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MOYtk
TUESDAY nnd F1HDAY
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
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NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, JANUARY, 4g2 2.
NO. 4.
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FIREMEN GET
CONVENTION
DELEGATES ItETlJItN THIS MORN
INO AND BEGIN MAKING' PLANS
FOR GATHERING
Twenty-two tired volunteer fire
men' came in on nn early train this
morning after sending tho week at
Norfolk attending tho Rtato conven
tion. They wore tired hut happy. For
moro than a year they have desired
to ho host to tho state hody and at
tho meeting yesterday afternoon tho
convention hy a hig majority on tho
second hallot accepted tho invitation
cxtonded hy George Wilkin's. The
convention was a success although
the weather was had. Almost a
thousand firemen were thero nnd
over 850 of thom attended a banquet
last night. O. 0. Dedmore was tho"
Chamber of 'Commorco delegate who
accompanied tho local firemen and
assisted in getting tho convention for
North Platte. Tho hoys report tho
treatment at tho Norfolk hotels and
restaurants as fine. They say there
were ten' pullmnn sleepers on tho
trades all of tho timo and they wero
fUled with delegates thus relieving
tho crowded hotels at night. Colum
bus and Sidney wero also after tho"
convention. "Wo have wanted, a fire
men's convention for a long, time,"
said J. It. Basklns, when seen this
morning, "and we are going right to
work tb making plans for tho big
event which will keep us busy and
working hard until it has been pulled
off."
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VICTOR HERBERT'S ANGEL
FACE TO BE HERE
- MONDAY
The plot of "Angel Face," revolve3
around an elixir of youth which is
wjpranteti, to, make, the aged young,
and thore aro many complications
which arise as tho ploj; progresses.
Angel Face is the name of the musical
comedy which Is to bo at the Keith
on Monday, January,23. The scone
is by, Victor Herbert, who is dlstln-"
gulshed for his light operas' and mol
odic originality. His Angel Faco mus
ic abounds in tripping light dance3,
romantic melodies and is truly or
iginal in every way.
A cast of exceptional excellence has
been selected by George W. Lederer,
the featured members of which are
Margurlto Zender, Nat Carr and Nora
Kqlly. In addition to them tho follow
ing well known artists are to appear
Ethel Mar telle, Joo Mack, Sarah Mc
Vicker, Bertha Belmero, William Cam
eron, Clem Bevlns, Agnes Patterson,
Nell Moore, John Relnhard, Lillian
Young, Wlllard Hall, Bruce Budlngton
Gall Mack.
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Clinton & Son, the Eyo Glass Men.
Service and Satisfaction.
A Real
wrj vifenwVMWt
It is ono thing to point out tho
security 6f a Vault, tho amplo re-,
sources behind this bank and the ex
perienced and careful Judgment of
our officers as a guaranteo of safety
and It is another thing to tell you
that ovory dollar deposited hero is
positively protected by tho Guaranty
Fund of tho Stato of Nebraska.
Ono thing certalnyou aro safq,
, when you bank hero and we offer, in
addition to safoty, efficient, helpful
sorvico. ....
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The Platte
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FIDELITY RESERVE HOLDS
ANNUAL MEETING AND
ELECTION
Stockholders of tho Fidelity Ro-
I sorvo Company held ' their annual
imeeeting last Tuesday and elected of
ficers. A. B. Hcngland was elected
to fill tho vacancy on tho board of di
rectors caused by tho rotiromont .of
Dr. Baker. Tho board now consists
of J. J. Hnlllgan, W. V. Hoagland, C.
F. Spencer, A. B. Hoagland and F. L.
Temple. Tho officers wero unani
mously ro-olected as follows: F. L,
Temple, president; F. C. Pielstlcker.
vice president; Keith Novillo, vice
president; C F. Sponcor, treasurer,
nnd A. B. Hoagland, secretary. Re
ports from tho officers showed that
thoro has been an Increase in tho
company's assets of over $G0,000 dur
ing tho year 1921. This will bo shown
in tho official roport which will bo
published in tho near future.
