NORTH PLATTE
WILSON TOUT, Editor and Publisher.
Bntcrod at tho North Platto, Nebraska
Poatofllce as Second Class Matter.
SUIISCJUFTION FMCE:
Ono Year, In ndranco $2.00
TUESDAY, FKIMUAKY Ifilli, J92I.
IIDITOIIUL.
A question which has been agitating
the school pooplo of North Platto for
Homo tlmo Is "Shall dancing bo added,
to tho activities of the public schools
In North PJatte7" Tho various activi
ties are acknowledged and permitted
by tho Hoard of Education from time
to time, Uobntlug, Declamation .Ath
letics, Military Drill, Rod Cross, Hoy
Scout, Campflre Olrls, Class Partlos
and similar Institutions not included
In the curriculum of the school.
When approved by tho HoaiM
thoy como under Uiq general head of
activities and may or may not bo car
ried on, depending on decision of tho
faculty. Tho Hoard holds those dif
ferent acllvlllos under its control nnd
forbids any of them when in Its judg
ment It booms bost. Hecauso of abuso
the High School Annual was abolished
about flfteon yoars ago. Previous to
that tlmo dancing at school functions
was forbidden. Restrictions have boon
placed on other activities when the
welfare of the school was at slako.
It has always boon goncrally ack
nowledged that tho wisdom of tho
Board of Education should govern nnd
control school activities.
About a year ago tho Board rever
sed Its attltudo on schooj dances nnd
not only pormltted dancos hold In tho
namo of tho school but allowed tho
upe of ono of tho school buildings for
dancing purposos. Wo do not ques
tion tho right of tho Board t0 do this.
Tho decision rondored by Judgo
Grimes was (o that effect. It was not
illogal nor contrary to precedent and
school dances ,thus became ono of the
activities of tho school. LIko othor
activities It Is not compulsory nor Is
credit given. It is merely pormltted.
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NOTICE OF SALE
Notice in licit-jy glvon that on Sat
urday, February 2, 1021, at 2 o'clock
P. M, at tho County Jail at tho corner
of Third nnd Locust streets In tho City
of North Platto, County of Lincoln and
State oC Nebraska, I, A. J. Salisbury,
Sheriff of said county, will soli at pub
lic auction, to tho highest bidder for
cash, tho following described person
al proporty, to-wtt. ono Buttor-KIst
pcorn machine, with-salted peanut
attachment, or so much thereof as
shall bo nocossary to satisfy a certain
judgmont obtained by Holcomb &
jftiko Mfg. Co., a corporation, plaintiff,
against II. a. Siidnmn. defendant, in
the. County Court of Lincoln Cotintv,
Nebraska, on Dcccmbor 7, 1020, for
Die sum of Nino Hundred Soventy-ono
and 05-100 Dollars ($971.05) with in
terest nt seven per cont per annum
from tho dnlo or sultl Judgment, and
The costs of said action and of this
sale, said" property having boon lovled
upon by mo.'Upon execution to satisfy
.v'd Judgment.
. Dated February 11. 1921.
A. .T. SALISUUUY.
Flfi-M ShorllT of Lincoln Coittty.
i Nebraska.
This Monster Was Battler.
The curators of tho Launceston and
Tascanlan museums have presented to
uio Hoynl Society of Tasmania tho pre
liminnry account of a nearly complcto
skeleton of a gigantic extinct monster,
recently dlspoverod In the pleistocene
beds of Tasmania.
The animal was us large as tho
largest existing rhinoceros. The new
discovery shows clearly that It wus a
rhlnoccros-llkc nnlmnl, with a skull
built for nggrosslvo warfare, and at
least one powerful horn on tho snout.
Evldenco of the gigantic battles In
lvEc,)iy,Ii;ngIluS,.B.ne(l lastt be
found 15 thocompIotc.smasHl!fg and
partial mending of tho collnr-bone,
nnd In tho crushing and subsequent
repair of tho bones of tho nose and
snout.
SCJ1AITLK.
A Column o! Nonsense
Hon. B. 8. Davis,
House of Representatives,
Lincoln, Nebr.
Dnar Ed:
The other day when we were jsolng
over to see Elmer Coates about hulld
Inr a new homo a man slopped us and
said thore should be a 'law that all
kids should loam to chow gum whon
thoy are small. Ha said their folks
should be compelled to mane mom
learn tho rleht way to chew gum whon
they are young. It was a fine Idea, Ed
and hero Is the reason wiiy it woum
make tholr lives happier and sweetor,
They would have something to think
about besides sucking their thumb
and the sum would bo sweet.
Then again Ed, whon you and we
wern growing up chewing gum was
not lookod unon as exactly proper ami
It was only whon wo wanted to do
something a llttlo daring that wo
bought some Black Jack. Now It Is
eonMdored quite the thing to chow
Rtnn all of tho time, we buy It by tho
box. So times have changed Ed, and
we most change and he for It ,or wo
mlrht be considered a llttlo fogy.
