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fftltft Htatortoal foiWf llortlr THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NEB., NOVEMBER 2, 1920. No. 85 Wtbxmt m MM Mi 1? 1 I t I HALLOWEEN ' IS CELEBRATED 3iOT BY BESTItUCTIOIT BUT BY 3LVNY K0VJ3L SOCIAL EVENTS Although Hallowe'en did not conic until Sunday night, the young folks began celebrating it a week or more before that date. Somo of tho llttlo boys soaped show windows and somo pranks wcro played in some parts of town but tho main celebration started about tho middlo of tho week and closed at a lato hour Saturday night. On Thursday evening tho North Platto .Country Club was host to about slxty-fivo guests. The evening vas spent in playing games and pull ing off amusing contests. It is re ported that J. J. Htvlligan took first prize in ono of tho contests, the ob ject being to successfully carry pea nuts on a knife. A light lunch was eerved at tho closo of tho evening All reported a good time. Tho Eighth Grade in tho Junior High School held a masquerado Hal lowe'en party at tho Franklin Audi torium, Friday evening. As usual with school parties, the young people had a noisy time and enjoyed tho stunts and games. Refreshments were ser ved after the masks were removed. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cornwell en tertained sixteen couples at a card party Saturday evening. Mrs. Ray Lannlri won the first prizo for tho ladies and J. p. Perkins won the first gentlemen's prize. After tho games, a hot supper was served with place fards of Hallowe'en colors. Charles Hayes, living at 414 W. 9th f-ntertained a number of boys and ;r1rls at his home Saturday evening in . Tlftf Ipwo.'.on fashion. Games' arirtmuslc mado up the program' for ttio ovoning followed by refreshments t a lato hour. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cramor enter tained Friday evening at (heir homo on West 6th. Street, at a Hallowe'en party. Tho evening was spent in games, fortuno telling and dancing. Music was furnished by Van Doran'a Novelty Orchestra. At the close of tho ovoning "a twoicouso Hallowo'en lunch, was served. A party was held at tho L. D. Mc Farland home, 2005 B. Fourth, Satur day evening. Games wcro tho chief amusement with tho guests masked, until lato. A nice lunch wns served. Tho Lopkout Campflro Girls had a masquerade party at tho homo of Dorothy VanClcavc, Saturday ovon ing. Many interesting stun were arranged and a good lunch served. Several teachers in tho city schools were guests. Miss Mary Ellsworth entertained the members of tho S.cnior Class of tlio local High School at a masked Hallowe'en party at tho Harry Cram er homo. Saturday evening. Tho rooms woro decorated in Hallowe'en colors and tho evening was spent in games", muslo and dancing. This was tho first function given by the Senior Class and all report a fine time. Members of AK Chapter P. E. O. Sisterhood of this city and their hus bands were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie R. Prior at Maxwell, Friday ovoning. Tho decor ations were in Hallowe'en colors. At eight o'clock tlley sat down to a threo course dinner. Assistant hostesses vVorp Mesdamcs Prosser, Davis, Twi neni, Scott, Morey, Romigh and Beelcr On account of a late train the guests HELD TODAY 4 KYKS OF THE WOULD ON THK I'MTKO STATES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. ghosUy figures mado up ' a part of 1tjtt rrm-ftTn A tt- !!C"V g,tc!. a?d ro- fcLfcCTIONS ARE umuuiuuin nuiu aui vuil uy 1110 UOSICSB and tho guests loftit a lato Hour, having had a vory enjoyable evening. A Hallowo'en party was given by the Travel and Study Club at tho II. 0. Brock homo, last night. Tho mem bers went in costumo and. tho stunts and games wcro much enjoyed. Four now mombors wore initiated. Tho dec orations wcro In tho Hallowo'en colors and ghosts and Jack-o-lnntorns wcro much in evidonco. Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Ogior enter tained last evening at thoir homo at a seven o'clock dinner and miscellan eous shower. This party was given in honor of MIbs Irma Schorbaucker who is to be married Nov. 24th to Bart Kcrnan of Hastings. Miss Scher baucker was a former resident of this city. There woro twenty-six guests. Tho lecoratlons and color scliomo was carried out in blue nnd gold. Chrysanthemums wero used as decor ations. A threo course dinner was served. Tho remainder of tho ovoning wns spent in game and contests. