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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR.
NORTH PLATf E, NEB., AUGUST 19, 1921.
No. 64
INSTITUTE NEW
LODGE HERE
HMDGE HONRS AS PROPOSED BY
THE (OMISSioNEltS A HI! NOT
POPULAR.
IS BEING 0KGANIZE1) IX
NORTH PLATTE
The election Tuesday wns unfavor-
able to the brldgo bonds. The total
, ! voto has not yet boen compiled but It
MASONIC ORDER FOR YOUNG MEN la expected that It will run thrco to
ono against the bonds. Tho voto was
! light North Platte with about 2500
votes only cast 3G9. It was a foro-
i gone Conclusion that the bonds woul.r
; be defeated and so thoro was little
About sixty boys from sixteen to, Interest. A nunfbor ol precincts ro-tvveny-ono
years of ago havo boeu acJ turned every voto against tho bonda,
coptctl as members of tho Order of Do North Platte, Brady and Sutherland
Molay and tho lodgo will bo organized , were In favor of tho bonds, but Hcr
hero today. It Is being started un-' shcy. Maxwell and Wellfloet vere a
der Masonic auspices and with an ox- gainst them. Tho electloh cost the
ecutivo board composed entirely, of , County about $2500. Tho matter wan
Masons. DoMolay will uso tho Mason- never understood' by most peoplb and
lc rooms and any Master Mason is at- tho nmount waa so largo that they
lowed to attend the meetings of Do were afraid of tho increased taxation.
Molay. So they voted against them. Tho
Tho exorcises will begin this after-! Board of County Commissioners will
noon and continue during the af tor- decido Monday on what they should
..noon and evening. Zora Clark of do next,
Omaha is hero and is the genoral
organizer and master of coromonies.
Thirty boys arrived from Grand Island
this morning and they will put on
tho work and see that the North
Platte lodgo Is well started. ! ' v r '
Abanquet will bo served to tho boy! A number of representative busl
at Masonic Hall at six o'clock this noss inen .f Norh platto gathered at
w f'wi,iMi Hm tw wni 1,0 tho Hendv Ogier garage yesterday
tho usual forms of entertainment, mornisg and took up the proposition
Intermission during tho band concert r having -a Ford Day at North Platto
has been proposed so that thoro may" flrst of noxt raonth- After dls-,
bo a good attendance at the evening, CUSi"e the matter from every stand
session. A full Bet of officers has oint- a committee consisting of Mesj
been selected and tho North Platte ,Bcr8 B"on, uomien, owopo. ooun
Order of Do Maloy starts out with 8011 and Rtithman was appolsted to
good prospects. e over tho whole matter and report
::o:: i al a mee"S 01 .uie uusmess men 10.
Misses Thea Hansen and Muriel called about next Monday. It If?1
Bruston, teachers in the- Jefferson ' proposed to make tho day a real gala I
school, are in Greeley attending, 'lay for all Ford owners. Large prlzeBj
ABOUT PEOPLE
AND TfflMS
CURRENT COMMENT AltOUT FEO
FLE AND THE THINGS THEY
AllE DOING HEHE.
FORD DAY TO HE" CELEBRATED
AT NORTH PLATTE IN
NEAR FUTURE
According to tho Census onuinorn
tion for 1920 there are 2,021 farms in
Lincoln County against 187C in 910.
1341 of those farms aro operated? by
owners or mnnagors, while GSaJ'nrii
farmed by renters or tenants. -4
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The North Platto Equity ASsficIa
ti6h held its annual meeting Saturday
night and elected tho following board
of directors for the coming ytitir:
Chas. Burroughs, prosldonl; T. JT. 'Ad
ams, vice president; J. T. Stilart,
secretary; Thco, Lowe, Jr. treasurer;
Chas. Basklns, A. R. Lcavitt and Geo
rge Mang with tho officers constitute
the board of directors. Tho associa
tion hns a good business and is re
ported to be quite successful, v v
school during the summer months.
The Standard Oil Company which
has o' ected the service station at the
corner of Sixth and Locust has an
nounced that It will be ready for
business Aug. 20.
Mrs. F. Fredrickson and daughter
Margaret will leave Monday for Lake
Geneva, Wis., for d, two weeks outing.
Margaret is the delegate from Midland
College- totho X.W-. Conference-Mrs,
Fredrickson will nttetm-tne" Mission
ary Assembly. '
- The date for the opening of the city
schools. has been set for Sept. 5 un
less tho city celobratOs Labor Day.
If this is tho case Tuesday will bo
tho opening day. Registration in both
Junior nnd Senior High Schools will
begin one week prior to the opening
of school.
are to bo given to Ford cars coming
tho fastest, to tho cars bringing tho
most people, to tho car driven by tho
fattest woman; to tho best car dec
orated, to tho longest whiskered
driver, and for many other feature.
