THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
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Will Hold A
Store Wide Sale
The Leader Mercantile Co. will
put on one of the biggest", way,
down in prlco sales
Saturday, Dec. 31
Beginning on this date every
thing in the store will T reduced.
ENEMY HELD OFF BY A
LONE CHIPPEWA
CHIEFTAIN
Mr. Nelson, manager of 'tho firm
gives details In an Interview
SATURDAY, DEC 81, 1021
-will commenco the greatest of all our
oalos in tho history of this business,
aad days long to bo remembered by
the customers of this store," said Mr.
Nelson, manager of the Leader Mer
cantile Co.,
This January sale will mean tho
greatest selling event of staple and
seasnablo merchandise over put on by
any store in this section of tho
state.
There will bo thousands of dollars
donated to the public, money saved
' by tho people. It will be a month o
no profit selling giving tho people
an opportunity to buy goods, at price.
matching tho farmers 75 cent wheat
and 29 cent corn with prices of
equal value.
Our entire stock will bo offered to
the public at a reduction of 20 to
CO per cent and more off tho
ail ready low prices. In fact all tho
women's and men's clothing will bo
sold at greater discounts or one-fifth
to one-half bolow former low prices.
This great sacrifice on our part has
ben necessitated by tho conditions
now prevailing. Tho low prices on
all farm commodities including cat
tle and hogs.
"When wo say everything," said
Mr. Nelson, "wo mean everything" wo
mean spool cotton, pins, needles and
notions. Wo mean calicos, ginghams,
muslins, silks and finer dress fabrics.
W mean underwear, hosiery, knit
goods, sweaters, gloves, handker
chiefs. TVe ritean men's and boys suits and
ovrecoats, hats and caps and shoos,
women's ready-to-wear suits, coats,
dresses, furs and millinery;, which
will bo sold at one-half ono-third and
one-fifth off tho regular prices wo
mean just what wo say, every single
small or big item in tho store will bo
reduced from 20 to BO per cont.
It is Impossible under ordinary
conditions to hold a storo wldo sale
M such big discounts if the mer
chandise is marked to soil at the
7ry moderato margin of profit we
get. But this is not a question of
profits or storo ethics, its a question
of turning our goods into money.
Tho storo Is short of holp, but wo
having all goods marked in plain
figures, so that peoplo can wait on
themselves. If tho clerks are all
bny. Thero will bo no closing up for
several days to remark goods, every
tklnc will go at a big reduction.
J.ui.u.iiiiiilllilJ.lUJlll'jiUJMII.I.II'J
A century ago the lands of north
western Wisconsin, now rapidly bolng
brought under cultivation by settlors,
resounded with tho din of battle. For
decades this roglon was tho battlo
ground of Chippewa and Sioux, and
ovory summer contending war parties
set forth Intent on mission of blood,
In tho end tho Chippewa triumphed
retaining possession of tho country,
but 'the prlco paid for it was heavy.
"Almost every bond on Chippowa and
Menomineo rivers," says Warren, tho
historian of the Chippewa, "has been
tho scent of a fight, surprlso or
bloddy massacre."
Ono such conflict, long famous in
Chippowa annals, occurred about
1795. Big OJibway, a noted war chief
of Lac Court Orellies, not long before
had lost soma relatives at tho hands
of tho Sioux, so ho rallied a war
party of about twenty mon and set
out towards tho west In search of re
vengo. Arriving on tho bank of tho
Mississippi near tho mouth of tho
Chippewa, thoy perceived on tho
Minnesota shoro a largo pnrty0of
Sioux engaged in the war dance, pre
paratory to Invading the Chippowa
country.
The Chippewa were hopelessly out
numbered, and several of the more
prudent warriors urged their chief to
quietly withdraw, since for them to
attack tho Sioux would result in their
almost certain destruction. Big Ojib
way however, was bent on fighting
and his only answer was that any
who wore afraid to die might depart
for their homes, as for him, ho would
await the foe with such of his men as
choso to remain with him.
Not a single warrior took advantage
of tho chief's offer, and he proceeded
to conceal his followers in ambush In
a place where the forest camo down
to tho very banks of tho Chippowa.
Early tho next morning tho scouts
perceived the Sioux, two hundml
strong embarking in their canoes to
begin tho trip up the Chippewa. This
news they quickly reported to their
fellows and in silence tho littlo band
awaited the approach of the enemy.
Soon tho latter appeared, singing
their war songs as they paddled slow
ly up tho swift current. When they
wero fairly opposite the ambuscade
the Chippowa poured a volley upon
them, killing and wounding many of
tho warriors.
Without stopping to reload tho'r
guns tho Chippewa then sprang up
and ran for their lives, hoping that In
the first confusion of the sudden at
tack tho Sioux would not Immediate
ly pursue and thus they might effect
their escape.
This hope proved vain, howover, for
tho enemy lost no time in leaping
ashore, and following up the pursuit.
Big Ojibway, a huge man, could not
run far and soon began to fnll to tho
rear. His warriors slackened their
pace; refusing to leave him, until he
stopped altoegthor and in a brief
speech urged them to save their lives
whllo thoy might. For his part, he
knew that he must die, but in tho
meantime ho would stand between
them and their pursurers that thoy
might return in safety to their kind
men. Tho warriors reluctantly heeded
their chief's direction and to a ninn
reached homo In safety. Long after
ward, when peaco was once more re
stored with tho Sioux, they learned
from tho latter how Big OJibway had
died. Tho Sioux camo down upon him,
they related, seated In a clump of tall
grass on a small prairlo camly smok
ing his pipe. At first thoy were at a
loss what to make of this Btrango
procedure and fearful that Bomo ruse
had been planned to decoy them to
, a fresh ambUBh, they hesitated to ad
vance. When tho wholo war party
had arrived, they cautiously sur
rounded tho warrior, and whensthey
had ascertained thnt he was entirely
alono began firing upon him.
