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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1921)
i V THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE We Especially Welcome Every Ford Owner FORD JUBILEE DAY SPECIAL PRICES FOR THE Standard Gas ?A 3-4 Cents. White Rose Gas 23 cents. DAY 30x3 1-2 Ford Casing $12,00. ( 30x3 an One 2nd hand Ford $50.00. One Touring $75.00. Thee are exceptional bargains and we have many more to offer which cannot be listed in this ad. STORAGE 6 A. M. TQ 6 P. M. ON THIS DAY. YOU'LL WANT A PREMIUM WE NEVER CLOSE. PHONE 34. Hendy-Ogier Auto Co. Lubricating Oil 15 cents per quart. 3 1-2 Tube $1.50. One Touring $100.00. STOP WITH US WE MAKE NO CHARGE FOR WE' LL HAVE ONE THOUSAND AND MORE IF NECESSARY. AUTHORIZED FORD & FORDSON SALES & SERVICE. A FARMER'S EXPLANATION WHY I'JtUIGIlT KATES AKE HIGH. OF Prof. .11. Clyde Fllloy df tho Nobr aska College of Agriculture writes in the Farm Burouu Rovlow of tho cau'scs of high frolght rates. Hero Is his artlclo: Tho total rovenuo of all tho rall- roads from July 1, 1914 to Juno 31, 1015 was $3,182,000,000 und tho oper ating oxponses woro $2,139,,000,000 ac cording to reports filed with tho Inter state Commerce Commlslon. Tho dif ference bctweon tho gross Income and tho operating oxponso wus approxi mately $1,043,000,000. Out Of this sum, $144,000,000 was paid for taxes, !j571(,0fl(0,000 for Jntorost on bonds, ro'sorves, etc., and $328,000,000 paid out as dividends. In thoso Idays wo thought railway frolght rates woro high und objected as BtrqnuoiiBly as posslblo to any In w. croaso proposod by tho railways. They woro high enough to pormit woll or ganized, well managed roads a good profit, but apparently not high enough to pormit profits that wouljl stimulate railway devolopmont. Capital sooln ( profit, and aB u result, for Bevcral yoars preceding tho war, railway de velopment did not keep paco with in-J crooning traffic demands. Rnllwny ratoa havo nearly doubloft In tho last flvo years, with a resultant j incroaso In railway rovonuos. Tho ( Hallway Ago suys: "Total oporatlng ( rovonuos for tho year 1920 woro , $0,225,402,702, tho largest In tho hlu tory of tho railways. Oporatlng ex penses consumed $5,820197, 474, and tnxosi i$28ilS0,fi20 Aftor deducing for1 tincolloctnblo rovonuoB tin)l for oquipmont and joint facility rontu this loaves n not oporatlng income or profit from railway operations of only fG2.2G4.42t," As tho revenues preceding tho war wero not groat enough to enable the railways to sell stock, and thoy woro compelled to resort to bond lssuos to secure noro capital, It can bo readily soon that tho railways cannot now rocolvo more capital by Belling atoclc. Tho Interstate Cominorco Commls , Hlon used a valuation of $18,900,000, 000 for tho railways In tho rate caso. Tho net rovenuo for 1920 gavo tho"i u return of only about ono thlrl of one por cent upon this valuntlon. Some men havo claimed that this valuation Is too high. Supposo It wero cut in two, which is cortainly lowor than tho majority of tho railway opponents havo suggested. Upon such a valua tion tho railways would earn about two-thirds of ono per cent. Wo must reach Bomo other placo than capital account and dividends to learn tho cause of tho railway dlfllcultlos. A study of railway wages furnishes at loast a partial solution to the ques tion. Tho avcrago cmployeo received $flp4, foUowIng the JTabor Hoard's wago award in 1920, whoro ho hrJ,I rc colved but $1.00 In 1914. Tho cost of living at this tlmo wns loss than double the coat in 1914. It has boon argued that high wages and efficiency go togothcr. Tho ro vorso Is truo in this instance, becauso moro omploccs woro required in 1920 in proportion to tho labor porformod than woro required In 1914. Tho num ber of railway employed has In creased more rapidly than has tho movement of frolght and passengers. W. W. Attorbury, vlco-presldont of following testimony before tho Labor tho Ponnsylvaanla llallroad, gavo the following tostlmony boforo tho Labor Hoard: "A very, largo part of tho in croaso In tho amount of wages paid to each class of employees was due not merely to tho advance mado In wages, but to an abnormal Increase in tho number of