T
Drive From Factory
As a roBiilt of tho recent freight
car shortage, Hudson and Essex
drlvenwnys from the factory at De
troit have avornged 125 cars dally, for
the past three wcoks Clara are be
Ing driven overland In wholo fleets
to points as far east as Now York and
Boston, as far south as Jacksonville,
Via.., and as far west as Oklahoma
City.
HO'.'.
Philosopher Blxby, of tho State
Journal, who Is a lovel headed fellow
says: Representative Mondoll mani
fested no particularly keen power of
discernment In forecasting a contin
uation of excessively high government
taxes. With tho tremendous war debt
hanging over tho pcoplo, and congress
doing nothing but chow tho rag and
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
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 F. SALISBURY,
President. Secretary.
HAY
We Buy and Sell
Obtain our Prices.
THE HARRINGTON HER. CO.
GOOD RANCH
Possession April 1st.
AT AUCTION
March 18th
Thursday, at 2:00 P. M.
On tho above dnto at Gnndy, Nebraska, wo will boII at public
auction to tho hlghost bidder rogardloss of prlco a well balanced
ranch of 840 acres deeded land and 320 ncroa school loaao; located
just ono inilo south of tho Gandy High School; as follows: Tho
and tho SWVi of tho SHV4 of Section 8, T. 17, It. 27 and tho of
Section 17 and tho NV6 Sec. 1C. al in T. 17, It. 27, Logan County,
containing 840 acres moro or loss according to government Burvoy;
also school lonBO legally, doscrlbcd as tho SP of Sec. 10, T. 17. It. 27.
TERMS OF SALE:-1G por cent of tho purchaso prlco cash day
of salo, 25 por cont April 1, 1920, when possession will bo given.
Purchaser to assumo a mortgage of $10,000.00 duo March 1, 1925, boar
Ing Interest at tho rato of C ipor cont, payable semi-annually; owner
will carry, rcinalndor of purchaso prlco for a poriod of seven years
to bo secured by, a second mortgago on tho nbovo described land bear
ing interest at tho rato of 6 por cont payablo annually. Good and
sufflctont abstract of tltlo together with warranty deed dollvored to
purchasor day of settlement.
IMPROVEMENTS: Good story and n half nlno room houso with
good basement; good barn for 1G hoad of horsos, mow for 10 or 15
tonB of hay; hon houso; gnrago with comont floor. Two wolls and
two wind mills. 375 acres under plow Including 10 acros o,f alfalfa;
100 acros hay. balanco (pasture. 100 acres now in wheat and 40 in
ryo. 100 acroa moro could bo broken and profitably farmed. All
foncod and crosB foncod. Farm land Hob lovol to gontly rolling. Soil,
back loam with clay BUb-soll. Positively no Band hills.
SALE WILL UK HELD IN HEATED ROOM IN GANDY, COUNTV
SEAT OF LOGAN COUNTY, ItEOARDLESS OF WEATHER.
For Further Information Aildross
Nebraska Realty Auction Co.
CENTRAL CITY, Nebraska.
MAHK GARHAHEH, Auctioneer 31. A. LARSON, Mnnagor
August BKxt, Arnold, Neb, Owner.
make extravagant appropriations, tho
groat, great, grand child of the young
est Inhabitant will not llvo to seo tho
day of decreased taxation In Ameri
ca. Lot anyone who caro to delvo Into
mathematics flguro how wo can got
out of debt or oven keep up Interest
and pay government oxponscs without
straining the tax-paying power of tho
pcoplo to tho limit, and ho will give
It up as a bad Job on very short order.
Miss Vera Mapcs, of Sutherland
spout Tuesday with friends In town.
::o::
Teachers' Examination
Tho noxt Lincoln county teachers'
examination will bo hold Saturday,
March 27th, at tho usual places.
AILBEN O. COCHRAN.
1G-4 County Supt.
A LOYAL
HELlPER
By ALVAH J. GARTH
(Copyright, 120, Western Newapaper Union)
"I am not given to slang," remarked
Alison Buford," but the select commlt-
I tee of the mogul of Lyndon handed me
'n lemon.' "
"You expressed your views clearly."
