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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1921)
t THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE LINCOLN HIMIWAY WAS PICKER UK I) CROSS SENDS "CLEAN-VP UNION PACIFIC OFFERS SCHOLAR SHIP FOR HOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WORK. HAND BIG BILL THE WALLOP ! OUT TO SERVE CONVENIENCE OF OARAGES. SOUAD" UK UK TO AID SKUVICK MEN. L , Frunk A. Harrison, who 1h mak ing ii tour of Nebraska anl reporting about the highways, tourist camp grounds antl tourlHt conveniences, writes as follows after he loft North Platto: From Big Springs .to North Platto tho Lincoln highway Is a bouu tlful gravel road, not excelled any whore. From North Platte to Cozad, great difficulties ul to bo met princi pally lM)cn.uso this part of tho high way was picked out to servo tho con venloncos of certain garages insteiui pr0H8 nn,i the American Legion are of making it oasy for tho traveling1 nnrticlclpatlng in this work at tho re public, j fjucst of tho government a'nd a un- Noarly forty miles of tho road from ,lc(1 cffort i)0lng made to help every Gothonburg west could havo boon sent ' oxBorvlco man who needs assistance across tho river whore it would hav)'r tiny kn,j Tho cioan Up squad passed thru tho wldo ail fortllo val-jwu inu0 its honlquartors at North loy of the Platte, with fine farm '-. iatto. Its momborB includo a modlcal provemonts and wondorous crops. It cxuminor and a representative of the would havo gone past tho military pc,icnil Hoard for Vocational educa ccmotnry and tho Bight of old Fort Mc-j Uoni rt compensation and Insurnnco Pherson and woil have turned back cajInB eXamincr nn)l a roprcscntalivv. across tho river at the stato oxpori- ()f tno Amorlcan Rod Cross and tho mental farm. American Legion. Thoro arc evidences that the dlrec- An CBpocial effort Is being mado to tors of this highway listened to garage men very closely. They sont tho road thru the long strip of sand on the north side, following tho railroad on tho right of way an)l thru sand so deep that now nftor years of work and ex perience , it 1b a roproach to tho name of tho highway, and bo'lng on tho rail road ground it cannot got fcdoral aid, It passes thru a torrltory that gives tho tourist the Idea that Lincoln county is n streak of sand. It Is worthy of noto that the Lincoln Highway association is a papor con corn malc up almost ontiroly of offi cers and pays out not a cont on tho im provement of tho road confining its oxpensc to the marking of pojes so as to lead travelers in front of favored garages. Lincoln county can well afford tuifrom ,IlRt voiirB membership duos rotlro thoso garago mon and "consuls', of tho highway on liberal ponslons. J and tako ontiro chorgo of tho marking of roads ns woll as tho malntonnnco of them. State Journal. EDITOR OF SCOUT BULLETIN TELLS AH OUT OFFICIAL SCOUT UNIFORM. Tho, question "Docb u boy havo to havo a uniform before ho can 'bo como a scout?" comes to uB bo ofton that it seems host to glvo somo spaco to the oxplana'yon of Hiho matter. .It Ib tho first thing a boy wants of courso and that Is qulto naturaT. Ilowover It is a matter of minor Im portance. Wo want tho hoys te havo uniforms whoro It Is posslblo for them to got one, but Bomo of tin boat scouts In town nro tho bovu without. A plan Is on foot to glvo ev ery boy a chance to earn a uniform. If any buslnoss man has somo errands and chores that a hoy can do will pleatm call bcoiu headquartorfl, BOLT, and we will toll you ono of thoso boys who Is anxious to cam tho uniform Thoro has boon consldorablo trouble over tho noys who aro not scouts buy ing scout equipment and passing themsnlvoB off as mombors of tho ot lanization. That hns mado manv folks fool that scouting 1b not wort'j hlto. To prevent this as inucn ni PohrIMc tho council Iu-b decided tc ' , . , . . v, have some local dealer handlo tho ot flcial equipment and a list of all ... ..win.,11.. 