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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR.
VORTH PLATTE, NER., SEPTEMBER 2, 1921.
No. 68
1 Jif'f'l
FORD DAY
DRAWS CROWD
THOUSANDS ENJOY Till! 110SPL
TALITY OP THi: CITV AM)
' GET PRIZES.
Yesterday was a beautiful Septem
ber day. Business started brisjcly.
Pcoplo began to arrive in town early
and a steady stream of pcoplo poured
onto tho streets until the cowd pre
sented a gala day appearance. At ten
thirty the contests began. Cyrus Copo
took first and B. E. Freol second in
running a FoiU car tho longest tils
tanco on a pint of gas. Georgo Fletch
er took first and E. W. Ayres second
in th,o Ford slow race. Then thoro
Avas a race of olght blocks whore tho
drivers had to chango tiros a certain
number of times. This was won by
Dale Gerdos with Roger Decker sec
ond. In the Ford tug of war, George
Flotchcr won first and Cyrus Copo
second.
Tho parade was not as large as wan
expected. Tho drivers preferred! to
stand and watch tho others go by and
when solicited gavo that as tho rea
son for not going in. Had ovory Ford
been in line it would navo been a
great sight. As far as could be
ascertained before going to press, tho
following were the pai'ado prize win
ners: Best Idecorated Ford, Mrs. F. F. Do
lan. Heaviest loaded Ford, Geo. Rhodes.
Noisiest Ford, Geo. Fletcher.
Hanjd'somcsto lady, first prize Violet
Downs, second prizo Joslo Sajdle.
For Saturday Only
We are going to offer a special
20 Percent Olf sE If
They are new form fitting styles in brown, heathers
and grays.
EVERY SUIT THIS FALL'S MODELS
Kf? JHX.Mtt.t:" -fit
tBU. WJifBlMiBWIWillPI" IHBlllWrJlH
Handsomest man, G. ILZinimor
man.
Homllost man, A. II. ; Elliott.
Ford with worst tires, Dr. F. Do
lan. Prottoiost girl baby, first W. J. Pot
tor, second W. A. Doolittle.
Prettiest boy baby, W. A. Doolit
tle. Biggest woman. Mrs. Idn Attobur
ry. Four generations, first Chas. How
ard and family, second Eugeno Combs
family, thlil Pholps family.
Ford coming longest distance, E.
W. Ayres.
Finest twins, first Chas. Schick, sec
ond T. B. Halligan.
Oldest Ford car, first 1909 car own
ed by Mrs. Mack Weatfall, second 1910
car owned by Ernest Drlngman of
Sutherland third F. W. Wilcox.
In addition to tho nbovo tho ownors
of tho following cars won prizes and
may secure them by calling at tho
Chamber of Commorco headquarters:
250095, 258974, 2G2707. 10G513, 253407,
50203, 2G292G. 12G48.
Freo coffee and lemonado was 'fur
nished at the noon hour and a largo
number of pcoplo took picnic Uinnorti
on tho court house lawn. During tho
nfjtornoon business was lively and
buying was brisk. Tho merchants
wore offering unusual values and the
people seemed to appreciate them.
Many cars left the city at tho ap
proach of night, but there were sttll
hundreds of cars parked In tho ttbwn
town district at ton o'clock.
Tho American Legion Baseball team
will go to Gothenburg Sunday to meet
tho ball club there. North Platto won
the game with Gothenburg which was
played on ?ho homo field but Gothen
burg lii'f a revised team and now
players A good gamo Is expected and
many local fans aro planning to attend.
chool Days
THE ONE HAPPY THOUGHT FOR THE
BOY WHEN HE THINKS OF SCHOOL
STARTING AGAIN IS IN THE NEW
SUIT HE IS GOING TO GET AT
H
For Saturday Only
Our Entire Stock of
Boys
Caps
20 cent""1
The Celebrated
KAYNEE BLOUSES
for boys
95c
and
up
NORTH PLATTE'S
LEADING
BOYS STORE
ABOUT PEOPLE
AND THINGS
QURRENT COMMENT ABOUT PEO
PLE AND THE THINGS THEY
ARE I10INC1 HERE.
Tho officers of tho Lincoln Couuly
Fair havo just announced that con
tracts havo been signed for oight
hundred dollar display of flroworks
lor tho evening of tho first dny or
tho County Fair. They got this
display at a figure that was very
attractive to thorn and thoy nronoso
j to mako the first evening ono long
to bo remembered.
Tho Idato for applications for ap
pointment as postmaster at) North
Platte under tho now Civil Sorvico
rules has passed and thoro aro but
two applications filed. They aro E. S.
