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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1921)
i THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NEB., AUGUST V, 1921.' No. 61 mm BP mu: UNION PACIFIC SHOPS OPEN MEN RETURNING TO OLD .TORS AFTER MONTIES OF IDLENESS AND WAITING. Yesterday morning tho railroad shops ut tbla placo opened tholr doors, the machinery started and tho men wont to work. Orders wore received to put forty five men to work and forty five ot tho old employees wero notified. They wero scattorcd for and wldo and when tho time camo only thlrty-flvo wero on hand. However tho othora j will- turn up tomorrow or tho day after at tho thost. At tho offices It was stated that thoro wore no orders to tako on more men. Tho present oponing is moro or less temporary and will depend on tho amount ot work which comes in. If tho business keeps on increasing and tho shop work holds up tho forco will bo retained. This is the longest lay-off tho shop men at North Platto havo had for years ana those who havo been in tho employment of tho companyi for somo time are glad to get back to work. PARM BUREAU IS INTERESTED IN SECURING KANRED "WHEAT FOR MEMBERS. At a recent meeting of tho Execu tlve Board of the Lincoln Coflnty Farm Bureau it was decided, that all farmers who ordorcd Kanred wheat must deposit a chock for riot less than fifty cents a bushel and must pay the remaining balance at tho time tho car arrives. Orders aro not good after August 15. Anyone interested in getting a supply of this good wheat for seed should get his neighbors to join with him undor tho above condi tions. One car of good Beed at a very reasonable prico has already ' gotten away from this county. Aug. 15 is the last date;- v? Our entire stock of Summer Drosses -at One-Haif prico. E. T. Tramp & Sons Ready to Wear. 20 Years F:om Now-What? Will your mind and body be as keen and active as thoy should be to keep your "head above water?" Statistics prove that at the ago of 4565 per cent are barely self-supporting, and at 60 ohly 5 per cent aro self-supporting. Startling, isn't it? And moro much more than we realize our mental and physical fitness depends on our oyes. Fact! Unknowingly most of us have defective eye sight Don't guess about yours know; Seo Optometrist. ROTARY CLUB HAS LUNCHEON AT THK COUNTRY CLUB YESTERDAY. In tho spacious main room of tho North Platto Country Club tho Rotary Club hold Its noonday meeting yester day and listoned to an interesting and instructlvo talk by E. V. Coopor, Manager of tho local exchange, on tho telephone, situation with special regard to tho part North Platto plays on the transcontinental line. A number of visitors woro present, somo of whom gave interesting talks. POTATO TRIP TO SCOOTS BLUFFS TO BE SPECIAL FEATURE THIS MONTH. County Agent Kellogg announces' a conference of County Agents ot West ern Nebraska has been called for Scotts Bluffs on August 17 and 1(5. All counties in western Nebraska nro Invited. A number of Btato and Uni ted Statts specialists in potato grow ing will bo thoro and field trips will bo made to inspect fields and show dlseaso control, varloty tests and cul tural methods. Anyone desiring to go should arrango with Mr. Kollog as tho party will leave North Platte by auto on Thursday morning. August 16th.- . - POTATOE TRIP TO SCOTTS BLUFFS NOW EXISTS IN NORTH PLATTE. Tho Ku Klux Klan of reconstruc- tlon days has not died. Its object has chancpd and it has invaded tho north Annnriiinrr tr the Sunday Bee. thero are ten lodges or caverns of Ku Klux Klan in Nebraska now organized and one of them is at North Platte. Thoy have been started on the quiet and with tcreat secrecy. Now It Is pro- Into tho open and let the people know the objects and pur- nnsoa of tho organization. No names Mvnn in the interview in the r,aa Th oMot officer called King ifiolo tnld tho reporter that tho K. K K would tolorato no violence but would turn law breakers over to tho ..,.., ...ii...ih.0 on,n nMpp.tn sib SKI.