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i llorth THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NERi, OCTOBER 1920. No. 77 t PREVENT FIRES IS SLOGAN NATIONAL AND STATE G0VK11K MEM'S DESIGNATE FIE ,1'KE YENTION DAY. Saturday, October Oth, has been set asldo as Flro Prevention Day by the Government of tho United States and the same dato has been designated by tho State of Nobraska. Tho North Platto Chamber of Commcrco has in dorsed this movement and is giving its support to the observance of tho day. AH property owners aro interosted in this movement bocauso tho insurance rates, depend on tho flro hazard and tho flro protection. "When wo can show tho Insurance Inspection offici als that tho risk is loss In North Platto than in other cities, our insur ance rates will bo less. Fires aro not "an act of God." They aro mostly provcntable. There is In tho United States, moro than one fire every minuto of tho day and njght for every day in tho year. Each of theso fires destroys property. Wilbur B. Mallaliau, in Tho Nation's Business says: "Our annual flro loss, which exceeds $300,000,000, is equivalent to 5 pen cent interest upon a capital fund of ?6,000,000,000. America may, there fore, be said to havo a permanent in vestment of $6,000,000,000 in the ex pensive habit of playing with Are. The outlay does not represent money transferred with attendant stimula tion of business aclvity; it represents resources blotted out of oxistenco. Whether Insured or uninsured, there U no flro which does not leave the country definitely and permanently poorer. Worse than all is the fact that moro than 20,000 Ivumau beings aro burned to death each year In our land alone. Tho war cost us 50,000 lives In battle. FIIIES THAT HUN WILD. Over all there is the ever-present danger of fire that becomes a con flagration; that escapes control and spreads over a city. Sometimes it is not checked for several days, as in the case of San Fransclsco, and tho disaster is broader far than the burned over territory. It is general ly admitted that tho San Francisco conflagration In 1906 was an import ant factor in tho panic and hard times 1 of 1907. I With American lifo tending moro ' and more to congestion in cities, tho i conflagration hazard Is Increasing. This is tho time of year to Inspect tho fluos and chimneys, keep tho dead loavos and grass cleaned up, sco that electric wiros aro properly insulated and covered and prepare a safe place for nshes, gasoline, ma'tchos and other materials which cause Arcs. It is a community proposition and wo can all work together to make North Platte a safer place to live in and wherovcr wo live, to make our homes as free from flro risk as possible. ORGANIZE LADIES' BAND .MKKTINU LIN HELD AT THE FJtANIC AUMTOMUX LAST SIGHT. .MISS EDITH lWlTKHSON l'OUND DEAD SAT1MDAI Al'TENNOON. 3IOONEY GOLF CUT FINALS WON BY C. It. MOREY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. The Golf Tournament for tho Moonoy Cup was finished Sunday af ternoon when a largo crowd watched C. It. Morey dofeat C. M. Nowton on tho Country Club grounds. W. E. Starr was a contestant in the finals with Mr. Morey and Mr. Nowton. There wero thirty-four contestants in tho tournament which started two weeks ago. Mr. Morey won bo ono stroke. Another tournament will start this week and tho prize will bo p. medal. MISS KKAMFII A DELEGATE AMERICAN TltlSON CONGRESS. TO Omaha dispatches give the name of Miss Anna Kramph of North Platto as one of the delegates appointed by Governor McKelvio to attend the American Prison Congress at Colum bus, Ohio, October 14 to 19. Most of tho leaders in this lino are among tho sixteen delegates named. Thy in clude Warden Fenton, Chief Eberstcln, Supt. Clark, Miss Cams, Roy Lcavitt and Miss Ward.' will tho Sixteen ladles of North Platto composo "tho latest addition to band organizations of tho city. They mot at tho Franklin Auditorium last night and organized by electing Earl Stamp director and authorizing him to securo music for an early rehear sal. Mrs. C. II. Lclnlngcr was elected President, Miss Ida Ottcnstoln was mado Vice-President, -Miss Janot Mc Donald, Secretary-Treasurer and Mil dred Skinner Librarian. No