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THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR.
NORTH PLATTE, NEB., NOVEMBER 2, 1920.
No. 85
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 ,
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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.
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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
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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.