omploycos. ''This Incroaso In tho number of em ployees, In turn, was duo to rulos and working condition which (destroyed the efficiency of labor, niluccd tho output por man, and rendered It nocessary.lf needed maintenance work on tho rail ways was to bo dono, to employ a muc'i larger number of men. Tho In creace of over 140,000 or 47 por cent In tho numbor of certain classes of employees in tho Bhops Is especially significant." "Tho total numbor of railway em ployees Increnaod under government control by 261,000. It Is fact of tho highest significance In its bearing up on tho mnttor of agreements, rulos and working conditions, whoso publication wo havo asked tho Railroad Labor Hoard to approvo,that of this Increase, 232.5G3 occurred In shop employees, clerks, and maintenance of way em ployees, with whom the Railroad Ad ministration muMo tho three principal National Agreements." The railway executives submitted ample evidence ns to effect of tho present "rules and working condi tions" under which tho roads havo boon oporatlng. It 1b statod that a car ropalror was paid $1,000 for work which he never Uld. "When work was Black ho and othor omploycos woro laid off. When ho was roomployod undor his seniority rights, ho rocolvod back "pay and overtime Became of the ruled and wprking conditions" agree ment, the samo company was com pollc)l to pay four mon for 112 hours who had actually worked only four hours and 33 minutes. "The shop crafts agreomont provides that when employees uro required to check In and out on their own time they shall bo paid for one hour extra' at the close of each week no matter how few hou.rj thoy have worked. This rule, Is the first six months of 1920, Is allegcl to have cost tho railroads $6,600,000. "An engine was placed in tho Baltl moro and Ohio shops for certain re pairs. Becauso of tho national agree ments, tho railways claim,, it Is neces sary for members of flvo crafts to por form parts of the work, whereas form erly tho entire operation was per formed by members of two crafts. A leak in tho boiler requires the sheet motal worker to loosen tho Jacket, the locomotlvo repairer to remove tho lag ging, the bollorniakor to calk tho leak, after which tho locomotlvo carpenter replaces tho lagging, and tho sheet motal worker tightens tho jacket. As these omploycos usually havo a holpe six mon are employed on a trlval Job that should have boon done by a holier maker arjl his helpor." So many similar examples are given that tho reading of them becomes tire some. That such ridiculous rules should over havo been made, let alone aro permitted to continue to be con tributing causo to higher railway rates, is enough to oxclto tho man who Is accustomed to milking cows, feed ing hogs, and enroing for horsosbefore breakfast, who repairs his own ma chinery as woll as operates It, anlpor forms nearly every day work of a dozen dlfforont types. Suppose that a farm wero oporated under such ri diculous rules? Does anyone Imagine that undor such conditions It woullJ bo possible to produce wheat for less than $5. a bushel, or milk for less than a dollar a gallon? Tho classification of employees re sulted In somo ridiculous wago sched ules. The following Incident Is no worso than mnny others. "A young woman In tho shops of & Now Englnnl road has been cloanlng brass since 1917. Sho formerly worked at twonty-two cents nn hour and Is said to havo been qulto contented. Tho shop committee without consulting her domanded that sho bo classified as a mechanic. Tho management hai no alternative and conceded the de mand Instantly her wages woro more than trobled and sho continued her oc- Here's the Greatest Tailoring Value in America They're All One Price! They're All Wool and Made to Order. Two Piece MADE TO ORDER SUIT $ 28 50 Fall Suitor Overcoat Made to Order 532.50 Such Values Have Not Been Offered Anywhere Since 1014 Three Hundred Styles to Select From. Every conce lveable color and weave le here BURKE'S Tailor Shop 606 1-2 Dewey Si. Up Stairs cupatlon at slxey-elght cents an hour Instoil of twenty-two. Tho shop com mittee also extracted from tho railroad treasury back pay to the amount of $227.75. Sooij another increase lifted her to clghty-flvo