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TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 11)20.
3iANiiioAis :vi:nT to their
OWNERS SUNDAY XIGHT.
President WJlkon signed the rail
road hill Sajiurpy evening and at
12:0J a. m .' 1 yesterday the govern
mpntr handed "aPgpr to their ownors
24p,000 miles JmjB main line railroad
'anditormlnalBjjan"d caulpmont valued
at approxlmaU)ly$20,000,000,000, over
Which Its dlrecCfn'iithorlty has been
extended slnciSppconihor 28, 1917.
The properties will go back, leav
ing the government with a deficit of
$716,500,000 rBHilfltH 20 months of
operation. Uitt while the doflclt np
penrs largo, "federal operation han
cost the public considerably less un
der tho conditions, through rates
and taxes, than woud havo been tlo
caso under 'jfrlValo control," Director
General Hlnes declared In a state
ment of government management.
4 Mr. Hlnos bollovert that tho nation
. and railroads as well gained benefits
of a-lasting character from tho per
iod of Unified operation.
Answering directly assertions that
the roads' would bo returned "wreck
ed," Mr. Hlnos declared thoy would
bo restored In a condition which
"compares favorably" with that In j
which they werp,tokon over and In his i
opinion In better shape to moot do-1
mands upon thom than they would I
Havo boon after tho two such stronu
ous year, under jirivato management.
The administration, ho said, had
mado tovory. c'ffort to obsorvo tho con-
tracUi! obligations' to maintain tho
properties lit .'substantially as good
condition as It: . received thorn. Ho
pointed to tliji oxpomtlturo of approx
imately $1,200,000,000 for improvo
inentSf oiiulpmorit and rebuilding as
proof of this
The govorniiiont bough? for the
roads a total' of 100,000 freight cars
and 1,930 locomotives, Whllo this Is
below normal purclmaes for a lllto
period, it wnsloxplalnod that physical
Inability to obtain equipment bocauso
of.tho exigencies of war was tho only
reason tho normal purchases woro not
made', ,
The roads -will go back to private
4 control with 'Important wage demands
ponding, but. tho name condition ob
tained whdntitho. government assumed
direction',' Mri.'iHineB polntod out, add
ing that machinery will bo sot up
either through tho railroad bill or
through bl-vparUsnn and. voluntary
action to jidjust differences. Tho
, wholo question, of r.atos of pay will
tlinn ho 'reviewed, ho sn.li!. in tho llcht
(it existing conditions kind based on
the Just needs of the employes.
-Ty.ay.-
' Snpdiidi Mission
Ncxf Friday evening at 7:30 p. m.,
March fith, Wo will havo our mooting
as usual latitho Peoplo's Mission and
lioroaftor wo:w,lll havo regular meet
ings ovory first, and third Friday ovon
lng of each month at sumo place. Tlio
attendance has boon good and wo hopd
It will continued Everybody welcome
j ::oi:
See tho groat Kentucky horso raco
with scores of riders galloping madly
over .tho course: and a rcirl lockov win-
Mxtng by a none; It's ,a Teal raco and
Just as lntonscly oxcttlng, Anita
, Stewart "III Old Kentucky" Sim
' Theatre for four days beginning today,
Thoy say'tfYat tho now dresses nt
.Tho" sumo suop are beautiful.
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i,i?fi?oi,N county events
AND PERSONAL 3IENTI0N
ICondonsQd from County Exchange.)
Tho contract was lot last wook for
tho construction of a 15,000 bushel ca
pacity elevator at Sutherland by the
Fanners' Co-oporatlvo Association.
Deposits In tho Sutherland banks art
howii by published statements Inst
weok aggregate $170,243. nn Inoroaso
of $30,180 over the preceding state
ment. Statements show that on February
14th the doposlts of the two banks at
Drady woro $012,891.
Bruce Brown, manager of the Brady
tolephone oxchango, had a rib cracked
hint week whan a tolephone pole foil
with him. Ono darn thing nftor an
other seems to happou to that portly
form of Brown's.