At the same time the merchants will
put on somo real bargains In merchan
dise which will pay tho Ford' peoplo
for coming. Full particulars will bo
-given later.1 -. -w
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A baby boy was born to Mr, and
Mrs. Roy Gaunt yesterday. All con
corned are doing nicoly.
Mrs B. Tllllngor returned to her
home in Tryon yesterday after visit
ing at the Chas. Hanor home.
A nine pound boy was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Cornell this morning.
Mother and son aro doing nicely.
Want To Select
Your Own Groceries?
The Economy GroceritJeria or Self Serve Grocery Store
has been fitted up as a Hop Yourself Grocery. Baskets
are provided at the door. Patrons pass through the store
selecting packages, cannd goods, vegetables, fruits, meats
etc., and pay as they leve. Courteous clerks will assist.
We are making a specialty of fresh fruits and vege
tables. Our cpld meatspre especially fine!
For Saturday onjr we will' Bell you any size piece of
boiling beef for ten cits a pound.
ECONOMY GROCERY,
S. & R. Service Station Building.
There are to be two big plcnlcs llcxt
week: tho Masonic on Monday and the
Yeoman on Thursday. Each has a
program of sports and stunts that is
calculated to attract a good attend
anccof members and Interest them af
ter they are there. 'The Masonlc'plc
nlo is. a Joint affair of tho Masons, tho
Eastern Star and the Order of'-Do-Molny.
Tho Yeomen expect deicjsa
ltons from all tho towns In tho Countv
and some from outside. Ono man said
there would bo two thousand pebplo
at the Yeoman picnic. ,J
John Nelson of tho Leader Mercan
tile Co,, returned yostorday from a
ten day's trip to market. Ho visited
Chicago, Cleveland and other points
nsd bought a largo line of fall merch
andise. He says that Jobbers aro ex
pecting u shortage in ready to Vear
.goods as tho manufacturers did -not
make up more than was ordered and
thoro Is no reserve supply of cloth or
garments to fall back upon. Hqisays
ohoiioy..1" .pastor. In. tho oast and'ilnti
everywhere tho report is that business
is over tho hill and hoadel In tho
right diroctlon.
Hermlnghauson and Frohman havo
U B.Thrifty sas
EFFECTIVE SATURDAY, AUGUST 20th, 1921
OUR SIVICE STATION WILL BE OPEN,
Northst Corner of Gth and Locust Streets,
North Platte, Nebraska.
RED GROWN GASOLINE " " .
21 3-1 Cents per Gallon.
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Ask for a Road Map.
'SiNDARD OIL COMPANY ' OF NEBRASKA.
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He who lWe$ by
his vniTs is
6onj bus mess
oh sirvW
Just completed tho erection of a ono-1
tttory brlok building on Seventh stroet
facing tho right of Way. It ia a Itti'no,
roomy building and will be UBodf for
their feed and Hour business. Thoy
nro unloading grain thoro now but tho
building is not yot equipped for bits-!
iness although It la to bo ready vory ' cppti,,
THE COUNTY
FAIR FACES
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rtiVKN hem: y amkihcaw
PHOOiwsi to in: tut ox
BA'CH DAY OF Till: LINCOLN
COUNTY FA IK
While lie who lives by hard
work and railroading docs bus
iness at the Union State Bank.
A safe bank.
A Bank where you can save
part of your U. P. pay for a
rainy day.
Deposits guaranteed under the
guarantee Fund Law of Nebraska.
UNION
STATE BANK.
"Tho Illght Bank
' ' for Railroaders,"
shortly. This Is tho beginning of n
largo number of buildings which wo
prodlct will bo built along Seventh
stroet facing tho railroad. It Is tho
natural diroctlon for huslnoss oxpan-
slon on tho north sldo and will bo 1
used from now on. Tho H. & F. Feed LJnoolu County Fair is to havo
Store has beon doing business for "orso races each day nccordlpg to tho
somo months , in tho building Just a- D,nn Just nnnouncod by Socrotary
cross tho alloy from tho present Soudor. Tho local fair association has
atructuro and It has built up a sub- Joined with tho Dawson County Fair
stantlal trade In grain, seed nntLfeed nml 1,10 Sedgwick (Colo.) County Fair
in forming a circuit which will bo at-
Chautauqua boglns Sunday. It Is tractive to owners of fUBt horses. Ov-
the North Platto Chautauqua and it ly r t'c thousand dollars has beon of-
for tho people of North Platto and vl- forcrt aa prlzos in Lincoln County
clnlty. Almost ovorj'ono is in favor nlono and good races aro assured,
of Chautauqua. Many glvo up ovory- On Tuesday, Sopt. 20 thoro will
thing to attond tho sessions. Others 1,0 2'13 Pico, 2:21 trot, halt mllo
buy soaBon tickets to got rid of the ' dash and half mllo County dush. Yrod-
solicltor and thon novor go near, nosday'a program includos a 2:10
Others are responsible for placing l'aco' 2 ' 13 trot, throo-fourth's mllo
all kinds of social detractions for dash nnd throe-fourths mllo County
Chautauqua week without a thought dash. On Thursday thoro will ho a
of tho excellent programs brought to 2V1C flaco, 2:17 trot, ono mllo dash
us. The Chautauqua will bonoflt ftd ono and ono-halt mllo County ro-
thoso who attond. It cannot reach 'y race. Tho last day thoro will bo
thoso who Btay away. Business men1" 2:20 trot, freo for nil trot or pace,
and club Women need tho Chautauqua County trot or pace and ono-fourth
worso thnn anyone else. Thoy aro tho mllo pony raco.