Davis and L. C. Sturgls. Mr. Davis
hold tho placo ono term several years
ago and Mr. Sturgls is tho prosont in
cumbent, having been appointor to
tho office about a year ago. A ropre
sentativo of tho civil sorvico depart
ment will bo in North Platto boforo
leng anil tako up tho matter.
Earl Stamp, local agent for tho Un
ion Pacific and District Director of
Cause and Provontlon, was tho speak
er at tho Klwanls dinner Tuesday. Ho
told of the efforts of tho Railroad of
ficials to lessen the number of
claims for damages and loss of frolglt
shipments anl in a brief way showed
how this can bo accomplished. Poor
packing, rough handling and careless
ness In general aro tho principal
are Here
irschfeld's
w IRONCLAD HOSE
For Boys and Girls
Triple Knee, O C
Heels and Toes JJPr
cruises. The result In u ddOronsod
revenue fur tho railroad, loss of goodn
to tho consignee and voxatiou to the
consignor. Mr Stnnyi whb able to re
lort substantial roeultB In the cain
Imi'ku of the Cause and Prevention
comnilttoos.
T'ero are fancier towns thun our
liltfo town, thoro aro towns that are
biJC-.er than this, and the pooplo who
livo in tho smaller towns don't know
liat c.vcliomcht they miss. There aro
'.Mug x u me in the wealthier towns
that you can't in a town that's small;
and yet, up und down, there Is no
other town i licit our little town nfter
all. It may bo I hat our streets aren't
! n, . they're not wido nor maybe
straight, but tho neighbors you know
In you own 'ittlo town nil welcome n
fellow--Its groat. In tho glittering
stroits uf the glittering town, with Its
palace and pavenlont and thrall, hi
tho midst of tho throng you will fre
quently long fr.t our own llttlo town
aftir all. If you livo and you work
in your own llttlo town, In spite of
tho fact that it's small, you'll find It n,
fart Mit ov r own llttlo town Is tlu
liet llttlo '.ivn after all. Ex.
A good story Is going tho rouuds of
tho boys nnd it is vouched for as truo
by one of our young bank clerks, ono
of our young men teachers and ono of
our lloral company employees. It
seems that the young man In question
was paW off on Saturday aftornoui
and started for tho Sols.-Floto circus
with five ten dollar bills In his pockot.
Stopping at tho homo of a friend on
tho way, so tho story goes, ho pro
cured a safoty pin and fastened the
bills to tho insido of his pocket. An1
so ho went to tho circus. While tak
ing in tho Bights bororo tho show,
ono of tho circus barkors points at
him and said "Young man. won't you
chango somo of these five dollar bills
for somo larger bills?" Our hero
wondered how anyono know that he
had any larger bills, but being of an
obliging (disposition he ptnrtcu iu Al
tho bills oiit. "While unfastening the
safoty pin jib petitioned, tho precau
tion ho had takon for safoty nn)l the
barkor compllmontod his foresight by
remarking "Young man, that was a
wlso thing to do. Look out. for
strangers." The hero counter out his
five bills and tho barker counted out
ten fives. Tho oxchango was made
and the money was counted again "just
to make sure that no mlstako had
been mado." The blllB wero again
pinned inside tho pockot, tho barker
was profuso In Jils thanks n,j our
hero went on. Ills only question was
whothor tho bills wero gonulno or not
Seeing another barker a llttlo further
on ho asked him if thoro wbb any
danger of tho hills being countefoit
and was told that SolIs-FIoto woulU
not tolerato such a thing. Hut. as
tho story goes, our hero was rostloss
(luring tho show nnd yet lie did not
feel that ho couI,ii tako out his money
anjl oxamlno It in the crowd. So as
soon as the show was over ho wont
home and in company with ono or more
of tho nbovo friends ho started to ox
amlno tho bills. Horrors thoro wore
fivo ones and five fives in tho roll. Ho
had been short changed twenty dol
lars. It was lato. Something must be
dono and that at once. So tho group
started for tho show groups, lie
Inow ho could rocognlzo tho barkor.