"Pure, simple fraternallnni, Ross. I
, observed dissatisfaction the moment
I tackled tho broad platform of human
' Ity. War over, till pitching In for
the higher reconstruction nnd work
in hand, classes and mnsscs alike, to
build up a new and better world, and
that lino of thought." '
"I see." said Willis Ross meditative
ly. "Hetwocn you and myself, how
ever, 1 think you overdid the thing."
"In what way?"
"You see, there's n rock-ribbed
group of aristocrats who rule the up
per town here. They nre less than
200, while the people In the lower
town number something like 1,300. Up
per Lyndon rules the roost because It
has Influence and money. To attempt
to stir these bred-ln-thc-bono pluto
crats to anything .like progress Is to
invndo tlielr time-honored system as
n vandal. A bad move, Buford. You
ought to hove preached generalities
and wound up with a tribute to the
sense nnd power of the men who hold
tho bulk of business, or something
like that."
"Well, I guess I've mode a mess of
it," acknowledged Buford rather rue
fully. "I need the nomination here to
carry the county, nnd I fenr I will
never get It. By the way, the young
lady you got to copy my speech for
me she sent her typewritten tran
nirlpt to the hotel, but no bill. Where
' will I And her?"
I "At home, I fancy, Just now, for It
Is after school hours. Miss Gladys
Eorlc, 232 West Grove street. It's a
two minutes' walk."
Alison Buford was u trifle nettled as
he stnrted out to locate the nent, trim
little school teacher to whom Ross had
introduced him two days previous.
She wns at home, and plainly told
him the cost of her labor, and accept
ed payment In a businesslike, mntter-of-fact
way, but, ns Buford nrose to
leave, bestowed a frank look of inter
est upon him nnd said:
I "Would you feel I wns presumptu
ous. Mr. Buford, if I made a sugges
tion ns to your business In Lyndon?"
I "Why no, not nt all," replied Buford.
1 "I huvo henrd how your speech was
received, and perhaps I might have
told you at the start It would not
bring you success. It has occurred
to me that you should not give up
your mission In tiny falnt-henrted way
until you have looked over the ground
n little more closely. While the exclu
sive set hns considerable Influence,
they do not always control the votes
and votes tire what you nre after, are
I they not?"
- She spoke so cl early, womanly of
tone, yet forcefully, that Buford real
ized that hers was a genuine helpful
spirit, nnd that she was going out oj
her way to do lilm service.
"If you would write out a new
speech," Gladys Enrlc went on, "and
along new lines, I know you would
mnke an Impression on the commu
nity." "You mean to appear before those
high and pompous dictators und beg
for a recognition it Is not In their
stubborn nature to award?" spoke Bu
ford spiritedly. "Well, no."
i "Lyndon needs muny things the dom
inant set will never seo to, Mr. Bul
j ford. Th're is u far cry for a man
j to represent the real majority in this
j district. I do not ask you to appeal
again to tho magnntcs of the upper
i town, but to tho people of tho lower
town. Shall I suggest a text? Then
go among them on the bnsls of a
champion of their snnitnry needs. The
lower town needs drainage nnd water
system, long denied them, because of
Its cost nnd the selfish avarice of men
who take no heed as to tho rights of
theso fellow men lower In tho scale.
Pledge yourself to tho Improvement'
I Indicate, mnko tho light squarely on
that Issue. Your hearers will realize
that not only will tho movement give
them work, but will add to the health
and welfare of their wives nnd chil
dren." A now Inspiration camo to Alison
Buford as he listened to an adviser
every moment moro nnd moro enforc
ing his respect nnd admiration. It
was three evenings later when ho mado
tho address of Ills life, to bo cheered
to tho echo by brawny, earnest men,
who traced in his words tho sincerity
of ono looking for tho betterment of
their environment. More cherished
thnn this ovation, however, wns tho
discovery that way back in the au
dience, following his every word with
glowing eyes, was tho little school
teacher who had given counsel and
Bympnthy when ho needed it most.
Alison felt It his duty to call upon
her first tho morning that tho newspa
pers announceu nts nomination us
president of tho county board.
"I heard," sold Gladys brightly, "tho
laurels have boon given whero they
were truly deserved."
Ills eyes wcro tender at the thought
of how fully sho had como into his
career.