-.1 in wiinhnr-wfiro wortliyand anyone could subscribe to thorn- with out violating ms nonor. ments havo been maue lucauy. '. :a: - Elwood Rogers of the Burrows Ad- urns i j 1 , T,, Platto his headquarters for tho past several months has been transferred to Omaha. He loftSunday for that city. R. P. Wiley of Omaha will tako tho position In this city. Dodge Brothers cars are short every wrere; most other cars aro In large suppiy anu show uisumo. ivcm valuo will prevail. See tho new Dodge and Judge for yourself. J. V. Romigh Dealer. Lela Clark, wife of Joseph Clark, of Julesburg, Colo., died here Saturday from septic poisoning. She was thirty seven years of age. The remains wero sent to Julesburg Sunday where inter ment will bo made. Mr. Clarke opora- ed a creamery In North Platto about seven years ago. Not oM fait. LODGE, CHURCH, AND SOCIETY COMING MEETINGS IN TUB VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS OF THE CITY. YOEMAN , ' Businoss meeting at K. P. Hall, Thursday ovenlng'nt 8 o'clock. : f METHODIST Thoro will bo no meeting ot tho Alii Society this week. - f LAWN SOCIAL Will bo given Thursday ovonng;6n the Parochial School lawn by thd Altar Society of tho Catholic Cruralu LUTHERAN Aid will meet next Thursday at'ihe church. It will be entertained by Mesdamcs Sandall, Mischkc, II. Well and 12. Woll. All members aro urged to bo present. ! 1 EPISCOPAL Guild will meet Thursday afternoon at tho church. Hostesses aro Mos- damca Howes, Artz, Doollttlo, Dorram ana woiz, BRADFORD DIVISION o. I. A, to B. L. E. will hold regular meeting Friday at 2:30. Important business to be transacted. Good at tendanco requosted ARGONNE Memorial Unit will meet Tuesday ovonlng at 8 o'clock at the County Superintendents oglco. All members are urged to attend. CHAUTAUQUA Sixty-five pooplo signed as pro motors of the 1921 Chautauqua. All signers and others aro asked to moot Friday evening at seven o'clock at tljo Court Houso. The Work must be started at once... Leigh C Carrorli; chairman. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Reynolds and children will leave tho last of this 'week for a two weeks vacation In tho mountains. They will go by auto and camp as thoy feel like It J . . Wo havo a shipment of Dodge cars oil the road, consisting of four tour ings and oho roadster. All tho tour ings aro sold on previous order. Who wants tho roadster for1 immediate del- ivory. First order gets it. J. V. Rom- L hDealor U.BThrifty nn sWouW be. forty buVaVoV; However around North Platte farmers are all wise to the fact that we cash GRAIN CHECKS'" Regardless of what bank, they are" drawn on. We cash them HERE. Just part of our Harvest Season Service, folks. Union State Bank, 5 Percent on Time -Befwsks. MWAL AND PERSONAL Miss Noll Coonoy spent Sunday in Koornoy visiting friends. Dowoy McGrow loft yestorday for Madrid to transact business. Mrs. Esther Do Nary spent Suntlny in Gothenburg visiting rolatlvos. Edward and Arthur Bnrrnclough left yestorday for Donvor to visit Dr. and Mrs. V. Lucas lcavo today by auto for Rock Rlvor to visit frlonds. 'W. T. Halg ot Donvor transacted biiBinoBS in tho city yestorday. Buy your potatoes fresh from ho farm. Qrogg Bros. Phono 784F5. Clark Holllngsworth of Ogallala transacted business in the .city Satur day. Mrs. A. B. Iloagland and son will loavo soon for St Louis to visit rel atives. Mr. and Mrs. CIiob Weir spont the week end in Koarnoy as tho guests of friends. Ralph Hanson roturnod yestorday from Ohoyenno whoro ho transacted business. W. V. Hoagland and family roturnod Saturday from n trip to Estos Park and Denver. . i8lp Mr. find Mrs. Louis Kolly roturnod Saturday from an auto tdlp to Colo rado points. Mlss Dollji McMlohaol wont to Lex ington Saturday to spend tho woek end visiting friends. Dewey Kaston of Hayes County id tho guest of his sister Miss Ella Kaston this week. Mrs. Kloln of tho Johnson Depart ment storo Is off duty on a two wooka vacation. .Tho quallflng round for tho Wholan Trophy .was completed at tho Country Club Sunday. John Herrod and Mlko