1,.,. m-Muin mil, .ut uuiumij "" been handed to him so he may know w'io the scouts arc. The intention of the above pan graph waB not to lufor that ovory bov out ot scouting Is not on tho square but thero havo been cases como to out attention whoro n boy has dono Bcout Ing a good doal of harm through su(; t misinterpretation. TOMATOES $1.50 n bushel at our placo. $1.76 a bushel dollvorcd. NORTH PLATTE FLORAL CO -: :o::- Mr. anil Mrs. John Wolnhorgor ro turned to tholr homo In Omaha yes terday after visiting at tho homo of tho fonnor'B parontB. WANTED! Your Order for Coal. Wo handlo tho following kinds of high grado. coal: Crested Butte Hard Coal. Plnnaclo Lump. ' . p Plnnaclo Nut. " Somerset Lump. Maltland Lump, " Hoclc Springs Lump. Rock Springs Nut. Bo euro to get our prices boforo placing your order. Artificial Ice & Cold Storage Company. Phono 40. An opportunity will he given every veteran of the World War In Lincoln, Frontier, Hayes, Hitchcock, Diuidy, Chase, Perkins, Logan, Deuel, Keith, Arthur and McPherson Counties to re ceive assistance In the settling of claims for compensation, advice as to hospitalization or vocational educa tion or Information relatlvo to any problem arising from Ills war service on Sept. 10 whon the local "Cloan Up Campaign" Is on. Tho Amorlcan Red , (n touch with every man In the county who is in any way entitled to assistance. Whore It Is not possible bocauso of lllnoss or disability to pro- sont claims in person, tho local Red Cross workers will endeavor to usslst In getting necessary Information to mombors of tho squakl. As this is tho most intenslvo effort which has yet boon mado to locate nil claimants and, adjust their Claims satisfactorily tho cooperation of ovory rcsidont is asked In reaching these cases. " " Last year tho Amorlcan Red Cross spent approximately $10,000,000 in serving dlsabldd ex sorvico men and tholr famlllos. This one department of Red Cross activity cost nearly $4,000,000 more than the total receipts 0f tho me ,HHCharged from tho Army a NftVy and yot entitled to govornmontal modlcal treatment and aid, thoro are at present 2(1,300 men in government and contract hospitals throughout tho country. This Is olghl tlmos tho number cared for In 191') and tho numbor of -thoso cases need ing troatmont will undoubtedly con tlnuo to increase rapidly for several years. According to a Btntomont from tho Surgeon Gonoral's oglco of tho Army, tho peak of disability will prob. j ably not bo reached before 1925 If It Is then. ::o: TRI COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION AND PICNIC COMES NEXT SUNDAY. Tho offlcors havo issuefl tho follow ing statomont: On tho county line bo tweon Lincoln nnd Logan counties anil near tho county line of McPherflort county, on section 4, township 1G. rango 29, tho tri county Sunday school convention will bo hold on Soptombor 4th. This Ib a convention of all tho Sunday schools ln tho three counties namod. Tho program will be given by 600 children. Thoro will bo In atten- danco. It Is bolloved. not less than asked that two oi1 thrco classes be thoro to tako part In tho program by h . , bott w o ho;, RiKtng roadlnKB dialogues or bv , n1,muc" uo" lue C , , Bl,,f'lI1J" roauinfcs, umiohutH or -v I judgf the p aces than thoy hall last ron(i0rliiK anvthlmr thov havo nro......... rendering anything thoy havo ' parod. This will bo ono ot tho blggojt . . ....... picnics over iiotu in tuts part ot tno Htnto. Thoro will bo frleM. chlckon and watormolon for ovorylwdy at dinner, I and In order to bo suro that all can j bo accomodate ovoryouo ia asked to put ln a few melons extra for their friends. This picnic Is an annual affair and this is the third ono hold In a grove at tho placo niontloned. A nice banner Is to bo glvon to the dologatlon wlvjlch has (traveled the greatest numbor of mllos ln nttewllng tho convention. :o; To whom aro you going to soil your Hay and Grain? Tho Harrington Mer cantile Co. will offer tho highest 1 prices. In a communication from Presi dent C. It. Gray of the Union Pacific Railroad Co. received by County Agent Geo. II. Kollogg this wdek wc have tho following offer of a scholar ship: The Union Pacific Railroad Co., offers to the boy botweon sixteen and twenty-one years of ago ranking tho hlghost In the Hoys and Girls Club work for tho year 1922, In Corn, Potato, or Wheat project a Seventy-five dollar Scholarship In tho College of Agriculture the School of Agriculture, or the Short Winter Course of the School of Agrl culturo in the Unlvorslty of Ncbr. In addition tho Union Paclilc Rail .road Company will reimburse th student for the oxpense of railroad transportation from his homo to Lincoln, Nebraska, and return, over Its lines. Tho County winner will He deter mined on the following basis: (a) Seventy-five per cont on rank In club