The Missing 8
Witness 8
Dy VICTOR RADCLIFFE
(85, 1910. V.ilern Newpapr union.)
A middon gust of wind nearly swept
Victor Lloyd oft his feet. With a shiv
er nnd n whang the tinihrcllii he car
ried turned fnslde out and lie enst it
away, a wreck. The first drops of rain
struck ills face. Me started to run,
making for the only home in view Juat
beyond u bridge spanning a narrow
strcnin. Midway across the structure
a second vnjtnry of the rising browse
rnlwed his hut from his bond, whirled
it aloft and tfien to the surface of tin
rlvor and In dlsnmy, unable to recover
it, Lloyd saw ft submerged.
Tito suit ho won wns a light o
his shoes were low cut, a drenching
boded wretchedness nnd disaster. He
had wandered beyond the city limits.
Tho nearest refuge was the limine liai
lin.l trltnnt) llitf.ilimwlntt 111. .IiiuIwwIm
null llulli-uil '.I . v;i u.it.i 1 1 iiitmv u
through Uh gateway, baited under a
treo"for a moment or two, nnd then
as the rnln enme down in real earnest,
slantingly assailing htm on all sides,
Lloyd made for a covered porch. Even
thorb, however, the downpour pene
trated. "Perhaps you had bettor come in
side," spoke a silvery voice, nnd tho
screen door wns pushed half open and
a sunuy face Invited with a friendly
smile. Lloyd's hnnd went mechanical
ly to his bead to lift tho lint Unit was
not there. Tho girl could not repress a
light laugh. Lloyd Joined In It, en
tered n hallway, followed his guide In
to a neat little parlor and ruefully re
marked: "I am bringing In some wet," and bo
hesitated ns to taking a chair.
"Do not mind that," replied tho
young lady. "If you would help nto
cfo&c the wlndoww. Tho rain Is beat
ing In on nil sides," and with alacrity
Lloyd sprang to the task Invited.
IIo was not Borry now that he had
lost his lint, for in n way lie bad lost
bis heart to iho vision of loveliness
before him. She was the most win
some 'crenturo be bad ever met, and
treated him us though amid her lone
lincsa slip was glad to have a visitor
to alleviate tho tedium.
Their conversation wns only gen
eral, but from tho sumo, Lloyd learned
that her father was a merchant In tho
wholesale quarter of the city, and ho
Imparted tho information that he was
a broker in the llnanclnl district.
"I have Intruded too long nlreiuly,"
lie observed after a delightful half
hour. The storm has passed and tho
sun Is coming out." ,
"r 'Tou have been very welcome,"
spoke Inez Bolton. "Hut you cannot
go back to the city hntless. I will see
If I cannot find Honicthlng that will
answer In tho wny of headgear until
you rench home."
The young lndy left the room and
returned with a hat evidently belong
lng to Iter father, but when Lloyd tried
It on bo found it too large. Ills fair
companion brushed It neatly went to
a desk and selected what seemed to ho
Fpveral circulars from a drawer, fold
ed them nnd placed them In the. lining,
nnd Lloyd declared that the lit was
perfect.
- "1 will have the bat returned with
many thanks," he told Miss llolton
"I hope we shall meet again,"
"I hope so, too," she replied readily,
and Lloyd went home with pleasant
thoughts and anticipations. lie got
the bat ready- to return by a messen
ger. Removing the folded papers and
phtuing the hat lu a box, he cbnticed
to notice that tboy were printed cir
culars, all alike.
"Why, this Is queer!'"' exclaimed
Lloyd.
What ho held In his band was evi
dently a circular sent to lawyers In
various cUles containing a description
of one Mark Steele, and signed by
Robert llolton. It stated thai Steele
was a missing witness In n most Im
portant law case and offowHl a reward
for Ills recovery,
"And I know the man saw hint only
late year when I was camping out In
Idlto. Name and description exactly
tally. Why, here Is certainly an ex
cuse to Hasten Intel; where l canto
from and learn If my knowledge will
be of any benollt to the father of that
delightful llttlo Miss Bolton."
