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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1921)
She Jtortlt ilattc THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NEB., FEBRUARY 15, 1921. No. 11 OLD SETTLER DIES SUDDENLY JOSEPH F. PILLION DltOL'S DEAD IN HIS SHOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Joseph F. Fllllon, for flfty-llva years a rcsldont of North Platte, died very Buddonly whllo in his shop on oast fifth street Saturday afternoon. Ho was stricken whllo talking with somo of his friends In his work shop and ex pired without any warning. Joe Fllllon was best known as a plumber and metal worker. Ho has 'lono plumbing work for nearly ovcry family In tho city and has repaired and laid many tin roofs. Ho was also known as ono of tho band boys. Whon North Platto was but a station, Joe Fllllon was busy with tho band, play ing whatever Instrument was needed to fill out tho Instrumentation. Ho has represented the Musicians In Central Labor Union a number of times and has held Important offices In tho Mu sicians Union. Jos. F. Fllllon was born Juno 28, 1847. Ho was 73 years old at the time of his death. Tho funeral will bo hold in tho Catholic Church at ton o'clock this morning and interment will bo In North Platto C6mctory. Ho leaves his wife and children. A Bister In tho cast Is unable to como at this time. ::o:: i IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE ROTARY CLUB, READ THIS. 1 ROTARY FACTS First club organized with four mem bers in Chicago In 1905. Name "Rotary" adopted because orlglal club "rotated" their mooting among business offices of members. Limited membership plan is one of foundations of Rotary s strength. Rotary has no "paid" organizers,, j'tki international association is .mighty particular" about accepting ijeliv clybs. i . ' There are now over 800 clubs with a total membership of 65,000. There are many Rotary clubs now In foreign countries. No Rotary, club has over failed to --7nake good; 'none hasT.ovqr'sltFrcliucr ed Its charter. Rotary clubs have a higher percent age of attendance of members nt meet ings than any' other organization TOado up of business and professional men. Averago attendance of all clubs in United States and Canada, in De cember. 77.40. The local club was organized In 1920 and now has 37 members. Rotary principles and activities nre based upon tho belief that "He Pro fits' Most "Who Serves Best" Tho Kiwanls Club hold Its regular ::o:: weekly meeting at the Palace Cafe Commencing Tuesday morning, Fob. Friday and listened to a short concert i fifteenth, tho Hastings and Gothcn by Professor Molzer and Mr. Beutol. burg Scotlsh Rito Bodies will hold a Senator Hoagland also made a short threo day session for the purpose of talk on tho work of tho present Leg-! conforlng the Degrees of the Rite on Islature. An exceptionally good at- n large class from the entire western endnqce was reported. 1 "siili l(03W Every . tW' Inch A 5g I wf Home . I H This charming four-room cottage makes an attractive small home for town or farm. It meets all the needs of the average small family with two bed rooms, commodious liv ing room, kitchen, generous front porch, and small porch in the rear. This home is livable in every detail. A broad fire-place adds much to the pleasure and comfort of the living room. In designing this homo cost has been reduced to a mini mum without sacrificing attractiveness or convenience. Free Building Helps Wo will bo glad to tell you at what small cost an attractive homo can bo built Tho design Is ono of several that is for your ubo FREE. Our building helps and estimates will keep down tho cost surprisingly. Wo want to bo of assistance to you in ovory way possible We glvo tills servlco freo In our doslro for a community ot satisfied home own ers. Waltemath Lumber Co. if a :.: s rhn ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF FOUR TEEN YEAR OLD BOY TO BE . PROBED TOMORROW. i Saturday evening while working In I tho projection booth ht the Crystal j Thoatro, Dons Troxlcr enmo In con I tact In somo way with a llvo wlro and i was instantly electrocuted. .Ho was in company with tuyuo isrown nt mo timo and this lad's story docs not help much in clearing up the causo of his death. Tho theatre was closed at onco and Coroner Koofo ordered an Inquest to nscortaln tho facts con cerning tho causo of his death. He wired a request to tho state fire war don to send someono