Tho advance statement of tho Fl-
dollty Resorvo that its assets will.
show a gain of over $G0,000 for the
year 1921 is almost startling to thoso
who have thought that "thero is no
"money in tho country." 'Tho Fidelity
officers have made tho most of condi
tions and through strict economy and
attention to details, they havo put the
balanco on tho right sldo and made
it big. Congratulations.
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CITY LIBRARY REPORTS A
RECORD USE OF ROOKS
OF REFERENCE
More books wero borrowed "from
tho City Library last Saturday' than
tho Saturday before and that was a
record. Tho loans wero' made to in
divlduals, not schools. Miss Murpliy,
tho librarian, says tho circulation of
non-fiction books has doubled during
tho past week. She thinks this Is ac
counted for by the opening of tho
night school and so she obtained ad
ditional books from the state library
for this, special use.
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Messers Keonan and Sellstrap of
Kearney, werein-tho cltyAWednosday
They were -looking for a location In
which they wore going to open a pro
duce house, t
I Dixon "Optical Co., glasses fitted.
i The Shrine club will entertain at
a dinner and dance at tho Masonic
hall February 2. Thoso on tho com
mittee aro R-. R. Dickey, D. O'Brien
and J. B. McDonald, i ,
DIxton Optical Co., tests eyes.
' The cold weather has put a stop to
work on tho new court house so Con
tractor McMlchael took tho opportun
ity to make a trip east to place orders
for materials for the building
Victor records. All $1.25. All $.85
records at $.75 Roberts Music Co,
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Swopo entertain
ed at a 7 o'clock dinner Wednesday
ovoning. Covers woro laid for six
teen guests. Tho tble decorations
woro pink and white and a large
bouquet of roses and carnations
formed tho centerpiece. Following tho
dinner tho evening was spent playing
bridge.
Guarantee?
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Valley State Bank
ABOUT PEOPLE
AND THINGS
CURRENT . COMMENT ABOUT
PEOPLE AND THE THINGS
THEY ARE DOING
A. E, Olson reports tho sale of a lot
In tho 1100 block to Elmer Koorits
It was tho properly of Judgo Tracy.
Ho also roports tho snlo of two lots
belonging to Judgo Tracy to BcsbIo
B. Noal. They aro on Jefferson Ave.
between Sixth and Front. '
Ed Totenhoft reported that ho had
over 1,300 hogs In tho stock -yurfls
last Sunday. Ho shipped several cats
to tho west coast and tho rest to In
tervening points. Some of tho hogs
woro light but most of them'-woro
rogulnr shipping weight.
Tho orchestra of fiftoen pieces
which played at tho Musicians ball
Wednesday evening is tho samo or
chestra which will play at tho Charily
ball next Wednesday. The players
aro "offering tholr services free that
tho entire proceeds may bo turned
over to ilo committee.
At a -mooting-of tho Board of Edu
cation hold Tuesday ovoning It Was
decided to send .Superintondont C. L i
Llttol to Hastings next wqok at tjto
cxponso of tho Board. Tho annual
mcetinc: nf tho AsunrlnHnn nf'firlm1
Boards and City Suporintonuonta YH
bo held at that time,
Li
Wodnesday night tho thermometer
went to ten below zero horo at North
Platto. At Cheyenno it was 22 below
and at Lander) Wyoming It was
below. Now wo know what Dr. Kerr
means when ho says "Make it snappy"
Ton 'below is tho "record hero so far
this winter. Callfornlans please not
Ice
Ono of tho features of tho picture
"Forbidden. Fruit"' which is "aV fh4
Keith ' Sundny and Tuesday is tho
gorgeous fanciful vision of the Cind
arella episode played entirely in, solid
plate glass set approximately 150x
150 feet. Credit for tho idea and tho
costumes goes to Theodore Kosloff
who coached tho dancers and served
as technical director.
