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IIM h HARE. Editor ami Publisher
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Entered at the North l'latto, Nebraska
Postofllco as Second Class Mattor.
FRIDAY, MAKVll ', 1920
3IHS, JESSIE BACON AM)
HKIt lOOlt-AC'Iti: RANCH
WETS TRYING TO MAKK
, PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN ISSUE.
Prohibition enforcement may ovor
shiulow the ficaco treaty ratlllcatlon
In the prosldonunreloctiou ua an Is
sue. That Is the opinion of some of
tbo more close (fbservors of tho politi
cal turmoil incident to a national
election. Thoy "havo been studying
developments clpsoly during tho past
few duya and fodl'moro certain hour
ly that prohibition will bo Injected In
to the national platforms.
Tills Is nlmosUcortaln If the senato
falls to dllBpose of tho ratlllcatlon
program durlifg tho present session
and there now seems llttlo 'probability
of such. In fact tho turn of ovonts
Indlcato that there is only ono out
como to presont engineering between
the various treaty factions that being
a deadlock. Consequently the treaty
will bo taken boforw the people at the
election next fall.
Tho next movo will bo to bring the
mattor or enforcement of tho national
A writer In tho Nebraska Farm
Journal dovotett a page of that pub
lication to a write-up of Mrs. Jessie
11. Bacon's 1000-ncro ranch, part of
which lies In Lincoln county. Asldo
from the fact that Mrs. Bacon was a
former North Platte rosldent, Interest
attaches to tho article In the method
she handles her ranch and part of the
write-up Is horewlth reproduced:
Alfalfa Is the real gold mine of tho
wost, according to Mrs. Jessie Bacon,
owner of the "J. H." ranch In the
Platte, valley nonr Gothonburg, Neb.
You could not doubt her statoment If
you wore to visit this ranch and keep
your eyos opon. If you still were n
doubter. Mrs. Bacon has plenty of
facts and figures to convlnco you.
Mrs. Hacon was called tho "alfalfa
queen of tho west" by tho newspaper
reporters when she vlslfod Omaha
during tho Nebraska Farmers' Con-groi-8.
Just what Is nocossary to
eart. such a tltlo is not clear to mo,
but Mrs. Hacon Is easily tho most
extensive grower of alfalfa among tho
women of Nebraska If not the enllro
country. Every, foot of the homo
nectlon in Lincoln county Is alfalfa
land. This has boon (sailed the finest
section of land In the valley It
slopes gontlv to Its north lino, which
Is tbo South Lincoln Highway. There
you will soo stack upon stack of alfal
fa with 12,000 sheep In tho yards turn
ing It Into mutton and wool as the
most profitable means of marketing It.
Was $17 an Acre, Now $200
Whon you look at those Htackc of al-
prohibition law In to the ballot. Then ! ...,Vll0,!,.yo" 0K. H1?C "il'-
tho voters will be confronted with two " ' "Y,B
luthu Aftuv.il iiuuovf uiiu uuiiuunwuu
national issues, which both should
havo been disposed of by their con
gressmen elects, but which will bo
thrown back niton, tho votor directly
for his decision,''
Tho votors will naturally bo thrown
Into Homowhat of a turmoil and It Is
bollovod that under sucl circumstan
cos that national prohibition will bo
votod down ovor,wholmlngly, while
tho outccmo of tho poaco treaty will
bo a side lssuo. That Is tho wots'
plan, it is understood.
Tho wots hold that tho treaty, with
Its many, Intorprotattonn and amend
ments and regenerations will bo con
flicting mnd confusing to tho votor and
ho will not bo ablo to cost an intelli
gent ballot on it. Prohibition on tho
other hand will bo plainly sot forth,
for or against onforcomcnt, and thoro
will bo little chance for confusion
hero. Tho wets' feci tliat tho public
will vote freely on Mils lssuo and not
on tho ratification program, with tho
result that tho fprjnor will decldo for
onco and all time,, and tho wets think
In their flavor.
Everything sqems, to hlngo on what
congress will do ,with tho troaty bo
foro adjourning, whether thoy 'will
ratify tho treaty, amended or other
wise, or If thoy will fdrco It Into tho
oloctlon next fall.' Should tho latter
courso bo taken thero's llttlo doubt
but what national prohibition will al
so bo mono an Issue and because of its
simplicity will bo tho loading issue of
tho two.
COMMISSIONERS' PROCEEDINGS.
March 2, 1020.
Board mot pursuaut to adjournment,
porsont full board and county clork.
John Kotchum, ,roal work, $28.00.
John Anthony, fixing tractor, $5.00.