But tho tents wero all down and tho
lights woro low. Ho could not find
his man. Hut ho coulll not afford to
loso tho twonty dollars, so all startdl
for town They got a policeman and
went to tho circus train. A well dress
ed man was stopped who said ho was
tho attorney with tho show. Tho story
was told I,nl ho said for thorn to stay
right thoro nnU ho would soo what he
could do. From tho description given,
ho knew the man. Tlmo passed. Tho
policeman was ready to tako action
holding up tho train ponding a search
and it was p,i"tlng very lato. Still
thoy stayod. Forty mlnutos lator the
attrrnoy rushed up with twonty dol
lars in bills, oxplalnlng that tho bark
or at tor undressing In his horth had
start d in to count his money and had
founl ho was Just twonty dollars a
head When tho attorney found him
he bitting there trying to re
member whero ho couJ havo mado
tho nil take. Ho did not know how ho
could r turn tho bills to thoir rightful
owner and ho was ho pleased when
tho ntt' nioy found nun nnd oxplaino.l
thnt t!. rightful owner was outsld'i.
Apologii i wero i,iw1c all around and
tho pclu ninn gavo tho signal roloati
ing tho i. win. Tho friends wont homo,
somo to onjcy.'tiio story but ono to
snoii.i the nlcht v ordering how that
mnn Jcnew ho had tl-oso tens in hU
NEW DENTIST
COMES HERE
CO.NFIIIKNT OF THE (lit EAT FU
Tl'lti: (MN()HTH PLATTE
AMI VICIMTVi
Dr. L. h. Wilson, rocontly having
headquarter.! at Ognilala haB moved
his -Joutul offices to North Platte. Ho
has located ' tho front rooms over
tho Stamp llakery. Ills offlco equip
mont will 1m) entirely now and tho
very latest and most up-to-date that
was to bo bought. Iioforo going to
Ogalalla, Dr. Wilson spont eight years
In the practico of his profession in
Omaha whoro ho had a good busi
ness. At tho opening of tho war ho
voluntoor(i for tho navy rontnl ser
vice, but was rotainod in Omaha, look.
Ing after tho army and navy boys'
tooth boforo thoy were sent to th&
army.
Whon quostionod as to his rcasonu
for locating horo Dr. Wilson said that
North Platto looked good to him. Ho
had soon tho stream of pcoplo who
como to North Platto for cortaln
classes of sorvico audi ho was pru
pardl to glvo that sorvico so ho de
cided to locato bore. Dr. Wilson
likes tho- west and wants to stay horo.
"I bollovo North Platto has a future
and that It will contlnuo to grow, It
is located just right, It has a lino
country surrounding it and it sooms
to havo tho right kind of lonjlors. I
expect to locate horo pormnnontly."
Tho Trlbuno Joins with other citi
zens in welcoming Dr. Wilson to tho
city nnd assures him that ho will find
kindred spirits In golf, trap shooting,
fishing, hunting, church, lodge, busi
ness life or society and that thpso
people will glvo him a wojeomo If ho
will but make himself known among
thm.
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PROMINENT LOCAL LNUINEER
1IIES AFTElt;'I,ON STItUflflT-E. .
- iJVITIl.OANCEH .
Sebastian Schwalger, prominent
North Platto citizen and long-time
Union Pacific cnglneor died Tuesday
night on tho train ns ho was return
ing from taking treatment at Omaha,
Ho had bdon suffering for somo tlmo
with cancer of tho stomach anl local
physicians and outsldo spoclallts had
given him up. A few weeks ago ho
mado a trip to Oregon but when he
becamo worse ho hurrlod homo. Then
ho was taken to Omaha whoro ho took
somo treatment nnl started homo.
Tho funeral will bo hold from tho
rosld'onco tomorrow at ton o'clock. A
complete obituary will bo ready for
our next Issue.
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OLD LA1IY TAKES II EH LIFE LAJST
EVENING WHILE ALONE IN
1IEU HOME
A very sad death occurred yester
day when Mrs. Anna Mnrglleth, 1109
S. Dewey, took her own llfo In a
spell of despondency. Hor daughter,
who was making hor u visit left for
tho Ford Day colobratlon just aftor
dinner. Whon sho roturnod she found
hor mother hanging from a bod post.
Sho had takon her own llfo by srtnngu
ulatlon. Mrs. Mnrglleth baa llvod in
North Platto for a long time. Sho was
of a retiring Idlsposllon and was
known best through hor family. Fur
ther details aro lacking as wo go to
press and no arrangements hnvo been
made for tho funeral.
CARAVAN LEAVES ON SUNDAY
MORNING FOR THE THI
COUNTY CONVENTION
Managor J. C. Wilson has sent out
notices that tho cars for tho Trl-
County Sunday School Convention
will nfisomblo nt tho Christian church
nt nino o'clock Sunday morning and
go lo tho grove in a body. IIo ox
pect bo'tweon sovonty-flvo and ono
hundrod cars to mako tho trip. Two
thousand pcoplo aro nxpoctud.