The Homo Economics department
of the Twentieth Century club mot
at the homo of Mrs. M. E. Scott. Tho
Isubject discussed was "Mhdo Over
Clothing," and fifteon women brought
models for Inspection. Mrs. Harold
Blalock had charge of tho program.
Tho hostesses woro Mrs. I. L. Steb
blns, Mrs. R, Dean, Mrs. R. R. Dick
ey and Mrs. D. A. Russell.
A movement was started about tho
town this week to have a class in
show card writing started at night
school. Several planned to attend
tho class but It was discovered that
registration of now pupils had beon
closed. Then it was planned to start
tho class and get enough students to
transfer from other classes to this
class. Nothing final had beon done
when wo heard last.
A number df now books have been
aq'qulrod by tho City Library and
placed in tho Juvenllo department.
This waB rendered necessary because
of tho largo number of children bor
rowers who patronized thlB branch
of tho library. Tho now books aro
animal and naturo stories, stories
about people and stories of travel and
history. Theso also tend to supple
ment tho regular work of tho boys
and girls in their school, classes.
In his annual roport for 1921, Sec
retary Bare of tho Chamber of. Com
morco says that fully half of tho com
plninta received at his office woro not
7 PER CENT
First Mortgage Farm Loan Bonds
Free From Nebraska Taxes
Sl.tfOO, $500 and $100 Denominations
A satisfactory investment for the man or
woman who makes safety of principal the
first consideration.
Inquire for particulars
Goodman-Buckley Trust Co.
justified nnd fsvo made through lg
noranco of . conditions. Record was
kept in tho offlco of 14G complaints
which wore received there. Of theso,
44 rolntod to bad conditions oitlior in
North' Platto. or in tho country. One
of tho functions of tho Chamber of
Commorco is to recolvo tiieso com
plaints and investigate each. From tho
roport above it looks as though tho
North Plntto Chamber is properly
functioning.
Tho first number of tho now
Union Pacific magazlno Is out. It Is
datod January 1922 nnd is Volumo 1,
Numbqr 1. It contains sixty-four
pages f interesting matter including
a fow advertisements of general and
kindred concorns. Tho announcement
of tho mngazino by Prosldont Gray
said that tho magazlno will ho dis
tributed froo to active nnd retired
employees of tho road. Tho Tribune
rogrets that it is not on tho mailing
list of tho Union Pacific magazlnq as
thoro is much of Intoregt in tho Jan-
liiary issuo and somo that would ho
woll worth roprlnting for tho infor
! matlon and ontortainmont of our
, rcadors.
A speakor in North Platto recently
mndo tho following statement whjch
does not exactly fit in with qur ideas
of tho ago of ndvonturo": . "Recently it
was announced that the United States
Sub-Treasury vaults In Now York
City contain $1, 500,000,000 In gold, or
ono-flfth of tho entire gold supply of
the world. Tons of gold arrive fra
quontly on largo Atlantic liners. Bays
an oxohange. and soamen and lontr
shoromon handlo tho precious cargo
with no moro Interest than if it wore
pig iron. Such a ship as tho Olympic
for example, carries millions of dol
lars In .gold, cnoujrh to have sunk any
treasure-Jndon Spanish galleon la tho
good old pirate days.
Tho Lincoln school Parent-Teachers
association mot Wednesday after
noon. Tho business meeting was
oponod by the president, Mrs. T.
JohnBon. Tho minutes of tho No
vember and December meetings were
'rea'd by' Miss Georglna McKay, After
'the buslnp3s meeting a "round tnblo
talk" was conducted, in place of tho
usual program. Miss Donaldson,
prlntlpal of the Lincoln school spoko
about tho welfare of tho school. Tho
value of 'serving hot lunches was
discussed and It was decided at this
meeting to carry tho plan out. Start
ing next Monday, children who bring
' their lunches only will bo served with
something hot. A calondnr was made
so that different members of tho as
sociation would bo on tho serving
committee. After tho meeting a do-
j Hcloiis lunch was served.