A, S. Allen, offlqe ox-poiiBos, $44. 52.
Ira Sngo, printing, $21. 0G.
Nob. Tol. Co.,, rent and tolls, $G7.90.
II. Hasklns, dragging, $25.00.
Tho boad proceeded to mako and did
make an estimate' of exponsos for the
ycnr 1920. '
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For Solo 1019 Ford Touring car,
with -winter top, best of condition at
saving of ovor $200. J. V. Ilomigh
Garngo. 15-2
windbreak, you can't help lotting your
Imagination carry you back to tho per
iod, not so many, years ago, as time
goes, when all this land was virgin
prairie whon the wolf, tho Indinn,
and tho white man wore all busy des
troying tho buffalo which fed on thoso
nutritious grassos. Even years af
terward I was told this land went
bogging at $17 an aero. Tho bankers
woro afraid of It. That was too much
monoy. Hut Mrs. Bacon had enough
vision to rcallzo that it was a good
buy and slio hurried half way across
tho contlnont to mnko a deal. Ro
contly sho was offered $200 an ncro
for It.
Having como Into possession of this
land 1,000 acres In all tho problem
confronting tho owner was to dovlso
and adopt a systom of farming which
would best lend ltsolf to the manage
ment of a womnn rancher. Tho do
volopmont of this system and tho con
sequent Improvement of tho ranch
havo shown a keen business ability
and foresight that would do credit to
our most succossfu ranchmen. So ef
ficiently has sho systematized her
work that she can go to Chicago, or
Paris and study, music for recreation
purposes and a change of surround
ings ,whilo operations on tho ranch go
on as usual. Tho oxtonslvo growing
of alfallfa was a largo factor In tho
development of this system.
Alfalfa Hie Crop Now
Mrs. Bacon tried hog ralsng on n
largo scnlo. Sho lost tho first year's
crop by cholera, but this did' not dls
courago her for sho fed out 800 head
the noxt year , But tho keoplng and
feeding of stock. Mrs. Bacon soon
found, required her constant prosonco
and personal suporvlslan to make
things go right. Sho wub compelled to
bo out In work clothes doing manual
labor practically tho year around. The
plnn sho Is following now Is to grow
as largo an acreage of alfalfa as pos
sible, and to rent all tho rost of tho
land on a crop sharo basis.
At 'present Mrs. Bacon has 350
acres in alfalfa. Sho intends to seed
more this spring regardless of the
high prlco of seed. Sho says tho long
er wo wait for seed prices to como
down tho more monoy wo loso by not
having moro alfalfa on our farms.
FEED OF I AIR S
It xctasiv I
features make 1
I it "trouble-proci;' 1
t Western Electric I
POWER & LIGHT
THIS direct-connected type of Western Electric
Power and Light is practically automatic in
its operation -a child can operate it.
Dependable electric service night and day for
your farm.
vSec this plant in operation.
North Platte Plumbing & Heating Co.
106 E. 6th, ST.
had to admit thnt hor reasoning wtas
sound, and that, no mattor what the
prloo, alfalfaTiecd Is never too high to
,sow. Tho only seed, wo agreed,
which wim too high priced to sow It
the cheap-In-quallty kind.
Mrs. Bacon thinks alfalfa is the ono
crop that Is easy for a woman to
handle. I have known many, a man
who thought 80' acros of It was too
much for ono farmer to undertake.
Probably it is, but Mrs. Bacon finds
no trouble in taking care of hor 380
acres. She hires gangs of men to put
It up for hor by tho ton, but she 1h
there on the ground to soo that It Is
cut whon Just at the right stngo of ma
turity, and to see that the weather
prevailing Is taken Into consideration
Thoro Is only one way to put up alfal
fa In Imr otiHmntlmi mnil thnt tin :
way which will preserve Its maximum (
quality. Speaking of tho wenthor, 1 1
m convinced that If tho stacker wore i
to put a poor top on a stack, there j
would bo a decided "frost" noxt morn
ing so far as ho was concerned. ,
Nothing Is loft to chnnce or mere man
during tho alfalfa harvest. And why
should this not bo so? This hay Is to
be sold tho following fall and tho bet
tor It Is put up tho better tho quality
and the bettor hor chances to sell It
t a good profit.
Whon the hay Is In the btnek Mrs.
Bacon's oxpenso for hnndllnr the crop
Is over. Sho soils tho alfalfa at so
much a ton In tho stack but this hay
Is not hauled off and fed In tho feed-
lots of some other ranch, as you may
nfcr. Nothing like that In Mrs.
