r. fin.' J w Jftorth A Ak .h. . Jk. . v I raw- TIIIRTY-SEVENTII YEAH. NORTH PLATTE, NEB., SEPTEMBEB 9, 1921. No. 70 ill Kl Min m BIG EXHIBIT AT STATE FAIR LINCOLN COUNT V OCCUflES A- rout twice the space or OTHER COUNTIES. OVER A' THOUSAND PEOPLE AT THLCOUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. The o(Jltor of tho Tribune spent Tuesday at the' Stato Pair at Lincoln. "We visited Agricultural Hall nnd saw tho collective exhibits from tho differ ent counties. Wo called on E. A. Ol son, who has charge of the Lincoln County collectivo exhibit and fourfd him busy explaining tho Lincoln Count products to visitors. Tho spaco occupied by Lincoln County is ahout twico as great as that of any other county. This space is weir filler with a variety of products which includes grains, grasses, hay. vegetables, fruits and secJs. It is an exhibition of which any Lincoln County citizen could feel proud. On account of its size it attracts attention when other exhibits although more carefully ar rangea will attract less attention on account of their small size. With the exporienco which Mr. Olson has gained this year ho should bo able to place "Lincoln County high among the west ern counties, shoul;l ho bo chosen to mako tho exhibit next year. When we were tlyjro tho judges wore at work hut no prizes had been announced. Tho exhibit will ho returned to North Platto ana shown at tho Lincoln Coun ty Fair. : :o: : STATE FIRE MARSHAL SENDS OUT WARNINGS ABOUT THAI- ItTE FIRES Following is the gist of an article re cently Issued by C. B. Hartford, State Fire Marshal of Nebraska, regarding prairie fires: Prairie fires do much damage every year durlng tho summer and fall when the grass becomes very dry and a tiny spark from a locomotive, bonfire or lighted match or cigar will sot tho grass on fire, and It hums with such rapjilty that t is imposible for any ono to control It. Very often prairie fires start by some one burning grass thinking they will burn only a certain omount. When anyone starts a flro to burn grass in a dry season they should always Wig or plow the ground for a space of ten or twenty feet where they intend to have tho flro stop. About the only "way to stop a prairie fire is for ment to get ahead of the fire ana plow tho ground or a space of fif teen of twenty feet in width so that the fire having nothing to feed on will stop. Great caro shoulfd be manifested always around dry prairies forests and even parks and weeds in cities during seasons when the grass is very dry. : :o: : Miss Anna O'Haro returned Wed nesday from Denver whore she spent three weeks. An estimated nttondanco of from 1,000 to 1,500 people woro at the Trl County Sunday School Convention last Sunday at tho grove on tho coun ty lino between Lincoln ana Logan Counties. Sixteen schools wero rep rosonteH by pupils una teachers. Most of thorn took part In the program. Tho part takon by tho chlldlen whs under tho direction of Mrs. O. 12. Abrams. A child's Exhibit in Art was handled by Mrs. Glbbs of Nosbit. One of tho features of tho day was a roumlrtable talk conducted by F. If.' Elliott of North Platto. The proposi tion of purchasing a largo tent for the use of tho annual conventions and for evangelistic meetings during tho root of tho year was discussed and ft move ment started to raise the money. Al most $150 was raised thore. It is ex pected that tho balanco will bo sent to F. R. Elliott, North Platte or J. A. Noal, Stapleton nna, all friends have been Invited to send in their offerings for this tent. Tho banner to tho Sun day School,, whoso (flelogation had. traveled tho greatest number of miles to reach the convention, was awarMcd to the First Christian Church of North Platte after a splritoa contest in which several other schools wove close seconds. Tho Christian Church sent about 100 delegates to this con vention. J. II. Edmlstcn was elected president for tho coming year and Mr Glandon was mado secretary-treasurer. WOMAN'S CLUn" HOLDS BANQUET AND ENJOYS ANNUAL GET TOGETHER EVENT. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS t f -i V . PLE CURKENT COMMENT ABOUTTREO. AND THE THINGS THEY ABE DOING HEBE. The Twontieth Century Club held Its annual Good-Fellowshlp Banquet Tuesday evening in tho basement o! tho Episcopal Church. The dinner wns served by tho E. Y. P. A. Fol lowing the banquet tho following pro gram was given: piano solo by Mrs. C. R. Grieson; president's address Mrs. C. R. Shelver; greetings from the Sixth District by the president Mrs. Geo. Frator; Mrs. Frater also began a series af talks oa "Who's Who in tho Club;' 'sho was followed on this subject by Mrs. W. W. Gum ming, Mrs. W. E. Starr, Mrs. Harold Blalock and Mrs. Roy Cottorell. Then followed a vocal solo by Miss Camp bell. Mrs. Chas. Bogue, chairman of Home Economics Department, gavo her Impressions of the work of the Literary Department and Mrs. M. E. Scott, chairman of the Literary Department gave her im pressions of the Home Economics De partment. Mrs. L. R. Pryor of Max well, then gave two realllngs. Tho program was much enjoyed by tho sixty ladles