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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR.
NORTH PLATTE,: NEB., JULY 15, 1921.
No.54
VACATION TIME
IS NOW HERE
MANY NORTH PLATTE PEOPLE
AllE LEAVING FOR THE
MOUNTAINS AND LAKES .
E. II. Goodman and family arc
spending a fow days In Denver tak
ing in the Bights and resting. (
Edmund Dickey and sons will leave
tomorrow for Estes Park whero tuey
will spend several wcoks fishing. Mrs.
Dickey 111 join them noxt week.
M. J. Forbes and family are lea
ing overland Saturday for Estes Park
whero they will spond soveral weeks
enjoying the climato and the sconery
there.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Tiley will leave
tomorrow for Lovoland, Colo., whore
they will visit for a week with Mr
Tiloy's son.- Prom there they will
join Edmund Dickey's family in (Estes
Park for a vacation in tho mountains.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Tramp and Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Tramp leave this
week for Cass Lake, Minn, whore
'they will spend several weeks fishing
and enjoying tho sconery and pleas
ures of that resort.
Elmer Coates and family leave Sat
urday for soveral weeks vacation at
BorthoujJ Dale, Colo. This is a small
station in Estes Park, whero the Ash
ing is said to ho good. Elmer will bo
ablo to tell us when ho gets back.
Mr. and Mrs. John Halligan loavo
this week for tho Minnesota lakes
where they will enjoy fishing and
scenery Those lakes are not so well
known to western Nebraska people
but they havo a charm which is not
to bo found In tho west.
V. C. Shelver and family will mo
tor to Denver, starting Saturday for a
k. few days! outing. - .Alter their-rolturn
here Mr. nrI Mrs. Shelver will visit
for two weeks in Wisconsin and Mich
igan. H. A. Brooks returned yesterday
from Denver where ho left Mrs.
Brooks and the children visiting
with Mrs. Brooks mother. Before
coming to Denver they spent two
weeks camping at Grand Lake, Colo.
Mr. Brooks will return to Denver in
a fow days and motor backo North
Platto with tho family.
Mr. and Mrs. It. L. Cochran aro
Bpending their vacation in Los Ange
les and other California points.
While thoro they aro taking in tho
national convention of B. P. O. E.
to wTiich Mr. Cochran is a delogato
from Nobrnska. They will only bo
gone about two weoks but expect to
sco and onjoy a proat donl in that
timo.
Tho weather during tho past week
has boen real summer weather- and
everyone who can got away is mak
ing plans to go somewhere. Some
are visiting tho homo folks in the
eastern part of the state or in ad
joining states. Others aro seeking
tho mountains, the soashoro or tho
lakes. Wo havo mado noto of a few
who aro vacationing but the list is
not complete.
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UNIQUE BASE BALL TEAM TO
PLAY TWO GAMES HERE WITH
LEGION TEAM
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ABOUT PEOPLE
AND THINGS
CUJtltENT COMMENT ABOUT 1E0
"PLE AND THE THINGS THEY
. ABE DOING HERE. "X
The Economy Grocery has mou
from its former location at LocusTgS
tho first door east of tho S & It oB
vice Station. This Is a' bright ifttlo
room and tho store should havo con
siderable patronage in-iho now loc'a'
tlon. f
BATHING BEACH
IS NOW OPEN
oast Fourth Street. Thoso nro not tho
snmo typo as tho old "sign boards"
which woro such an eyesore alt over
Uio country a generation ago. Tho
boards being oroctcd now arb stand
ard slzo, of substantial lumber and
metal construction, with appropriate
moulding and well kopt. Tho papor is
luuuu uy umais ami wiiwu u is uscu 10 I
advortlse certain wares, It is ofton da
coratlvo and nrtlBtio. While billboard
advertising is to a certain extent com-
potatlvo with newspaper rivortiBliig,
v C.Tt, 8tny W ar BlWl Th Community Bathing Beach Is
tho North Platto Co. is In tho hands' ., . n..i.