Mr. and Mrs. Vance Vanarslalo, of
Sutherland, were called to Canada ltmt
wook by tho illness of Mrs. Vnnars
dalo's slater.
Sunuay, February 22d, Ft. McPher
son Post, Amorlcan Legion at Max
woll, presented French memorials to
the nearest of kin of the following
Brady and Maxwell boys who died In
service: Nolge Eleander, Bay E. Har
man, Leo U. Yost, Elmer Shanor, John
F. Schaoffer, William Rush, John II.
Jordan and Arthur Hondrlckscn.
Published statements show deposits
of $260,052 In tho two banks at Max
well .
Chas. Loypoldt has sold his resi
dence proporty, In Ilcrshoy to Geo. M.
Smith Jor $3,000 and has purchased
tho Carl Wlckstrom residence for
$4,000.
Tho school board of Hershoy has,
been notified by Co. Supt. Cochran
that tho country school districts nd-
Jacont to Horshoy havo voted against
tho proposed consolidation with the
Hershoy district.
Presldont Cnry atid Secrotary Tur-
plo, of tho Beet Growers association,
havo been sponding soveral days In the
oast part of tho county advising grow
ers to stick to the demand for sliding
scalo prices.
w. It. Jenkins, manager of tho Hor
shoy Telephone Co,, hns been In Lin
coln for n weok or so conferring with
tho state railway commission rolatlvo
to a ralso in rates.
W. F. Smith has traded his IGO-acre
farm north of Horshoy for a garage
In York.
In a notlco to boot growers, G. M.
Cary president of tho Keith and Lin
coln County Beet Growers Association
says: "Do not sign any contracts with
either tho Great Western or American
Beet Sugar Companies for. 1920 until
tho Kolth and Lincoln County Beet
Growers' Asoclatlon gives tho word
When wo aro ready to contract wo will
call a meeting of all growers in tho
valley und will contract tbgethor. Js'ow
1b tho critical tlmo, 'don't sign yet.
Wallaco has alrendy started tho pre
liminary campaign for a baso-ball
team this season.
Doposlts in tho bank at Dickens are
$89,399, and in tho Wellfleet bank
$229,G46.
Tho two banks at Wallace show do
poslts of $399,278 as per ' statements
published.
Tho bnn on dances and plcturo
shows at Wallaco has boon removed
tho llu conditions having Improved.
Mrs. Dolllo Freed, of Wallaco, has
returned from Rochester, Minn., somo
what Improved. Owing to her serious
condition tho surgeons would not
operate.
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1003 WEST FOURTH STREET,
North Platte, Nebr.
For the treatment of Medical, Surgical
and Obstetrical Cases. A place
where tho sick are carod for so as to
bring about normal conditions In the
eastost, most natural and scientific
manner.
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EVENTS IN .NORTH PLATTE
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
(From Tho Tribune Fob'y 28, 1885,)
Tho customary mask ball wn gln
by tho Odd Follows on February 22d
with an attondahco of over 100 masked
dancers und 250 spectators. Tho ball
was given at tho now Lloyd skating
rink. Tho Tribune published tho
names of those masked and the char
acters thoy represented. In tho pub
lished list only a fow of those named
aro now residents. Miss Jonnlc
Muck, now Mrs. John II. Day, ap
peared as Snow-flake, Judgo Hoaglatid
as an armored knight, J. E. Evans as
an old woman, II. L. Gravou Out on a
Lark, and Ed Whcolock as a sor-
geant of tho U. 9. Army.
The em'ployes of the shops wore
working nearly ovory evening and on
Sunday and wore making big checks
for those days.
Tho Catholic choir announced a
musical for the evening of St. Pat
rick's day, tho program to be follow
ed by an oystor suppor.
John Burke, foreman for Bratt &
Co. at tho Windmill ranch, camo to
town for supplies, and reported cattle
In good condition, although tho win
tor had been very sovore.