It wns n gladsome return Journey
that Victor Lloyd made, because lie
hoped that Uh results would bring bint
nearer to the fair young girl who had
so nttrueted hint,
Ho wore bis own hat this time, car
rylpg that of Mr. Helton nontly dono
'up. Ills daughter was boated on tho
porch this time. She loft tho side of
a dignified inan, evidently her father,
to greet Lloyd, noticing the parcel In
his hand.
"Oh! you should not have hurried
to bring the bat back," she said.
"Father, this was our visitor of tho
afternoon 1 told you about."
Mr. Bolton bowed courtpously, but
with no effusion, and studied Lloyd
rather critically as though alwayw on
guard as to his daughter's acquaint'
ancsu, but be moused into excited ac
tivity as Lloyd said:
"I made a discovery when 1 got
home- (ho circulars in tho lilting. 1
was Mimowhnt surprised, for I know
Murk Steele."
"And V.Ihmp he Is?" cried Mr. Bolton
eagerly.
"Yes. I hope- my knowledge may bo
of valuo to you."
"Of value," repeated Mr. Bolton lu
an Iptonco tone. "Why, upon his tes
tlmony dopouda half of my real es
tnte."
Victor L'loyd never as.kcd for the
reward offered for the dlsco.vory of
,tho missing witness ho wanted only
ACCORDING TO FIXED DESIGN
Variety of Reasons Advanced for tho
Arrangement of Paint on tho
Cheeks pf Clown.
All pantomime, clowns paint their
checks and mostly tboy do so accord
ing to certain designs handed down
from generation to generation.' But
ns to the why and tho wherefore opin
ions differ.
According to one nutbority tho scar
let trlnnglos, red flshtnll and half
moon, originated from dabs of vor-
mllllon plnccd here nnd there on tho
cheoks at haphazard to represent n
naughty boy who had been at the Jam
pot.
Another says that tho pantomime
clown's reddened face Is intended as n
burlesque of the rougo-tlntod cheeks
of tho pantomlmo Columbine; while
yet a third has It that the crimson
pntchoH arc a survival from tho early
mystery plays, when the clown was a
demon, and red all over.
The theory has nlso been bold that
tho modern clown In pantomime is a
direct descendant of Momus, tho god
of mockery of the early mystery plnys
nnd masques, who wns always repre
sented with a huge gnplng mouth. The
red flshtnll Is merely tho survival of
that part of tho medieval makeup
which aimed at producing an appar
ent enlargement of tho mouth.
Thcso curious scarlet symbols nre
ohly found on the cheeks of panto-
mlmo clowns. Tho ordlnnry circus
clown docs not paint his cheeks.
no mints only his nose, with a view
to poking fun nt tho "boss," tho ring
master, whoso nasnl organ, In regard
to the old-time circuses at nil events,
wns more often than not npt to bo
highly colored. Pearson's. Weekly.
PUT THEIR WITS TO WORK
8panlsh Post Office Clerks Did Really
Creditable Job in Solving Rebus
on Envelope.
A curiously addressed letter pnsscd
through the post odlce nt Maurw,
which was deciphered and correctly
delivered, notwithstanding all difficul
ties, says the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The nddrcss was a perfect rebus. At
tho lctfhand side was the figure of a
lady; It was clear, therefore, to which
sex tho recipient should belong. Over
tho lady's head the sun was rising;
henco her nnrao was Inferred to be
Aurora. For her sttrnnmc stood a hill,
with a castle at Its foot, which gives
us "Montcs y Cnstello."
Next comes the town, for which the
plnn of a city was drawn, on which tho
Alhambra was legible. This Indicated
Granuda; but In order to leave no
doubt possible, a pomegranate was
drawn besldo the plnn. To complcto
tho address a number was indicated In
otto of the streets of tho city plan.