of men who wllllnako it as good m DoBpd ,n utlllzlug tll0 wa8to whlch
lb UUU UU lUUUUi . l 4 it.- i-
M . . m . . 1 VUkl -JJ UUlUlil) UIUUIIIIIIIUW4IV
ino uiroctora oi uio uounty iiri- , tin i i
have decided to move tho bul lungs dIrt pW Qn th(J Mq ,ms
WOMAN'S CHItlSTIAN TE3IPEK
ANCE UNION ELECTS OFFICERS
FOW THE YEAH.
uu.vimisns of phopms gather
TIIKItH DAILY TO ENJOY
TIIB WATER.
Manager Peterson announces that
ho link- secured two games for Satur
day, July 23 ana Sunday, July 24 with
tho Tennosseo Rats. This is a toam
of negro boys which has been touring
this part of tho country and has been
winning from most of tho amatour
teams. A good gamo is expected and
interest is growing in the outcome of
tho games.
NEVILLE WINS AT THE LAST
SHOOT OF THE BUFFALO BILL
GUN CLUB.
In the golf tournamont for tho
Moonoy cup, all but two pairs liavja
playod tho first round. Sovoral pains
have playod tho second round. Thoi'o
aro 43 entries an'fi somo good scoro'3
have been mado with tho interest h)
oroaslng as tho eliminations occur.
The first round must bo played by
Sunday noon or it cannot be playod.
No time haB been sot for tho final?.
A patrol of eight scouts went out
to the City Pafk yesterday afternoon
and picked up nil the papor and re
fuse which had beon left thoro by
picnickers. It waB quite a Job but
tho boys did not mind it and It sure
was a good turn. One more to add
to tho lengthening list of good turns
which tho Boy Scouts diavo rondorqd
the people of this city. .
Following aro tho scores mado by
Uio members of tho Buffalo Bill Gun
Club at tho registered shoot heli hore
on July 10. Nevillo and Den tied on
76 targets, each breaking 70. In the
shoot off of 75 targets, Novillo won,
breaking all, while Den missed two,
NAME, v SHOT AT. BROKE
Nevillo 100 95
Den 100 ., 93
Mccracken
Do Lanoy
Loomis
Garman
Fink
Crawford
C Brodbeck
Coatrlch
Malonoy
Brand
E Walker
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Our Saturday Sale, Continued.
Beef Boil lie pound . rt . 7c
Beef Roast per pound 9c
10 pound pail of Lard -.' $1.00
Corn Beef per pound Sc
4-sewod Broom 5Jfic
Jelly Powder, same as Jellb, 3 for 25c
A good unground Coffee 2 pounds for 85c
Puffed Corn, 2 packages 25c
Listen, one dozen and a half of good fresh cookies and
package of Black Bird Rolled Oats 85c
g McMichael Grocery.
Phone 441.
from tho formor location in tho City
Park, to a now location right noxt to
the grand stand. Threo of tho buildings
havo already beon moved and tho
othors will bo taken down to tho now
location as Boon as the foundations
aro ready. Tills is a chango which will
bo wolcomed.by tho Fair patrons. In
tho past, many pooplo wont to tha
raco3 and camo back to town without
boon changed into a bathing beach
which nt this tlino looks liko a com
munity assott. Tho wator is low at
tho prosont timo and tho buth houso
has not boen ilnlshod, and tho bottom
of tho pool haB not bcoA scoured out
and' tho ombankmonts aro dusty and
tho road leading to tho pool has not
boon graded and thoro aro no trees
and so on. But tho pool is thoro.
At ft mooting of tho W. QV T. U. on
'Tuoaday, July 12, Mrs. Francis Stob-
hlns was hostess and Mrs.,Bdllo Mor
rlB presided.