Bacon's system of farming. Instead
of taking the alfalfa away to his stock
tho buyer brings his block to the al
falfa. Tho crop is fed right on the
place. There Is no danger of waning
From her crop ol 1919 Mre. Bacon
sold 1.000 tons to Leavenworth and
Bond, of Wood River, Hie feeders who
at present have 12,000 sheep on the
place. There is no clanged of waning
fertility on a rnnch which grows 1,000
tons of alfalfa In a season, and nil of
It fed to hheop right on tho place.
Hu1IIIIy Kepi on Minn
Mrs. Bacon Bolls all hor grain, ex
cept wheat, received ns rent, and all
of tho alfalfa, to tho same buyer. The
1000 tons of alfalfa sold at $17 a ton
In tho stack last fall, and she received
$1.35 a bushel for hor corn. Thus
both grain and roughness are right on
tho pluce and handy to be fed. Tho
feedlots In which the sheep are fed
cover about 5 acres. Tho yards aro
partitioned off into long, narrow lots,
40x300 feet, with a rack running the
cntiro length of every lot. Connected
with the end of ovory such lot Is a sec
ond In whloh the grain Is fed. The
sheep are kept In tho former until
tholr grain Is ready for them. Every
lot is a unit and by this method the
feeder keops his heep separated in
small droves, and avoids crowding? I
cannot seo any reason why nnyono
who could food 200 shoop In ono lot
could not feed 12,000 In 60 such lots.
I omitted tho cost of putting up the
alfalfa intentionally until now. Mrs.
Bacon pays from $3.25 to $4 a ton for
putting tho hay In tho stack. This 'Is
a good price, certainly, but stlllWt
shows g6od Judgment. Pay .well
Whon you hire a pleco of work'dorie
and J'.ou can demand good service. If
Mrs. Bacon wore penny wise and
pound foolish ias somo folks are, Bho
would hold tho prlco down In dealing
with the hay men. and hold it up
when talking with tho feeder. Then It
would not bo long until she would
havo trouble In finding someone 16
put up her liny as It should bo put un.
and moro troublo in soiling the crop
to ono man, and thnt a good feeder.
In short, Instead of running her own
business she booh would find herself
bolng run by tho business. This is
Mrs. Bacon's way of looking at this
question.
A Villus Crop $151,000
Subtracting $1 from $17 we havo
$13 as tho profit Mrs. Bacon realized
from a ton of alfalfa grown last year,
to say nothing of tho fortllzer by
product loft on the place. Since sho
sold 1000 tons at that price. Mrs. Ba
con made $13,000 on her crop of al
falfa from 350 acres, a triflo more
than $37 on acre. Dropping the extra
dollar thoro Is still enough monoy, $3C
to pay 0 por cent interest on land
worth $li00 an ncro. And Mrs. Ba
con's "gold mlno" is inexhaustible for
sho Is constantly enriching the soil
with the humus and nitrogen brought
to It by, growing and feeding alfalfa
as she doos.
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Public Sale of Short Horn Callle
Wo want to mil your attention to
our coming Short Horn cnttlo sale
March 20, 1920. In this sale will bo
cows with big calves nt foot, ond brod
back to a puro Scotch bull, and somo
of tho cows heavy in calf to different
bcotch nulls, and an oxtra lino lot of
opon holfors and soven good young
nuns ot serviceable ages, rods and
rams.
For catalogue address Frank Stroll-
borg, manager. Nort.li Platte. Neb.
W. P. Snyder. Exnorimont Farm ann
Frank Strollborg, owners. 1G-3
: :o: :
Conrllmutlon Lectures al the
Episcopal Church
Sundays 4:0 p. m. nt tho church for
adults.
Fridays 4:30 p. m. nt tho rectory for
chlldron.
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For Sale S foot McCormlck binder
noarly now; now McCormlck corn
blndor, G foot McCormlck mower, rid
ing llstor. riding cultivator and sov
oral othor articles ot farm machinery.
Also about 40 hoad of light stock
hogs. I am moving about March 1st
and wish to dispoao of thoso at onco.
R. S. SMITH. 13-3
: :o: :
Mrs. H. Harsted. of Paxton. visited
with friends In town yesterday.
Miss McCoy, of Lowollon, visited
with frlonds in town yostorday.
Mrs. Morris, of Oshkosh, was tho
guest of frlonds In town yesterday.
Mrs. Arthur Olddongs. of Arthur,
visitou with frlonch In town this weok.
: :o: :
nhrlstlnn Science sorvlco Sundny 11
a. m. Wednesday ovoning meetings
ovory weok at 8:00. A cordial Invi
tation la extended to all to nttend
thoso sortlcos. Building & Loan build
ing, room 25.