who could ex amine tho wiring and sco how such nn accident could bo possible. Mr. Keofo has st the hearing for Wednes day afternoon. Bons Troxlor was the youngest son of Mrs. Floronco P. Trcxler and was born Sept 10, 1907. Ho was a student In tho Junior High School and hla dependability had caused somo pcoplo to liken him to his father Gcorgo Trexler, who was killed in an auto accident about six years ago. The funeral will bo hold this nftornoon with burial In North Platto Cemetery. Bons is survived by his mother, his sister Nova and his brother Louis. NEW ROOM OPENED IN CENTRAL SCHOOL BUILDING: FOR GRADE. WORK. Part of tho Fifth nnd Sixth Grades of tho Washington building has been moved to tho Central building and n room has been provided In tho base ment whoro they will finish tho year. Mrs. Howard Ynst Is tho teachpr. She will be remembered as having taught tho fourth grade at tho Washington School last year. Tho Senior High School classes which wero crowded out of tho room now used by Uiesc grades, have been placed In other rooms of tho building nnd will get along for this year. Additional ac commodations are necessary beforo another year or tho schools will suf f or nccordlng to Supt, Llttel. COURT OF HONOR MAKES FIVE SECOND CLASS SCOUTS FROM TROOP ONE. A nuijiber of boys from Troop One, Boy Scouts, appeared beforo tho Local Council Court of Honor and wero ex amined as to their proficiency in the work of tho Tenderfoot. Louis Bret ornltz, Donald Russell, Wilbur Swan son, Henry Hnner and Allen Lnwliead .wore passed .to., the arankpf. Second Class Scouts. Tho Court of Honor consists of Messers Carr, Hollman, Temple, Barrlball and Dr. Fenner. PIANO RECITALBY LOCAL STU DENTS OF MUSIC FOR NEXT TUESDAY.. The pupils of Miss Florence McKay will appear in recital at the Presby terian Church on the evening of Feb. 22. This Is an annual event and is looked forward to by those who enjoy seeing and hearing the young folks. A silver collection will bo takon. part of the State. St 1 20 ! LITERACY TEST. IS THE QUESTION DEBATING TEAM FROM KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOL TO BE HERE THURSDAY EVENING. ! Ujlrty-seconn dogroos will bo confer- i , rod and tho session will end with a The first joint debate between Konr-! banquet on Thursday evening. All nev and North Platto High Schools ! mombors of Scottish Rito of whnt wh'ich has boon hold for a numbor of , Wr uogreo nro expected to attond years will take place at tlfo Franklin I banquet. Preparations for more Auditorium, next Thursday evening I u'h 2(0 will bo morto for tho ban al eight o'clock. A team from Kear-j m- '""ore will bo more ban eighty noy Consisting ot throe debaters and ?u.f 'ers of the degree team hero, alternate and tho coach wilt bo horo ft'iV0T coiInB from Hastings and to meet a like team from tho local a$anV! 'UU 011,1 a,V0VC tNyontyvo school. The local representatives aro i Gothenburg. The Eastern Star m w.i i r? r.. mwnbers of North Platto will servo n Royor Hastings with Clarence Wright as alternate. B. B. Carr is coach. tVUn niiAoi am la "T?ncrt1iml Mint ( in literacy test law should bo abolished." This Is tho quostlon that Is bolng de bated by nil of tho ono hundred and seventy schools composing the Ne braska High School Debating Union. The winner in tho debate to ho hold Thursday evening will dobato tho winners of another debate which Is held in this district and so on until there is nn undisputed championship team In each district. Thoso teams arc taken to tho State Dobato whoro the championship school team and tho champion debater is decided. :;o:: STATE DISTRIBUTES SCHOOL AP PORTIONMENT TO LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOLS County Superintendent Alleon G. Cochran bus just received tho seml-an mini stato apportionment of school moneys. Tho State Superintendent distributed a total of $437,192.49 to all tho counties. Lincoln County received $7,638.96; .Dawson $5606.23; Keith $2,118.47 and so on. One-fourth of the money thus Wcelvcd is divided among tho districts equally. Three-fourths Is divided among tho districts nccordlng to tho nUmuor of children In tho dis trict. In Lincoln County there aro 130 districts and 6,677 children. North Platte schools will receive $2,022.04. Tho other school districts In tho coun ty will recelvo tho amounts they nro entitled to, each district receiving $15.90 and about 83 cents for each child of school ago living In 'the