Tho following officers Woro elected
for tho coming year: Mrs. Roso Lou
don, president; Mrs. Bollo Morris,
1ce-preBldont; Mrs. Francis Stob
blns, Boorotary; Mrs Mlnnlo Perkins,
ro-olcctdl treasurer; Mrs. May Roso
corresponding secretary. Tho ex
ocutlvo committco will appoint tho
'superintendents of tho dlfforont tlo-
partmontB at tho Soptombor mooting
Dologntos to tho Stato Convention to
bo hold nt Columbus nro as follows.
MoriJamos Morris, Hartman, Murphy,
iPorkins and Stobblns. Roports from
tho treasurer showed that $50 had
been mlsod and contributed to tho
Jubllco fund of tho AV. C. T. U.
CLUB GIVES PICNIC AT CITY PAIUC
IN HONOR OF MRS. SIDNEY
BAKER.
going over whero tho exhibits woro. U lyork.ln- " ioW 5 people at
ono limo last nigui.. jliiu uiuu huubb
with ten drossing rooniB and two
ahowors, is being built. Trees will
This fall thoy will bo right thoro
whore thoy can bo examined without
rnltirr niif nt tTin wnvTlila a nnlv nil.
ntw wnv of i,ininP tn mni,B M,i. m,a bo Planted. Roads will bo graded.
hli. nn,1 Lnnf fnlr WO Tmvn nvA J Marking SpaCO for ttUtOB Will bo
, . arranged. Tho city of North Platto
:o. is too largo to allow any apparont
ohRtlfilo tn stand in tho wav now.
Contractor Wakor, having finished Q w autog kod thoro
ii i t i l nn t. I w
We stood on tho depot platform
yesterday and counted eigtiteen mob
on one freight train between tho eri-
glno and caboose. Thoy did .not
look llko railroad employees and
they certainly had not bought tick
ets. One follow was on tho rodB
under tho car, another wasMying flat
on tho top of a car, soveral were
crouching at tho end of a . tanker
but most of them -were p.orcbed' on
convenient place's along tho' train.
IB safe to say that thoro is not a
county througli which thoy passed
today whero they could not havo
gotten work if they had wanted it.
Most of thorn are bums and do not
want to work;
tho alloy paving in block 132 has start
od work in block 103. This is tho
block on the east sldo of Dowoy bo-
tweon Sixth and Front Work horo
was stopped for Borne timo on account
of a disagreement regarding tho loca
tlon of somo polos but a satisfactory
at ono timo Inst night. Hundreds of
peoplo lfhcd tho boach most of
woro wishing thoy could got Into tho
wator. Engineer Ronnlo said last
night that most of tho bottom is
coarso gravel and that aB soon as
Last night n group of members of
tho Twontioth Century Club enter
tained their families nt a picnic In
honor of Mrs. Sidney Baker who is to
movo to Norfolk in tho near future.
It was n flno ovoniug and tho lunch
was pcrfoct from tho fried chicken
to tho lomonndo.
lio onll linn linnn wnnliod nff. which
adjustment of tho. matter has appar- l QyQr th(J graYol ,n thfl
ontly beon mado so that tho paving
can procetjl. ,
On Saturday, July 16th, wo aro of
fering 60 year Silver Flaijwaro
Knlveji and Forks at tho following
price $12.50 for $7.50. All other
kpicces of silver -In our Bquth window
wo will sell at half price, Saturday
only. Do not miss this opportunity,
Clinton & Son, Jewelers nnd Opti
cians.
grading process tho wator will clear
up nnd bo as clear as In tho river.
Sovoral aro planing on putting boats
on tho lako as soon as thoy can bo
secured.
LEYP0Ll)T-lENNrNGT0N.C0J.iPAJ(Y
REORGANIZES AT SEMItANNU-
AL MEETING.
At n meeting of tho stockholders of
Tho local W. C, T. U. at Its last tho Loypoldt-Pennlngton Co. held last
mooting ordorod a Jottor of sympathy wook tj,0 following officers woro days noxt wook visiting her son Lowl3
WHEN IS A SALE A SALE?