"Without you I should havo como
out of tho struggle a disappointed
mnn " tin Knnkn nnrnpsflr "Vnn will
-', w .i. j , vr l .1,4,
not go out of my life, Gladys, when
I tell you that I love you," and tho
sweet flush of pride nnd affection
upon her dice: told Alison Bufora
that he hnd not upended vululy.
SALAMANDERS OF GREAT SIZE
Proof That Species Long Extinct,
Sometimes Attained a Length of
Five Feet
In Europe, some time ago, bones !
were dug up of some newts which In j
tiie unu neon auout nve loot long.
Every boy Is familiar with newts,
which he calls "snlnmandcrs," com
monly found In brooks nnd ponds. A
specimen five Inches long Is n big one.
But five feet they must hnve been
monsters.
Of course these giant newts were of
long-extinct species. It would have
been interesting to live In those days,
when so mnny queer monsters (mostly
of aquatic habits) swarmed the earth.
They seem to have been nmong na
ture's enrllest experiments, abandoned
Inter.
There were no mnniinnls then ; mid
the supposition is that nil mnmtnals
of today, including man, were origin
nlly derived from a reptlllnn ancestry.
We cannot sny for certain that this
queer reptile (which lived about 7,000,
000 years ago) was not nctunlly an nn
castor of our own.
It was dug up In Texas, nnd has
been named Dltnetiodon. About eight
feet long, the most curious thing ubout
It was the enormous fin It carried on
its back the ribs of the fln being a
series of bones extending from the ver
tebrae. Of what use was this fin? Perhaps
It was merely ornamental. Or ltmny
lio that It was a mentis of defense.
MISTAKES ABOUT SEA WAVES
Really They Are Not Nearly as High
as Some Voyagers Have
Asserted.
Voyngers on stormy sens come snfe
ly ashore nnd tell their friends of
wnves that rose mountains high and
at times threatened to overwhelm the
vessel on which they braved the deep.
The untrained eyes of the nmnteur
seafarer generally exaggerate the
height of the waves, and when the
statement is made that the water rose
nt least 100 feet above the vessel It is
seldom that any of the auditors can
disprove it
Exhaustive observations made by
scientists give the innxlinum height
attained by wnves at not more than
sixty feet, and then only when the
wind. hns been of hurricane force. The
nverage height of waves In a strong
gale Is about thirty feet, In n whole
gale about thirtyrseven feet, and In a
storm about forty-live feet. The scien
tists further state thnt If waves travel
as fust as the average velocity of the
strongest winds nnd if there be swift
er wnves produced directly or indirect
ly by action of the wind upon the sen
they do not attain sulllcient height to
form noticeable breakers.
Moros Skilled Iron Workers.
Bolos, huge, heavy and keen-edged
knives that are swung with both
hnnds or mny be used for thrusting,
were effective weapons used by Fil
ipino soldiers In their rebellion against
the United States at the expense of
Amerlcnn lives.
Their merits were appreciated by
the Ainerlcnns, nnd, at the advice
of Gen. Leonard Wood, were adopted
nnd are In use today ns n supplement-
nry arm for the United States troops
n the Philippines.
The finest and most elaborate
bolos, of many different patterns nnd
siinpes. are used by the Moros of Min
danao and the Sum Islands, who make
them themselves, The Moros are
skilled workers In Iron, although snv-
nges. They know how to get the lneml
from its ores, nnd tho production of
good steel Is no mystery to them.
They are said to hnve learned these
arts originally from tho Arabs.
Poison Gas Born by Accident.
Some years ago n disastrous flre
followed a chemical explosion at
Grelshelm, nenr Frankfort-on-tho-
Maln, In Germany.
I' Ire engines enme rushing up,
but ns they approached the men
were seen to fall from their sents.
Spectators running after them droo
ped ns if shot, nnd meanwhile the
blaze Increased. Involving fresh
buildings, and oven crossing the
river Into the village of Schwnn
helm.
What had happened was this:
The sudden mixture of vats of
different chemicals under Intenso
heat had filled the air with a gas of
so terribly poisonous n nnturo that
those who camo within Its deadly in
fluence were suffocnted nt once. Fifty
one dead, and threo times thnt num
ber Injured, wns tho result of that
terrible fire. This accident led to the
use of poison gas In wurfure.