present as it ran from grave to gay with plenty of tho lat ter. A number of now members wore secured. District Foreman John McGraw will terminate his vncation Sunday. Part of the vacation was spent in Kansas City, the remainder on the farm of a relative near Elsie. BIGNELL FALL FESTIVAL September 16th, 1921. speaking sports at 2 o'clock: parade at 11 o'clock, basket dinner. DAY AND NIGHT Get ready to go and mingle with your neighborsand the crowds and forget your troubles. Something Educational and Instructive. DO NOT MISS THIS! For information write Mrs, I. M. Abercrombie, Bignell, Nebraska. Ballot for a vote on the acoptnee or rejection of a wago cut inafle In July are being distributor this week among North Platto mombors 6f ttie five railroad brothorhoods. Tho ,vote on this same subject was tolt'ott by tho shops somo time ago, ..tl- The recent reduction in the our re pair forco at this terminal wni con fined to ton men. This roduetbjr?'Mu8 due, It Is state!, to tho fact that re pairs on all grain cars had bMn com pleted and that there was not a suf ficient amount of othor work to keep tho full forco at work. hogs he buys como from stations on the North IUvor branch. Ho ships the greater part of tho hogs to Salt Lake arm I'ftdllc coast points. C. H. Hillson, of Omaha, district commercial managor of tho Western Union Tologrnph Co., has been Invltod to address the membership of the Chamber of Commerce on tho ovoning of Octobor 20th. Mr. Hudson's sub ject will be salesmanship and efflcleu-. cy, an address he has (delivered before ! a number of commercial bodies in Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. COURT HOUSE PLANS DRAWN ADYEHTIZi: EOlt III IKS COXSTIilTTlON OF A BMLBING, roit tiu: S'-'OO.OOO The city council opened bids for iron water mains Tuesday ovonlng and the lowest price quoted was $62.50. this price being submitttd by a Chica go firm. The drop In the jftlco of li'Oti nidi-lug tho past oiglit months haa I beon roally remarkable. In January the price quoted the city was $103 por j ton, in June tho qutntions woro $C7, j and the Soptombor prico is $52.80. It Is probable that the city Will bo able to buy tho plpo nciJed at $50 per" ton, or loss than half tho prlco askod In January. Joe an,, Poto Soudor, Charley Loth, Frank Sanford and Gilbert Anderson roturned Tuesday from Torrlngton, Vyo., where they registered for the lan,,i llrawing. Tho boys report that they fonill that 18,000 men haa Regis tered for the 217 units of land and that registrations wero still coming "In by tho hundreds dally. J Tho Secretary of tho Chamber of Commerco yesterday morning ascer tained tho sentiment of business men anJ others relative to tho proposed booster trip over tho branch to North- port, thence across to Sidney and then down tho main line. The number favoring tho trip was less than the number who opposed it. Under those conditions It was thought best, not to attompt to mako tho trip naw. Tho officers of tho county fair have .leslgnatcd' Ti(osny, Sept 20tiy, us N'orth Platto Day, anji tho board of directors of tho Chamber of Com merce at tho noon mooting yostorday ondorsed the action of tho fair offlccru and roeommondci that nil business houses as far as possible closo on tho afternoon of that day ana ""Ho with city residents generally In making September 20th one of the big days of tho fair. With property valued at its supposed actual worth, the total valuation plac ed upon the property within tho cor porate limits of tho city of North Platto for 1921, and upon which' tho levies will be assessed, is six million, three hurUred and olghty-BOVen thous. ana dollars. In past years tho basis of valuation has been onc-flfth tho ac tual value. This does not mean that tho city can run "hog wild" in levying taxes, as under tho full vnluatlon law the levies can only bo one-fifth the amount they woro In formor years. This means that tho amount of monov 38, May 19S, Juno G25, July 1227, Aug- that can bo raised by taxation dollar ust 1G52, six Idlays in September for dollar is not greater than in form total 3,988. The cost of maintaining the free camp grounfl from April 16th, the date on which the grounds were opened for tho season, to September 1st, has beon $794.78. Tho number of cars parked on the grounds by ..njpntha this year has been as follows: April i or years. Ed. Todenhoff, the local stock buy er, is shipping out an average of ten to twelve cars of hogs each week, with a car of cattlo sandwiched In now and then. Mr. Todenhoff keeps a buyer on the road all tho time, and many of the Miss Florence Wilcox ontortainod at six o'clock dinner last evening at nor home in honor of Miss Eva Iloagland who will leave this weok for Lincoln where sho attends the Stato University. In another column wo are publish ing the advertisomont of tho BonrU of County Commissioners of Lincoln County for bids for building the new court house, Architect Borllnghof oanio tip from Lincoln last wook and prosonted tho complotojl plans nnd specifications of tho now structure jo tno Commissioners al they woro approved. Thon by