THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
COIIN IS LIKELY TO BE USED FOK
FUEL WHKltK CHEAPER
TIIA.X COAL
Secretary Wnlace, of tho dcpart
mont of agriculture, said recently:
"Ear corn at 20 cents a bushel Is
equal In value to a fair grado ot
( westorn soft coal nt approximately
$10 a ton. In districts where corn Is
very cheap now the coal Is usually of
a rather poor grado and is soiling nt
high prices. Under such conditions
it will pay both farmers and people
In country towns to use corn instead
of coal.
"Because of the variation in quality
of both corn and coal it is difficult to
make scientific experiments tho ro
suits of which are applicable every
where, but, speaking generally, tho
relative heating values of corn and
coal aro about as follows:
Corn' at 22 cents a bushel equals
coal at $11 per ton.
Corn at 23 cents a bushel equals
coal at $11.50 per ton.
Corn at 24 cents n bushel equals
coil at -12.00 per ton.
Corn at 25 cents a bushel equals
coal at $12.50 per ton.
Corn at 26 cents a bushel equals
coal at $13.00 per ton.
Corn nt 27 cents a bushel equals
coal at $13.50 per ton.
Corn at 28 cents a bushel equals
coal at $14 per ton.
Corn at 29 cents a bushel equals
coal at $14.50 per ton.
Corn at 30 cents a bushel equals
coal at $15 per ton
Corn at 31 cents a' bushel equals
coal at $15.50 per ton
Corn at 32 cents a bushel equals
coal at $16.00 por ton.
"Tho drier tho corn the higher its
fuel value. It can bo burned either
on the ear or shelled, but better on
tho car.
"In times past, whon corn was
very cheap, it has ben burned as fuel
in tho United States, but mostly on
tho farms. In Argentina both corn
and small grain are sometimes burn
ed as fuel, not alone on tho farms
but in power plants Undoubtedly
largo quantities of corn will bo burn
ed on western farms this winter un
less tho prices should materially ad
vance. Tho farmer will find tho corn
cheaper fuel than coal, and in addi
tion will save the c6st of hauling the
corn to town and hauling tho coal
back. People In tho country
towns in tho sections of cheap corn
will probably find it will pay them to
buy ear corn for their furnaces and
heating stoves unless coal should de
crease considerably In price or corti
should advance."
ALYIJf C. 1'OItK.
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NOTICE TO OLD VETERANS OF
THE CIVIL WAR
Civil War veterans will bo admitted
freo to the vaudevlllo Friday night,
as tho guests of tho four old vetorang
in tho act entitled "Tho Follies of
'61." Put on your uniform) If you
can either the "blue or tho gray.
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Watch tho Specialty Shop windowu
for Xmas gifts. Arvilla Whittaker.
HOG Locust St.
Everett Bradley is confined to his
home on account of sickness.
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The Xmas Gifts With a
Personal Touch
Have Them Made Now
Rembrandt Studio.
In a brief skirmish on Ocober 8th,
1918, Sorgoant York (then Corporal)
klllod 25 Germans, captured 132 pris
oners, includng a Major and three
LieUtonnnts. Ills rapid, deadly shoot
ing nnd cool courage enabled him to
accomplish that which is without a
parallel. Tho quickness with which
tho dead wero piled up gavo tho ap
pearance of nn attack by a whole
company of shnrpshootors. "Six men,
wero with York but tho battle nnd the
victory were wholly York's." Even
more amazing than tho normal ac
curacy of York's aim is tho fact that
under a hail of bullets his nerve con
tinued as steady and aim as accurate
as though target shooting at a county
fair.
York has been awnrded the Con
gressional Medal of Honor, tho Dis
tinguished Service Cross, tho Legion
of Honor, tho Croix do Guorro, with
palm, tho Italian Croca dl Gorra, tho
War Medal of Montenegro, and a spe
cial medal by tho state of Tennessee.
Marshall Foch said that "York did tho
greatest thing accomplished by any
single soldier during tho war." He
also has been cited by General Persh
ing as tho hero of tho greatest singlo
feat, of arms ot the Groat War.
Since a youth, York has been noted
as a rare marksman in the mountains
of Tennessee. "Ho was tho crack shot
of his battalion with tho rlf lo and Jn a
contest with automatic pistols hit a
penny match box ovory shot at forty
paces.
"York has had many offers to com
mercialize his fame. Ho has declined
them all. Among the offers was ono
to go on tho stage for a thirty week
engagement at a salary of $1,000 per
week. Ho has given much time and at
tention, without any compensation,
to carry out his idea ot establishing
schools In the mountains of Fentress
County, Tennessee."
Mr. Wright, President of the Bank
of Jamestown says, "I havo heard
hundreds of people say that his fame
has not spoiled him, he Is a First
Class Christian Gentleman."
With such a record as a soldlor, and
such a character as a citizen, it is
easy .to see how tho enthusiasm of
this Nashvillo club immediately at
the, close of tho war should havo led
j thenv to act upon tho promise "tho
1 best is none too good."