Spilling the Chestnuts.
One Sunday in the Into fall I took
my sweetheart to tho country to call
on ono of her cousins, who owned a
farm on which wero some chestnut
trees. During the afternoon, wo gath
ered chestnuts, filling everything that
would hold chestnuts, even to my
overcoat pockets.
That night wo nil drove to n neigh
boring village to church. I was hold
ing my overcoat on my lap when tho
nudlcnco nroso during the prayer
service. The preacher had Just begun
his prayer when n noise Uko a Lewis
machine gun broke upon our cars.
In arising, I had token hold of the
overcoat, turning it upside down and
spilling the chvstnuts, which rolled to
ward tho pulpit amid tho giggles of
the ywiger couples, nnd to my utter
horror. Is It any wonder I wns after
wards called "Chestnuts" in that eoni
tnun .ty'' Chicago Tribune.
SHOWING VALUE OF "FRONT"
Impecunious Author Wise In Expendi
ture That Less Far-Sighted
Friend Objected To.
There is a young author who lias ar
rived, und therefore has only, when ho
wishes n new suit or n large steak or a
set of automobile tires, to sit down nt
his typewriter and dash off n few care
less lines, and eager editors do the
rest. Once upon n time, however
nnd, tinlike the fairy stories, that
doesn't mean long, long ago this
worthy young mnn's nsscts were so
nenr tho vanishing point thnt his nu
merous creditors became uneasy and
threatened n total discontinuance of
supplies. Something had to be done,
nnd that quickly. The author did
something he took n famous financier
with whom ho hnppcned to be ac
quainted to lunch nt the most ex
pensive nnd conspicuous restaurant In
town, When It wns over he walked
home for lack of another nickel.
"You nre not ns bright as you might
be, my boy," he patiently explained to
a protesting friend ns ho cheerfully
borrowed n quarter. "Several of my
largest creditors always lunch nt thnt
place, and 1 knew they would recog
nize the mnn I was with. Why, that
lunch Is good for nt least GO days' ex
tension on my accounts." ,
Through the Soul's Eyes.
Physical eyes may measure the pos
sibilities that return effort in Jcrms of
dividends, but It tnkes vision of the
soul to become a benefnetor to your
fellows. Effort for personnl gain must
be selfish beyond measure if it does
not benefit moro than the first nctor.
Even when It does not seem to be n
help to anyone there nre reflexes that
are sure to reach men In various walks
of life. But the world needs tho work
of the greater man. no mny seem
mediocre to his fellows. They mny
even coddle themselves Into lmnglnlng
their own superiority.- Whnt ho does
will show the difference. Intuitively
he will sense the need of the times nnd
without seeming to patronize he will
make people appreciate him ns friend.
Exchange. N
Chinese Towns Thrown Together.
One can never spenk correctly of a
Chinese village or town or even of a
city as having been "lnld out." It is a
mere Jumble of habitations. It has
streets, so-called, usually a network of
them. But no two of the streets run
parallel, except this occurs by acci
dent; nnd no one of them Is straight
Sometimes In a village a quarter to a
third of a mile long there will not be
a single cross-road or street whereby
a vehicle can get from the front to th'e
renr of tho village. Outside the treaty
ports and a few of the larger towns,
the pnths they nro little more are
too narrow for even the pnssage of
tho ricksha.
DR. L. J. KRAUSE, DENTIST
McDonald Bank Bldy.
Phono 97.
R. I. SHAPPELL
GENERAL AUCTIONEER
See or write mo for dates
SUTHERLAND, NEBRASKA
DR. HAROLD FEKNER
Osteopath
Over Hirschf eld's
Offlco Phone 333 Res. Phone 1020
ROBERT A. PHILLIPS
Plumbing nnd Healing Contractor.
I am prepared to do all kinds of
plumbing and heating. All materials
and work guaranteed. Estimates
cheerfully given.
Shop nnd Residence 1.103 East 6th St.
Phono Red 15S
NORTH PLATTE
..General Hospital..
(Incorporated)
One Halt Block Nortb oi Postoftice.
Phone 58
A modern institution for the
feieatific treatment of medical,
surgical and confinement cases.
Completely equipped X-Ray
and diagnostic laboratories.
