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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR.
NORTH PLATTE, NEB. OCTOBER ifc, 1921.
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about People '
and things
CUHltENT COMMENT ABOUT l'UO
TLE AND THE THINGS THEY
ARE DOING HERE.
On Tuesday, Oct. 28th, Wallace la
toformally dedicate the Johnston
Memorial building "with "an all-day
program. A number of peoplo frW
North riatto aro planning on attend
ing during tho day.
Gale Baldwin of Dickons has ask
od tho County Agent to hold n Pout
try Culling demonstration on his
farm at 3 P. M. Saturday Oct. 22.
Mr. Kellog has accented and a largo
audienco of Jnon and. women Inter
ested in poultry raising is desirtRl,
months loavo of absence. They, will
spetul part of this Unlo in. North Plattq
visiting at tho IV J. Gilman home; The
GllmniiB Svill bo wolcomcd by hoir
many friends and acquaintances hero
who havo watched their work in tho
foreign fields for so many years.
With a population of 23,420' us
shown by tho 1920 census, Lincoln
county has 3,25G more males thnn
females. In. North Platte there Were
roportctt 0,281 males and 4,175 fc
males, a preponderance of 2.116
males, a propoderance of 2,116
ui males is duo to tho large uumuck.
of young. unmarried railroad men. In
Hastings there are 429 more females
than males.
A. prairio firo started near the
Siapieton road, Saturday, and went
epmo f if ten miles east 40 tho river
between ilaxwoll and Brady. It la
said tho backfiring of a car was the
cause. The road had been bayed
and tho sparks from, tho backfire
caugni mo nay in mo roau. ino mum- Scout Executive Stenhens -(5 annri.l
Ings aro reported .burned and Uipre lng: hM of 0ach day and most of 'the
was no loss oi me.
Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Koch returned
Saturday from tho State Convention
of tho Lutheran Church. .Itpv.
Koch was appointed chairman of tho
Nebraska Synodlcal delegation of
five men "which will attend tho n&r
tional convention o tho IvitfhPr&na
at Buffalo next October, -Mrs, Koch
was one of threcr delegates elected
to' attend the annual meeting of tho
Missionary Society of tho Lutheran
Church. This convention meets in
Pittsburg in Sept. 1922. Tho Kochs
report a good time and an interest
ing session.'
LODGE, CHURCH
. AND SOCIETY
COMING
VARIOUS
MEETINGS IK TMJE
ORGANIZATIONS, OF
THE CITY.
yWEBDISII
Mission at the Chrlstiun
Friday October' 21 r at 8 p:
Church,
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YOEMEN "
Initatlon Thursday. evening will bo
followed uy a &ocivgt
ODD FELLOWS, , '
Second Degree at IO. 0. F. hall
Thursday Oct. 20.
Mrs. Alleen
Superintendent
night working with the Boy Scouts.
G. Cochran, Counlv 116 ls a series of typewritten
of Lincoln County sheets giving information and dh-ec-
Schoojs, read a paper before the tlons 10 Ule BC0Ut masters and assist
State Convention of tho Nebraska
Library Association at Grand Island
last Friday on . the subject "Tho
Need and Value of More Reading
Material for Rural iSchools." Tho
address is reported to haveben en
thusiastically received by the librar
ians present.
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Rev. and?Mrs. Alfred Gilman and
fchreo children failed from Shanght,
China . on October 15 ' via Canadian
H' ' Paciilc line, and ylll land in Brltlsli
, "tSjlunlbla in about fifteen days. "ReV.
China and is returnlngeart'n. six
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ants. Ho is in his bffico in the Frank
lin sehool every day after school arid
gives the individual tests to tho scout's
who prepare for them. All of tho
troops meet on Tuesday evening and
Mr. Stephens has ' prepared the pro
gram so that some special instruction
can bo' given by someone ..outside of
tho scout force.
THURSDAY
Tho Christian. Ladies wil hold their.
I'OfiUlftV VncQtlng Thursday nft'ernooil.
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HIGH .SCHOOL CADET. BAND TO riftft ACC
ACvOJll'ANY rOOT BALL TEAM I I1 jf IVIXUiKl
TO OMAHA
Superintendent Littel has lssuod
tho following statement about the
band't6 Omaha:
Last year tho High School Cadet
Band, accompanied the Football Team
to Lincoln. It made such a splendid
showing for the town and shwtyand
individually tho boys learnud.mniuch
that ths year it has been planned to
take. the band to Omaha. Tho band
thls-year is much larger, numbering
57, "aiii plays much bettor than last
1r fact; there is ho High School l
in. tho State that can approach oar's
in nHmber or efficiency. TKq hand Hs
80L CALL
SlliLLINd TO 1IMVI
ANNUAL HEMIDB HSI HP. OARI
PA1GN OF RED CROSS.