tils4 trict at tho time the school census was taken. PROMINENT UNION PACIFIC OF- FICIALS TO BE HERE FRI DAY AFTERNOON. The Parent-Teacher Associations of tho Elementary and Junior High Schools will hold a union meeting at tho Franklin Auditorium Friday af ternoon at which prominent Union Pacific officials will spoak on the gen eral topic of Saftey First. Tho pro gram will open with music by tho High School Orchestra, which will bo followed by an address by L. B. Caroy Safety Agent on tho Wyoming Divi sion nnd H. A. Adams, Assistant to tho General Mnnngor of tho Union Pacific. Tho mooting will closo with a demonstration in First Aid work by Wm. M. Barrlball, Scout Executive of the Local B6y Scout Council. All pat rons and members of tho Pnront Toachor Associations should bo pres ent. The meeting is called for three o'clock Claude Gross, visitor Sunday. of Sidney was a -city o-Stone-It r.v j.t j.t j.t it :.t j.t j.t j.t j.t j.t j.t j.t j.t it if if B W II H A duplex apartment built f Hydro-Stone, with 5 rooms, bath and sleeping porch. Apartments arc always a good investment. If you are interested in apartments, I have plans on file at my office, ranging from two apartments up to twenty-one apartments. VICTOR F. BECK, Architect. PHONE 293. 11 v NORTH PLATTE, NEBR, I SCOTTISH RITE BODIES HOLD RE i A USION HERE THIS WEEK. i On Tuesday tho aothejiliurg Lodge ot Perfection will confer the degroes ! flwm the fourth to tha fourteenth in ; ctiwlve. Commauclug Wednesday morn 1 Ing the fifteenth dogrco will start at uteht a. m. nnd the dogrees will be i Conferral up to and Including the I tAvonty-ninth by tho Grand Island llueinbcrs of tho Hastings lodge. On Kirhtirsdnv tlin thirtieth, thirty-first and M00,0" ,lay,nt H2,Mns?11,c Tonlpl P .tho banquet on Thursday evening. v viuno or over n Hundred nro ex pected to take tho dogroos. ! " NORTH PLATTE, THE . OWN YOUR OWN HOME OITV. Why not start no;, nnd lot's build up, paint up and clean up. Are you with us? Why not cut out tho houso rent now cut down tho weeds when they grow up a llttlo later, In fact cut out every thing that don't holp thrift nnd homo ownership? This Agency has flnorosldonco lots Inlnll parts of tho city. They will suit yqii and rango from $100 up to $2500 and nro sold on easy monthly pay mcnts if you prefer. Our holdings and listings aro exclusive and wo can do'llvor them. Wo also havo threo or four particu larly good bargains in nice modorn, roady built homes on onsy terms. Watch closely tho II. & H. Bulletin Issued each month. You may miss Bofocthlng that you will bo sorry for. We aro also stockholders, directors and officers of tho North Platto Homo Builders, Inc. Tho Homo Builders havo erected about thirty ulco homos since they were prganlzed. If you nro Interested in buying or building a home, don't fall to como in and talk tho matter over personally with us, Fjr, with our connections, we nro sure wo can save you money and glvo you 100 per cent service In every department- - ' Don't fall to do your part tn help ing to mnko North Platto a real "Own Your Own Homo City." THRIFT, PROTECTION, CONSTRUCTION AND COMFORT nrov tho outstanding feat ures of our service. Como in nnd wo will bo glad to talk over your futuro plans along t.heso lines. THE HOLLMAN & SEBASTIAN AGENCY Office Phono 61.1 J. O. HOLLMAN J. E. SEBASTIAN Res. Phono 384J Res. Phone 1138 FARM IMPLEMENTS NOT TO BE REDUCED IN PRICE THIS YEAR. February 28th to March 5th has been named as farm Implement in spection and repair weok by the Ne braska federation and tho collogo of agriculture. This action was taken b tho executive hoard following tho statement of implement manufnet urers that the price of mnchlnery would not bo reduced during tho com ing year. The collogo has two or threo bulletins dealing with the caro and repair of implements that aro avail able to all farmers who mnko their wish known. Is Permanent ,4 v'tk It it J.t J.t 5 :. t FOLEY BUILDING. WITH LODGE AND SOCIETY COJUNt; EVENTS IX VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS OF THE CITY. ENTE R E D. APPRENTICE. . ylll ha conferred by Platto Vulloy Uulgo on Saturday, Fobr. 19 at eight o'clock. PHILOS GUN A CLUB Will moot nt tho homo ot Ijtffi( Gray Andorson, 512 Ash St., tomorrow af ternoon, V SUPT. CLARK WILL SPEAK Thursday noon nt tho Lutheran Church bnsomont to tho Hl-Y Club and high school boys. THE EPISCOPAL GUILD Will moot Thursday afternoon with Mosdamos