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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1921)
Jlorth am QPrtate. mix- TMRTY-SEVENTII YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, riEB., JANUARY 21, L921, No. 4 v . ..r.. LOCAL PLANE TO WASHINGTON KOJITH I'LATTK AIRCRAFT COM I'AN'Y SKNRS TWO SHU'S-OX A LONG TM1 Just us tho sun was peeking over the bousotops yoetohlay morning two air planes bolonglng to tho local company Htartctl on their thirteen hundred mllo trip to tho National Capital. In tho passenger seat of ono ship was Mrs. H. IT. Wheeler and in tho other was Mrs. Draper Smith. Thoso ladles aro to take Nebraska's electoral voto to Washington. This Is tho first time that a woman has over carried tho doctoral vote of any state to tho National capilol and it is tho first timo auyono has mado such a trip In an airplane. Noel Bullock of this city is pilot of one of tho planes and ono of tho air mail men will pilot tho other. Stops will bo mado at East DosMolnes, Davenport, Chicago, Bry an, Cleveland, Brookvlllo and BoUo ionte. On each piano will bo printed tho words, North Platto Aircraft Co. Dologations will moot tho ladies at all utops and they aro to bo entertained by the Nebraska crowd while in Wash ington. Tho planes used will bo the Laird Swallow, which wore selected because of their efficiency and- de pendability. :;o:: SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION TO OPEN IIERK No definite data has been set for the opening of tho School of Instruction -which the North Platto Aircraft Co. will maintain in this city. Six pupils have paid tho necessary enrollment fee- to date and others aro prospective students. Anothor ship will be added very shortly according to tho plans now worked out by Manages Ytichards. It will bo several weeks 1 -fore active instruction will begin as ive weather at this time Is usually o severe for such activities. : :o: : Miss Mablo McFarland who has at tended tho local school for a number of years left tho first of tho week to ,1 end school vatBodford,Iowa: Leypolflt '& Mooro shipped to South Omaha tho early part of tho week a half dozen or more cars of cattle which they have been fcedln.g on ranches near town'. A local junk denier tells tl;c story of a man who shipped a cow hldo to Grand Island and received a letter from him that he owed him 25c. Tho freight was more than the value of the hide. Georges The Wonder Man in ROBERTSOIV-COLE ire's the Man With tho Punch and the Smile. He Has If in the Ring He Puts It On the Screen In an Absorbing American Society Drama. Directed by John G. Adolfi This is not a Prize Fight Picture. At The SUN, Only. Two Days, Tuesday and Wednesday. We are now Ready to Crowds that jammed We have just received a quantity of U. S. Army All-Wool Blankets, U. S. Army U. S. O. D. Breeches; Officers and Army Work Shoes; Officers Mackinaws and OF OTHER MERCHANDISE. "Be Convinced See For Yourself" OPEN FOR INSPECTION U. S. ARMY GOODS 501 Dewey St. T Onpn KvonintfS liUUU JL Ul U J X3LJLM'JL JL D LOCAL HRKHOYS GUESTS OF T1IK nOTHKXllUltU ROYS MONDAY. NIGHT. Tho following is clipped from tho Gothenburg Times and givos a brief j account ol uiu uumiuoi aurvuu iu iuu fireman of North Platto and Sidney who stopped at Gothouburg on their way to tho stato convention at York: Tho visitors wero taken in cars and shown tho sights in and around tho city and othcrwlso entertained until six-thirty, at which time a lino ban quet, prepared and sorved by thej Uebekahs, in I. O, -O. F. hall, was on joyed. During tho repast music was furnished by tho Gothenburg City Or chestra composed of tho following: It. A. Grcnslit, II. L. Williams, II. M. Williams, John Akron, Richard Jansscn, Miss Ireno Hanbo, Miss AIlco Kyolson, C. T. Winters, Ed Erb, Stan ley Erb and E. C. Jones. When they got as far as Cigars, Coffee, Cigarettes, with C. It. Fraslor acting as toastmastor, responses wero mado as follows: Welcomo ..Mayor E. J. Loutenhelsor Gothenburg D. D. Price Firemen Harry L. Williams 111 Chief Arthur Johnson Flro Fighters Rev. Arthur Soundy Tho Axis W. M. Stobbins Why Wo aro Hero F. H. Tobin Sidney The Orator of Western Nebraska Will It Bo a Dry Convention .. J. R. Basklns Let 'Er Buck Geo. W. Wllklns SIX THOUSAND MEN HANI) OVER THEIR ARMY DISCHA RGE PAPERS Tho War Department has just pub lished a list ot CG00 