Tho nostnl authorities took three
days to study this curiosity nnd then
triumphantly delivered the letter to j
"Senorlta Aurora Montcs y Castello, i
Azacayas, No. 120. Granada," and so far
front censuring the sender, they bad
the envelope photographed nnd a copy
printed In tho Madrid newspapers, as a
proof of tho Intelligence of tho depart
ment. Piano Requires Fine Tlmben.
There is no other Industry for whch
a greater variety of fine timber is re
quired, nnd nono in which tho timber
must bo seasoned more cnrcfully than
plnno-bulldlng. The varieties Includo
Cnnndlan spruce, American oak ana
whltewood, Honduras mahogany and
best English beech. Sounding boards
are made ot Swiss plrte, tho "Abies
Excolsa," which Is nothing but tho
Christmas tree with which wo are nil
so faptlllar. All this timber hns to
be seasoned In a special heating
chamber, where It Is subjected for
days together to n powerful draft of
dry air. It was not until more thnn
half of the eighteenth century had
rpnssed that the plnno beenmo popu
lar.
Wanted A waitress
at tho Oasis.
Apply to John Poulos,
Mutual Building & Loan Association
of Norlli Platte.
INCORPORATED IN 1887.
Resources $1,370,427.14.
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SAIIiTY FIRST.
Investors in this association get Uio benefits of the
following requirements of tho laws of Nebraska under
which It is operating:
First. The associati n is required to invest only in
first mortgages on real on vto or tho stock of this associa
tion. Second. Such inves. uents aro non-negotiable and
non-assignublo, and can c :ily bo discharged by payment
direct to tho association. This is a very Important pro
tection not available to any financial institution except
Building & Loan Associations.
Third. Tho association is subjedt to tho supervision
of tho Stato Banking Board.
How well tho interests of tho investors in Uiis as
sociation havo been safeguarded is evidenced by the fact
that in tho moro than thirty three years of its operation
not ono dollar has been lost,
T. C PATTERSON,
I'roalilont.
Youth and Age.
Nobody, so far, has found n real
substitute for youth, although somo
surgical experiments arc asserted to
havo been succossfu In restoring
vitality and youthful spirits. Youth,
after all, Is a state of mind as well an
a spati of years. Men and women aro
not old nt sixty; they aro not old at
seventy, and when eighty Is reached
many of tllom refuse to bo shelved.
One's outlook upon llfo Is likely to
determine whether ono Is to continue
! real living or go to seed. Years ago
I men retired at forty or fifty nnd wore
1 not worth much to their .communities
! after that. Now a man stays In the
i harness, alternating work nnd play.
I So, in reality., he never grows old in
I spirit, regardless of an accumulation
of tunny years when birthdays come.
Old age is something of a liablt. It la
easy enough to acquire If out' seeks
i It, but If youth Is desired o:ie may
I have It, and forget about tho birth'
1 days.
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Strayed Dark Iron gray mnro from
tho farm on tho Dlrdwood sometime
In May. 4-ycars old, weight about 1400
Guy Coleman, North Platte.
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RARE RARGAIN IN HIGH GRADE
PIANO
Wo have In our possession stored
In North Platte, a high grado piano,
which it taken at once will soli at a
largo discount. Terms to rcsponsiblo
party. If Interested wrlto quick for
full particulars to Tho Denver Music
Company, Denver, Colorado. 81-4
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT.
TO THE PUBLIC.
My name having boon filed with tho
County Clerk of Lincoln County for
tho office of County Commissioner In
tho Third District: This being tho soc
ond tlmo I have been drafted for this
offlco I want my friends to know I
fully appreciate all that has been
dono.
I will accept this nomination nnd
am a live candldato from this time
until the polls close. If I am olected,
I will render to tho voters of Lincoln
County my best efforts In filling tho
office of County Commissioner.
GEORGE M. CAREY,
Hershoy, Nebr.
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POLITICAL ANNOUN CEMENT.
Having beon asked by a number of
voters of Lincoln County, to run for
County Commissioner from tho Third
District by petition, I havo consented
to allow my nnmo to bo placed on tho
ballot and will appreciate any sup
port given mo. If olected I will de
voto all tho time necessary to carry
on tho business of Lincoln County nnd
will do the best I can to glvo It good
service
JOHN W. FOWLER
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
I desire to announce that I am tho
Reiiub,;can candldato for Commission
er of Lincoln County from tho Third
District.