The city council had under consid
eration tho levying of an occupation
tax on lnnd agents, of whom there
ere twenty-six In town nt that time.
Jlmmlo Cannon, who won trapping
on tho Blrdwood, again came to town
to got supplies and Incidentally get
drunk. This time he brought die
pelts of six deer, fifty skunks, firteen
coyotes, soven beaver, six coon, three
badgers and two lynx., Jlmmie, .who
as a notable prevaricator, claimed
to bo tho only survivor of tho Alamo
massacre. Bo this as It may, It was
certain that ho had been In tho wild
west for many years.'
A corps of Union Pacific onglneors
had pitched their tents cast of tho
round house and Tho Tribune won
dered If tho Union Pacific was about
to head off somo of the proposed linos
of the Burlington.
The city had entered Into a contract
with tho Sperry. Light Co. for six arc
street lamps. North Platte was one
f tho first towns In tho state to be
electrically ltghed.
The cornet band, under tho leader
ship of N. Klein, gavo a compliment
ary concert at tho Lloyd skating rink
as a testimonial to Mr. Lloyd's onter-
priso in erecting the rink. In return
tho proprietor "set up a flno treat for
tho members,"
A HQy supply of hymnals had been
received by tho ProsbytorlancJntrch,
and thoso men who had been staying
away because thoy did not havo the
dvantago of a hymn book were Invit
ed to "como nnd sing their heads off."
II . F. Coates, who was holding
down a homestead In Keith county,
visited town and Bald ho proposed to
build a. Hour mill in North Plutto.
A scheme' was on foot to build a
brldgo across tho South Platto river at
O'Fallon.
Ben Clinton, who had been day-
clerk at tho Railroad HotoL was
transferred to Laramlo as ihaiia'ger of
tho U. P. eating liouso. '
Anna J. Norris had arrived TfTtown
as tho minister of tho ' Uriltarlan
church. ' ' '
In speaking of tho death of a citi
zen Tho Trlbuno said "ho had gono to
a far happier homo." Tho widow of
the deceased took exceptions to the
statement and visited Tho Trlbuno ed
itor. Sho "didn't want any reflections
cast on her trcntmont of her husband
or tho miannor In which sho kept hor
homo; that hor homo had been as hap
py as a homo could bo."
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.
Perhaps you, Mr. Farmer and Stock
Bnlsor, road with more or loss Interest
tho artlclo entitled "Southern Farms
and Ranches" which appeared In the
February 24th and 27th Issues of The
Semi-Weekly Tribune. Unded ordl
nary circumstances wisdom would
forbid comparison and contrasts be
tween different section of the country
mil m tlio present caso the interest of
humanity at largo makes it a duty not
o bo evaded. Unloss Northern and
Western cattlo mon can provide am
ple food and water beyond all chance
of fnlluro, It Booms tho part of good
judgmont and sound bun'iioss sonse
for thorn to move their herds to re
gions whore thoso important olo
ments aro always available. Wo do
not bollevo that any of our friends in
tho livestock business In this section
(it tho country,, or any other business
mnn, will arguo against tho logic of
this position. Thoso men aro facing a
condition in which sontlmont cannot
bo pormltted to entor. As nn exam
plo wo call your attention to tho
drouth which provnlled In the stntos
of Wyoming and Montnna during the
past year, which mado It nccossary for
ntock to bo transferred to other sec
tkuiB of tho country for feeding at nn
enormous exponso, or sold at a great
sacrifice Tho small farmer who raises
and finishes only a fow head of good
stock annually may provldo water and
feed very often with tho greatest dlf
flculty nnd honrt-broaklng exponso.
but tho groat cattlo and sheop ownors
who aro trying to furnish beof. mut
ton and breeding stock on a largo
scalo, mon who noed largo nreas for
pasturago and much wntor, cannot
much longer continue under the
strain thoy havo endured.