discharge certifi cates hold In Washington because tho Department has not got tho proper addresses of the owners and therefore cannot delivor them. By far tho greater portion of these discharges wero sent in with claims for bonus, travel pay or back pay. Thoy wore sent out to the addresses given when tho claims were made, but tho owners had moved. Tho owners may get their dis charges by writing to the "Miscellan eous Accounts DIvison, Finance Office U. S. Army, Washington, D. C." giv ing sufficient data to identify them as tho proper owner of tho discharge i certificate. The data required to bo given is: Full name; rank, organiza tion and station at time of discharge; Army serial number? dnto of enlist ment and date of discharge; present address: and address to which tho dis charge is to bo mailed. This must bo in.thoownora,bandwrltinB'nndlslBncrt by him. ...... Any ono interested may see the list at the local Army Recruiting Station. ::of Installation of officers of Rcbekah Lodge will be held at tho Odd Fellows Hall this evening. Refreshments will be sorved. V," R. Mnloney returned this morn ing from Omulia where. ho has been attending the meetings of the Km- balmon'fl Board. Carpentier t.t i.t i.t t.t it t.t t.t CROWDS Serve the many People that our doors to its Capacity. RECEIVED Merchandise at Less Than nnlr Fnr TT C ARMY INTEREST IN BIG LOCAL CONCERN OM! INSTITUTION THAT BENE FITS XOHTH PLATTE AND LIN COLX COUNTY. The I.oypoldt-Ponnlngton Co. or ganized lioro as a corporation about a year ago has just closed its business for tho first six months of its fiscal year. Tho total business dono during flin felx months nndlnrr .Timmirv lst'mllnn tn twn mllllmi mn lumilvnil was "?1J25,000. At tho same rate dur- in thdQuext six months the total for the year will bo over two and a half million dollars. This is a big amount of money for ono local concern to, handlo and shows tho resources of tho Mind lottora per day to two hundred business. North Platte Is tho homo of- and forty thousand letters por day at flee "with branch offices at Omaha, constantly decreasing cost per mllo. Maxwell, Ogalalla and Ilershoy. The Hun established only regularly travel payroll usually takes care of more ed air way in world and compiled than twonty-flvo employees. The main onlv authentic cost date for ovor ono business Is in hay, grain and seed with million miles of flying. Has mado It many other lines carried in the retail possible to ndvanco forty-eight thous dopartment. About ono-fourUi of this and Pacific Coast letters twenty-four Ir done in Lincoln County, tho rest hours dally going west and similar being distributed over several states. : amounts east. Makes it posslblo to It ships hay into nearly every stato avo vast amounts Army aeronautical in tho union, having oxtonslvo con- ( matorlal from junk heap and turn to tracts with corporations, privato in- unefitl purpose of bringing Atlantic dlvldunls and govorment departments nnd pacific const closer- togothor. Has Last year It handled over 4,000 cars of hay and grnln. Its records show that there is no other concern in Nebras ka Which handles ns great a quantity of hay in a year as it does. The officers of Tho Leypoldt-Pcn-nlngton Co. are D. M. Leypoldt, J'rosldont; L. P. Jopson and H. L. Pennington Vice-Presidents; S. M. Soudoiv Secretnry-Treasuror. These offlcors with M. L. OverBtreot, Wil liam SImants, E. J. Vandorhoofv I P. Murray and W F sinrr ooiiHtihiio tho Board of Directors. :o: FIVE" CHILDREN WITHOUT SUP PORT AND EACH WANTING A -GOOD HOME. Tho Board of Public Wcfare has livo children between tho agos of 3 und .IS years who will want a place to live in the near future. Tlrey arc bright children who liavo had limited educational, advantages., and , yetato notJSpTtdlh5' awy -sense --of '.the "word. Anyone whp will, consider giving any of these children a homo should sec Jk II. VanCleavc, President of the Welfare, Association. :o:: Three basket ball games will be played at tho Franklin Auditorium tonight. Tho first game nt,7:30 will lie between the Maywood High School,,,,,,, nizn in tlm Htntn which lms not girls and tho Senior High girls. At 8 o'clock the Brady High School boys will play tho SXmior High boys. At j-0 intensive drlvo Is expected but the 8:30 the Maywood High hoys will! opportunity should bo afforded for play tho Junior High boys. I every citizen to glvo to this cause. Announcement is being mado of the Wednesday tho maximum temporn annual ball of the International As-, turo at North Platto, according to the soclation of Machinists and Helpers, IT. S. Wealhor Burenu record was tho Lodge No. 180, which will bo held at same as tho maximunat Los Angeles K. C. Hall. Monday, February 7th. for tho' samo day. FINANCIAL STATEMENT NOliTH PLATTE EQUITY ASSOGIATION at the close of business December 31, 1920. ASSETS Furniture and Fixtures - r - fi.207.74 Merchandise 0,305.02 Accounts Receivable i..'