The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, March 30, 1920, Image 8
TERM'S ORIGIN IN DISPUTE Many Explanations of the Letters "O. K.," Have Been Made, but Few Are Trustworthy. Quite n cyelo of legendary oxplunif tlons have gathered mound tlio origin of tliu popular term "0. K." It Is hold , Unit In early colonlnl duys the best ruin mid tobacco wore Imported from Aux Cuyos, In Sun Domingo. Hence the host of anything came lo he known locally ns Aux Gayen. or "0. K." . Another explanation refers to the use of "Old Keokuk," an Indian chief, who Is said to have signed treaties with the Initials "O. K." However, tlio torm didn't come Into general use until tlio iiresldentlnl campaign of 1828, when the supiiosed Illiteracy of Androw Jackson, tho Democratic can didate, led Soba Smith, the humorist, writing under the name of "Major Jack Downing," to start the story that Jackson Indorsed his papers "0. IC." under tlio Impression that they formed tho Initials of "Oil ICorrect." James I'nrlon, the rioted biogra pher, discovered In tho records of tho Nnshvlllo court, of which Jackson was Judge, numerous documents In dorsed "O. R.," moaning "order re scinded." IIo thereforo urged that It was n belated business that Major Downing saw on the desk of the pros Idontlnl candidate. Tho Democrats, In llouof denying the charge, adopted the letters "O. K." as a sort of party cry and fastened them on their ban ners. ONE -OF THE OLDEST METALS Abundant Proof That Iron Has Doen In Use Since the Very Earliest Days. Iron must havo been familiar In tho time of Moses. A wedgo made of Iron was left In the grout pyramid by the builders, which proves that the metal wns known and In use about 1,000 B, C. Besides, In tho fourth chapter ol Genesis, It Is mentioned that Tubal Cain was a pioneer In developing the arts of iron making and brass work ing. Brass, however, was a very In definite term among the natives. When spoken of In tho Scriptures It Is sel dom to bo understood to signify the alloy of copper and zinc now called by thnt name. Tho "brass" tempered for edged tools or weapons of war was n bronze, usually a compound of copper and tin. Copper was also known to mankind nt a very curly period, Articles of cop per wero found 8t feet under the statuo of Barneses the Great, which Was erected ,ii00 years ago. Debris has accumulated there to a depth of nlno feet, and the copper articles were found, on further excavation, 72 feet lower down. Gretna Green. Gretnn Gref;n, the rendezvous of doping couples, was once the haunt of persons who exercised cupidity nt the expense of Cupid, and innkeepers, ferrymen and tollhouse tenders ex ploited the couples who tied there. Any witnesses served to make tho marriages recognized as legal, but the "professional witnesses' there, like tho "marrying parsons" of some Amer ican towns, engaged "touts" to bring couples to them, and when the rail road from Glasgow to Carlisle started running, the Htation plntform at Gret na Green thronged with iheso obnox ious "commissioned men." According to a popular legend, blacksmith shops wero favorite mec cas for eloping couples, but authority Is lacking for stories of smithies who would pauso while shooing horses to help lognllzo marriages. Hntshopou-Pharaah. Who antedated De Lesseps (1800) by 4,000 years In digging tho Suez canal? A woman, llatshopsu-l'ha-raoh. She ascended tho throne of Kgypt with her brother, Thothmes II, nbout 1000 B. 0. Her courage and ca pacity brought tho , reins of govern ment Into her own hands. At tho death of .Thothmes she was tho mas ter spirit of tho ugw. The dominant woman built the splendid terraced rock temple of Dulr-cl-Buhnr! on thu Theban plain. Her chief glory wns In sending an expedition to tho Land of I'unt (Opblr) by way of the Bed 8Vu. A woman dug tho first Suez cnnnl, and ns tho expedition returned up tho Nile tho shouts that greeted tho queen (who always woro tho habil iment of tho initio) was tho first "God savo the king" In history 