Shrlvor, Graves nnd Mo combor nnd Dr. Amos na tho Commit too. PRESBYTERIAN AID Will moot In tho church parlors on Thursday afternoon. This Is a Wash ington's Birthday party and a 25c lunch will be served. THE ALTAR SOCIETY Will moot nf tho homo ot Mrs. Stouve, 608 B. Fifth St. Thursday af ternoon. A flftcon cont lunch will bo served and ovoryono Is Invited. SALADS Will bo tho Bubjcct ot tho Homo Ec onomics program today at tho Flro mon's Hall with tho Household Arts class of tho High School as guests of tho club. NATIONAL PRAISE SERVICE A union Prnlso Sorvico of 'tho Wo men's MIssIonury Societies of tho, var ious churches of tho city will bo held Friday afternoon nt throo o'clock at tho Pr.osbylerlnn Church. A good pro gram has been prepared anu au mo ladles of the churches nro lnvltedi r:o:: COMMITTEE. ON CHINA FAMINE TO LANGFORI). Ward M. Burgss, Chairman of tho Nebraska Committee on China Famlno sends us word thnt ho has appointed R. C. Langford, Vlcb-Prosldont ot the First Nallonnl Bank of North Platto Chairman of tho local committee on rollcf of China. Ho also says "Thp Amorlcan Minister In Polling states that $1.00 will savo tho Ufo of ono porson for a month and that $10.00 will savo a Hfo until tho next hnrvest Is nvntlablo and that ho hopes Nebras ka people will bo Instrumental In saving at least five thousand Uvea by raising and forwnrdlng to tho reiioi commlttoo $50,000.00. Very substantial contributions hnvo already been re ceived." : :o: : FIRST RORINS OF SPRING AP PEAR IN NORTH PLATTE YESTERDAY. Miss Laura Murray. Principal of tho Washington School roportod this morning that she and soino of her pupils heard and saw robins Monday. This Is tho first record for tho year and is an oxtromoly early dato. Tho first robins usually appear horo aftor tho first of. March. Oku (kwo, J.t if ANOTHER BUSINESS MAN HAS CONFIDENCE IN NORTH PLATTE AND HER FUTURE IS. S. Norton, of Donvor, luus' leased tho bulldlnc nt tho cornor ot Dowcy and Front utrootii, formerly occupied by Austin's jowolry store nnd In a fow days will opon a stock of mon'a clothing. Ho will ndvortiso tho now shop as "Tho Famous" and snys ho will make It famous for sorvico, qual ity and price. Full announcement ot tho opening will bo mado ns soon as tho (Into is not Mr. Norton has had twenty-two years oxporlcnco In tho clothing business nnd comes to North Platto because ho sees an opening horo for just the kind of n storo ho proposes to establish. DOUBLE HEADER VICTORY FOR NORTH PLATTE BASKETBALL TEAMS SATURDAY. Tho local girls basketball tonm succeeded In defeating tho Ognllala girls again by a scoro ot 19 to 2. Tho opposing team played fast ball, but by tho clovor floor work shown by the locals, nnd tho exceptional guarding, Ogallala made only ono hnskot In tha first hnlf. Tho Ogallala boys' qulntot displayed HPlondtd team work and at tho ond of tho first half tho scoro was G to 8 tn their favor. In tho second hnlf tho locals popped up, Locko nnd Sllnnor shooting nil tho baskets. Tho final scoro was 24 to 8. Tho North Platto High School hand furnished music botweon halves of tho gamo and n camp flro sold candy nnd gum. . ARTISTS' CONCERT WAS HIGHLY APPRECIATED BY MUSIC LOVERS. Tho rocltnl In tho Presbytorlau Church hiBt Friday ovoning was ono ot tho host music attractions hold horo for somo time. A largo and apprecia tive nudlonco llstenod Intently as tho numbors woro glvon by Professor Mol zor or Mr, Beutol or Mr. Harrington and frequent oncoroa showed, thnt tho iuubIq was being appreciated. Tho so loists grnqlously responded to tho on-coroa-aiul that ploascd tho people. Tho ontorprlso ot tho Sunday School class which promoted this ontortnlnment is to bo commended nnd should tho net bo ropcatod at somo futuro timo wo aro confident It will bo rewarded by as large a patronago as attended this time. NORTH PLATTE0' CAN NOW BE "LISTED AMONG Till) WINTER 'RESORTS. Horo Is tho maximum tcmporaturos' for sovoral winter rosorts as toportcd by tli0 Weather Iluroau for last Sun- day: San Francisco . -,5.0 San Diego ,-,58 North Platto GO. Los Angeles G2 , ;:o: Tho Travol nu Study club mot laBt ovenlng at tho homo of Mrs. Gcorgo 11. Dont with Mrs. Wilson- Tout an hostoss. A short program was follow ed by n delicious lunch. .lt,4.i.mi,V,4..W..,,t,','.VVHH. B B j.t j.t B j.t j.t j.t j.t :.: J.t J.t j.t XL J.t It :.: J.t j.t j.t j: :: J. j.t j; II :.: J.i j.t it DANCE at HERSHEY every FRIDAY NIGHT ' J.t mm 1 ' T KIM 4