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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1921)
1 V oar THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAH. NORTH PLATTE, NEB.r.Jl'NE 10, 192L No. 44 Matm patte rtbum A. J70AD FUND IS TOO SMALL LINCOLN COUNTY OFFICIALS EX TIiAIN WHY ALL THE CLAIMS ( ABE NOT TAID, as Uioy como in. If tho work has boon dorio ami vvaluo has been received tho claim will probably bo allowed when thoro la money In tho troasuuy with which to pay It That Is- good busl ncoB and every taxpayer In Lincoln County should npprovo it. EPISCOPAL BISHOP AT: LUNCHEON THRILLS THE CHOWl" WITH HIS STOUT. LODGE, CHURCH AND SOCIETY Tho tables In tho basement of tho Church wore well filled. with nnonla Tho amount Of mouoy that can bo vestordav noon nt a Innrfinnn Hv Jn raised in Lincoln County for tho gen- ,,,nor oC UlG v,,,. hUhaTM and oral road fund is sot by law and has , clorgy o tho Episcopal Church. Tho not ocon cnangou lor. years, aix or (llnnor was 80rV0(1 by tho ladjcs o tho otght years ago this was enough for clmrch nnd wna h,ghly compUmcntea raised. At that time there was not by tll0 Bpoakorfl 01l sovortll occaslons. raised. At that time thoro was not ReV wiJL Mooro introducod- Bl8hop over llvo hundred miles of road iUuocchor of Western Nebraska who LUTHERAN 11:00 Morning services. .' ( 8 J 00 To Whom Belongest Thou? tho county. Tho highways would last for a long timo without' attontion. A man and team was often paid $2 and ?2.E0 a day for road work. Thou a chango began to bo noticed. Automobiles began to bo more num erous. Tho truck became more com mon. Tho roada had to bo graded oftoner and frequent blading was nec essary. A man and team was paid wot less than six dollars lastpar and as much as eight. And to make mattora worso tho mileage has increased from llvo hundred to nearly two thousand which Is about tho number ofmllcs of county roads in Lincoln County. And tho samo. levy is made that was for merly made. Tho- condition would be impossible but for tho fact that tho property value has increased enough to allow for somo of tho added ex pense. Since tho policy of tho present County administration is not to allow any claims until tho money is in the bank with which to pay the' claim, It Is not possible to -allow all of tho claims against tho road funds as fast presided'. Short talks wore mado by Ira II. Dare for tho business interests of tho city and J. Q. Wilcox on bohalt of tho local iparlsh. Bishop Shalor of Nebraska spoko to somo length of peo ple and conditions and his romarlcs w'oro ,froquently applauded becauso of their wit and humor. Tho guest of honor' Was Bishop Daniel Sylvester Tuttlo, presiding bishop of tho Epis copal Church In tho United States and when ho was Introduced the wholo as sembly arose to do. him homage. He spoka in a happy vein of his early ex periences hero but qulbkly roso to the thing that Is closest to his heart tho subject of missions. His addresfc was highly appreciated by thoso who heard him. After itho luncheon a photograph of the party was taktr. just south of tho church. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Hollmah left' by auto for Tipton, Iowa, to visit at the homo of tho latt'er's parents. Mr. Holl man will attend- thd commencement exercises of tho Iowa Unlvorsity. METHODIST 111:00- "Tho Church Triumphant7 8:00 "Tho. Radium of tho Soul." , , CHRISTIAN 11:00 "Drawn of tho Father..'-' 8:00 "Tho Victory of tho Spirit." Great Sacrifice Sale on WALL PAPER Beginning Vednesda3', June 8th and con i tinuing for ten days we will have on sale the largest- assortment of wall paper ever brought to North Platte, at a special disr . count of 25 per cent. This is not old shelf . worn goods, but every, roll is new paper just received from the larget w.all paper factories. , in the country. Can you afford to miss this opportunity o buying you paper now? Come in and let us estimate your rooms. ' DUKE & OVREN, 218 East 6th St. i 1 COMING MEETINGS IN THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS OF THE CITY. CHRISTIAN -SCIENCE ll:00-hri8t?ati' Sclenco Service EPISCOPAL 11:00 Morning Prayer and Sermon. 8:Q0-r-EvenIng Prayer and Sermon. MAQXK' LODOE TO HOLD IN SPALLATION OF OFFICERS TUESDAY EVUXIXO. Thp following officers will bo in stalled by Platte Valley Lodge No. 32 Aw F. & A. M. Tuesday, Juno 14, at 8, o'clock: Ralph E. Hanson, Must er; Abner J. Wessberg, Sonlor Ward on;lEdward Efc Garr, Junior Vard ou';?Prik LvJtfoonoy,. Treasurer, Gar.rjR. OrolBOii; 'Secretary; II. Clay Brock,1 Truatoo. Presentation of Past Master Jewola will bo made by FnHl. Temple to nlno Past Masters' ot tncIIodRc. -:o:' JtOTSvUV CLUH TO 1K liNTEH- ijAIXHD 11V JIM3IV 1113KON r SWEDISH Lutheran services next Sunday at 10:30 at tho church at tho corner of Tenth and Wjllow. ' ' 1 . fOSTPONED ' Tho D. A. u. plcnlo which was to havo been held today wll bo hold a week later, on Friday, Junt 17. . ,OV NEW YOHK CITY. ','.V r- -Next Tuesday ovonlng at tho Ep iscopal Church tho Rotary Club will mootat six o'clock and following tho dlnncv tho membors and their guesto wllVbo ontortnlnod.by Jimmy Horoti of N(5,w York -City if ho will speak 011 thojsplrlt of Rotaiy. His-talk Is in the ifa(uro of a nionologuo In which hoHtakes several parts and carries theni through. Tho program Is plan noU'to be over by eight o'clock, - l'ARKWELI. RECEPTION GIVEN" TO SUMMER TERM BEGINS MONDAY I VACATION SCHOOL TO HE Ol'ENEO IN THE FRANKLIN SCHOOL MONDAY. qulto a response as pupils who aro iJack in oho or two subjects thua havo a chau'eo to. start noxt fa 11. with 5, cleiyi' slate." BOOTLEGOE.lt AllHESTKD UY Till! LOCAL POLICE AND FINED IN COUNTY COURT. AND 1 MllS'.' CURltY LAST EVENING, BAPTIST 1 :00 "Tho-Prisonor." 