1 Too Much Self-indulgence. Tho greatest weakness of human na turo Is Bolf-lndulBonco, drifting along tho pntli of least resistance with III hcultli at the end of tho road. Good health Is, of course, the first prerequisite to a long and useful life, Longevity Is sought ns a high price of constant exerclso of will power and self-control Tlvero aro ninny pep sons who have not that will power and self-control. In theno' casus wo can not go agnlnst nuturo by any amount of tcnchlng. Exchange. Loss of the Griffin. TIiIb vessol, tho flint to navigate tho western lakos, wiih louded with furs nnd other goods by La Salle, to the valuo of 22,000 llvroN, and sent bnck to Montreal, via Mackinac and Nl ngara, In order to puy off La Sallo'a creditors. It sot sail on Soptembor 18, , 1070, with a crow of flvo men and pi lot, and wns novorvhonrd of again. A severe storm sprang up that night and it Is bolicved tho vossol struck tho sand" and was burled In It, or It nifty lmv btiai lost through tho trcachory st tho grow. LEONARD WOOD, WOOD HAS VARIED CIVIL EXPERIENCE ADMINISTRATIVE QUALITIES ARE TESTED AMD PROVED IN HAN- PROBLEMS. J By EDWARD B. CLARK. t From time to time pcoplo nsk, I "What lias been tho ndmlnlstrntlvo i nnd business) experience of Leonard 1 Wood? What has been his experlcnco i with men outside of the nrmy? Whnt does he know nbout conditions In tho different pnrts of tho United States and In our overseas possessions ?IIns be any thorough knowledge of foreign affairs and of our foreign relations?" The administrative qualities of Leonard Wood havo been tested and proved. No Amerlcnn living hns been tried mora thoroughly than he In com plex Holds of constructive civil work, administrative work of the highest order which carried with It tho neces sity for the oxerclso of keen business acumen. Tho republic of Cubit, built upon firm democratic foundations, Is a mon ument to tho administrative, ability of Leonard Wood. In the Philippines is to bo found another monument to his statesmanship. Lconnrd Wood graduated In medi cine from Harvard University in 1881 and served for moro than a year In ono of the great hospitals, later to , take chargo of tlio charity depart- ments In a section of tho city of Bos ton where tho poor lived. Not long after the completion of Wood's work In Boston ho beenmo an assistant surgeon In tho army, coming Into contact with tho western plains man, tho miner, tho peoplo generally, and giving much of his time to tlio work of assisting tho Indians and to a study of tho problems of Irrigation and reclamation. Then for Leonard Wood there camo four years In California. IIo covered the state many times In pursuance of his duties and extended his Held as occasion required Into tho states of the Northwest. Then for two years ho was In servlco In tho South, huvlug headquarters In Georgia. From tho South Leonard Wood went to tho city of Washington, whero his work brought hint Into dally contuct tvlth Grovcr Cleveland. Thon he had the same Intimate relations-with Wil liam McICInlcy and tho men of his time. Then enmo tho Spanish war and tho nctlvo campaign lu Cuba as tho col onel of the regiment of rough riders of which Theodoro Boosevelt wns tho lieutenant colonel. At tho closo of tho Spanish war Leonurd Wood's supremo admlnlstrn ttvo duties began. Ho was mttdo tho governor of tho city of Santiago and a few weeks later of tho ontlro east ern half of Cuba. Under Wood profiteering was abol ished, Industry was built up, agricul ture rehabilitated, hospitals organ ized, equipped and maintained, tens of thousands of peoplo clothed nnd fed nnd all this dono In it thorough buslnessllko mnntter. It was dono un fler tribulations which nroso fro.n tho fuct that tho peoplo wero Im poverished to tho point of starva tion and had been dying by thousands for tho lack of tho things which Wood lulckly provided. Thon thore came the rehabilitation of tho municipalities, tho establish ment of schools, tho oponlng of rouds, tho organizing of