There Is a way out of his dlloma,
and it loads to SOUTHERN FARMS
AND RANCHES.
If you
would like to know moro re
the possibilities and oppor
irunlliif?
(unities
to be '"ad In the Southern
country,
eratun',
wrlto us for descriptive lit
or hotter still call nt our
ofllcp.
THE H .
& S. AGENCY, Farm Dopt
H. BARRETT, Manager.
North Platto, Nob
W.
Mrs. M. Henry Gilfyoi
Instructor In
VOICE CULTURE
Iew Spring Samples Are Here.
1 y : . : n
Drop in and seo these beautiful labrics -as fine an assortment of Woolens as m "
ever you laid your eyes on. By Woolens we mean STRICTLY ALL WOOL
(the kind thnt grows on the sheep's back)- and we will show you a substan
tial saving also.
It is impossible to over-emphasize the importance of all the wool fabrics
they wear better and tailor better.
Buirke's Tailor Shop.
606 DEWEY ST. UP STAIRS.
Yeomen Initiate Biff Class
Lookout Homestead No. 3030
Brotherhood of American Yeomen,
held Us regular semi-monthly mooting
on Thursday evening, February 2Gth
at the Knights of Columbus hall. For
ty-three applications for membership
were presented, nnd the applicants
elected to membership. A class of
twenty-five was Initiated by tho ladles
degree staff, and two. symbolical do-
grees were conforred, the Merit de
grees of Fearlesness and of Purity,
the formor being conferred upon Roy
E. Humphrey and Noah F. Harrison,
and the latter on Mrs. Amanda Bacon,
Miss Cora M. Souser and Miss Rose
Kopf. A committee of fivo was ap
pointed to arrange for tho entertain
ment or tho Supreme Officer of the
society, Grand Foreman George N.
Frlnk, who, accompanied by Mrs.
Frink wll visit North Platte on Fri
day, March 12th, on which dato the
Homestead will initiate a class of
sixty or more, and will close Its pres
ent membership campaign. Mrs.
Pearl Smith was Installed as Corres
pondent, to succeed Mrs. Leah Bas-
klns, retiring, and Mrs. Frank Years-
ley was Installed as Master of Cere
monies. :o:;-
To whom are you going to sell your
Hay and Grain? Tho Harrington Mor-i
cantlle Co. will offer tho highest;
prices. 64tf
Tailored to Measure
Fine All Wool Quality
Two CI
Piece
39.50
Full Suits $43.50.
League Nominates CnnaJdntes
At tho state convention of the Non
partisan League at Lincoln Thursday
fJlemor E. Youngs, a Dawson county
farmer was nominated for governor
and G. B. Wylle, of Falrbury, a Rock
Island engineer for lieutenant-governor.
Aimon H. Blgelow, a labor un
ion attorney of Onuaha was nominated
for attorney-general, but he declined
I the- nomination. State Secretary
j Amsbury, State Auditor Marsh, Land
I Commissioner Swauson and State
, Treasurer Cropsoy, were Invited to,
and did, appear before the convention,
I but their position as to the league evi
dently did not suit the convention and
they, woro not endorsed, though they
had previously been tentatively en
dorsed. The above four offices were
therefore left vacant and a committee
empowered to fill "the vacancies.
Stock'Vor Snle
Fourteen work horses and mules,
three now wagons and four seta of
harncBs. thirty head of pure bred
White Face cattle. 100 head puro bred
Galoway, cows and heifers for sale
privately. Located two miles south
and two miles east of Horshoy.
15tf
JULIUS MOGENSEN.
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Registered Suffolk Stallion
for sale or trade. Wolght 1650, six
years air, Inquire of Albert A. Glnapp
Brady. 10 tf
"A new note
we've struck it?'
do "satisfy."
TTTG
DK. HAROLD FENNER
Osteopath
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NORTH PLATTE
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(incorporated)
One Hall Block North ot Postoftice.
Phone 58
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The blend is based on our private
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