cents an hour, near lv four times the wage of four yoaiu ago." - v tf'i J it A young former who lives about twenty miles from Omaha found, as many other farmers have done, that with farm products at present prices ho was rocolvelng nothlngforhisworl-, and only a small return upon his in vestment. He therefore secured a jo1) in the shops at Omaha anji hired a man to do farm work. He now drives to the city each day to perform eight hours of work, for which he receives about four times, the .daily wage that ho pays his hired man. High wages, inefficiency, and absurd operating rules aro not the only cause of the increase)!, cost of railway opera tion, oven though they are of first importance: Claims or damages are moro numerous than In prewar days, and tho value of nearly all goods damaged or lost In transit Is greater. Fuel, rails, ties, cars, locomotives In fact nearly everything that the rail road buys have Increased in price. Many complaints have been mado that the valuation upon which the railroads are permitted to earn divi dends is too largo. I can only say that It was fixed by. the Interstate Com merce Commission who aro in a much bettor position to judge than any oth or body of which I know. Even if they fixcl tho value $5,000,000,00 too high and wero permitted to earn six per cent, the Interest charge upon this theoretical excess value would not account for the high freight rates. Tho only logical concluslonls, that rates, tho railroads must receive much greater service for each dollar ex pended for labor. To this end all men who either buy or sell products that are shipped by freight should unite In a campaign for nctlon. We can not permit a favored group to profit at our expense. :o: T.OCAT. AV1 PERSONAL "WALL PAPER 25 per "cent discount on all wall pa por now In stock. Phil Deats. The Farmer's Auctioneer H. M, Johansen, North Platte, Nebraska. Phone 783F3 For thoso who do not havo enough stock or machinery for a general farm sale, I am located so I can hold a combination sale at North Platto or at tho Fairvlow dairy 1 Vz miles west of town. I havo always got enough stock or machinery listed with me so we can hold a combination sale any time. tt T r ifiniiiimi sar it 1 J. 5. 1 WINfcffl ffl. U. 1 Homeopathic Physician & Surgeon General Practice and ii I Construction Surgery t Hospital Accommodation j Plntto Valley Ilospltal it Former Nnme Twlnem Hospital. NORTH PLATTE, NEBR. Office 340 Housel26' DR. IV. I. SHAFFER Osteopath Physician Over the Oasis. North Platte OTIS R. PLATTj'HL D Physician and Surgeon X-RAY Diagnosis and Treatment Calls answered Day and Night. Over Union State Bank. Office Phone 29G House Phone 123G.I Paul NIckorson has accepted a po sition In tho music department at tho Dixon store. Mrs. Soehl of Ogallala underwent an operation at the Platto Valley ltos pltal Wednesday. J. F. Buss left Wednesday for Maxwell where he will make his fu turo home with his daughter. Miss Bettlo Turplo has accepted a position at tho North Platto Crodlt Association and bogau duties this mouifng. Mrs. J. Pierce' roturned Tuesday from San Francisco where she spent tho summer months. She spent Wed nesday in Maxwell visiting. W. T. PRITCIIARD Graduate Veterinarian Ex-Government Veterinarian and ex assistant deputy State Veterinarian Hospital 315 South Vine Street Hos pital Phone C33. House Phone 633. Ed Kierig, Auctioneer. General Farm Sales A Specialty, ali Real Estate, References and Datet First National Hank. North Platte. Nebraska. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estato No. 1831 of Joslo O'Haro, de ceased, in tho County Court of Lin coln County, Nobraska. Tho Stato of Nebraska, ss: Credit ors of said estato will take notice that tho tlmo limited for presentation and filing of claims agatnst said estate is December 13, 1021, and for settlement .ot said estate is August 9th, 1022; that I will sit at tho county court room in said county, on September 13, 1921, at 9 o'clock a. m., and on Decomber 13, 1921, at 8 o'clock a. m., to receive, oxamlno, hoar, allow, or adjust all claims aril objections duly filed. WM. H. C. WOODIIURST, (SEAL) County Judge. DRS. STATES & STATES Chiropractors 3, C. 7 Building & Loan Building. Office