New Spring Samples Are Here.
...V
rat m a li
tailored.
easisre
Fine All Wool Quality
Two o
Piece
UI
TS
Full Suits $43.S0.
Drop in and see these beautiful tabrics -as fine an assortment of Woolens as
ever you laid your eyes on. By Woolens we mean STRICTLY ALL WOOL
(the kind thai 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 belter and tailor better.
Berke's Tailor Shop,
606 DEWEY ST. UP STAIRS.
R. I. SHAPPELL
GENERAL AUCTIONEER
See or write mo for dates
SUTHERLAND. NEBRASKA
ESTIMATE OK EXPENSES
On this 2d day of March, 1920, tho
county commissioners proceeded to
mako, and did mako, tho following es
timate of expenses for the year 1920:
County General $70,000
County Brldgo - 40,000
County Roads 50,000
Agricultural Society 1,000
Bridge Bonds
Osgood $1,000
Blrdwood u - 1,500
South Platto 1,500
Platto 1,500
Bostwlck 500
Ilorshey . 700
East Platte 2,000
School Bonds
1 $12,000
ROBERT A. PHILLIPS
.Plumbing nnil Hentlng Contractor.
I am prepared to do all kinds of
plumbing and heating. All materials
and work guaranteed. Estimates
cheerfully given.
Shop and Residence 1303 East Gth St.
Phono Itcd 458
NOTICE OF SALE.
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Special Building
33
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450
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200
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$2,500
900
200
200
200
500
1,000
300
300
No. 78
No. 100
No. 112
DIt. HAROLD FENNEJt
Osteopath
Orcr Hlrsclif eld's
Office Phone 333 Res. Phone 1020
G5
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133 ...J
No. 91 200
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300
F. W. IIERMINGHAUSEN,
S. J. KOCH,
E. H. SPRINGER,
in5-4w County Jommissionors .
Notice of Sale Under Chattel Mortgage
Notice Is heroby given that by virtuo
of a chattel mortgage dated the 9th
day of May. 1919, and duly filed in
tho office of tho County Clork ot Lin
coln County, Nebraska, on tho 10th
day of May, 1919, and executed by E.
E. Cramm to W. J. Hcndy and E.
N. Ogier, doing business under tho
firm name and stylo of "Ilendy
Ogler Auto Company" to securo pay
mont of a noto for the sum of $900.00
upon which thoro Is now duo tho sum
of $59G.23 with Intorost at tho rato of
10 per cent por annum from the 27th
day of February, 1920, dofault has
been made in the payments of said
sums secured thorcln and no suit or
other proceedings at law, havo been
had for tho recovery of said sum or
any, part thereof, tho undersigned
will soil at public miction tho property
herein described to satisfy tho sum
above named, togethor with intorost
und costs to the day of sale, to-wlt:
Ono Ford, Modol "T" Sedan, engine
No. 2GG1221; said salo will be hold nt
tho Ilondy-Oglor Auto Company Gar
sigo, In tho city of North Platto, Lin
coln County, Nebraska, on tho 23ra
day of March, 1920, at 2 o'clock P. M.
Dated this 1st day of March. 1920.
W. J. IIENDY,
E. N. OGIER,
doing business under tho firm namo
and stlyo of Hondy-Ogler Auto Co.
By, BEELER, CROSBY & BASKINS,
m2-19 Attorneys
By virtue of an order o sale issued
by tho District Court of Lincoln coun
ty, Ncbrnska, on December 17, 1919.
in an action In partition wherein A.
Belle Swarthout is plaintiff and Wil
liam E. Pickens, the (heirs, devisees,
legatees and personal representatives
of said William E. Pickens, and all
persons interested in the estate of
said William E. Pickens are defend
ants, I will sell at public auction at
the east front door of tho court house
in tho city of North Platte. Lincoln
county. Nebraskn, on the third day of
April, 1920, at the hour of one o'clock
P. M., the following described real es
tate situate in Lincoln county, Ne
braska, to-wit: Lots flvo (5) and six!