-.-, 2,703.17 Bank Balance . '. 204,71 Cash Account 1,191.18 I .", 1. 82 LIABILITIES Capital Stock 1 : ?lUrl.-00 Notes Payable 4,050.00 Surplus r.. -J. .'188.27 Advance Interest Paid . 7C.CG $1.",((1.82 Tho Annual Stock Holders mectiiiK will bo held at tho K. P. Hall. C02V, Dewey Street, Monday evening, January 31, 1921, nt 8 p. m., central time. A. R. LBAVITT, Secrotary. were turned away, on account of the Enormous Manufacturers Price. CnffcRQ QTCM UVVJU UJAJll AIR MAIL SERVICE IS N()V ONE YEAR OLD AND STILL HHOW-IX. J. li. Sdbnstlan, President of the North Platto Air Terminal Co. has Jut rocolvort a radiogram from A. It. Dunphoy, Division Suporlntondoht Air Mall Service, Choyonne, which 8n in part In ono year Air Mall Service has expanded from Washington. New York, Chicago, nino hundred mllos one way to lnoludo to Minneapolis. St. Louis, Omaha, Choyonne, Salt Lake, Rem, San Francisco, approximately thirty-four hundred miles ono way. From fifty operating nlrplanm nnd twenty pilots to ono hundred and twenty ships, fifty pilots: from fivo hundred and fifty thousand scheduled thousand sohduled mllOK per annum. Operating dally In winter weather at ulx.vc seventy-flvo per cent, perfor mance In summor above clghty-flve per cent. From carrying sixty thou equivalent of throo complote Nero Squadrons at work at smnll fraction of cost of maintaining them In army. ;:o!: LINCOLN COUNTY MEDICAL SO- CIETY HOLDS BANQUET I WEDNESDAY. Tho Lincoln County Medical Society held a banquet at tho Pacific Hotel Wednesday ovenlng and olected offlc- efs for the coming year. Tho officers .are Dr. V. tuens, president; Dr. J. S. Slmms, vice-president; Dr. T. J. Kecr, secretary-treasurer. Tho' con- sor committee consists of Drs. Mc- Cabo, Fettor and Selby. Delegate to tho Stato Medical Socioty, Dr. O. B. Dent. Now members this year aro Drs. McKlrahnn ad McRoyolds of this city and Briggs of Horphey. Leonard W. Trestor, for nlinost threo years connected with the Ne braska State Olflco of tho Red Croqs i2vytor.,u-K6od'"nart ot the.tlmo act ing director for Nebraska, was lit the city- .y.ostordny. Mr. Trestor is active ly engaged In buslnoss in Omaha now but is taking a little timo to act as executive secretary for tho European Belief Committee of which Horhort Hoover is president. Ho was a callor at The Tribune Office and oxplnliied that North Platto Is tho only city of ,,, community contribution to iflm o.niiHn nf Mm o.lillilrnn nf Ktirnnn. O. D. AH-Wool Shirts; Wc ol Sweaters. LOADS SALE. Next To Crystal Theatre North Platte, Nebraska. FARM BUREAU GETS SUPPORT ! A1LM M ltEAU APPROVED 1IY THE LINCOLN COUNTY COMMIS. S10NEKS. At IIm meeting lust Monday, tho Board' of Connty Commissioners of Lincoln County racolvcd a petition friJiu tho officers of tho 'Lincoln Coun- Jj Farm Bureau asking for an ap propriation lor mo oxponses ot uio Burenu. Tho Board decldod that It could not do moro at tho prosont tlmo than to guarantee tho expenses up tp $300 a month. After tho now levy is made in July tho Commissioners may appropriate as much as $5000 a yoar. This Is In accordance with tho laws of tho stato. ATTRACTIVE PROG II AM GIVEN RY PUPILS OF ST. PATRICK'S SCHOOL A play entitled "Dorothy'' was given Wednesday and Thursday evenings ot this week by tho pupils of tho High School at St, Patrick's School. A good sized crowd attended and all woro woll ploascd with tho presentation. Sovornl nniBlo numbers addod to the onjoymont ot thoso prosont. Tho pro ceeds, will bo used for church im provements. On account ot lack of spaco wo aro unnhlo to glvo tho cast ot characters which included about twenty pupils but wo nro assured that each took his or her part woll and brought crodlt to the teachers who trained them. ::o:: PUBLIC WELFARE ASSOCIATION MEETS AND ORANIZES FOR j THE YEAR. I At a meeting of tho members ot the Public Wolfaro Association at the Cltyi Library last evening, tho follow ing officers woro elected for tho com ing year: J. II. VanClcavo, proslde,nt, Mrs. II. R. McMIchnol, vlcoprcsldent, Mrs. Norman Loudon, secretary and Mrs. Ireno Crnno, treasurer. A com mlttco consisting ot Mrs. Bogue, Dr. McRcynolds and Mayor Strbjtz was appointed to Inform tho public of tho work being dono by tho Wolfaro, As sociation and tho. 