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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1921)
THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE 'f ttN, ft WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY INTERESTING ITEMS FROM , EX CHANGES WHICH REACH OUR DESK. Malsch & Peterson had a new smoke bouse built this week, and to bo In surod that it will not go up in smoke llko their old ono that burned a few weeks ago, they have had it built ot brick Brady Vindicator. Brady Vindecator. lasi nigm a unci eniereu mo ucn , tal office of Dr. W. J. McElhinoy. I ransacked his office, and carried away about ?75 In gold. Entrance- to tho offico was made by sorrtcono who had : a key to tho lock or Uio thief picked it. Who ever ho was, ho was famil iar with dental offices as ho know Just whore to look for gold. No cluo; as to tho identity of tho thief could J bo found and nothing was takon ox-' copt gold. Dawson County Pioneer, i crop exceeded 79,000 tons, and practically all of It has been deliver ed. Garden County Nows. Tho picture show will close Friday night of this week, probably for all time. Any other town wishing to in stall another machine, can purchase a good Simplex (projector at about half tho prlco of a now machine. I Almost ?5,000,000, tho big payment to tho beet sugar farmers for their, 1921 crop, will bo paid out in tho North Plntto valley during tho pres ent weok. Paymont Is being mndo from tho factories of tho Great West orn Sugar company ait Scjottsbluff, Mitchell, Bayard and Goring, and will bo, for tho most part, on tho basis of $7 a ton for Uio beets. This year's During a girls' gamo of basket ball at tho high school gymnasium Thurs day evening, Miss Dorothy Jenkins was painfull nnd qulto sorlounly wounded. Sho took a sliding fall, and largo splinters were Imbedded in Uio calf ot ono of her legs. Theso were partially extracted, but a physician later was compelled to cut into the flesh to a depth of one-half Inch, in order to remove two largo slivers which wero Imbedded in tho flesh. Miss Jenkins was obliged to keep to her bed Friday morning. Gothenburg Independent. All telephone lino and right ot wny controversies on tho transmission lino from North Platte to Paxton have been cleared Up, nnd mntcrlals aro now on Uio wny to start tho con struction ot tho line. According to a letter received t' h morning from tho Hcnnlngson En gineering company, who have tho contract for the construction work, they stato they havo ordered full speed ahead on construction work. As wo understand it, a crow will start building nt each end of Uio line. WeaUior permitting, Uio lino will bo built in a very few weeks. Hor ehey Times. Tolopo3t. uoss good and Uiat ho Is well satis fied with his now location. Maxwell A deal was made last week by which Mr. Gcorgo Fowlor becaino tho ownor and proprietor of tho Ford garage. Tho deal was in tho way of a trade, Bert Leech roceiving in tho exchange n farm west of Sutherland partly under the ditch. Can you Imag ine Bort plowing corn and digging spuds? JiiBt what ho la going to do with' a farm wo havo not hoard him any, but it Is reported that ho will movo there. Mr. Fowlor roports busl- Thlrty-flvo men wero put back to work on tho Union Paclflo tracks on Tuesday morning. Hoavior Btcol rails aro to bo laid to roplaco tho proscnt rails bctwoen Colton nnd Bronson. About two months will bo required for this work. J. II. Birmingham, soctlon foreman, hns supervision. This will make a notablo dlfforonco ' In tho money put Into circulation in tho community as all, tho mon employed aro homo men. Sidney Tolcgrnph. Mr. nnd Mrs. Chnrlcs F. Rhino nnd two babies moved hero from North Plntto tho first ot tho wook nnd havo moved Into tho homo ot Miss Mulr n block south of tho U. P. station. Mr. Rhino Is tho now band leader and besides tho city band ho has or ganized a band among tho pupils of : ; S ii imsLs- U'l. Mmnmmmwmnmmmm - i s NEW EDISON is a period cabinet , ENUINE period furniture is the great modern vogue VJ" in interior decoration. That is why it commands such enormous prices. Connoisseurs pay thousands for choice pieces. If you and your family love these beautiful creations, get a New Edison. Edison cabinets are made in 17 different designs. Each (even the least expensive) is adapted from some masterpiece out of the Golden Age of Furniture. The. sources are English, French, and Italian. ' Come in and inspect these cabinets. You will seo that they are authentic period designs, of the' kind and quality associated with the costliest interiors. Better come right away because Edisons go triply fast at Christmas time. $35.00 we will deliver any cabinet to your