OAlTAlN
At a meeting ofjtho Board of Dir
ectors of tho Lincoln County Chapter
American Red Cross, last Wodnes-
ATTRACTED AND
A LARGE CfcOW
day afternoon, A. W. Shilling was
Unanimously elected Chairnan of tho
Roll Call to bo held in November,
be-en' self-sunnortlHti. buylRR Its own Mr. aittiUnr win
butrmMnU exc?iH jlio big drum nnl county and select his coramittcos
YEOMAN y .
Business meeting at 8 p. m. Thurs-f
day, October 20th at It .0. Hall. Pub
lic Installation of officers and social
following the business meeting.
PHILOS:.Gi)NA . u "'
; Club will .entertain, at the. home
of Mrs. Grey Anderson on "Wednes--day
afternoon,
- Tho auto fourist camp l-bund-' clos
ed fortje season Saturday ' after be
inir-in" operation for six months. The
total number of cars night parked for
tho period was 4,985 By months tho
parkings ijw'ere 'tfsfoiibws :tpriilJ
way ids, June oss, jmy 1227, August
1G52, September 827, October 170. Tho
cost of maintaining tho camp for tha
season was in round numbers ono
thousand dollars.
LUTHERAN
Girls Club will meet in the church
basement on Oct. 19 with Mrs. 13. B,
Payne and Mrs. J. F.. Butler. A
good attendance is desired
the bas hril alo purchasing Its
own- mj8l0, frOjlilfBont and uniforms.
Tho amount of money necessary to
equip tSjo band as it stands today re
proseMfs an-Investment -of fully soVeg
thousand dollars,
"ThefBand has hood unuoavonng
thrueuu. the :ear to I'ais Us o.wn
monoyor tho trip and has ifois&I n
.large paro, but it lacks a certain
sum Vitch thY Chamber ot Commerce
has asced them to raise by solicita
tion,, they themselves starting with
ono -hundred eighty dollars.
On Tuesday at 4 P. Mi. the band Will,
appwrTon the streets. In full. Unlfdrln
and reader a few selections watt! tho
commjttco Is aolicittng; Seventy men
at five dollars each will cover tho
deficit 1
with care, having in mind tho best
About fifteen hu4r f
fans attended the football gawp lutt
Friday at tho Fair Grounds betw'iSS
tho local high school eleven antlUL
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Platto won tho toss and scored th-irT!
teen points in tho first ten MtalW.
of ilay by a scries of forward futmmj' -'
Ansley came back ani scorei a
touchdown making- the mm 13 to g
During tho first wfkttfcei th secoad
half Anliiey scored their second teach
down by claying a man Along the . ?n,
sideline unobserved by tha lel
team. Suddenly rtcclviii 'fenrwarvl
pass ho raA thKli"'fer tneh- '
down, Aniley aH4H:; scored in a
fow minutes on a series of vmw
lntefcats of the County as a wholo. North Platto made anothor
"I lsh I h4. ar," said Chairman dpwn and tho gamo ended yith ifce4--Shjlljjwc,'
' ul vipald cover tht Bcoro -33 to 19 In favor olf our iiwtV'
"Whole of Lincoln bounty before tho team, Vrhis waa ono of tho cleanest
Vli
opeulng ot the
campaign
and .1 1 ua'niOB played on the homo field and
would explain, aaiar as possible 'thff at ho tworo iU Hin-kto
as to how the gamo would turn out.
.r-ri ;o: r-t :
Mr, and Mrs, Joo Souder are the : y .
bWUd iNtrents Of a baby girl. AU'i'
Oireo are getting along nicely from '"
last reports. ?',;
AVondetTul w?k twlag done In this
county by the HJNo BorVIco ana
the Homo .Huraliijj bojJafttnohtB,"
Mrs, Yf, Rouche oi Horshey visited
frleWsili the city Saturday,
SOCIAL v
Mrs. John Hildebrandt will enter
tain the Altar "Society of tho Catholic
church at her homo Thursday afternoon.
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RAILROAD NOTES
On October. 1st the Union Paclfio
completbd7t37 ' miles of new double
track fn AVyominp. Tills makes 92 ner
c,onr thentir system-" between
Omahavand-Ogden AvIUi double track.