resolution tho Board ordorod County Clork Allon to ndvortlso for bids for tho building of tho structure. All bilJe aro to bo seal ed and delivered to tho Cleric not later than twclvo o'clock noon pn Octobor 10. This glvos tho contractors over thirty days In which to got prlcos and mako estimates. Tho building is esti mate by tho architect to cost about $1S0,000.00 without fumlturo and fix tures. When tho bids aro opened the Commissioners will hnvo tho authority to nccopt tho ono which in tholr judg ment Is tho lowest nnd best bid or to rojoct them nil If thoy aro not satisfied. PAH FBSTIVAL TO UK 1IKLD AT 11 1(5 X ELL COMMUNITY CENTO. Tho people of IHgnoll nifd vicinity havo planned a fall fostlval fpr Fri day Sept. 10. Thoy aro going to hold tho colobnttlon, at tho school corner and wilt hnvo a big tout for tho ex hibits. This will lncludo all kinds of farm products iuid tho host will be brought to Uio Lincoln County Fair nnd ontoraa for tho grand pro duct prlzo. In addition to tho exhibit thoro will bo a parade at olovon, sporta at two anfl speaking both nftornoon and ovonlng. Mrs. I. M. Aborcromblo Is giving out Information to thoso who aro Intorosted. Write hor. A goodl crowd is assured If tho wonthor Is favornblo and tho results of tho fost lval cannot but make tho pooplo hotter farmers nnd bottor citizens. Tho Inst roport from tho offlco of County Treasurer Sotlor shows that up to Sept. 1st ho hnd tssuaat 3S97 auto llconsos Blnco tho first of the yoar. This Is about four hundred undo tho number Issued at this tlmo Ins-t yoar. popular sunn store makes IMPORTANT CHANGES IN ITS MANAGEMENT. AUTO DRIVERS TAKE NOTICE Your Attention is ARRESTED while wo inform you that Dottv Compson will make her first appear ance in "Prisoners of Lovo" at tho Sun Theatre on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Miss Compson was elevated to stardom as the result of her wonderful portrayal of tho role of the girl in George Loane Tucker's "Miracle Man" and Is personally producing her own pictures for distribution by Goldwyn "Prisoners of Lovo" Is a BIG- FINE entertainment. On the first day that it is shown at the Sun Mrlve f the theatre, and after Leaving Your Gar in a saro place, you can enjoy ono of the most dolightful photo-plays over produced. After you have seen Hetty Compson you will want to pay COXJRT to this wonderful girl who ropents tho triumph sho achieved in the "Miracle Man." The picture ij loalded with SPEED and you will Im willing to drle Thirty Miles to see it Don't forget PRISONERS OF LOVE At The SUN Theatre, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Win. Burger, who camo to North Platto from GranJl Island somo tlmo ago ana who has boon mnnagor of Duck's Hootorlo during tho past yoar, has been trnnsforcd to Lincoln. Ilq has mado many friends in tho city all of whom wish him tho host of succors In his now location. Ho is succeeded by Theodore Wontlnnd who has boon associated with Mr. Burgnor in tho buslnpss-hero. Mr. Murphy of Koarnoy will tako Mr. Wentlaud's place. Wo congratulate Mr. WontlanlJ an his promotion nnd wish him a long nnd prosperous term as manager of this enterprising store. Mrs. Burt McGraw of Sutherland was an out of town visitor yestorday. N'ool Bullock went to Imporlnl, Ncbr today to entor tho races thoro. : :o: : .Too Plzor arrived homo from Hast ings Wednesday to visit his parents Mr. nnd Mrs. Julius Pl.er before going to Lincoln whero ho attends tho stato university. Miss Mary Donnls of Lincoln loft yostorday for hor homo aftor visiting Miss Nina Elder onrotito from ObIi- kosh whero she hnd been visiting. Beautiful lino of Gngo lints. The Leader Mercantile Co. -i:o: TWENTIETH CENTUJtY CLUB TO PLACE CLU1J MEMUElt NAMES TS THE YEAH HOOK. At tho goouVfollowshlp banquet o2 the Twontloth Contury Club last Tues day night It was announced that alh now members who join In tho near future will hnvo their names printed in tho membership list of tho annual year book. Tho club opons Its doors to all la lntorostod In tho club work. The yoar book will bo sent to tho prlntor In n short tlmo and tho officers sav thoy want tho list to bo complete. Memberships may bo given to M"rs. Sholvor or Mrs. Tout. MANY FOOTJIALL ENTHUSIASTS TUKX OUT FOR l'HACTICE THIS YEAR Thirty-one boys turned out for football practice Tuesday night and things aro starting off with prospocts for ono of tho biggest seasons North Pfntto hnB over had. A number of Inst year's lettor men nro back. Coach Ne ville will be assisted by E. L. Steph ens. A good schedule has been sn curcjl for tho soason. :o: "Lost you forgot" wo aro closing out our entlro Btock of Blankets at sac rificing prices. Buy whllo buying Is good. E. T, Tramp & Sons. Mr. nnd Mrs. II. A. Brooks, Mr and Mrs. David Brooks and Mr. ana Mrs. John Tucker roturned WodnesHay from a fishing trip to Artaburn's lake. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Woodrow, or Amos, Iowa, returned to tholr homo yestorday aftor vlBltlng at tho homo ox tho hitter's sister, Mrs. G. E. Chittenden. 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