Staff:
Geo. B. Dent. M. D. Y. Locas, M. D.
J. B. Redfie!d.M.D. J. S. SIMMS, M.D.
AUTO LIVERY.
Romigh Garage.
Phono 811 Day Call. Phono 1270 Com
morcinl Hotel Night Cn'l.
Taxi Service.
DRS. STATES Ss STATES
Chiropractors
5, C, 7 Building & Loan Building.
Office Phono 70. Res. Phono 1243
East End Grocery,
709 East Fourth St.,
On the Lncoln Highway.
Staple & Fancy Groceries
QUALITY GOODS
Adro, Del Monte, Wdjfoot nnd Beech
Jut Brands of Canned Good8.
A. F. BEELER, Prop
Office phone 24 J Hes. phonf 217
L. C . DROST,
Osteopathic Physician.
North Platte. Nebraska.
Knights of Columbus Building.
Office Phone 340 Res. Phono 1237
DR. SHAFFER,
Ofcfeopntlilo Physician
Bolton Bldg. North Platto, Neb
Phono for Appolntmontt
GEO. B. DENT,
Phuylclan and Surgeon.
Special Attention Given to Surgery
and Obstretrlcs.
Office: Building & Loan Building
PhonoB: Office 130, Residence 116
DR. REDFIELD
Physician, Obstetrictan
Surgeon, X-Ray
Calls Promptly Answered Night or Day
Phone Office 042 Residence 670
DOCTOR D. T. QUIGLET
Practlco Limited to
Surgery and Radium Thernpj
28 City National Bank Building.
Omaha, Nebraska.
ALBERT A. LANE,
Dentist
Rooms 1 and 2 Bolton Building
North Platte, Nebraska.
DOCTOR C. A. SELBY
Physician and Surgeoft
Office over Itcxnll Drug Stoic
Office Phone 371.
House 10C8
Gamble with Springer.
THE CHAIN SYSTEM
No. 1, 220 North Locust, Phone 203.
No. 2, 110 East B Street, Phono 490.
No. , 621 East Fourth, Phone 071.
No. 1, 821 West Third, Phone No. 75.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Broken Bow, Ne
braska, March 10, 1920.
Notice Is hereby given that Fred
erick W. Tlbbels, of North Platte, Ne
braska, who, on May 15, 1910, mado
homestead entry'. North Platto No.
0G355, Broken Bow No. 011910, for the
N NE'i Section 18, Township 11
North of Range 30 "West of Gth Prln-
clpa Meridian, has filed notice of In
tenton to make three-year proof, to
establish claim to tho land above des
cribed, before W. II. C. . Woodhurst,
United States Commissioner, at North
Platte, Nebraska, on the 20th day
April, 1920.
Claimant names as witnesses:'
George Menary, of North Platte, Ne
braska, David G. Tibbels, of North
Platte, Nebraska, Norman White, of
Wollfleet, Nebraska John II. Boyle, of
North Platte, Nebraska.
MACK C. WARRINGTON,
lmlC Register.
ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES
On this 2d day of March, 1920, the
county commissioners proceeded to
make, and did make, the following es
timate of expenses for the year 1920:
County General $70,000
County Bridge . 40,000
County Roads 50,000
Agricultural Society 1,000
Bridge Bonds
Osgood $1,000
Birdwood 1,500
South Platto 1,500
Platto 1,500
Bostwlck 500
Horshoy 700
East Platto 2,000
School Bonds
No. 1 $12,000
No. 7 1,750
No. 23 500
No. 47 100
No. 55 3,000
No. G7 450
No. 94 350
No. 95 300
No. 98 300
No. 105 300
No. Ill 300
No. 119 1 2,000
No. 120 .' 200
No. 122 200
No. 12G 300
No. 131 350
No. 132 500
No. 133 500
No. 21 ., 300
.o. 113 . 200
No. 116 . 200
No. 18 . 300
Special Building
No. 33 $2,600
No. GO. 900
No. 130 200
No. 131 200
No. 19 200
No. 31 500
No. 05 1,000
No. 132 300
No. 133 300
No. 91 200
No. 78 200
No. 100 200
No. 112 300
P. W. HERMINGIIAUSEN,
S. J. KOCH,
E. II. SPRINGER,
mG-4w County Commissioners.