HENRY COKER,
' Sutherland, Nobr.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.
For construction ot sldowalks,
crosswnlks, arches, approaches and
fillings:
Notice Is hereby given that sealed
bids will bo received by tho City qt
North Platte, Nebraska, for the con
struction oC sldowalks, crosswalks,
arches, approaches and filling, said
work to bo dono according to plans,
specifications and grades as on file
and given by tho City Engineer.
All bids must bo on filo with tho
City Clerk on or boforo Novembor
2nd, 1920, nt G o'clock p. m. ot said
day.
Dntcd this 20th day ot October, 1920
O. E. ELDER, City Clerk.
1JESSIE F. SALISBURY,
Sccrotary.
DOCTOR C. A. SELBY
Physician and Surgeon
Office orcr Rexall Drug Stoic
Office Phono 371. House 1008
DR. C. E. McREYNOLDS,
Specialist.
Eyc Ear, Noso and Throat.
Offico over Rexall Drug Store.
rhono 118.
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..General Hospital..
(Incorporated)
One Hall Block Nortb ot Postoflice.
Phone 58
A modern institution for the
eientlfic treatment of medical,
surgical mnd confinement cases
Completely equipped X-Ray
and diagnostic laboratories
Staff:
Geo. D. Dent. M. D. V. Lucas, M. D.
J. B. RedGeltl.M.D. J. S. SIMMS, M.D.
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ELECTRIC SERVICE
PREST-OLITE
Storage Batteries
Midway Motor Co.
APPLES!
We will begin selling
our Winler Apples on
October 1st. at. the
Glenburnie Fruit Farm,
four miles 'north ol
Sutherland. No sales
made on bunday.
M. H. Woodman, Prop.
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A GOOD PLACE TO EAT
Is really hard to Hud thcso days, but
wo can nssudo you wo aro that placo.
Nothing fancy or olaborato about our
rcstaurant just good plain food, tho
freshest and best In thomarket,
served m a cleanly and appetizing
way for you, at no profiteering prplces
Why not try us?
HOTEL PALACE AND CAFE
RICHI UCAI, Proprietor
Opposite Union Pacific Depot
TAKEN UP
On or about Sopt 22 on my promi
ses in Gracoland AddlUon Ono Bay
fSbotland pony, with threo whlto
feet. Ownor can havo samo by Bot
tling cost of food and advertising.
J. D. HOLT.
JOHN S. SDEMS, M. D.
SDeclal Attention Given to
Sunrcry
McDonald Dank ItuJldJng
Ofllco Phone 83 Residence 58
DR. REDFIELD
Physician, Obstotrictan
Surgeon, X-Ray
Calls Promptly Answered Night or Day
Phono Office (S12 Residence 070
DR. HAROLD FENNEJt
Osteopath
Over Hlrschfcld's
Office Phono 333 Res. Phono 1020
I)RS. STATES & STATES
Chiropractors
o, 0, 7 Building & Loan Building,
Office Phono 70. Res. Phono 1242
GEO. B. DENT,
Physician and Surgeon.
Spoclal Attention Glron to Surgery
nnd Obstetrics.
Office: Building & Loan Building
Phones: Offlco 130, Residence 116
Office phone 241. Res. phone 217
, L. C . DROST,
Osteopathic Physician.
North Plntte, Nebraska.
Knights ot Columbus Building.
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Obstetrics
Hospital Facilities
Platte Valley Hospital
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Ed Kierig,
Auctioneer.
General Farm Sales A Specialty, also
Heal Estate. Inferences nnd Dates
First Nntionnl Bank.
Res. 400 Enst 3rd St.
Phone 912
HIDES, FURS AND JUNK.
Wo want these.
Big Price for Cast Iron.