8:00 "DoeB Providonco Man?" - ' Mako PRESBTERIAN 11:00 Chidrcn Day Sorvicb gram. 8:00 Farewell Address by Curry. Pro- Rev. Frank J. Wilder of Boston, gene alogist and book seller, who is In terested in building up tho genealog ist department of libraries spent Sunday at "tho C. F. Spencer home.- " A 'farewell rcccSptioh was given to Rev. and Mrs J.' IT. Curry fast evoit lrig.?nt tho W.V; Ho'agland' resldonco. ThathouBO was prbrweiy decorated in syrfn&a und ptoSy flowers and well solcctoU program- was rendored. About 0110 hundred guests wore presont. All tho, ministers and their wives, 'of tho city were Invited. At tho closp ct tho evening shorbot nnd cako wore served. ,Tho' Kick-off mooting of tho Lin coln County Farm Bureau in Antelope Precinct was held last Tuesday' even ing with about thirty men present. El mor Ybungs of Lexington was prosont and told of tho'work of lhoFarm Bu heau. . The campaign for membership? followed' tho-metlng. - - ,&fmm Superfntondont O. L. LIttol an nounced yesterday that tho Board o Education has granted pormlBslon to uso tho Franklin building auf tha necessity toxtbooks1 for a summer scjiodl for tllos. who noed to innka up bock work. Tltcro aro always aomn pupils in school who on account of 111)1088, necessary nbseuce, Inattention or Inaptitude do not comploto tho work of tho. year, but within a tow .weeks of summer study jthoy enn catch tho grado thoy should bo In byttho opening of the now term. Un tlll about six years ago there was usually a vacation school horo-ovory stimmor. It was dlsconttnuod tho yonr tho schools woco'flooded out and,thon came tho war and now It Is thought best to open It ngalu. Tho pupils will bo required to pay for tho Instruction but' thoro will bo no, other charges; Tho torm will start next Mondny and last six weeks. Supt. J-Jttol was unablo to say yestorday, Just what tho chargo will' bo "but it will depend on tho numbor who tako tho work. Thoro will bo ono sosston each day from eight to twelve. Goorgo Moyors will ' havo chargo of tho High School subjocts and Mrs. Elmer Stephens wll tako tho grado work-. Registration will start at the Franklin building on Saturday after noon bf this weolc Pupils registering for high school subjocts will como from ono to two and those for grade BUbjoots will porno iiight Viftcr 2:30. "Classes will ,bo organized 7n all subjocts from tho first to the twel fth incluslvo", said Mr. LIttol," whon over thoro aro enough, pupils to war ..raht',ft.Acla88. Wo expect thdro win bo A man giving tho name of Harry E. Watson and claiming to havo lived at Brady during part of tho past year, was arrested Wodnoaday ovonlng by Chief Spillner and his assistants and placed In Jail charged with having liquor In his possession, and soiling somo of It. Ho claims tho shipmont, which was worth somo thing Uko a thousand dollars, was sont to him from Dotrolt lo brought it to North Platto in an auto and stored it In a garago near tho Firo Station. Tho liquor which was in two caaoa and eomo sacks, was said to havo been sold to somo local partlo horo and was just about to bo delivered. It was' taken to pollco Lhoadquartora and later placed else where for safo kcoplng whllo Watson was brought Into court tills after noon and fined $300 and costs for having hrposscsslon and soiling tho liquor.' -:o:- NO MORE SHOOTING OF DOGS BY POLICE Ol FICEKS ON TIIK MATN STREETS. Authority was given . Chief of Police Splllnor by tho City Coffhcll, Tuesday ovonlng to fix up a placV'in sonio convonlont location for, a dog pound. lib wns authorized to pay fifty cents to any boy or mu.n wlu will, 'bring n loos'o oy stray dog t to thor'pound. Tho animal will bo takjln caro of for two full days and then If not claimed ho will bo disposed of. Thoro aro said to' bo a largo aumber of dogs running tho streets, without,, licenses and they aro becoming such 1 a nuisancer that' somo action was doomed noccsaary. Tho old mothod ofV shooting'' hpv ' dogs wherever kh(fy! could bo oaught was nlit satlBfactory;,' and q tho'.no.w method wU bo tried to out. u x. V ddge Brothers , f: .' " t ' substantial .J- . v. niiounceaA M - mucuon ' sh . K .1 tf S ' -V.''.' it-- " 4 t 7 Br:"v' 1 i -If 'Mi ': in the Price vf their Cars, . , . . . i reffective June 8? 1921. i. Ctk & Locust 'Service0' Our Owners" North Platte.Ncs. a-- Phono S44.