work. (b) Twcnty-flvo per cent on act ivities of the boy In community affairs. ...,.. The winner shall be chosen from among tho ten boys ranking highest in the County Club projects, as out lined by tho College of Agricitltuip. Tho rank of theso boys In the Com munlty Affairs- and the County win ner, will bo determined by a com, mlttee of three, consisting of tho County Superintendent, one person appointed by tho Director of Exten sion in the University of Nebraska, and the third person to be chosen In these two members. The scholarship shall be used within a year of tho date of award, except where a boy Is a regular attendant at school. In this case, it may bo used the year following, or ntp the next session following the time the boy finishes his school. It Is proposed that five acres of corn, ten acres of wheat, or one aciv of potatoes, shall be grown by each person entering the above competi tion. Tho same prizes are offered by the Union Pacific Railroad Company for 1921 as thoso outlined above for the yea 1922 . excont that the comnetl ton 8,mll ,)e upon projecta now ln ffoct 8Uch a8 Calf clubsJ( p,g Clubg Potato nnd Com Clubs, etc., and are offered only In such Counties as can bo arranged between this dato;-and tho close of tho present season. The prizes for the current year will be effective as soon as the pro jects are comploted and the awards made. : :o: SCOUT . EXECUTIVE TELLS OF SCOUTS PART' IN THE CLEAN UP. Tho Second Annual Clean Up Cam paign was a success from every stand nolllt. Last vear It was tint over lv a. fw ()f tho.boya ag our organization WB nQt ,n as ROml 8,mpo ag ,t ,B now Th(J yoar about 5Q ,)0ya ,m(1 a c,mnco , , d u la j training ut doing that typo of work Tne lioys who went out this year pro-.yo.,. ri,Pre WGro some cases where ,. . , , , , .,, '": 1".J ii.h " " placo at, though tho boys were show ing partlal.ty. Such was not tho caso. however, and there wore very few complaints when you. stop to realize that lliey .l-.'-iod about 1200 houses. As far as wo know thero have been only five or six and somo of them wera not very .or'. Thore wero GG0, 100 per cent cards put out varying !. numbor on differ- out streets -ov'ttty per cent ot the homes in East Second recolvoit cards 80 per cent on bi Socon)l, 43 por cont "3t Tr.'.nl, GO por cent on wost Third, r'J (r cent on east Fourth, G7 per -?nt on west Fourth, 33 por cont on oast Fifth, 67 per cont on 'vogt Fifth, 53 per cent on oaat 6th, r.4 pev cont on wost Sixth, 40 por cent on west Frcnt, 8 per cont on oast Seventh, 50 per cent on Wost Sovonth, 55 pir c.nt on aast Eighth, 04 por cont tn .vest Fhth, 33 por cont on oast Ninth, 7 1 por cont on west Ninth 42 por cent on oast Tonth, 70 per cont on wost 1 enth, 57 por cont on oast Eleventh. 72 per cont on wost Elev enth, 50 per cont on east Twelfth, 49 per cent on west Twolfth, GO por cont on couth V'no, 66 por cent on south Locust. 33 poi cont on north Locust 71 iwr cont on South Ash, 57 per cont m south Maplo 57 por cont on south P.'nc, 83 i.er cent on south Sycamoro, i'O por cont on South Chestnut. 4S por . rent on bouth Dowoy, 50 por cent on ucrth Diwoy. Tliat mnkos south Sycamoro high with 83 por cont and wost Second noxt with 80 por cont Tho boya undoubtodly missed Bonin nousos but tho cards aro all gone and no more will bo prlntod this yoar. rloro aro so fow houses loft that it would not pay to havo any inoro caiMs printed as a dlfforont color will bo used next year. $ to sAoniPion wano player For quick turnover will sacri fice price. Player in our possess ion, in North Platte end mtut be moved at once. Easy payments. Write quick for particulars to the Denver Music Co., Denver Colo. v it J. S. TWINER! M.D. H it it Homeopathic physician & Surgeon General Practice and H ' Construction SurgefJ p t Hospital Accommodation g g Plntto Valley Hospital if Former Nnmo Twlncm Hospital, g NORTH PLATTE, NE1JR. jj Office 340 HoubhJ2 DR. W. I. S1IAFFEK Osteopath Physician Over tho Oasis. North Platt HOWARD YOST Dental Surgeon Oral Prophylaxis Mouth Hyglen Phono 307 Twlnem Bldp Offlco phone 241. Res. phone 21' L. C. DROST, Osteopathic Physician North Platte, Nebraski Knights of Columbus Building. JOHN S. SIMMS, M. D. Special Attention Given to Snrgery McDonald Bank Building Office Phone 83 Residence 3fr DR. HAROLD FENCER Osteopath OVER HIRSCHFELD'S Office Phono 333 Res. Phone 102( DR. REDFIELD