Thoro aro "sales" and "salda" but
whon wo mako such an anuounco
mont It Is In tho doflnlto, nccuvato
moaning of that word, Wo raroly uso
tho word "sale" but whon wo do it
Bl.gnlflea first quality morchandtso nt
rndlcally reduced prices.
EDWARDS-REYNOLDS CO
John B. Edwards, Pres.
For tho Community Sales Day wo
are offorlng ?25.00 Ladles' WrlBt
WatcheB for $15,00. Thoso aro 1C Jow
ol movements in 20 year cases. Clin
ton & Son, Jowolors nnd Opticians.
Vor Hay Fovor seo Dr. Shaffer.
COMMERCIAL TRAVELER
'" North' Platto Council: No Ofcl Unit
ed Commorclnl Tra.volors will' meet nt
Flroman's Hall, Saturday, July 1G at
8 p. m. A largo attondanco is desired.
Mrs. Geo. Troxlor will spond a fow
W.j
sont to Mrs. Harriot Vance, editor or 0lcatd: L. P. Jcpfcon, president;
tho Union Worker, tho stato papor of ,starr. lBt vico-prosldont: Win, Sl-
Tho North Platto Bill Posting Co. tho Union. Mrs. Vance's husband re- mant8i 2nd vico-prosldont: S. M.
under tho management of Carl Simon centiy ,dlcd nnd tho ladles wished to Soujlor, secrotary-troaBUXor ; tho
is mailing extensive improvements in oiTor this expression or Uicir sym- noard of Directors is ns follows: la
its properties horo. A largo class a pathy. j. Vandorhoof, S. B. Loypoldt, U P.
board is being erected west of the, en- MEN'S LEATHER WORK GLOVES TCnBon. W. E. Starr. Win. Simants. S.
trance to tho CltyPark and another AT JUST HALF PRICE. m. Soudor, F. E. Kronqucst, Francis
Is to bo erected In tho'near future on EDWARDS-REYNOLDS CO. Mnntncup W. a. Dolnn.
who is engaged in tho stato Biirvoy
work near Fairmont, Nobr.
LUTHERAN
11:00 "The True' nnd tho False Ro
Hglon." Dr. F. W. Mlllor, Dentist, Keith
Theatre Building.
Mrs. Ell Hanson wont to Grand Is
land Thursday for a fow days' visit.
Special for Friday & Saturday.
Cantelopes, each 16c
Cantelopes, large, each 20c
Bananas, per pound . lie
Oranges (small) per dozen 25c
Oranges (large) per dozen 50c
Special for Saturday Only.
CHOICE CORfcFED BEEF
Fresh boiling beef per pound Se
Fresh roast beef per pound 8c
New Cabbage per pound .-j 0c
We are now in our new location, second door south of
the S. & R. Service Station. ,You are invited to visit our
new store. v
Economy Grocery.
MARTIN & WILSON, Props.
Phone G06J.. 512 Locust Street.
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Community Day
1 SPECIAL
Ladies Fawn and Grey Suede Strap Slippers, Baby
Lewis and Military Heels, per pair
$4.95.
Also Men's Brown Elk Hide Work Shoes, per pair
$1.95.
REAL ECONOMY
1 nover before have sold so much real value.
ddge Brothers
MOTOR CAR
for
$1140 (delivered at North Platte.) $200 in added val
ue. $300 less in price.
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Big oversize cord tires.
Larger bodies.
Longer springs.
Finer upholstery. v
Heavier axles, frame and brakes.
Compare this Dodge touring car at $1140, or the
roadster at $1085, delivered here, with any other car,
higher or lower in price, nad realize tho excess value
which you can now buy at these bargain prices.
Do protect yourself by an early orticr if you want
one of these good cars as the factory is twice over
sold, since tho now prices.
X V. Romigh, Dealer.
BUY
BUCK'S
SHOES.
WE FIT
THE
FEET.