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Green ontor talned a few friends, at their homo Sunday evening. This party was in keeping with tho Hallowo'cn season. ::o:: 1 The War Mother's Club invites all I ox-servico men nnd their ladies to n iparty and danco at tho Masonic Hall on tho evening of Novembor 11th, Armistice Day at eight o'clock. Re freshments will bo served. Group meetings of tho Woman's Auxiliary of tho Baptist Church will meet next Thursday, Nov. 7th as fol ows: Blblo Group with Mrs. .John Lincoln 1207 W. Third St. ; Ann Haz- did not, leave Maxwell until a lato Wilma Coghlll entertained a number of her school friends at a birthday jparty Friday" night. Her homo was decorated with Jlaliowo'ea. colors and eltlno Group with Mrs. Nels Winters' Interested in i 1223 W. Fifth Street. Tho Christian Aid Socloty will meet in the church basement Thursday af ternoon. Ed Dnggan, of Elsie, was a city- '..visitor yesterday. Today 18 Election Day. Wo nro to select a President' for tho noxt four years and ono-thlrd of our United States Senate is to bo chosen for a six-year term. In tho various states minor officers nro to bo choson and somo County and precinct officials will be selected. Cox and Harding havo each mado tho host campaign possible Neithor was a national loador boforo nomin ation und neither has Btirred tho peoplo to any enthusiasm. Nebraska is consldorod safo for Harding so that 'national speakers wcro not sent hero. Tho campaign has beon dull nnd list less on both sides. Discerning peoplo havo known all along that wo will have a Lcagtio of Nations, in either, enso and so they, havo watched with somo amusement tho play of politics 1 around tho Lcaguo as tho center. Nebraska is to eloct a Govornor. Each sldo claims tho victory boforo a ballot has beon cast nnd each sldo is going to bo surprised nt the vote given Wray. Tho othor stato officers will probably follow iho leader unless there aro some surprises to tho poli ticians. Wo aro to elect six congress moil from Nebraska but wc aro most tho ono from our Dis trict. M. P. Kinkaid is expected to succeed hlmsolf. "' In tho County wo have a raco in the First Commissioner District with threo candidates and four, candidates Uidu. Third District.. Only one can win In each District and opinion is vory much divided in each case. Wo aro also to a Clork of tho Dis trict Pniift .. n,-.. ...... t...i.... ...... , vuiimj uuiifcu nun moiuji oors or tho Stato Logljlnturo. Tho two uncertain olomonts entering into tho election are tho Non-Partisan League and tho Woman's Voto. Tho Nonpar tisan League has Indorsed tho candi dacy ot Arthur G. Wray, who is run ning as an Independent enndidato and in a number of cases tho Lcaguo has decided to support a Domocrnt or a Uopublicnn for somo. particular office. Ii somo cases it nomlnntos ono of its own mombors. It is not expected that tho women's Voto can bo dolivcrcd to any party although tho politicians llko to talk ns though it can. Ther will probably bo moro scratching nf ballots than usual and it will bo dono by most thinking peoplo. Boforo an other issuo of tho Tribune, wo will iprobably nil know who is electod and who wat, defeated. BOYS WILL SING AT KEITH EATJIKIt FLANAGAN AND HIS BOYS , T0 UK not: NEXT SUNDAY -::o:: EUK SALE .We have today with us and for to day only, a fur representative rep rescntntlng: ono of tho largest fur lines tu Now York City, nnjUilngr nnd Mcrythlnjr In the' lino of fur and coals, wraps, sets nnd scpnmlo pieces now on dlsplny nnd on snlo nt our siorc. This Is a rnro opportunity" to aco wonderful furs. These nfc offered at n big discount on rcgulnr prices. BLOCKS STORE. ::o:: Wo havo beforo us the nnuqunce-' ino'nt of an ontortninmont to bo given in tlio Keith Thcatro noxt" Sunday ovoning by Fathor Flanagan and hiB boys. They como to us from Fathor Flanagan's Homo located lu Omaha. Wo aro to hear the boys sing and seo tho pictures which they havo. This' homo handles hundreds of boys each. year, saving them from' tho reform schools nnd prisons. Wo aro to Jiavo two houra of