government In the provinces, tho londjuntnumt of taxa tion nnd of the courts, and the work of providing for the thoiuundB of chil dren mndo orphnni by wnr or famine. Thovo was moro business ami mors ADMINISTRATOR PI varieties of it than It has been tho lot of many men ever to hnvo placed up on their shoulders. Not long after this there enmo the greater opportunities In Havnna. It was necessary to re-writo tho election laws to make them fit the habits of tho peoplo. Production had to be stimu lated, for ngrlculttiro was tho main source of tho Island's wealth. Hero again the same measures wero follow. ed and ns a result there were estab lished law and order, protection of life and property, and liberty with in tho law. These were the foundation stones. Wood knew that the government must bo. run by tho Cubans, and ho 00 per cent of tho ofllcluls cnKiiced In the great wprk of reconstruction were selected from tho peoplo of tho Islund. Tho Cubans wero taught government while tho government was being built and thus they wero nblo to run It when tho rulo of the Island was turned over to Its Inhabitants. When It became necessary to reor ganize the Cuban railroads Wood se cured the services of Sir William Van Home, president of tho Canadian Pa cific, and of Granville M. Dodge, build er of the Union Pacific. Tho sumo general policy was fol lowed In dealing with tho problem of caring for,tho tens of thousands of orphans that hnd been left by the war. Homer Folks, commissioner of chnrl ties of tho state of New York, was called to Cuba by Wood to aid In tifv establishment of a system for plnclng nnd permanently caring for these lit tle desolates. Chief Justice White of the Supreme court of the United htates, at that tlmo an associate Jus tice, was consulted as to the method to be pursued in reorganizing tho courts. Lconnrd Wood wns in Cuba about four years. IIo left there a reorgan ized nnd sound banking system, n good railroad system, no debts, nearly $2,000,000 unincumbered money In the treasury, a sugar crop of nearly 1,000, 000 tons, sound municipal laws, fine public works, n firm agricultural foundation and an absolute respect among the .people for life nnd prop erty. The school system which Wood estnbllshed was founded on the laws of Massachusetts nnd Ohio. Bonds were built which mndo communication speedy. Tho hospitals erected under his supervision wero of the hlehest tvno. Lord Cromer said ho wished this American officer was nvallablo to fol low him In his reconstruction work In Egypt. Ellhu Boot said this work never was paralleled In colonial pos sessions anywhere. Theodore Rnnso- velt said that Leonard Wood "has rendered services to Cuba of n kind which, If performed threo thousand years ago, would have made him n hero mixed up with tho sun god In va rious wnys." After tho Cuban experience Wood was for five years In tho Phlllnnlnes confronted with the difficult labor of establishing a civil government, this tlmo among a Mohammedan people. Thero ho did the sanio successful work ho did In Cubn. This period of residence In tho Phil ippines gave Wood nn opportunity to study conditions In the British colo nies, Borneo, Singapore, and to keep In close touch with conditions In Japan and nlong the China coast Wood traveled through India, spent some time with the Dutch In Java, and with Lord Cromer In Egypt. ne gained and retained knowledgo of nil which at that tlmo enmo under his stu dlous observation. Then Leonard Wood became chief of the general staff of tho Unltei States army, In whose hands rests very largely the dlrectlou and ndmln 1st rat Ion of the military establishment which lifter all Ik 00 per cent a bust lies matter.' The administrative euicpr nf T.om ard Wood Is spread upon the records of hit country. The work which ho Uhs doue U lurting. It Is n statuf mail's work. Cash Paid for CREAM, POULTRY AND EGGS. Stenvad Pouliry Co.. 312 East Front. Notice of Additional 'Lnnd (o be In cluded in Blrdwood Irrigation District. Notice