PHYSICIAN, OBSTETRICIAN Snrgeon, X-Ray Calls Promptly Answered Night or Day Phones Office G42, Resldonco 676 DERRYBERRY & FORBES, Licensed Embalmers Undertakers and Funeral Dlreetori Day Phone 41 Night Phono Black 588 W. T. PRITCHARD Graduate Veterinarian . Ex-Qovernment Veterinarian and ex assistant deputy State Veterinarian Hospital 315 South Vine Street Ho pltai Phono G33, Houso Phono 633. DBS. STATES & STATES Chiropractors r, C 7 Building & Loan Building. Offlco Phono 70. Res. Phono 1242 DR. J. R. McKIRAHAN Practice Limited to Diseases ol Women and Surgery OVER REXALL DRUG STORE Phonos Office 113. Residence 640J WYLIE WALKER Export Piano Tuner and Ropalrer. Lavo orders at 914 W. 4th St Or Phono 334. GEO. B. DENT Physician and Surgeon Special Attention Oircn to Surgery nnd Obstetrics Offlco Iiiilkllng & Loan Building Phono: Offlco 130. Residence lit the Parmer's Auctioneer" H. M. Johansen, North Platte, Nebraska. Phone 783F3 For those who do not haVe enough stock or machinery for a general farm sale. I am located so T can hold a combination salo at North Platto ., , , , , , I or at the Falrview dairy 1 mllos west of town. 1 have always- got onough stock or machinery listed with me so we can hold a combination sale any time. OTIS B. PLATT, M. D Physician nnd Snrgeon X-RAY Diagnosis and Treatment Calls answered Day and Night. Over Union Stato Bank. Office Phone 29G House Phono 123G.I NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate No. 1831 of Joslo O'Hare, de ceased, in the County Court of Lin coln County Nobraska. Tho Stato of Nebraska, ss: Credit ors of said estate will tako notice that the time limited for presentation and filing of claims against' said estate is Decembor 13, 1921, and for settlement of said estate Is August 9th, 1922; that I will sit at tho county court room In said county, on September 13, 1921, at 9 o'clock a. m., and on December 13, 1921, at 8 o'clock a, m., to receive, oxamlne, hear, allow, .or adjust all claims anld objections duly filed. WM. H. C. WOODHURST, (SEAL) County Judge. NOTICE OF FINAL REPORT Estato No. 1809 of Alice R. Heyso, do ceased, in the County Curt of Lin coln County, Nobraska. Tho Stato of Nobraska, to all per sons Interested In the said Estato tako notice that tho Administrator has filed a final account and report of his administration and a petition for final settlement and discharge as such ad ministrator, which have been sot for hearing before said court on Septem ber 13, 1921, at 10 o'clock a, m., when you may appear and contest the same. Dated August 19, 1921. WM. H. C. WOODHURST. SHERIFF'S SALE By virtue ot an order of sale issued from tho District Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska, upon a decree of foreclosure rendered in said Court wherein Continental Guaranty Cor poration, a Corporation, is plaintiff, and Fred J. Bromers is defendants, and to mo directed, I will on the 19th day of September, 1921, at two o'clock P. M. at tho east front door of tho Court Houso in North Platto, Lincoln County, Nobraska, sell at Public Auc tion to tho highest bidder for cash, to satisfy said decree, interest and costs, tho following described proper ty, to-wlt: Lot Ten (10) of Plattoviow Subdt vision, Lincoln County, Nebraska. Dated North Platto, Nob., August 15, 1921. A. J. Salisbury, Sheriff. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR DE TERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP. In tho County Court Lincoln County, Nobraska. In ro Thomas M. Dawson, deeoased. Notice Is hereby given to Charity J, Dawson, John V. Dawson, Charlos L Dawson, Frank G. Dawson, Guy T Dawson, Laura J. Mooro and to all other persons, both crodltors nnd holrs intorosted in tho estate of T' omus M. Dawson, deceased, that a petition was filed in tho County Court of Lin coln County, Nebraska, August 1st, 1921, ln which was set out as facts that Thomas M. Dawson died July 31, 1902, that at tho time ot his death he was n, resident of Lincoln County, and was seized in feo of tho Northeast Quartor of Section 26, Township 9, Rango -26. "West of tho 6i P. M. in Lincoln County, Nobraska. Tho peti tioner Arthur D. McNickle Is now the owner ln feo ot tho said promlsos and prays tor a dotormlnatlon ot tho time of tho death of tho docedent, and a do tormlnatlon of tlio heirs of said de ceased, tho degroa ot kinship and tho right ot doscont of tho real property bolonging to tho docoasod. That the tlmo for hearing said petition has boon fixed at September 15th, 1921, at 10 o'clock a. ns. by the County Court WM. H. C. WOODHURST, (SEAL) County Judge. WELLS C. JONES, Attornoy for the Petitioner. 