The city council at Its meeting
I Tuesday ovoning authorized tho fit-
1 ting up of ono of tho basement rooms
in the City Hall for a police deten
tion room. It is proposed to put
bars over tho windows and tho door
and put somo bunks in tho room. Po
licomon would take suspicious char
acters to tliis room and lock them
in until thoy could bo oxamlnod or
brought before tho police magistrate.
It would not bo expected that this
room would sorvo as a Jail bocauso,
it would not bo .suitable for a living
room for prlsonors. Thon on cold
nights and in rainy weather there aro
always a certain number of floaters
who seek th.o police station In ovory
city for a placo to got in out of tho
weather. When refused a place there
they are thrown on tholr own re
sources and resort to hold-up or bur
glary to secure what thoy need, ,Whon
tho detention room Is equipped, tho
polico can put them in thoro whoro
they can go to bed and when tho door
is locked thoy will bo thero for tho
rest of tho night and can ho examined
in tho morning. It is a good plan
and will work out for tho good of
overono concornod,
MAY BUTCHER
ON THE FARM
'SECRETARY STUHR ISSUES REGU
l LATIONS REGARDING CARE
SANITATION
In yiow of tho fnct that mnny farm
era throughout tho stato aro killing
j tholr own livestock and aro retailing
(the meat direct to tho consumer In
near by towns it has been deemed nd
, fisablo for tho department to lssuo
tho following rulo3 nnd regulations
governing tho killing, handling and
distribution of such moat products.
This authorization Is pursuant to
Chapter 190, Tltlo 3, Articlo 11, Ses
sion laws of 1919, and Chapter 190,
Tltlo 3, Articlo C, Session laws of
1919, as nmondod by Chaptor 13, Ses
sion laws of 1921. Tho department
will mnko no effort to regulate tho
slzo of tho transaction but encour
ages whorovor posslblo that such
Balos ho limited to olthor quartor or
half carcases, If this is dono thoro
is loss danger of exposing meat to
djrt, dust, or other contamination by
handling tho samo and cutting it into
smallor portions to suit tho consumor
at tlnjo of delivery.
1. Pronilsos. Tho promises or
yards in which all killing Is done,
shall bo maintained at all times In n '
dlcan nnd sanitary condition and no
accumulation of rubbish nnd rofuso
shall bo nllowed to remain near tho
placo of killing. In tho caso of a
building or out-houso being usod for ,
killing, said building or out-houso
shall bo kept In a clean and sanitary
condition froo from all dust and dirt.
' O TT TTf-. n . 1 m I
uut tvutui oiiihiij, ilium
should bo a sultablo means provided
for tho heating of a supply of wator
sufficient to thoroughly scald nil
utonBlls and equipment used in the
process of slaughtering.
3, Sp6dlp,l Machinery nnd ''(Equip
ment, This should 'inoludo all scald
ing vats, rondoring kottlos, meat.
blocks, derricks, sgowors, sharpening
stones, barrels caskB or tables. All
scalding vats, rondoring kottlcs, meat
blocks, tables and derricks-shall bo
thoroughly clcanod after each killing
and shall bo kopt In a clean and Ban-;
ltary condition at all times. Sharp
ening stones or Bteols. Bhall ho kept in
a cjoan nnd snnltary condition nnd
spitting upon said stones Is absolute
ly forbidden. All barrels, or casks
usod for packing, storing or distribut
ing meats shall bo thoroughly clean-
pd4 and Bcaldcd both boforo and aftor
using snail bo kopt covered at all
times with a sultablo dust proof cov
or. All tables aro to bo maintained
in a clean and sanitary condition.