leaders of tho community and thoy of
ten ran dry without knowing It. Ho.v
tlrosomo wo aro to somo of our good
friends Blmply because wo don't got
a now idea often enough to glvo va-,
rlety to our conversations. Lot's.
mawo Chautauqua do somothlng for
us by attending tho big lectures.
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A SUGGESTION THAT MIGHT I)F,
OF VALUE TO SOME LINCOLN
COUNTY FAHMERS
Arrangements woro modo this week
to stage tho big oxtravaganza "Tho
Follies of 1021" at tho Kolth at somo
tlmo in tho near future. It Is planned
to mako this tho opening Boclnl Ovcnt
of tho sason with tho Argonno Momo
rlal Unit and the Amorlcan War Mbth
ors ns HostesBos. Tho American Leg
ion la putting It on and tho proceeds
will bo used toward tho Auditorium
building fund. Committoos have boci
appointed and tho cast is partially
Dolected. Rehearsals havo begun and
much iutorcst is being aroused, by tho
high ability of- thoso who aro to tako
tho leading parts. Comploto announce
ments will bo glvon later.
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TKOOP SEVEN, HOY SCOUTS, "WINS
EFFICIENCY, HANNEH FOR
AUGUST.
Per Cent
nttendanco
50
50
41
Whllo tho uso of sunflowers is, nor
rocommendqd at present tho matter is
worthy of careful consideration be
cause of tho provod feeding vnluo
Tho grcatost trouhlo With the brldgo and largo yield.
bond election was that pooplo did "not1 Tho 1,80 of sunowore for sIlngolmH
know what tho Commissioners want-' Proved popular In fcortaln of the
ed with $105,000. Tho Trlbuno man,Nort"orn Great Plains and Intor-
wont to tho Court House tlmo ami Mountain States whoro It is not possl-
agnln during tho last month and ask- ol io Produce a largo tonnage of corn
od for Information. Wn tnM thD o(Ynt. 1 for sllatro nurnosos. In somo soa-
m. w V V V V J litV(
als that tho peoplo woro forming their ! t,ons tho silago mado from sunflowora,
minds against tho proposition becauBO ImR oen found to compare favorably
thoy did not understand tho- need for ,Jn palatablllty and feeding valuo with
so mucn monoy. Ho was told that a Bago mauo irom corn, rms is noi
statcmont would bo issued Jn, a, short always tho case, however, as it np-
time. They woro waiting for Informa-' pears Umt in certain Irrigated dls-
.1 k . . . . . . 1 u t 1 t . . XT 11. nHH..t. n nit..
nuii iiuiu uie suiio iMlgineors OlUct1. ' " U'"M " Tronn nnn-TTnnrv Unnor Vnv
... .. ...t .1.. 11. n t '
uiner inrormauon must be collected. WI,oro u, srowui 01 auunowora 'HYearsly, Louis Breternltz. Glon Wal-
jubi a woeit ueioro tne day for tho um nuuuuiuui, mu iuoiuhuk m -( tnnti,
election a statoment was Issued which. laS ,B oton not vory palatable Ex-. Tr,. wurnnru,u. Vnfnl wmn
gave tho desired information but much Porlmonts reported f:rom tho Huntley ( Snlon0( Sanfonl Johnson,: Darroll
of it 'needed discussion and farther porimont l-arm in moncana 01 ino Trout( p,. no80 Ralph w,ck.