Christmas tree. This is a bona fide offer. We will accept, as a Christmas deposit, any amount you name. The only proviso is that the amount be sufficient to indicate good faith. You need pay no more until next year. The balance may then be budgeted according to your convenience. All this is managed in a thoroughly agreeable way. All we ask is a Gentlemen's Agreement So, don't delay. Come at once. Arrange to give your family the miraculous New Edison this Christmas. If you prefer to know more about the Christmas Budget Plan bo fore coming, mail the coupon. But mail it today. Dixon Music Shop Chippendale II II III I III II I I I I II laMTI I .J-J"" Bim citizens of this community will bo tho high school and they made a start last week. It Is to bo hoped ttint tho loyal in support of our musical or ganizations ns tho prospect bid fair for a wonderful revival of muslo In Sutherland. Mr. Ithlno Is a highly talented mu sician and is well known in tho cen tral stateH in musio circles not only as a cornotist but a teacher and lend er of band3 .and orchestra. Ho ro contly como to North Platte from Sa Unq. Kans., and was Identified with tho best comctlsts of thnt stato. Ho comes horo with tho Intention of making this his permanent homo and wo hopo thnt all In this vicinity will contribute In a substantial way to make It possiblo for him to succeed hero. As Mr. Ithlno Is an ox-odltor and printer tho Courier offico Is In tho front lino to do Its sliaro and is using him In our Job dopartinont turning out highest quality stationery. If you havo any printing to bo done bring it to us nt onco and lot's keop him busy. Sutherland Courlor. Vulcanizing Tires, Tubes and Ac cessories. FERO STREITZ VULCANIZING CO. D Corner 6th and Locust g Phono B2GW. ;D0O00000O0tH30O0000tJ&0CH3OOCl Clinton & Son, tho Eyo Glass Men' Sorvlco and Satisfaction. Ed Kierig, Auctioneer. General Farm Sales A Specialty, slot Real Estate. References and DatM,j First National Bank. North Platte, Nebraska. Telephone Wires Would Reach Moon 100 Times It is only -15 years ago that tho tele phone was Invented by Alexander Gra ham Hell. Since then, in less than u life time, the telephone Industry hna been developed and expanded to such a remarkable extent that It now pro. vldcs n service of nntlonnl scopo for the 107,000,000 people living In the con. tlnentnl United States. This has re quired the stringing of enough wlro to span the distance from earth to tho moon more than one hundred times; the erection of pole Jlnes which would reach nearly llfleen times around tho world nnd the construction of build. Ings enough, If brought together,' to form u city about its Inrge as Dcs Moines, Iowa. Over n.1,000,000 telephono conversa tions take place every day, and since Its birth, only 45 venrs airo. the tele- phone hns become an essential and In- separable part of our every day busi ness und social life. The telephone companies havo been built out of the savings of hundreds of thousands of men nnd women throughout this nnd other states who have invested In telephono stock or bonds. Tho American Telephone & Telegrnph Company, the pnrcnt com pany of tho Poll System, alone has over 170,000 stockholders. Red Cross Gives $310,000 to Aid 'Clean-Up' Drive An appropriation of $310,000 (for Ited Cross work In connection wlth'the "clean-up" campaign Instituted by tho Government to bring tho claims of -all disabled service men who are entitled to Federal aid before the proper gov ernment bureau for action, hns been made by tho American Red Cross. The Executive Committee of tho American lied Cross in making the appropriation authorized the approprl aUon of 185,000 of this sum to the American Legion to defray tho ex pense of the Legion representatives asiigncd to tho various districts of the Veterans Bureau. The remainder of the appropriation wu authorized for apportionment among tho several Divisions of the lied Cross for carrying on that part of the "clean-up" work that falls di rectly upon the Red Cross organization. OVER 1,600 TELEPHONE COMPANIES IN FIVE 8TATE8. There are 1,017 separate and dis tinct telephone companies operating In the live stutcs of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, throughout which the Northwestern jOell Telephone Company operates. SUll they are so connected that calU can bo mude between every city, town awl village within the five states named. In the Ave Btntes there are more than ono million und a quarter tele phones. About 480,000 of them are evraed by the. Northwestern Bell Tele phone Company and 800,000 owned by connecting companies. There are 010 Bell exchanges In these nvo statea and 2,417 exchanges of conaectlac companies.