'president was nuth o'rlzcxl to appoint a com'mltteo to se cure memberships In tho association. Tho nttendanco was fair and the In terest good. Tho Literature, Music and Art De partment of tho Tho Twentieth Cci tury Club will moot at three o'clock at Fireman's Hall, Tuesday, Jan. 2G. Tho funeral of B. M. Lambert will bo, hold from tho Methodist Church this afternoon at 2:30. Tho remains will bo hurled In North Platto Ceme tery, His life is being pernpred for our next Issue. A Few Years of Rent Saving Will Pay For This Home Hn No. 2W Why not make that rent own? Free Building Helps Our Service Department has dctuilctf workim nlnn mwl 1 costjestiniatcs for this and many which are FREE to you. Come you home plans that arc sure to iuiiul, uu iuuko unu, uuuuuiuy, nnu we n ten you just wliat it will'cost to build. This service costs you nothing, and it will save you a lot oi aimless'liguring Act Nowl Waltemath Lumber & Coal Co. PHONE 20. AN AlUPLANJ' MANUFACTURING PLANT IS HEING CONSIDERED , FOR THIS CITY The North Platto Airoratt Co. la in communication with responsible par tics looking to tho construction in this city of an alrplnuo factory to manu facture an Improved piano for dis tribution from this contor. Reed Davis, of tho local company has his plans and drawings nearly complotcd nnd whilo vory littlo can be learned about tho general construction of tho ship, It is known that tho main idea ImB boon approved by export engin eers. Whilo in the cast n short tlmo ago, Mr. Richards, manager, closed a deal which will mean much for North Platto when It Is carried out. For trade reasons It is not rondy for publication. -::o::- LINCOLN COUNTY RED CROSS CHAPTER ORGANIZED FOR THE YEAR At u meeting of the Board ot Di rectors of tho Lincoln County Chaptor ot tho American Rod Cross, hold yes terday tho following offlcors woro olected for tho yoar 1921: Miss Anna C. Krnmph, President; W. J. O'Con nor, vlco-prosidont; A. W. Shilling, secretary; R. D. Blrgo, trcasuror. Thoso with the following fivo directors form the oxecutivo committee ot tho Chaptor, Mrs. Chaa. Bogue, Mrs. R. F. Cottoroll, Senator W. V. Hoagland S. M. Soudor and Wilson Tout. NORTH PLATTE SKhT" TO WEL COME TRAVELERS BY DAY AND NIGHT. Tho Chnmbor ot Commorco Is erec ting a largo sign on tho Union Pacific rightrof-way Just cast ot tho parking at tho depot. Tho sign bears tho words "Welcomo North Platto But fnlo Bill's Town Population 10.4CG North Platto Chambor ot Commerco.' Tho sign Is for the purposo of giving information to travolors who aro pass ing through tho city. It will bo 12x30 foot and lightod by electricity at night. i:o;: At the regular meeting of Harry B. Drawn Cump No. 11 U. S. W. V., De partment ot Nebraska, (North Platto) hold January 17, 1921, tho following officers woro installed: Luthor I. Tuckor, Commandor; Tim O'Kcofe Sr. VIco-Commimdor: Charles Hanor. Jr. Vico-Commnndor; A. W. B"rown, Of ficer ot tho Day; John W. Roland, Officer ot tho Guard; E. K. Moody, Trustee; Charles' H.-CroBuyk Adjutant , Edward W. Scharman Quartermaster A. E. Boll, Patriotic Instructor; A. W. Shilling, Chaplain; Howard Mc Mtchnel, Historian; Julius Hogn nnd llobort Weeks, Color Sergeants.- ' Miss McDormptt, representing tho Welfnro Section of the Red Cross, has been spending ihls weok In town on business coimectod with tho proposed employment of a pormnnont wolfaro worker, Tho expense of maintaining the workor. will be bomo by the city, tho Rod Cross and other organiza tions. VOl! are paying for the ' house you live in, who ever holds the title. If you are a renter, you are pay ing for i'hc houcc for your landlord and when you get through, he'll have the deed and the house, and you'll have a hunch of worthless rent receipts. money pay for u 'home of your Q J- w ftV other homes, large and small in and talk it over. We'll show appeal to you for their conven- about plans and prices.