Tables used for tho trimming or cut
ting of moats shall bo so constructed
as to bo ;oaBily scrubbed and oleanod.
4. Utonslls. This heading Includes
all knives, pans, cleavers, steels, moat
hooks, ladols. snoons etc. All utensils
used In tho slaughtering of farm pro-'
At 1 ne tieitli theatre,
Sunday and Tuesday.
MATINEE SUNDAY.
Jesse L. Lasky presents
Cecil B. DeMille's
Production .
"FORBIDDEN FRIT"
By Jeanio Klacpherson A Paramount Picture
A vividly intlmato revelation of love and married
life. Baring a wife's struggle between duty to a rascally
husband and the call of her heart to a man who was
worthy, ' t
fc Staged by a great company, with settings and" gowns
nloro varied and gorgeous than anything else DoMillo has
brought to tho screen.
With Agnes Ayros, TJioodoro Itoborts, Kathlyn Williams
Forrest Stanley.
ducts aro to bo scalded and cloaned
after each uso and ill of said utonBlla
aro to bo properly protoctcd from all
dust, dirt and other posslblo contam
ination whon not in ju'so.
6. Handling and Storing of Cnrcas
sos. All carcases when stored aro to
bo kopt in n clean building of sound
construction in order that thoro may
bo no contamination from dust and
dirt.
6. Vehicles and Transportation.
Whon moat or meat products aro
transported for distribution and sale,
thoy aro to be transported in covorod
wagons or vehicles of such construc
tion as to cffcqtlvoly oxcludo all con
tamination by dust, drlt or any other
means. Whoro moat Is transported
for delivery to meat establishments
or directly to consumers, said meat
may bo transported In covered wag
ons as abovo or In open wagons or
trucks; provided that each ploco Is
Individually wrapped in a suStnblo
cloth or heavy paper wrapping. Whoro
cloth is used for' wrapping of moat,
said cloth wrapptngs riro to bo kept
at all times In a oloan nnd sanitary
condition.
7. Penalty. Tho' penalty for viola
tion of tho food or sanitary law Is a
fino In tho sum of ""hot loss than ton
($10.00) dollars nor moro than ono
hundred ($100.00) . dollars, or Impris
onment in tho county Jnil not oxcood
ing throo months.
8. Salo of Meat From Diseased Ani
mals. Tho salo of flesh from a
diseased nntmni, wliothor such nnlmal
shall havo dlod of dlsoaso or shall
havo boon butohorod whilo in a diseas
ed condition, is prohibited Under
Chaptor 250, session'1 laws of 1915. Tho
penalty for violation of this act Is
a flno not loss than ono hundred
($100.00) dollars, or Imprisonment In
tho county jail nit less than six
months nor morovtlinn flvo years.
Effective Jnnhay l, 1922.
Department ""of Agriculture,
Lop Stuhr, Socrotary.
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County court" returned a verdict In
favor of tho plalnilff in tho caso of
North Platto Equity association vs.
M. Hayes.. Iii'this caso tho Associa
tion asked a judgment to compol Mr.
Hayed to pay for certain stock In tho
Association" which it clnlmed h6 had
agreod to Wko. Mr. Hayes through
his attorney claimed ho had agreed
to take tho. stock undor certain con
ditions which had not boon fulfilled
and po ho rofusod, to take tho Btock,
A number of othorB are awaiting tho
outcome of tho caso as thoy aro tak
ing tho samo stand that Mr. Hayes
took. Tho caso was appealed to tha
district court aB a test caso.
Senator Hoagland i and Representa
tive Davis will leave Sunday for
Lincoln whoro thoy will attond tho
special session of, tho stato legis
lature which is called for . tho first
of tho week. i
All sheet music 15c per copy. Rob
orts Music Co.
County Treasurer Soudor went to
Donvor Saturday to. attond tho West
ern Llvo Stock Show and had not re
lumed ycBtorday. Ho took two horses
with' him for show puposos.