Is hereby given to each and every owner of hind In tho Blrdwood Irrigation District that on this 12th day of January, 1920, Cathorino Boylo fled at tho offlco of said district a pe tition praying that tho boundaries ol said district bo chanced so ns to in- cludo tho following doscribed land, to-wlt: Part of N& of NE1, of NEtf con sisting of fifteen acres; Part of NV& of NW of NE'A consisting of fifteen acres: Part of N of NEVi of NW consisting of fifteen acres; Part of N of NW4 of NWVi consisting of fifteen acres making n total of sixty acres of Section G, Township 14, R. 32 west of tho 6th P. M. In Lincoln County, Nobraska, which aro contigu ous to tho Blrdwood Irrigation Dis trict and which constitute ono tract of land, said petition prays thnt tho aforesaid lands bo included in tho district nnd bo irrigated from tho canal nnd the water appropriation of said district tho same as lands now ombraced within tho boundaries of said district. All persons interested in said peti tion will appear at this office on Tues day, April 13, 1920, and show cause in writing why prayer of said peti tioner may not bo granted . Dated this 17th day of March, 1920. MARY C. McNEEL, Sec'y. Notice o1 Election. Notico is heroby given that on Tues day, tho Gth day of April, 1920, a gen eral city, election will bo held In the city of North Platlo, Lincoln County, Nebraska, tho polls to be opened be tween tho hours of 9 a. m. and 7 p. m. Tho voting places will bo as fol lows: in tho First Ward on Dewey Street between 4th and 5th streets in tho building- known as tho Durbln garage; In the second ward In the Court House on the second floor; in the third ward in tho city building on Lot 1, Block 100, known as tho Fire Station on the second floor and In the fourth ward In tho building known as tho Buick garage. At which election thero will bo vot ed for and elected: Ono Councilman from tho first ward for the torm of two years. Ono Councilman from tho second ward for tho torm of two years. One Councilman from the" third ward for the term of wo years. Ono Councilman from tho third ward for the term of one yoar.. uno councilman, rrom tne iourin ward for ho term of two years. Two members of the Board of Edu cation for tho school district of the city of North Platte, County 6f Lin coln and Stato of 'Nebraska, for tho torm of threo years-. Given under tho seal of tho city of North. Platte, this 26th day of March, 1920. A. F. STREITZ, Mayor. Attest: O. E. ELDER,. City Clerk. (SEAL) ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES On this 2d day of March, 1920. the county commissioners proceeded to make, and did mako, tho following es timate of expenses for tho year 1920: County General $70,000 County Bridge 40,000 County Roads 50,000 Agricultural Society 1,000 Bridge Bonds Osgood - $1,000 Blrdwood 1.500 South Platte 1.500 Platto 1,500 Bostwlck 500 Horshoy 700 East Platto 2,000 School Bonds No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. .o. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. 1 .. 7 23 . 47 55 . G7 . 94 . 95 . 9S -105 . Ill 119 120 . 122 . 126 . 131 . 132 . 133 . 21 113 116 18 .$12,000 . 1,750 500 100 3,000 450 350 300 300 300 300 2,000 200 200 - 300 350 . 500 500 300 200 200 300 Special Building $2,500 900 200 200 200 500 1,000 300 300 200 200 200 300 33 . 00 130 131 19 . 31 - 65 . 132 133 Dl 7S . 100 112 F. W. HERMINGHAUSBN, S. J. KOCH. E, H. SPRINGER, County Commissioners. 