At tho first volley Big OJibway fell
forward as If dead, and tho Sioux
rushed forward In a body to take his
scalp. As they reached him, howover,
ho sprang to life, and shooting down
tho foremost warrior ho rushed upon
their ranks and dispatched another
with tho stock of his gun. Then draw
ing his knlfo, ho continued to fight
till, pierced with wounds, ho foil to
his knees. With blood streaming from
many wounds ho still dofonded hlm
solf, uttering tho while his whr
whoop until weakened by loss of
blood, tho bravest of tho Sioux grasp
ed him by tho scalp lock and with n
sweep of his knlfo killed him.
Throughout tho fight Big OJibway
mocked his foe, and his face, after his
death, stil woro a smile. Tho Sioux
testified their opinion of his vnlor by
cutting his heart Into bits which wero
devoured by tho warriors in tho uo
llef that theroby thoy would become
equally "strong hearted." Around tho
Chippowa campflres tho momory of
Big Ojlbwny's last fight long was
eolobrated In story and song. M. M.
Qualfo In Mlwaukoo Journal.
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DUNN'S REVIEW TELLS OF
RECENT BUSINESS
CONDITIONS
hcviow Bays:
Interest in commercial movements
now conters more on probable de
velopments In tho coming year than
rrcnt fluctuations in business
Tho season is at hand when not much
in tho way of activity is to bo ex
pected in wholesale circles and retail
distribution, although of largo volume
In the aggregate lacks tho momentum
and breadth noted in somo other hol
iday periods. Evidenco of economy
and discrimination in buying, with n
, decided proferonco shown for staple
and useful merchandise, reflects alike
tho diminished consuming power and
chango in purchasing policy, and
dealers are shaping their action ac
cordingly. Relatively low prices for
farm products tend to restrict tho ab
sorption of goods in agricultural sec
tions, to limit demands in manufactur
ing districts. With nllowanco for tho
various unsatisfactory phasos, how
ever, tho outlook is clearly moro on
couraglng. Complete restoration of
settled conditions is still some dh
tanco in tho futuro, yet, dements
which will mako posslblo an ultl
mato return of Industry and. trndo to
a strongor and sounder basis aro
steadily multiplying. Aftor many
months of declining markots, tlio
wholosalo prlco situation is now gain
. i.-i ity, us Dunn'3 index Num
ber demonstrates, and tho point haa
boon reached in somo quarters whoro
renewed activity is oithor dovoloplng
or Is foreshadowod. Prominent among
tho favorablo features is tho prospect
of further oxpansion In building oper
ations with tho end of winter, nnd a
full measuro of progross In this di
rection will do much to accelerate tho
hoped for general recovery In business.
Poem QY1
Uncle John
"PARTLY CLOUDY"
:o:-
I fashlonod n rhymo of tho sweet scontcd thymo, an' tlio bank whoro
it vordantly growed; I sang of tho heather, regardless of woathor, an'
whllo I was slngin' it snowed 1
So I turned tho hazo of tho crisp autumn days, an fathorcd a sonnet
so gny; but tho woathor turned warm with a mid-summer storm an' washed
my nut sundno away!
Then I sang to tho skies, whoro tho myriads of oyos poop out from
tholr curtain of bluo; till bIx million clouds draped my subject in shrouds,
of courso my refrain wouldn't dol
So, I'm sad and moroso, twlxt tho sunshlno an' s'iiowb; I'm weary an
poovlsh an lame; my inuBO has went punk, whllo tho weather man's drunk,
I'm thlnkln of changln my namo!
Clinton & Son, Tho Eyo Glass Mon,
Sorvlco and Satisfaction)
C. F. Spencer left Saturday for Lin
coln to spend Christmas with his family.
LOCAL AJSD PERSONA!,
Judgo C. Franklin Tracy returned
Tuesday from Omaha whoro ho spout
a woek.
Roy Jacobson ,of Loxlngton arrived
Wodnosday to visit at tlio F. L. Tem
ple homo.
Ceo. Louis of Cozad spont'tho first
of tho week as tho guest of Philip
Tcmplo.
Marcus and Vinson Mooro accomp
anied tho body of their mother Mrs.
Estolla Mooro to Pino Bluffs, Ar
kansas Wodnosday.
Clinton & Son, Tho Eyo Glass Men,
Sorvlco and Satisfaction.
Mr. and Mrs Harris Stuart roturnoil
to Donvor Wodnosday aftor npondlng
Christmas nt tlio homo of tho former's
parents Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Stuart.
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Mens and Young
Mens Suits in
3 Lots.
Entire stock of new fall
and winter suits, consist
ing of serges, worsteds,
cassimere and novelty suit
ings. Priced at
$975, $19.75,
$29.75.
Mens and Young
Mens Overcoats in
2 Lots
All the latest styles pur
chased for this seasons
selling. Young mens belt
ed coots, fitted and semi
fitted dress coats," Ulster
and AutoCoats. Priced at
$19.75, $24.75.
Leather Vests, "Gorden Make" values
to $16.50 moving at
$5.75 $6.10 $7.35 $8.50.
Moleskin Coats sbeep lined with pelt
collars at $9.25.
Traveling Traps One-Third Off.
ODD TROUSERS,
$1.20 to $3.00 per leg.
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Railroad Mackinaws 3-4 length, leather
reinforced pockets priced at $9.75.
GABERDINE COATS,
$35.00 values at $24.00.
No Lay-Aways.
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No Alteration.
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