3ggSS3gjisVBRg M!SH,- J - COPY!u,nr 1U4I AUTOCAD - Dr. L. J. KRAUSE, Dentist, X-Ray I)lntriinl. McDonald Bank Building. Phono 9?. ' NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS AND BIDDERS -' " U 'A J ' 1 Sealed bids will bo received by the City Council of tho City of North Platte, Nebraska, at tho office ot O. R Elder, City Clork of sald city up until liTyry1' nlshing labor and material for the construction of tho proposed Water Main Extension for said city in ac- cordanco with the plans and specifica tions on file with the City Cleric Said engineer's estimate of tho cost of (constructing said Water Main cora pleto in placo is as follows: 56,440 ft. six inch Class B cast iron plpo including 32 6x6 crosses; Ono 6x6x8 cross, 83 4x6xG T's all class B cast Iron $1.45 per ft. 53 six (G) inch hub end, bronzo mounted double gate valves suitable for 125 lb. water pressure, with cast Iron adjustable valve boxes complete ln placo at $33.00 each. 83 hyrants bronze mounted, with four Inch Inlet nnI two (2) two and one-half (2) inch nozzles and of sufficient length to connect with pipe four and one-half (4) feet below tho surface with 12 foet of 4 inch cast iron pipe with each complete in placo $65.00 each. Taking up 2,688 feet of four (4) inch cast iron pipe 20c por foot, furnishing ani laying 20G4 foot of two inch gal. plpo complete in placo at 45c per foot. Said proposed Water Main Exten sion includes the following material: 940 tons of G inch class B cast iron plpo. 12 tons special cast iron castings. 53 six (6) inch hub cnl, bronze mounted, double gate valves, suit able for 125 lbs. water presure with cast Iron adjustable valvo boxos. 83 bronze mounted fire hydrants, with four (4)- inch inlet ani each hy drant provided with two (2) two and one-half (2) inch nozzles and of sufficient length to connect with pipe four ani one-half (4) feet belo'v tho ground surface. 300 flange corporation cocks. 200 load flange goose-necks. And said construction includes the following items of labor anyi con struction work is for the instal lation of tho material horoinbefore described. Digging and back filling 56440 feet of six (G) inch Water Main Ditch, four and one-half (4) foet deep ani 936 feet of ditch four and one-half (4) feet deep for four (4) Inch hy)lrant branches. Laying 5G440 feot of six (G) inch Class B Cast Iron Water Main and 93G feet of four (4) inch Cass B Cast Iron Water Main. Sotting fifty-three (53) six (6) inch hub end double gate valvo in boxes. Sotting olghty-threo (83) four and one-half (4) foot fire hyjlrants, taking up 2688 ft of 4 inch cast iron plpo and making necessary connec tions botweon said now 6 inch mains and present Water Works system an shown on plans on file with City Clork of the City of North Platte, Nebraska. Theso bids will bo received (A) for furnishing all labor anj'l1 material for tho completo construction of said pro posed Wator Main Extension; (B) for tho furnishing f. o. b. cars North Platto said material or any part there of: (C) for tho furnishing of all tools arid labor necessary to lay and the laying ot saftl quantities and sizes ot Wator plpo. Tho following material to bo tar nished by the city ot Norh Platto for class "C" bid to-wit: all cast Iron plpo an spoclal castings and also all oak um and lean or metalltum noccesar for making joints in samo and aslo tho valves and boxes and hydrants and stono and gravol for placing about hy drants. Tho engineer's estimate for material for class "B" bid is $64,734.00. Tho engineer's ostimato for labor for class "C" bljd is $27,800.00. All bids must bo mado on proposals In tho specifications furnished upon application by the City Clork and must bo accompanied by a certiflqd chock ot two por cont (2) of tho total bid. Successful bldlor will in all casea bo required to tako Wator Extension Bonds at par and accrual intorest ln payment Mayor and City Council roflorre the right to rojoct any and all bidB. Said bids to bo sealed and markoJJ class "A", "B", and "C" as tho caso may be. By ordor of tho City Council of North Platto, Nebraska, August 23. 1921. Attest: E. H. EVANS, O. E. ELDER, Mayor. City Clork. (SEAL) If