McFadden re turned to Paxton Sunday after visit ing In the city. Miss Pearl McConnoll had hor ton sils romoved Saturday at tho Platto Valley hospital. Cal and Louis Schulz loft yostorday by auto for Yellowstone National Park and other points. Mr, and Mrs. Frank Lltsoy will lcava fcoon for Donvor whoro they ,w,lll jnako their futuro'homd." Mrs. Mlko McFaddon of Paxton is a guest at tho homo of her partons Mr. and Mrs, John Herrod J. E. Nelson left Saturday for Chi cago to buy tho fall display for tho Leader Morcantllo Co. Leslie Lolth of Oregon who has boon visiting n't tho A. L. Lano homo loft yostorday for eastern poIntB. Miss Eva Griesa roturnod to Sarben Sunday after spending n few days at tho Joe Schwalgor homo. Miss May Hopkins returned to her homo In Omaha this' morning aftor visiting frlonds in tho city. Chas. Breternltz and family return ed Saturday from California whoro thoy spent several weeks visiting. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Dlckoy nnd sons returned Sunday from Estes Park whoro thoy spent sovoral weeks. Howard MoMullon returned tills morning from Perry, Iowa whoro ho visited relatives for sovoral days. Mrs. Kate Yatn and daughtor of Salt Lake city aro guestB of tho J. F. Cla baugh homo enrouto to Chicago. Joo McGraw returned to his homo In Rawlins Sunday aftor visiting his mother Mrs. Johanna McGraw. Miss Myrtle Kcnworthy returned yesterday from Omaha whoro Bho spent tho week end with friends. W. A. O'Donnoll and Gcorgo Thayer returned to Madrid yestorday aftor spending tho week end in tho city. Mr. and Mrs. Goo. Savin and child ren of Omaha nro guests of tho lat- tors' parents Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Man gle Mrs. C.V.Turpo left Sunday for Den ver to spond a fow days thoro looking for a location with tho viow of moving thero. Miss Budgo Prlnco returned to hor homo in Grand Island Sunday aftor vlBiting at tho homo of MrB. Homer Peterson. Burlington Llslo Hobo in various shados at 25 cents. Special Friday nnd Saturday Only. W. T. Tramp & Sons Ready to Wear. Mrs. Kathoryn Drury returned to ho homo in Los Ancolcs yostorday after vlslfng nt tho homo of hor sister Mrs E. W. Besack. Miss Emily Howes and brother Wil liam roturnod Saturday from Suther land whoro thoy spont a week nt tho Cdker homo. Mr, and Mrs. J. R. Patterson roturn od to their homo In Halbrook, Nobr. Saturday after vlBiting nt tho homo Mrs. H. Curtis. Mrs. S. Wynn returned to her homo in Grand Island Saturday aftor visit ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS CURRKNT COMMENT ABOUT PEO PLE AND THE THINGS THEY " ARE DOING HERE. Horshoy Wolch says thoy havo to blow tho ourfow at nlno o'clock. Jl scorns that Nicholas Kloln has a doB which strays about tho plnco during tho day but comes homo ovory night as soon as tho whlstlo blows. So tho whlstlo must blow or John LoMaser says ho Jias tomato vines that nro seven foot tall. Ho thinks thoy will bo nlno foot tall bc foro thoy get through growing this season. John says ho Is going to tako us up to his houso nnd show us that what ho says is true. Wo will bo glad to go on such a trip for then wo can correct tho nboyp as much as It npodai Wo havo a tape lino nil ready it wo can Just think to tako it. Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Rltnor arrived homo Friday night from n trip to tho mountains. Thoy roport a find tlmo and lots of good fishing. BUI tolls tho usual run ot fishing stories but backs them up wlth'n fine spoclmon of specklod trout which ho brought homo with him It was sovontoon ln'chos long and weighed 2 3-4 pounds It was a beautiful fish and ho says ho caught It hltnBolf. Wo bollcvo it Thoro was not n man presont at the Rotary Club dinner yostorday who waB ' not Impressed with tho importance ot North Platto as a transcontinental point of merit Mr, Coopor told of tjm groat roll call when President Hnrdltjg talked with Chtallna Islands upon tho. opening of tho transcontinental soV vlco. Ho heard each dlvjsion point nodosa tho country as its name wus