Thlrty-rour scouts accompanied by
threo scout masters and tho scout ox
ooutlvo, hiked to Kopt's grovo last
Tuesday evening and hold a mooting
there. It was tho regular joint meet
ing for August and the standings of
tho different troops was read as fol
lows:
No, 'Tests
passed
Troon'Ono 12
Troop Three
Troop Four 5G
Troqp Flvo - 17
Troop Seven, 5G
Troop Eight 13
Troop Sevon won the banner on ac
count of tho difference in the number
of boyB in tho troops. Sovernl lively
games woro played boforo the boj'rt
started on tho return hlko,
mii ! m
HONOR ROLL OF ROY SCOUTS FOU
"JULY GIVEN OUT RY THE
., v EXECU'irv'E,
E. H. Stovous has issued tho fol
lowing list of scouts as the names of
thoso who havo passed two tosts dur
ing tho last month. Thoso boys aro
not content to simply havo their
named on tho lists and attond occa
sional, meetings;. Thoy are .progress
ivo nnd nro advancing in scouting.
uAimumwuii uoioro 11 couiu no con
vincing. It was too late." Tho state
ment was printed in but ono paper
outside of North Platte, It novor
reached but a small part of the popu
lation and probably was not nlwayn
read thon. Probably evoryono concern
ed did the best ho could but It was not
good enough. Tho peoplo did not' wnr.t i
a brldgo bond lssuo under tho condi
tions which thoy understood.
United Statos Department of Agrlcul
turo show that whllo It is possible to
produco from, 25 to 30 tons of sun
flowers por aero it has bees difficult to
produco a silago that Is as much rel
ished by livestock as corn . silage,
Wire. ,
Troop Four Ewart Boyd, Joo Boel
or, Albort D'Ayes, Lawrence Elder,
Elmo Marshall, Ronald Mills, Dolbort
Murray, Leslie Mills, Leonard Mills,
Clyde Poaso, Glenn Sivitsr, Ernest
In tho Inst fow years there has
come over the peoplo of this side of
town'n new Idea about tho North sldo.
A few years ago we did hot go over
thoro much, but tho fair grounds, tho
City Park and lastly the swimming
pool havo taken us there nnd wo have
just come to a realization of what de
velopment tho north side hns made.
Tho North Sldo has good grocory
Btoros, moat shops, hardware, drug,
feed and other stores, cream station,
gnragos, pool hall, harbor shopB,
wholosalo houses, groonhouso, shoo
shops, Bocond hand storo and other
business houses which meet tho nood
of tho pooplo thoro. Thoro aro said
to ho many peoplo living on tho north
Bldo of tho tracks who do not cross
over to tho south side any oftcnor
than thoy would como to town if thoy
lived many miles in tho country. It
is a flno thing for them to havo every
thing so handy and to havo a com
munity for thomselves. They need a
mooting placo where thoy can havo
gatherings and wo understand there
Is a movement on foot to orcct a
building, tho second floor of which
will ho uflod for just such purposes.
Tho Lincoln School hns always boon
ono of tho vory host schools In the
Wty and It should contlnuo to bo as
good as ovor. With tho south sldo
people all going ovor thoro to play
nnd bo entortalnod business Is bound
to pick up and tho north sldo will
PTospor raoro than heretofore.
which gives rather loss than half as ' nn,ph wlMloWt
Troop Flvo Thomas Carroll, Ralph
Lopack, Beolor Scott, Llnn.TwInem,
Charles Tucker.
much tonnage por aero
? to;:
Mrs.
turned
A baby boy was born to Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Scott of Sutherland yostor
day at tho Platto Valloy hospital.
MrB. Geo. Troxlor and daughter
Nova left yostorday for oastorn
points to spond two weoks visiting,
L, Rolnonhausen who has been vis
iting at tho Chas. Hanor homo lias-returned
to his homo In Hayes Center.
E1 Esther of Loxlngton ro
to her homo yesterday nftor
visiting nt tho homo of Mrs. L, E.
Ebrlght.
fouls Troxler left Wednesday , tor
Lincoln whore ho will spond a fow
weeks boforo entering tho statu
University.
victor Ohlund returned to his home
in Koyotono yesterday after under
going an oporatlon at the- Platte Val
loy hospital.
Mlsa Grace McConnoll returned to
her liomo In Sarbon yostorday after
urtdSrgolng an oporatlon at the Gen
eral Hospital. '
Troop Seven Wnrron Peters, John
ny O'Keofo, John Horrod, Frank
Fltzpatrick, Chas. Crosby, Louis Lou
don, Wesley Willis.
Troop Eight Franklin Fink, Earl
Flint, Floyd Vermillion, Ralph Miller.
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Havo you seen tho new things in
ladies' suits, conts nnd drosses? They
will bo glad to show you at Wilcox
Department Storo.
A baby girl was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Bryan Chamberjain Wednesday.
Mrs. Chamberlain was formerly ftllBS
Margaret Pitman.
Ebbb Values In
II Si EH CARS
We have the following DODGE BROTHERS
renewed and guaranteed Cars for sale.
1920 Touring Car, Cord Tires.
1919 Touring Car.
1918 Touring Car.
1918 Roadster. ,
Terms to responsible Buyers.
. V. ROMIGH, Dealer,
"A, good used car is a better buy
than a cheap new car."
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