Than again Ed, It would mako tho
habit universal and sllmulalo business
we only buy sixty million dollars
worth of chowlng gum a yonr and
think how business would bo atlmu
Mod if .we could doublo that. "Wo say
ich them young ana often, uoou tor
business.
Then again Ed, It would mako this
world n much plonsanter place If
every iKdy were a dainty and trained
gum chowor. Practlco makes perfect
and training the rod In the way It
should tro are maxims thnt furnish
nroof. Beauty Is more than skin deep
Ed. It extends to tho mouth nnd whole
face of artistic. Kum-chowors.
Tholi again Ed, It covors a multi
tude of slnB. A wad of gum will toko
nwnv a man's appetite, especially If
has boon stuck on tho under side
of a chair for a few days. Also In your
vost pocket, Also a wad of gum will
cause a man to havo dreams about.
somo great thing, especially If ho
Hwallows It In tho night. You know
Ed, from experience how hard It Is to
talk and chow gum artistically. If tho
kids wove trained to chew gum nr
tlsllcally they would not bo ablo to
talk so much and we oldor pooplo
could get a word In onco In a while.
Then again Ed, It is said to sweet
en tho broath and you know how Bomo
of thoso fellows around North Platto
need that dono to them with tho stuff
thoy nro drinking nnd bo on.
Then ngaln Ed, It Is Bald to clean
tho teoth nnd you know how somo of
tho boya need that whon thoy don't
havo plates or other kinds of false
teeth.
Thou again Ed, It Is said to stop
hoartburn and somo of tho young boys
about this town whoso hearts aro u
flro might burn up- If It were not for
chewing gum. Wo think probably Kls.
Mo would bo hard on hoartburn but
somo kinds llko thoso big whlto sticks
would kill or cin;o.
And bo Ed, since wo did not hoar
from you about tho law about making
pooplo mind tholr own business, wo
hopo you will pass a law making
ovory paront of little children teach
thorn how to chow gum artistically
and constantly bo when they grow up
thoy will have tho habit and so got
tho wonderful benefits and also stim
ulate business which needs stimulat
ing. And also look well.
Very truly,
A CONSTITUENT.
SEMI-WEEKLY
TillBUNE
Want Ads
Book as Granaries.
Hooks are the great clvllizers
of tho race, tho storehouses of knowl
edge, tho granaries of Intellectual
food, Therefore to designate In all can
dor which books of those that are
infTde nro, Indeed, public pabulum, and
which nro straw; carefully and con
scientiously to examine and explain,
ono man for the million, the publica
tions which are conducive or detri
mental, In whole or In part, to learn
ing and progress. Is one of the most
Important and noblest works In which
man can bo engaged, while to prosti
tute tho powers requisite for such a
position Is one of tho basest. -Hubert
Howe Bancroft.
On Sale One Day Only
Wednesday, Febr. 16th.
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Mens Extra Heavy
FLANNEL
ONE PIECE
PAJAMAS
The Famous "Dalpark" Mako The
Regular $2.50 Grade '
WHILE
THEY
LAST
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m SUIT h
HIRSCHFELD
North Platte's Ftrcmost Clothiers.
WE TEACH YOUR DOLLARS
TO HAVE MOKE CENTS
For Sale- Household goods. Phono
M6W.
For Sale -Full blood Burred Ply
month Rock Roosters. Phono 705F120.
For Rent Desirable rooms. Meals
furnished If desired Phono 1018.
"anicd Washings, will call for
and deliver. Box 2S5.
For Jlonl A sleoplng room for ono
or two ladles. 920 AV. Fourth.
Wanted To rent small houso on or
bofore March 1st. Phono 1105W.
lor Sale My farm. Also flight
. . ... , . . . . . nn
ruuin iiuuse lor sum. i none izuoj.
For Sale Incubator, Detroit Vapor1
Rango and oxtra good milk cow,
Phone 1081J.
lor Rent Steam boated apartment
of four -rooms and bath, gas range.
urate, uoociman & uuckloy.
Jtor awe Ono froflh Holstoln cow
and two holfors, A. O. Hultman,
miles west of North Platto.
J-or bale Home-grown dry laud al-
laiia scou. jau soon. a. u. juurton,
ioa k: Eigntn.
for Sale 4 Old Trusty Incubators,
z brooders, ono colony Heating Plant
used ono season. Chonp. YORK FEED
STORE.
The air cooled spark plugs aro In
a class by thcmBolvcs. Sco adv. In
this Issue.
I-or Sale Now Edison nhonoEranh.
mrgost size, and records. Also other
furniture. Call after G p m. Apt. C.
Twlnom Apartments.
For Sale Holton slldo trombone in
porfect condition. Leather case. $50.00
Also now Bouscher "C" Soprano saxo
phono In caso, $75. R. H. Jandobour,
Stato Farm.
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DO MOST WORK ON THURSDAY
Statistics Show That British Factory
Employees Are at Their Best
About Midweek.
What is the best workday In Anier-:
lea? In England It Is Thursday.