name was selected but ono will be chosen nt an early meeting. Practice will bo held each Monday evening begin ning next week. Other ladles present at tho organization, meeting wero Mrs. A. C. Howard, Miss Esther Antont des, Mrs. Earl Stamp, Mrs. Wilson Tout, Mrs. Frank Ycarslcy, Miss Ilor rod and Miss Florence Stamp. Others who will probably Join aro Mrs. L. J. Krauso, Miss Florence McKay, Miss Georgina McKny, Mrs. Arthur Tramp and Miss Dorothy Ilinman. No ono Jias been invited to join who docs not know something about music as it is the determination of this oh ganlzation to make progress from tho first. This makes threo bands for North Platte, counting tho Chamber of Commerce Band and tho High School Cadet Band. BOARD OF EDUCATION DECIDES NOT TO HAVE A BOND ELECTION. ll'IONEER CA3IPFIRE GIRLS HOLD ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Tho Pioneer Campfiro hold Its an nual election of officers Tuesday even ing when tho following were elected: 'President, Ellen Erlcksen; vice-president, Merle Watts; Secretary, Addie Bigham; Cheer Leader, Edna Barber; Treasurer, Mabel Getty; Pianist, Lydia Yost; Press Correspondent Dorothy Elder. This club was organized May 25, 1918 by Miss Layton. Miss Lucillo Wilcox is tho Guardian. Mrs. Ralph Ford loft Tuesday for a short stay In Omaha. Mies Edith Patterson,, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Patterson, 515 W. j Fourth St., was found dead at hor homo Saturday just after noon. (Neighbors seeing smoko Issuing from tho windows turned In tho lira1 alarm, nnd tho department responded at onco. Mennwhllo frvsiuls bad entered tho houso and found it full ot gab and smoko. When they wero nble to search tho different rooms they found tho bpdy of Miss Patterson in her room. Apparently she wna dead and all efforts to rovlvo her failed. A gas Jet was open down stairs and this with smoko was tho causo of her death. Tho flro did some dnmago to tho furnish ings but wns quickly extinguished. Tho funoral is to bo held this nftcrnooii nt 2:30 from tho Enisconnl Church. An account of her lifo will bo published Friday. ::o:: HOAGLAND RETURNS FROM A TRIP TO THE ATLANTIC COAST. Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Hoagland re turned yesterday from n trip to tin coast. Mr. Hoagland was ono of tho four delegates from Nebraska to tho 'Sovereign Grand Lodgo of tho United States, which met in Boston last week. He was In Boston at tho tlmo they wero closing up tho Trust Companies and he says thoro was some flnaa lal depression at tho timo but that wlen ho left things wero nbout at normal. Air. and -Mrs. Hoagland mado a trip over to Marshflold Hills, thirty miles south of Boston nnd spent a day with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Foley, who arp liv ing tberc on a twenty acre farm fac ing tho ocean. Mr. Foley was ono of tho early settlers of North Platto, hav Ing at ono timo conducted a mercan tile business here. Ho organized tho First National Bank nnd built the business block now occupied by IMPROVES ' FAR! HERD The Board of Education at Us reg-JJUrchfeld and Rush elded not to havo an election to issue bonds but to take advantage ofta law passed by tho last Legislature allow ing such bonds to bo Issued upon the petition of a certain number of legal voters. . Under this law tho big ex pense of a special election Is avoided The names of tho required majority will be secured on the petitions. ;o:: Georgo Tekulvlo's car was destroyed by flro Sunday evening while return ing from Blgnell. No ono was injured. The loss was covered by insurance. 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NEW PRICE Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi HXl'KRlMKNT STATION HAS KEC-j OKI) MAKING DAIRY DEPART- MENT. a HEATHER SUMMARY FOR SEP TEMBKR REPORTED NEAR NORMAL. Tho Dairy Department at tho Ex perimental Substation located Just south of this city, has grown from twenty to forty cows In tho past flvo years slnco it was started. At first tho milking herd consisted of twenty cows most of them bolng common rod stock with a few puro bred and some grado irolstcin hoitora. Now tills herd consists of over forty Holstclns, all of which aro high grado or pure