1116-1 w DHS. STATES & STATES Chiropractors C, 0, 7 Building & Loan Building. Offlco Phone 70. Bes. Phono 1242 1)11. HAROLD FENNER Ostcopnth Over Hlrscbfelil's Office Phono 333 Res. Phone 1020 IIOCTOJI J. T. QUIGLKY Practice Limited to iinr,'rj nnil Itntlluni Thorn pj fit) National itniik tiiillriliitf. Oniuhit, Nebnifk DOCTOR C. A. SELBY L'hyslcinn nnd Surgoom Office orer Bexall Drug Store Office Phone 371. Houso 1068 AUTO LIVERY. Romigh Garage, Phono 811 Day Call.' Phdue 1270 Com. mcrclal Hotel Night Ca'I. Taxi Service. Col. H. M. JOHANSEN, AUCTIONEER. Sale Dates: March. G. W. Smith, 2 miles south nnd 5Ms miles west of North Platte, March 25. Land Sale, 8 miles north of Maxwell, March 31. NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Offlco at Broken Bow. No braska, March 10, 1920. Notico is hereby given that Fred erick W. Tibbels, of North Platte, Ne braska, who, on May 15, 1916, made homestead entry, North Platlo No. 06355, Broken Bow No. 011910, for tho N NEVi Section 18, Township 11 North of Range 30 West of Gth Prln- clpa Meridian, has filed notico of ln- tenton to make three-year proof, to establish claim to tlio land above des cribed, before W. H. C. Woodhurst, United States Commissioner, at North Platte, Nebraska, on the 20th day April, 1920. Claimant names as witnesses: George Monary, of North Platte, Ne braska, David G. Tibbels, of North Platte, Nebraska, Norman White, of Wellfleet, Nebraska, John H. Boyle, of North Platte, Nebraska. MACK C. WARRINGTON, lml6 Register. NOTICE OF SALE. By virtue of an order of salo Issued by the District Court of Lincoln coun ty, Nebraska, on December 17, 1919. in an action- In partition wherein A. Belle Swarthout is plaintiff and Wil liam E. Pickens, tlie 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 the court house in the city of North Platto, Lincoln county, Nebraska, on the third day o? April, 1920, at the hour of one o'clock P. M tho following described real es tate situate In Lincoln county, Ne braska, to-wlt: Lots five (5) and six (G), Block one hundred and eighty six (186) of tho original town of the city of North Platte; part of lot threo (3), Union Pacific plat lying south of lots flvo (5) nnd six (6), block one hundred eighty-six (1SG) in tho city of North Platto; tho north forty-four feet of lots one (1) and two (2), block ono hundred seventeen of the original town of the city of North Platte; "all of lot threo (3), block ono hundred twenty-seven (127), of the original town of tho city of North Platto; west twenty-two feet of lot threo (3), block ono hundred four (104) of the original town of tho city of North Platte; part of lot slxG), block one bunded four (104) of tho original town of the city of North Platto, Nobraska, described as 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 the south east corner thereof, thenco GG foot in a westerly direction along tho south lino qf said lot to tho southwest corner thoreof, thence 82 feet In a northerly direction along the west lino of said lot, thenco east 3 feot, thenco 15 feet In a northorly, direction on a lino par allel with tho west lino of said lot thenco east 3 feet, thenco 35 feot in a northerly direction on a lino paral lel with tho west Uno of said lot to the north lino of said lot, thenco east GO feet to tho place of beginning; all of blocks one (1) and two (2) In Thom son's sub-dlvlslon of a part of lot 4 of Section 4, Township 13, North of Bango 30, west of the Gth P. M., of tho city of North Platto, Nebraska. I wll sell at public auction at the west front door of tho court house In tho city of Lexington, Dawson coun ty, Nobraska, on tho second day of April, 1920, at tho hour of one o'clock P. M. tho following doscribed real es tate sltuato in Dawson county, Ne braska, to-wlt: Lots -one (1), two (2), and threo (3) In block flfty-slx (56) of the origi nal town of tho city of Lexington; all of block ten (10) in C. L. Ervin's ad dition to the city of Lexington; and a part of block soventeon (17), Mac Coil's Addition to tho city of Loxing ton, Nobraska, doscribol as follows: Commencing 100 feet west of the northeast corner of said block 17, thonce south pnrallel with tho east lino of said block 150 foot, thonco wost parallol with tho north lino of said block 100 foot, thonco north par allel with tho west line of said block 150 foot, thonco oast to tho place of beginning. Tho forms of said salo to bo cash In hnnd. Dated at North Patto, Nebraska, this 1st day of March, .1920. m2a2 O. E. ELDER, Rofereo. Utock For Salo Fourteen work horses and mules, three