No market for bones at present
L. LIPSHITZ.
1Y. T. PRITCIIARD,
Graduate Veterinarian
Ex-Government Voterlnarlan and ex
assistant deputy State Veterinarian
Hospital 315 South Vino Street
Hospital Phone Black 633
House Phone Black 633
DERRYBERRT & FORBES,
Licensed Embamers
Undertakers nnd Funeral Directors
Day phono 41
Night phone Black E88
LEGAL NOTICE
unanes I'erry, Lrfzzio uantt neo
Perry, tho heirs, dovlsees and legatees
of David W. Perry, deceased all of Lot
5 Block 2 Miller's Addition to tho City
of North Platte, Lincoln County, Ne
braska, and all persons claiming an
Interest of nny kind in said cstato or
any part thereof, will tako notlco that
on tho 18th day of October,, 1920, Jof-
ferson II. Thompson, tho nlalntlff
herein, filed his Petition in tho Dis
trict Court of Lincoln County, Nebras
ka, against said defendants and each
of them, tho object and prayer of
which Is to quiet and conflm tho
title of tho plaintiff in and to tho
real estate above described and to ex-
cludo and cnoln each and all
of tho said defendants rrom a
right, tltlo, claim or Interest in and to
said property or any part thereof.
You and each of you aro required to
answer said Petition on or beforo tho
29th day of Novemebr, A. D., 1920.
Itatod this 18th day of Octobor, 1920.
JEFFTItSON H. THOMPSON,
By Hoagland & Carr
019-4wks His Attorneys.
Notlco to Non-Kcsltlent Defendant.
Floronco Hayes, defendant will tako
notlco that on tho 30th da .it Juno,
1 1920. Frank Hayes. Plaintiff, hied his
petition In tho District Court of Lln-
coin County, Nebraska, tho object and
(prayer of which aro to obtain a di
vorce from the saiu uorenuant on tuo
grounds that tho dofendant willfully
abandoned tho plaintiff without good
causo for moro than two years Im
mediately proceeding tho filing of his
petition.
You are required to answer ' said
petition on or boforo Monday, tho 22d,
day of November 1920.
FRANK HAYES,
012-iwks Plaintiff.
NOTICE TO PAYING CONTRACTORS
Notlco Is heroby given that tho
Mayor and Council of tho City of
North Platte, Nebr., will rccolvo bids
for paving and curbing whoro necos
sarp In Paving Districts Numbers 3,
4, 5 and C in said city according to
plnii8 and specifications adopted and
now on filo in Uio office of tho CHy
tic and Reinforced Concreto paro
Clcrk, of said City.
Said blda to cover paving of the
following described materials to-wlt:
Vertical Fibre Brick, Shoot Asphant,
Asphaltic Concrete, "Waucnlto Blthull
monts. Tho City Englnoor's ostimato on the
cost of paving said four districts com
prising approximately 09,900 sa. yds.,
Is as follows:
Vortical Fibre Brick on Concrete
baso $4.83 por sq. yd.
Sheot Asphalt on Concrete base
$3.77 por sa. yd.
Asphaltic concrete on Concroto base
$3.38 por 8(1. yd.
Wuonito Bithultlc on Concroto baso
$4.58 por sq. yd.
Reinforced Conorote $3.80 per sq.
yd.
Bids must bo on filo with tho City
Clerk on or before eight o'clock p.
m., of October 29, 1920, at which tlmo
they will bo opened.
Thoy must bo mado on tho proposal
in tho specifications furnished by tho
City Clerk and accompanied by a cer
tified check for an amount equal to
two por cent of tho bid mado.
Said, specification furnished upon
application to tho City Clerk for a fee
ot Five Dollars, said amount to bo
roturned tfhen plans and specifica
tions aro returned. Tho Mayor and
Council reserve tho right to reject any
and all bids.
Dated Octojtcr 7, 1920.
O. E. ELDER,
08-029 City Clerk.
Legal Notice.
Mary E. Wolf, Charles L. Wolf, her
husband, Hcsslo Long and Frank
Long, her husband, defendants, will
tako notlco that on tho 21st day of
September, 1920, Gcoi'go E. Slado,
plaintiff herein, filed his petition
In tho District Court. Lincoln County.