bred. Approximately doublo the amount of milk Is now secured from tho aver ago cow that was secured first andthis has been dono by caroful selection ot tho cows and tho weeding out o tho uuprofltablo animals. Fivo different coWs now In tho hord havo an avorago of over oight hundred pounds of but ter In 3G5 days. An almost wonderful record Is that of a cow named Soges Plcdgo Roso which is ono of tho foundation .'ani mals ot tho hord. This cow, now six years old, gavo 20,000 pounds of milk In ton months. In this milk thoro was over 900 pounds of .butter. T1iis amount of milk nt tho prosent prico would cost $1,000. In ono seven-day record this cow gavo 3214 pounds ot butter. The projiout Senior hord sire is King Plobo Pontine Scgis. His dam Is a cow which broko twenty World records boforo she was flyo years old. Work such as Is being dono with llvo stock at tho Substation is of groat ml uo to the stockmen of Lin coln County nnd tho neighboring Counties and tho farmers should sco that members ot tho Loglslaturo aro oloctod who will keep this work up to tho present high standard by lccop ing up tho appropriations. METHODIST LADIES TO MEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON. Tho regular meeting of tho Ladlos Aid Society of tho Methodist Church will bo hold In tho church parlors Thursday afternoon. Tho Serving Commltteo is Mcsdomes Dean, Dcakin, Starr, Stovons and Miss Todd. A full attoudanco is desired. -: :o::- Honry Georgo, ot Brady, was a bus iness visitor in tho city Saturday. Weatherman Shilling haa made out his summary of tho weather conditions for September and it shows that tho avorago dally temperature for tho month wns ono degree above normal and the precipitation Is two-thirds ot an inch below normal. On tho 19th of tho month the thermometer went to 94 while on the 30th it dropped to 27. Thoro were fourteen clenr dnys, thir teen partly cloudy and threo cloudy. Tho flrst killing frost occurred on the last day of the month although light frost was reported on tho Afth and sixth and a heavy frost on tho 29th. FORMER NORTH PLATTE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER .MARRIED. Miss Alta Wells for a 'number of years a teacher In tho North Platto High School, was married a fow days ago at her homo in Alexandria, Nob., to Frederick F. Weinnrd. Mr. Welnnrd Is an nssistant in tho Department of Botany at tho University of Illinois and Is working for his PH. D degree Mrs. Weinard is also an assistant in tho samo department and Is working toward her MA degree. They will bo at homo at 1207 W. Main St. Urbana, 111. HIGH SCHOOL ENTERTAINS VISIT ING TEAM AT FRANKLIN AUDITORIUM. 4.00 NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, Hendy-Og Auto ler Ford and Fordson Sales and Service e Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Phone 34 North Platte, Nebraska Friday ovoning tho local High School students ontcrtaino'l tho visit ing Alliance football team at Franklin Auditorium. Tho flrst part of tho ovoning wns spent In games. From 9:30 until 11 tho students gave a danco with Doucot's orchestra fur- nisiiing tno music. AU speak very highly ot tho Alliance boys as a clean 'ninch of boys. ' IGH SCHOOL DEFEATS ALLIANCE IN FIRST GAME OF SEASON, i 'orth Plntto High School won tho '' 't fiotball gnmo of tho season Fri- ' when it dofcated Allianco High P " -ol by a scoro of 34 to 0. Allianco v cloarly outclassed. No scoro was n i vuntil tho socond quartor when W ' ?r and Adams each mado a touch do -. In tho second half, Shonk, Ad; 'S arid scored touchdowns 8eh nal scoro was 31 to 0. M . B. B. Boatman left yesterday for r.Tuskogeo, Okla., whero sho will visit !-cr sistor, Mrs. L. R Kershaw, AT THE Sun THEATRE Tuesday AND Wednesday 46 Lahoma A Story of the Eerly Days in Oklahoma From the Novel hy John Breckinridge Ellis Also "Mutt and Jeff" and Universal Weekly North Platte Equity Association Oil Dewey Street Phono 108 MEATS AND GROCERIES Quality and Satisfaction Our Motto; Try us with your next order and be satisfied. -THE HOUSE OF GOOD EATS Highest Market Price Paid for Produce FREE DELIVERY Hallowell Orchestra Concert and Dance ELK S CLUB. TONIGHT. 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