OG), Block ono hundred and eighty
six (1SG) of tho original town of the
city of North Platto; part of lot three
(3), Union Pacific plat lying south of
lots five (5) and six (G), block one
hundred eighty-six (18G) in tho city of
North Platto; the north forty-four
feet of lots ono (1) and two (2), block
ono hundred soventcen of the original
town of the city of North Platto; all
of lot threo (3), block ono hundred
twenty-seven (127), of the original
town of tho city of North Platte; west
twenty-two feet of lot three (3), block
ono hundred four (104) of the original
town of the city of North Platte; part
of lot six (6), block ono bunded four
(104) of tho original town of the city
of North Platte, Nebraska, described
ns follows: Beginning at the north
east corner of said lot, thence 132
feet In a southerly direction along the
east side of said lot to tho south
east corner thereof, thence 6G feet in
a westerly direction along tho south
lino of said lot to tho southwest corner
thereof, thence 82 feet in a northerly
direction along tho west lino of said
lot, thence oast 3 foet, thonco 15 feet
In a northerly, direction on a lino par
allel with tho west lino of said lot
thonco east 3 feet, thonco 35 feet In
a northerly direction on a line paral
lel with the wost lino of said lot to tho
north lino of said lot, thonco cast GO
feet to tho placo of beginning; all of
blocks ono (1) and two (2) in Thom
son's aub-dlvision of a part of lot 4
of Section 4, Township 13, North of
Rango 30, wost of tho Gth P. AL, of
tho city of North Platto, Nebraska.
I will soil at public auction nt tho
west front door of tho court house in
tho city of Loxington, Dawson coun
ty. Nebraska, on tho socon.-l day of
April, 1920, at tho hour of on-- o'clock
P. M. tho following described real es
tnto situate In Dawson county, Ne
braskn, to-wit:
Lots ono (1), two (2), and threo
(3) In block fifty-six (5G) of tho origi
nal town of tho city of Lexington; all
of block ten (10) in C. L. J2rvln's ad
dition to tho city of Loxington; and a
part of block seventeen (17), Mac
Coll's Addition to tho city of Loxing
ton, Nebraska, describol as follows:
Commencing 100 feet wost of the
northeast corner of said block 17,
thonco south parallol with tho east
lino of said block 150 foot, thonco
wost parallel with tho north lino of
saiu block 100 foot, thonco north par
allol with tho wost lino of said block
150 foot, thonco east to tho placo of
beginning.
Tho terms ot said salo to bo cash in
hand.
Dated at North Patto, Nobraska,
this 1st day of March, 1920.
m2a2 O. E. ELDER. Reforeo.
NORTH PLATTE
..General Hospital.,
(Incorporated)
Oae Hall Block North oi l'osloflice.
Phone 58
A modern institution for ih
eientillc treatmnt of inadlel.
surgical and confinement casv
Completely equipped X-Ri.y
und diagnostic laboratories.
Staff:
Geo. B. DenL M. D. V. i.acas. M. D.
J. 8. Redfield. H. 1). J. S. SIMMS, M.D.
Mrs. M. Henry Gilfyoi
Instructor in
VOICE CULTURE
and
THE ART OF SINGING
Phono Red 1101
Residence Studio 10S West 3rd St.
I RS. STATES & STATES
Chiropractors
5, 6, 7 Building: & Loan Building.
Office Phone 70. Res. Phono 1242
Gamble with Springer.
the chain System
No. 1, 220 North Locust, Phono 203.
No. 2, 110 East B Street, Tliono 490.
No. , (121 Eust Fourth, Phono 971.
No. J, S21 west Third, Phono No. 7fi.
EXTENSION ROAB NO. 809.
To Whom It May Concern:
The special Commissioner appoint
ed to locate a road as follows: Com
mencing at station 21 of Road No. 309
in the SEViSWVi of Section 35, T. 13
N., R. 29 W. running thenco in a
northwesterly direction along the
slope of tho east sido of a canyon
about 40 rods to the North lino of the
NE4NW4 of section 3, T. 12 N., R.
29 AV., terminating there, said road
to bo 40 feet wide, has reported in
favor thereof as follows:
Beginning at a point on tho North
and South center lino of Section 35
T. 13 N., R. 29 W.. T.G0 chs, North
of tho 14 section corner on tho South
Lino of said Section, running thence
N. 85 degreos W. about 9 chains,
thonco S. 45 degrees W. about 1
chain, thenco S. 10 dogrees W. about
7 chains, to a point on the South line
of said Section 35, or N. lino of Sec
tion 3, T. 12 N.. R. 29 W., about
10.25 chains wost of tho 14 Section
comer on tho South lino of said Sec
tion 35; all objections thereto or
claiming for damages by tho reason
of tho establishing nbovo road must
bo filed in tho offico of tho County
Clork of Lincoln County, Nebraska,
on or boforo 12 o'clock noon on tho Btli
day of May, 1920.
Witness my hand and official seal
this 24th day. of February, 1920.
(SEAL) A. S. ALLEN,
mS County Clork.