ontortalnment nnd it fa free. A lnrgo crowd is expected. AITLES-APPLESI A car of apples on track- a straight car of Michigan Baldwins soiling at '$2.35 por bushol or $2.00 per bushel in flvo bushel lots. Como and got" them nt tho car, W. H. McDonald and Ray ford who attended tho meeting of tlio American Bankers" Association In. Washington Inst week, returned homo Friday. Thoy visited in Now York, city four days on thoir return trip and Report everything quiet along business , 4 ... Lang- Tho Parent-'Tcachcr Association of,1"108 w,tu BO(l prospects ahead but' tho Junior High School will at tho recovery necessarily slow. . Franklin Auditorium Wedncsdav nf-! A aviator flow over North Platto ternoon nt..1:lfi. A good program haB been prepared, Mrs. O. F. Spencer, tho President, Is urging overy parent to enroll in this association at onco. ::o::' Tho Episcopal Guild will meot In tho church basement on Thursday after noon, Tho work commlttoo roquosts that the members bo there promptly nt 2:30. this morning, going through a nurnbor of stunts and coming rnthcr close' to t)io tops of tlio buildings. It wns re ported on. tho street that it was thQ( sijmo aviator who was arrested in ; Opiaha last weokjfor going through, similar stunts. . i Don't forgot tho Christian Ladies'' Bazaar In Dorryborry & Forbes' win' llQSW November', 12th. and 13th, " ' ll THE GAS PRO BLEM 4w Serious problems face your Gas Company. They af fect both the Gas Company and the city at large. If sol ved, as we believe they will be with your assistance,, good service for all will result Failure to solve them can mean only the slow decline in the service of a public necessity your local gas plant. These problems are not local in nature. They are, in the main, problems which thousands of gas companies throughout the United States are facing today because of steadily mounting prices and decreased production ,of materials essential to the making of gas, namely coal, oil and coke,. Scores of communities all over the land, recognizing this situation, have come to the res cue of their gas companies by granting higher rates. George' 13. Cortelyou, former Secretary of the United States Treasury, and President of the Consolidated Gas Company. New York, recently sized up the situation thus: "The emergency is immediate and far-reaching. It embraces the entire industry,. The economic conditions many of them of world-wide xtent and Influence affect ing the supply of coal, oil and other essential materials required in the manufacture 'of gas, of labor and of the funds needed to maintain and develop our properties, are not bogies invented by the industry to secure preferential treatment, excessive rates or unwarranted returns upon investment. They are plain facts. All over this land to day gas companies, great and small, are rendering, aften under most adverse conditions, this service so vital to the welfare and comfort of our people. What they need "and should have, in tho interest of the public, is the reasonable certainty of adequate rates, a sufficient supply of coal, oil and other necessary supplies, and such manufacturing and operating conditions as will utilize and conserve these materials as well as contribute to all other possible econ omies of production and distribution." ' While prices of all materials used in making gas have jumped up within the past few years, these increases were beyond our control and we were compelled to pay raise after raise ust as the rest of the business world was compelled to pay them or quit business. In making gas, the three principal commodities used are oil, coal and coke, and in the manufacture of gas they are the greatest element of expense over which no gas company has any control. Here is a table showing the increase in the cost of these commodities: 1915 Coke per toil $8.66 Coal per ton 3.25 Oil per gallon .052 .1. Present Cosi - $19.05 7.33 .132 Where the Gas Company has control over costs, they are kept down. Where it has no control and where it must buy against the whole nation competing for coal and oil, it had to pay the prices economic conditions imposed upon it, no matter how hard it might endeavor to do better. You are doubttless aware that the present rate ($1.50 per 1000 cU. ft.) was