Trains are now .running on tfio
North Branch extension between Halg
and Lyman. No definite scheduler
havo been provided and tho mixed
trains run onfy on Tuesdays .and.
A committee of the Chamber of Com-! Saturdays
merce has examined several proposed! Business in tho local yards Js about
sites for the state fish lake which is to ! as it Was a fow wjeeks ago. There .nro
bo located in either Lincoln or Gar- noot may trains going west as
den county, nnd these sites will bo . KOtng east ami an aro loaueu 10 ca-
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Dr.J. S. Slmma was a professional
visitor; to Ogallala Friday.
Miss Gortrudo Doty had her ton
sils renioyed at tho Platto Vafloy
hospltaP Sunday.
Mrs.lP. W. McGlone" returned to
for Lincoln to transact business..
She, will-visit in Topeka,. Kansas, be
fore returning home
MiseBesele Smith returned to
Lincoln Sunday -where sho attends
the State University after spending
tho week end -with her parents.
The Fidelity Reserve Company
Home Office: NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA
3I LOCUST fcTKlKKT
Insures all classes of selocted llvos, lssuiBg policies on the ordinary
limited payment nnd endowment plan, with deuble indemnity; it also
Insures aghlnst sickness, Occident nnd total and permanent disa-1
bility.
Policies of this Company aro made secure by legal reserves
maintained on the highest atandarf, with additional coBttHient re
serves providing protection agaliMt'' all, eoterKenciee.
Information and advice on afy iattwj relative to Life Isimr'--'
nnce is available ot any time thtougb 'KMita or Home Office if .
this Company. " ' 1 i .,
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it
investigated by a commitfeo from tho
state boa,rd of control In a week or
two. Originally it Was planned for
pacity. .
,Thero are .38 freight crows on tho
i Becond- division and tho same number
the Btate to operate a sub-fish hatchr on tno tnira Ulvlslon. ,
ery, but a chango In plans has been! No moro men are being put on at
made, and instead of having a small tLis teVmlnal at this time and nonq
lake for propogatlng fish, a lake have een laid off recontly. Business
not less than one hundred acres will is good and everyone is busy, borne
t. t it .L iMMt...i -....1 rf 4lir mnn nnv flinf mnrft ninn nri'
mo uueuuu, wiiu it yvm uo bvuck.ch lum."
operated by the state and thrown needed but no ordors havo been re
open to the public for fishing pur-Jceived for additions,
noses, tho only requirement made is - AooordIngJto recent announcement
that tho individual fisherman bo the corrected to October 1st the chargo
possessor of -a fishing license.
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Over
soo,aao
You have real PULL
. vhen your banlc
' AqcountJs PULL
Arid U. B; Thrifty 's
HOME
SAVINGS
BANK'
can fill it.
We havQ asupply
of the little banks'
here free to
help savers
When you come in
fort yours, you
HELP YOURSELF
Interest rate 5 per cent,
Deposits in this bank are
protected by the Depositors
Guarantee Fund of the State
of Nebraska.
. UNION
STATE BANK
ALL '
Grain Checks Cashed Here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Davis of Max
well was a city visitor Saturday.
j for a lower berth on a Btandard sleqp-
J lng car from Omaha to North Platto
I ls now $3."75 plus. 8 per cent war tax
or $4.05,
VAUDEVILLE
At The Keith,
k&Jh
.Wednesday.
1st Act Jayne & Perdr ini, in a musical novelty con
sisting of Accordion, Saxophone and Piano.
2nd Act, Bud Boyd acknowledged to be one of the beat
pomedians of the day. He comes to us as Official Sam
pler of the Home Brew Association and has framed hJs:
act around prohibition wh ich contains more laughs than a
(person could possibly get out of this subject.
3rd Act, Mohler and Faytelle "Bright Lights from
Dixie," in a black and tan novelty. Mr. Mohler has beeii
associated with some of the best Minstrel shows including
pockstader, Al. G, Fields and tlio Haverly Minstrels. Miss
Faytelle is no doubt the gfe'atest imporsoriat6rrHVof the
parky Race. Patrons of tho Theatre can look for a real
treat in this act.
4th Act, The Lobsters in "A Night at Home." An athlet
ic young man and a charming little girl who offer a bal
ancing act juBt a little different than the usual run of
acts of this sort. Tho concluding trick of tho act being a
pensation'al dive over six chairs to a hand stand.
. Also three reels of pictures. First Show 7 :30 Second
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