called, answer to its nnmo nnd North Plntta was ono. Messages f rqm bas to woBt arolglvorf Ti push "lidro im' North Platto which makes thorn heard at tho other ond of tho lino. Four mon and a chief with hondquartors here uro employed by tho Amorlcan Tolophono nnd Tolcgrnph Company to maintain this tranBcontneptnl system in this dis trict. This is indopohdont of tho local phono fordo of 22 and has nothing to d.i with tho Westorn Union and Postal companies. A muoh bettor feeling has spread ovor tho city within the last fow days when it becamo known In business cir cles that tho shops would open yestor- j dap, Somo of our business mon had ( boon so accustomed to tho regular oporntlon of tho rnllrond shops hero that thoy had forgotten tro real part thoy played In tho bigness life of .he ctyj When tho shops closed 'business fell off, Tho money which had boon "paid to tho shop omploycos horo wus mlsBod and tho buslnoss and professional mon Gelling Bach To Normalcy Ordinarily no one pays much attention to whether or not whistles blow, but every one in Nor(th Platte was very much pleased to hear the Union Pacific shop wnistle blow on Monday morning; It an nounced the reopening of,the shops which had been closed since May, and also called attention to the lact ithat more than 100 men have been re employed in the shops and round-house within the past week. The FIRST NATIONAL BANK rejoices with the rest of North Platte in this definite step towards better times. of .bognn to tako notice. Thon somo be gan to dlspalt?. It wns reported that tho shops woro to bo kopt closed per manently that thoy wore to bo moved to Choycnno or Sidney or somo other plnco. BccauBO of tho uncertainty, a cortaln foar began to spread through tho business llfo of tho city. What it somo of thoso things did really happen Then something did hnppou tho shops opened. So wo can understand tho fooling of tho whole pooplo and seo why thoy nro rojolclng. Thank you Mr Union Pacific wo will not forgot our lesson. We paro part of you because you aro pari ot us. . h Fred Erlckson of Brndy told us Sat urday of a rocord-brcnklng cow ho has on htsplaco. On Nov. G, 1913 It had a calt and repeated tho porform- nnco on Sopt 3, 1919. On Nov. 29 1920 It gavo birth to twin calves and this performance was repeated last week with anothor pair ot twins. This gives six cnlvos In 32 months. Tho mother is about 7 years old now. Can you boat It? -.;q; LOCAL AND PERSONAL Josophlno Oulmetto spent . Sunday In Sarbon visiting frlonds. Mrs. Julius Hoga arrived homo Sutt lay from an cxtonded visit in tha oast. Truo Worth Houfeo Drossos and. Aprons nt One-Half prico. Friday and Saturday Only, R T. Tramp & Soiib Rendy to Wear. All of our white wash sklrtB in gab ardines and trlcotlnos (Prosmnk) at Ono-Hnlf prico. E. T. Tramp fiSona Ready to Weir. Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Smith returned homo yostorday from Arkon, Ohio, whoro thoy visited their son Harry Smith nnd wlfo for two months. J. V. Romigh reports tho salo of a Chandlqr touring car to Henry Foe kcrt of Wollfloot and a Dodga touring car to D. S. Covey of O'FallonB. Mrs. H. L. Kolso and daughter Mary .Tano spont tho week ond in Grand Is land. Thoy woro accompanied homo by Mr. Kelso's mother, Mrs. Kolso. ...aaio. DodgO, Brpthersfactorjr jpports two orders for every car they can build working at full capacity, Tho real bargalnprlcos on these good cars 'in brought tromondous sales. Corn rare valuos with anything you know of In tho car lino, and got your Dodga ordored today, If you want your car anyway Boon. J. V. Romigh Denlor. The Farmer's Auctioneer H. VM. Johansen, North Platte, Nebraska. Phone 783F3 For thoso who do not havo enough tock or machinery for a gonoral farm sale, I am locatod so I can hold a combination salo at North Platto or at the Fnlrvlow dairy 1 Vi mlltis woBt of town. I havo always got enough stock or machlnory listed with mo so we can hold u combination salo any tlmo. 4 If ing at tho homo of hor paronts Mr. and Mrs. P. 11. QloaBon.