now wagons and lour sets of harness, thirty head of pure bred White Face cattle, 100 head pure bred Galowny cows and heifers for salo privately. Located two miles south and two miles east of Horshcy. IStf JULIUS MOGENSEN. NORTH PLATTE ..General Hospital.. (incorporated) One Halt Block North ol Posloflice. Phone 58 A modern institution for the scientific treatment of medical, surgical and confinement casen Completely tquipped X-Ray and diagnostic laboratories. Staff: Geo. B. Dent M. D. V. Lucas, M. D. J.B. Redfield.M.D. J.S. SIMMS, M.D. dr: l. j. krause, dentist McDonald Bank Bldy. Phone 97. Office phone 211. Res. phone 217 L . C . DROST, Osteopathic Physician. North Platte, Nebraska. Knights of Columbus Building. Offlco Phone 340 Res. Phone 1237 DE. SHAFFEB, Osteopathia riiysIcJan Bolton Bldg. North Platto, Neb. Phono for Appointment!. GEO. B. DENT. Phsyician and Surgeon. Special Attention Given to Surgery and Obstretrlcs. Offlco: Building & Loan Building Phones: Office 130. Residence 115 Dlt. REDFIEL1) 1'hysiciaii. Obstetrician Surtreon. X-Jlay Colls Promptly Answered Night or Day Phone Office (512 Residence G7G ALBERT A. LAN K. Dentist Rooms 1 and 2 Oelton Building .Vorth PbittM. N'ebrhrtka. Notice lo Creditors. Estate No. 1735 of Nels C. Rasmus sen, deceased, In the County Court of Lincoln County, Nobraska. 'The State of Nebraska, ss: Credi tors of said estate will take notice that the time limited for presentation and filing of claims against said estate is Juy 23d, 1920, and for settlement of said estate is March 19th, 1921, that I will sit at the county court room in said county court room in said county on April 23d, 1920, at 9 o'clock a. m. and on July 23d, 1920, at 9 o'clock a, m., to receive, examine, hear, allow or adjust all claims and objections dulv WM. H. C. WOODHURST m 23-4 County Judge. Notico Decree of Heirship, Estato No. 1741 of Harriet Jones, deceased, in the County Coiirt of Lin coln county, Nebraska, Tho heirs, creditors and all persons Interested in said estate, will tako notice theat on the 11th day of March, 1920, Elizabeth Otten, an heir of said decedent, filed Her petition herein, al leging that the said Harriet Jones died Intestate on or about January 6, 1903, a resident of Lincoln county, Ne braska, and that at the tlmo of her death she was tho owner of, or had an estato of inheritance in Lot Two (2), Block One Hundred (100) of original town of City of North Platto, a homo stead of less valuo than $2000.00 in said Lincoln county, Nobraska, and that no applcation has been made in tlio said stato for the appointment of an administratorThat sho left sur viving her: Mrs. Elizabeth Otten, a daughter, age GO. residing at Nampa, Idaho, Mrs. Mary E. McCafferty, a daughter, ago 53, residing at Van couver.tWash.; Mrs. Catherine Work man, a daughter, ago 47, residing at Washangle, Wash; Miss Henrietta Jones, a daughter, ago 49. residing at North Platte, Nebraska, James Jones, now deceased; John E. Jones, a son, ago 43, residing at North Platte, Neb.; Prank Jonos, a son, aged 39, residing nt Grand Island, Neb.; Mrs. Anna Mo ran, a daughter, ago 44, residing at Gary, Ind. That James Jones, son. died intestato In North Platto about January 1st, 1911, unmarried -and that tho above named brothers and sisters, being tho children of tlio deceased, In herited all of tho interest of said James Jonos, deceased, and succeed to his interest as heirs. That all of tho debts of said deced ent havo boon paid, and said real es tato is wholly exempt from attach ment, oxecution or other mesno pro cess and not liablo for tho payment of tho debts of said doccased, and pray ing that regular administration bo waived and a decree bo entered barr ing creditors nnd fixing tho dato of her death and tho dogroo of Kiuship of her hoirs and tho right of descont to said real ostate. ,S?i(LI)eUUon win 1)0 "ard April 16, 1920, at 9 o'clock a. m. at tho office of the County. Judgo of said county WM. H. C. WOODHURST, m23-3 County Judge.