Everyone Is Invited.
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CARD OI-1 THANKS
Wo wish to oxpross our sincere
thanks to our many frlonds for thoJ
sympathy, holprul nnd boautlful
floral offorlnga nt tho tlmo of our
groat sorrow.
A. A. HotchklBs
Mr. nnd Mrs. D. MInshnll
nlid family.
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Miss Marlon Richards wont to
Suthorlnnd this morning to attend
GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
OF COUPLE WELL-KNOWN IN
north PLATTE.
A unique colouration took placo
when Mr. nnd Mrs. D. Drowning colo
bra tod their noldm wedding at tho
homo of thoir son Goo. K. Browning,
two miles oast of Thcdford, Nobr.
Tho mock coromony was performed
at 3:C0 o'clock by J. D. w. Lincoln of
North Plntto. Tho' couplo woro at
tended by Mr. nnd Mrs. I. L. Drown of
C 'tnst ick as host mnn and matron of
honor. Mnstor Ernost nnd Miss Dor
othy Drowning strowod! sunflowor
potnls in tho path of tho bridal party
and Miss May Drowning played tho
"Bridal Chorus" from Lohougrln. Tho
house was decorated with golden rod
and tho bridal bouquet was of tho
same.
After tho coromony dlnnor was servx
ed to twonty friends nnd rolntlvos. Iu
tho evening relatives nd noighfiorfl
gnvo them n charivari and woro
sorved to light refreshments. Several
boautlful gifts woro rocolvodl
Mr. and Mrs. Browning hnvo spont
'forty-two years of thoir married llfo
in Nobrnska. Of direct descendants
thoy havo two sons, fivo grandsons and
four granldnughtors living.
Thoso present woro Mr. nnd Mm.
Qcorgo E. Browning and two sons o
Thcdford; Mr. nnd Mrs. J. K. Brown
ing, throo sons "and four daughters of
Wellllcot; Mr. and Mrs. J. D.W. Lin
coln of North Platto; and Mr. anjl Mrs
I. L. Brown of Comstock.
THE UNIVERSITY CLUB WILL EN
TERTAIN STUDENTS LEAVING
FOR SCHOOL.
On Monday Sopt. 6th tho Univer
sity Club will hold a picnic at tlu
Experimental Substation. It Is In
viting all persons who havo, attended
the University of Nebraska In tho
pnst nnd all who will attend this
yoar to bo Its guests. CarB will
leave tho Central High School build
ing at 5:30. A good tlmo Is assur
ed. ..
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Giving credit for. Instrumental
iuubIc In tho Junior nnd Senior High
SchoolB was started in North APlaU"
a number of years ago. It has
grown in popularity each year. Tho
Idea that a boy or gfrl could not do
justlco to four regular high school
subjects and tako piano or volco out
side of school caused vtho school ais
thorltles to ajlqw ,tho. music to bo
substituted forr(bilov'of tho regular
subjects. Music yagnot given as a
sldo Issuo but camo In ns a solid
subject. Often pupils wnntod to
tako music' us an olectlvo in addition
to tho regular work but. In thoso
ensos they woro told that thoy did
not need tho credit ir thoy could
tako tho rogular work. Music waa
novor credltod if tho pupil hnd four
other solid subjects. In this way
instruniontnl and vocal music was
put on a solid basis. Music teachem
got bettor results, parents liked it,
the school likod It and tho boys and
girls wero pleased. Childron can learn
music best while thoy aro of high
school ago and parents would do well
to Investigate this matter and glvo
tho boys and girls tho greatest oppor
tunltlos nlong this line.
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NOTICE
Tho funeral of our lato Bro. S.
Schwalger will bo held from tho res
idence f02 East Fifth street., nt 10:30
a. m., Saturday, Soptombor 3, 1921.
All Engineers will meet at tho rosl
donco at 10:15. Interment will bo
Iliads In the City Comotory.
M. HAYES, C. Eng.
Bridge Teeth
A brldgo tooth or teeth prop
erly unchorod and well mado is
tho nearest to your natural
teoth in appearance and useful
ness of uuy substitute possible
to construct. Tho continual ab
souco of ono or moro teeth In
tho mouth Impairs tho useful
ness of thoso loft Lot us ex
plain to you personally.
You shoulU havo 32 naturul
tooth. Lot us supply as bcBt wo
can tho absent ones that thov
may assist In tho work oxpect
ed. Examination and Consultation
freo.
DR. F. W. MILLER
Kolth Thoatro Building.
Phono 391W.
PO 'ltd.
tho Odd Follows Picnic.