Nebraska, against said defendants
tho object and prayer of v hlch
forccloso a certain mortgage executed
by tho defendants Mary E. Wolf and
Charlc3 L. Wolf to tho plaintiff upon
tho following described real estate
situated in Lincoln County, Nebraska,
to-wlt: Tho North-oast quarter
(NEi) of Section Nineteen (1?)
Township Eleven (11) North of Rangb
Thitry-two (32) West of tho G P. M, to
securo tho payment of a certain prom-
lsory coupon noto dated Juno 1st,
1915, forthe sum of $700.00 duo and
jpayablo on Juno 1st, 1920, and flro
certain Interest coupon notes thereto
attached for tho sum of $42.00 each,
ono payablo Juno 1st, 191C, ono Ray
ablo Juno 1st, 1917, ono payablo Juno
1st, 1918, ono payablo JUno 1st, 1919,
and ono payablo Juno 1st, 1920, and
also to securo the payment of taxes
vvhlch tho plaintiff did pay after
default and neglect of said defendants
to pay tho 6amo; that there is now
duo upon said notes and for taxes
paid and on this mortgage the sum of
?826.38, for which jmm with interest
from this date plaintlffprays for a
decreo that defendants bo required to
pay tho same or that said premlsos
may be sold to satisfy tho amount
found due.
You and each of you aro rcqulrod
to answer said petition on or boforo
tho 15th day of November, i920.
Dated this 4th day of October, 1920.
GEORGE E. SLADE. Plaintiff
By Hongland & Carr,
Q5-4wks. His Attorneys.
ELECTION PRO CL AMATION 1930.
By virtue of the authority in mo
vested and by direction of the laws
of tho State of Nebraska in such case
mado and provided, I, A. S. Allen,
County Clerk of Lincoln County, Ne
braska, do hereby proclaim that on
Tuesday, the second day jjf. Novembor,
1920, during tho hours designated by
law, there will bo hold a general elec
tion at tho usual voting places In said
county for the olection of tho follow
ing officers, to-wlt:
Ono (1) Prcsldont of the United
States.
On (1) Vice President of tho United
States.
Ono (1) Governor.
Ono (1) Lieutenant Governor.
Ono (1) Secretary of State.
Ono (1) Auditor of Public Accounts.
Ono (1) Commissioner of Public
Lands and Buildings.
Ono (1) Stato Treasurer.
Ond (1) Attorpoy Qeneral.
Ono (1) Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
Two (2) Railway Commissioners.
Two (2) Regents of the State Uni
versity. Ono (1) Member of Congress, Sixth
Congressional District.
Ono (1) Stato Senator, Twenty-fifth
Senatorial District
Ono (1) Stato Representative, Sixty
eighth District.
Ono (1) Stato Representative,
Seventy-seventh District.
Ono (1) Judgo of tho Supremo Court
Ono (1) Chief Justice.
Ono (1) Judgo of District Court,
Thirteenth Judicial District.
Ono (1) County Judgo.
Ono (1) Clork of tho District Court.
Ono (1) County Commlslsoner, First
District.
Ono (1) County Commlslsoner,
Third District.
Ono (1) Police Mnglstrato for tho
City of North Platte.
Ono (1) Precinct Assessor for each
Precinct.
Ono (1) Ovorsoer ot Highways for
each Road District.
Two (2) Justices ot tho Poaco for
each Precinct.
At tho samo tlmo and placog, a ref
erendum on tho Primary Law (House
Roll No. 323, 1919) will bo takon.
Said election will bo hold on tho
second day of November, A. D. 1920,
at tho soveral polling placos within
tho county, botweon tho hours of olght
o'clock In tho forenoon and eight
o'e'lock In tho afternoon ot tho same
day.
Given under my hand and official
soal this 4th day of Octobor, A. D.
1920.
A. S. ALLEN, County Clerk.
O8-30da (SEAL)
Inez, and won her.