Shortly after York's return at the
I close of tho war, tho Nashville Rotary
1 club purchased for him 400 acres, "the
best farm in his county" Thoy paid
$6,250 down and executed four notes,
duo in ono, two, three and four years
respectively. Tho Nashville club be
fore purchasing counseled with York's
neighbors who thought that tho pro
duce from tho farm would pay the
notes as they matured. Crop failures
and decline In prices havo made it
Impossible to thus meet tho maturities.
Tho Nashvillo club, besides the or
iginal payment of $6,250, paid tho
first note (November 18, 1920.) of $4,
687.50. built a barn on the farm at
a cost of about $2,200 and a room for
$1,000 on his mother's home, whero
ho now lives. Tho Nashvillo club
havo paid the splendid total of $14,
137.50. There Is still to bo paid:
j 1 note, duo Nov. 18, 1921 ..$ 4,687.50
1 note, due Nov. 18, 1922 4,687.50
! 1 note, due Nov. 18, 1923 . 2.G87.50.
Jl Tb fj
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Principal yet unpaid $12,062,50
One year's Interest 723.75
Total $12,786.25
Tho Nashville club having noni
paid moro than double tho amount
thoy expected to pay, aro failing in
their efforts to raise tho balance.
With crops and price conditions ay
now, they do not see how York can
moot tho payments. Thoy admit that
without outsldo help tho futuro looks
hopeless, and that thoy will appreci
ate any help to meet the obligation
thoy feol Is now upon them. To allow
York to loso tho farm would bo most
humilatlng to him and to tho Nash
villo club. Even though undor ox-
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YOUIt HOME TOWN
DON'T FORGET TO VISIT THE
BEFORE BUYING YOUR
CHRISTMAS
Talking Machine
Or Anything Else in the Music Line.
Holley Music House
Phone 145
Fifth and Dewey
There is something tho matter with
tho man who doesn't caro for tho
placo ho lives In; who doesn't como
back to it with somo degree of rap
ture and relief. Tho world citizen
who boasts that all places aro aliko
to him, that any place where ho 'angs
his hat is home, misses ono of the
ffrst nnd strongest Incentives to de
cency and duty which Is tho cleiiro
to win tho general esteem and good
opinion ot tho community in which
ono dwolls. No roward In money
compares in valuo with tho golden
treasure of a good roputo. Tf a man
cheats and lies and steals and boarq
falso witness, ho may huild up a groat
j fortune nnd still bo plagued at night
with tho knowledgo that thoso about
him hold a low opinion of his worth
nnd works. Dr. Elliott of Harvard
has told us that It Is tho favorablo
opinion of a man's homo town that
is worth earning and retaining. Ono
of tho neighbors might bo wrong; hut
if wo tako tho summation of what
many arc saying, wo probably shall
arrivo at a Just estimate.
Merely to llvo in a place doesn't
mako one a citlzon. Your hoart will
le where your work lias boon put
In to help forward any good thing
that is going Ot course, one must
be trno to tho Immediate family olrole
and look well to the roof tree and the
dooryard of one's own household first
of all. Dut that intimate indoor de
votion, commendable as It in, may be
come a sel fiah sentiment that take
no thought for those, measures ot
public welfare In whoae benefit we. 1J
share. Fault finders stand ready wltli
harsh censure and snap Judgment up
on what tho tollers aro doing Tho
toilers are too busy doing tho work
of tho fault finders. They cannot
stoj) to explain. What every planta
tion of, human beings is in need of, if
it is to flourish, is a group of men
who love othors better than thoy lovo
their own ease and quiet and spend
thomsolvos In selfless endeavor. No
man gets tho name of civic patriot
by doing things simply for himself.
Ho must sorvo tho public interest In
the general good, not his own pocket;
while the rango of his charity . may
cover the whole world, it should, in
tho homely pliraso, "como homo to
roost" In his own town. Philadel
phia Ledger.
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Wo havo a supply of real Imported
Japaneso tea. Hotel Pulaco Uazaar.
J. Smlthers loft Wednesday for
Kearney to transact business.
Guaranteed piano tuning, riollcy
Music House Phono 145.
J. W. Nelson spent Wednesday In
Sterling transacting business,
Go to Dickey's for your fresh milk
10 conts por quart. ..
Mrs., L. L. Uortho returned yester
day from Sidney vhoro she vlsjlod
frlonds.
Prayer Books nnd ItosariOH for
Christmas gifts, c, s. Clinton A Son
Jowolera.
Mr. and Mrs. Prod Porratt lBft
Wedneaday for Toxas whore thoy yjlj
spend the winter.
The first one hundred kirt miliar
15 years of ago buying a ticket tpv
the matinee today to "Wlinors ot tin
West" wil get a cap free ami also 8
free ticket to the next chapter ot
tho following Friday.
Mrs. (J, Mann returned to her
home in Sidney Wednesday after tU
Ring bar parents, Mr. and Mrs. J .
McMlchael. She was accompuai ',
hoinp by her sister, Miss Ruby.
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