack, farm truck, now 3i inch Fairllold wagon nnd box, lG-lnch walking plow, 2 sts of doublo har ness, about 4 dozen chickens, HOUSEHOLD GOODS Consisting of kitchen cablmjt, dresser, dfnlng table, rocker, powor washor, bed and springs, loungo, 250-ogg incubator, and othor articles. FREE LUNCH AT NOON TERMS Sums of $25 and undor cash, sums ovor that amount 9 mjuntths' tlmo will bo given purchaser at 10 por cont Interest. No property to bo removed until settled for. C. C. WILEY. Col. I. I). Hrownllold, Aiictlouecr Rank of Lincoln Count y, Clerk at puljlic sale at his place ton mllos across tho road from tho schoo. RAY C. LANGFORD, Clerk RAY C. LANGKORI), Clerk.