Phone 70. Res. Phone 1242 DR. J. R. McKIRAIIAN Practice Limited to Diseases of Women nnd Surgery OVER REXAXiL DRUG STORE Phones Office 113. Residence 640J YVYLIE WALKER Expert Piano Tuner and Repairer. Leave orders at 914 W. 4th St. Or Phono 334. GEO. B. DENT Physician nnd Surgeon Special Attention Given to Surgery und Obstetrics Office Building & Loan Building Phone: Office 130, Residence 11? (John Grant, Attorney.) NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estato No. 1825 ot Georgo Lannln, de ceased, In tho County Court of Lin coln County, Nobraska. Tho Stato of Nebraska, bs: Credit ors of said ostato will tako notice that tho tlmo limited for presentation and filing of claims against said estato is November 30, 1921, and for settlement of said estato is July 29. 1922: that I wfll sit at tho county court room in said County on August 30, 1921, at 10 o'clock a. in. and on November 30 1921, at 10 o'clock a. m., to receive, examjno, hoar, allow, or adjust all claims and objections duly fllod. Dated July 29. 1921. WM. H. C. WOODIIURST. (SEAL) , County Judge. HOWARD YOST j Dental Surgeon Oral Prophylaxis Mouth Hygien Phone 307 Twinem Bldg Office phone 241. Res. phone 217 L. C. DROST, Osteopathic Physician North Platte, - Nebraska Knights of Columbus Building. JOHN S. SIMMS, M. D. . Special Attention Given to Surgery McDonald Bank Building Office Phone 83 Residence 38 DR. HAROLD FENNER Osteopath OVER HIRSCHFELD'S f Office Phone 333 Res. Phone 1020 DR. BEDFIELD PHYSICIAN, OBSTETRICIAN Surgeon, X-Rny Calls Promptly Answered Night or Day jruouea umce 042, itesldence 676 DERRYBERRY & FORBES, Licensed Embalmers Undertakers nnd Funeral Directors Day Phone 41 Night Piiono IMnck 58S NOTICE OF FINAL REPORT Estate No. 1809 of Alice R. HeySe de ceased, iu tho County Qurt of Lin coln County, Nebraska. Tho Stato of Nebraska, to all per sons interested in the said Estate tako notice that tho Administrator has filed a final nnnniml nrwl r-annt ., .... V. C'U1 l Ul II I. administration and a petition fof final ouiuejiieiu ana uiscnarge as suh ad ministrator, which havo been s4t for hearing before said court on Septem ber 13. 1921. at 10 oV.lnr.if fl til Wlinn you may appear and contest the sme. jj.mm August in, iu2i. WM. II. C. WOODHURSV SHERIFF'S SALE By virtuo of an order of sale issUj from tho District Court of LlncCn County, Nebraska, upon a decree bf foreclosure rendered in said Coift whoroln Continental Guaranty CoV poratlon, a Corporation, is plalnttl uuu rreu j. wremers is defendant! anu to mo uirectotl, I will on the 19tl day of September. 1921. at two nvwl P. M. at tho east front ilnnr nt ti.I Court Houso in North Platto, Lincoll uumy, weDrasica, sou at Public Aucfl tion to tho hichest Milder to satisfy said decree, interest an tuaui, mo iouowing rescrlbed proper ty, to-wit: Lot Ten (10) of Platteviow Subdi vision, Lincoln County, Nobraska Dated North Platte, Nob., August 15, 1921, A. J. S?llsbury, Sheriff. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR DE TERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP In tho County Cotat. Lincoln County Nobraska. In ro Thomas M. Dawton, deceased Notlco is hereby give to Chirlty J Dawson, John V. Dawstij, ci-arles L Dawson, Frank G. DaWjon Guy T Dawson, Laura J. Moorj nnd to all othor persons, both creditrs nnd hoira imoresieu " uauin or Thomua t n petition Purt of LfnJL ist W, M. Dawson, deceased, tl: was filed In tho County 1 cola County. Nebraska. W limit) 1921, In which was set ut as facts' that Thomas M. DawBonfod Julv n 1902, that at tho tlmo of t8 aontL ho was a resident of LIncoltfounty and was seized In feo of tl Northeast Quartor of Section 2G, bwnshln n Range 20. West of tho d p. af ,'' Lincoln County, Nobrask) The ieti tlonor Arthur D. McNIcklia now tho owner In feo ot tho said m!soa and prays for a dotermlnatlorf tho time of tho death of tho docod anj a do termination of the hoto: said rj0. ceasod, tho degree of kip and the right of descent of tho t property belonging to tho docoasq That tho time for hearing said Won has boon fixed at Soptomborjj, 1921 at 10 o'clock a. m. by tho (Sty Court mi. II. C. WOIIURST. ' (SEAL) c ty Judco WELLS C. JONES, 7 JUae- Attornoy for tho Petltr.