That is the finding of industrial re
search board investigators of that
country. Tho London Chronicle reports
thnt over a period of twenty weeks
tho output was registered and
"graphs" were made.
Tho workers gave their best on
Wednesdays aud Thursdays, but the
output on Saturdiiy was Invariably
low. When doubled (to equalize time) j
It Is often less than 75 per cent of that
on other duys.
Another Important conclusion was
that tho skilled workman Is much
more regular in his output than the
worker not so well qualified. He does
not get the "tlrod Saturday feeling"
so soon.
In some factories the output arises
until Frldny, but among the less skilled
workmen It was found that Thurs
day was the bost working day.
An Important consideration which
the Investigators kept In mind was
that of the'atmospberlc condition In
which work Is done. Records of tho
air conditions haw been taken with
the output records.
In vnrlons plants tho Suturday out
put was so. low thnt employers found
It unprofitable to operate, so they
closed down. From this It wtuild ap
pear that on a half day the worker
docs not give the average of a half
day of production. Richard Splllano
In the Philadelphia Public Lodger.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Miss Luclllo Wilcox ontofli!hrthfc
University Club last ovonlng at hor
homo on west Fifth street,
Tho P. E. O. will, entertain tholr
husbands Wodnosday evening nt tho
homo of Mrs. M. E. drosby, GIG Wost
6th St
Miss Floronce MoKay was hostess
at- a luncheon following the concert
Friday ovonlng In honor of August
Molzer and Carl Be'utol of Lincoln.
Covors woro laid for seven.
CLOSINO'OUT SALE
Wo nro oloshiK out our ladles' hand
bags, silk, velvet and genulno loathor,
see our south window. Clinton, the
Jowoior.
' hyuiwiWii"' vt '
Third class mall at the local post
office has fallen oft ItO per cent In
volume according to Postmaster
Sturgls. A'yoar-tigo thore was a big
volumo of this class of mall matter
which lnoludoe circulars, catalpguos
and adrortlslng matter of different
kinds. Th"bfbis some loss inqther
clnssos of mall but not so much ,hs In
tho third class.
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A PHOTOPLAY jfeaturinq
Alma Rubens
Made a Record Run at Rialto, OmahailSiJf-
-AT THE-
B0MBAY A CITY OF BEGGARS
Government Is Planning Severe Meas
ures to Repress Nuisance That Is
Becoming Intolerable. ,
Some time ago the government of
Bombay appointed a committee to con
sider and formulate proposals for tho
purpose of suggesting pr.ictlcal meas
ures whereby tho ever-growing nuis
ance of professional beggary might be
abolished. Tho committee has now
completed Its Investigation nnd has
Issued n report.
The report shows that there are In
Bombay city nlono 5,000 professional
beggars', and tho beggars In other
parts bring tho total for tho presi
dency to over 00,000. Tho general
conclusions of the committee nro that
there must bo Introduced nt tho earli
est opportunity an act for the preven
tion of professional beggary, which
will bo applicable to tho whole of the
presidency.
Sadhus and fakirs, it is suggested,
should be exempt from the operations
of tho net, which It Is proposed should
make hogging a cognizable ofTcnse.
Those who have visited Indln will
doubtless recall with feelings of horror
tho terrible sights they have witnessed
of beggars, many of them physical
wrecks nnd suffering from loathsome
diseases, scaled about tho roads so
liciting alms from pasersby. From
the Times of Indln.
Embroidery Ancient Art.
The art of embroidery has been
practiced from time Immemorial It is
said to bo as old as tho art of dress
ing. The mummy clothes of ancient
Egypt show the earliest extant em
broidery nnd the "pomc-granates of
blue and purple and scarlet" of the
book of Exodus were of embroidery.
The art reached Its height In the
early middle ages. In Greeco and
Rome laws wero made to moderate its
use, but without success. The most
distinguished artists did not count it
condescension to make tho designs
from which tho highest ladles In tho
land executed their embroideries. No
werktrs were more iUIIM in the ait
than the Kngtlih,
Keith TONIGHT and TOMORROW
FEBRUARY ISth AND 16th
PRICES: 55c, 35c and 15c. This Includes War Tax.
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Take some Mood Change Charts home
and make this experiment!
LET'S imagine you have just
come home from shopping. You
are tired and nervous. You step to
the New Edison nnd put on an
Edison Rk-Criation. Gradually the
music soothes you. You forget
fatigue and your "nerves" disap
pear. You feel refreshed and light
hearted. Mr. Edison in his present great
research is studying into the effects
of music on the minds and moods
sl men"
"Will you fill out a Mood Change
Chart', and do your bit for Mr.1
Edison's research ?
Mn': the experiment in your
own home. Come in. Let us give
you a supply of Mood Change
Charts. Have your family and your
friends fill thein out. They will find
it more fun lhan Ouija.
If you don't own a New Edison,
fill out a Chart in our store! Better
yet, we will lend you a New Edison
and a program of Rb-Cbxattons so
that you can give a Mood Change
Party in your own home.
DIXON, MUSIC SHOP.