established in 1915 when conditions were normal. As a result of the constantly increasing cost of production, the gas company is now losing money. During the year 1919 we used a large quantity of supplies bought at very low prices on contracts made before war price advances. Regardless of this, the net revenue for 1919 was only about 3 per cent on the capital invested in the property. This year will produce a loss of about 4 per cent. No company, no matter how strong they be finan cially, can continue to lose money. To attract new money on the rate of return now being received is impossible. New money must be obtained al ways if our property is to be maintained in condition, needed extensions made "and new equipment provided to grow with growing 'North Platte. Gas and Electric plants in growing cities, continually requiring additons and ex tensions, do not make enough profits to pay for the ad ditions and extensions, even if all profits are used for the purpose and' the stockholders are paid no dividends. Money must be provided somehow if these additions and exten sions are made. People will not buy a stock which will not pay a dividend. Those with money to lend will noL lend it to a borrower who is losing money in his business. Now your Gas Company should make additions to Its plant and extensions of Its mains.. We cannot borrow money on a showing that we are losing money, nor sell stock on such a showing. Wo must be able to show that at leas't we are not losing money, and to do that we must have a better price for tho gaa we sell. If we cannot get money to make needed addific ns and extensions, the ser vice must suffer. The whole city will suffer from ilia, effects of poor service. Gooo service has always been' our main object,, and you knov that North Platto has had as good service as any city in IM west. We cannnot keep up good service without the nn noy t6 pay expenses. Wo cannot borrow the mowey, nor s '1 stock, to raise money to pay the expense of good service hen all we have to show is losses. The Good Service wo have given in tlio past has been one. pf the biggest things helping to boost North Platte. It is in your hands to say whether we shall be paid a living price for what we have to sell, or whether we shall struggle along under losses which mean poorer and poorer service. No other city in Nebraska is favored by lower rates than wo have in effect here. " The rates now belngjcharged in the cities of Nebraska having gas plants are as follows: Fremont Ord J, Falrbury Norfolk . .$2.G0Kearney , $2.03 2.50 Grand Island : 2.0.' . 2.25McCook 2.d( . 2.25Columbus 2.00 York 2.25 Nebraska City 1.9( Blain I 2.25 Hastings r 1.8f Beatrice -J 2.10 Omaha -L"l.75 Plattsmouth 2.0ELincoln 1.50 ) North Platte 1.5( It Is our intention to ask for a rate of $2,00 per 1000 cu. ft.and it will be observed that this rate is less than the average of rates being cliarged In other cities of this stato. The increased rate, providing no further increases in coal, oil and coke take placie. will yield sufficient revenue so that the company can keep Its property in good operat ing condition, majco at least a part of needed extensions and provide good service. You would not ask your butcher to sell you meat so low that he would havo to go out of business. You would not insist that your grocer sell you potatoes at less than cost. You want your merchant to make a fair profit so he that he can sell you good goods. Wo do not belieyo that there is a man or woman who wishes to discriminate a gainst tho merchants in gas any moro than against tlio merchant in groceries and meats. Because a business is of a semi-public nature, such as the gas company is no indica tion that the fair minded buyer wishes to seo it starving to death on low returns. Tho Gas Company needs your help In this very critical situation. e Your acquiescence in an increase in rates during the present emrgoncy will bo reflected in tho prosperity of a company which is so essential in the physical development of this city. In return for helping us in this emergen, wo give you our word that service will be Improved and that as soon as th cost of coal, coke and oil goes down, the rate will bo reduced in direct proportion. North Platte Light & Power Co.