on
TUESDAY and FKIDAY
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, JANUARY 31, 1922.
NO. 7.
dbhe
TALK POTATO
GROWING HERE
COUNTY "WIDE JSIEETINO AT
NORTH PLATTE TO lflSCUSS
SUBJECT
The Lincoln County Farm Bureau
Is Inaugurating a campaign to cn
courago potato growing hero and haa
called a mooting l'or North Platto for
Thursday, Fobruary 9. Tho Chamber
of Commorco is co-operating with tho
Farm Bureau and other organizations
may bo asked to join in tho mooting.
H. O. Wornor of Lincoln will bo tho
main speaker. IIo is assistant profes
sor of horticulture at tho University
and ono of tho cxtonslon speakers.
Tho mooting is to bo hold In the aftor
noon so that tho attendanco will bo
largo and from all parts of tho coun
ty. Thcro Is a movomont, among tho
Farm Bureaus to encourage a diver
sity of crops and this meeting will bo
to promote tko growing of potatoes
whoro they havo not been grown be
fore. Other speakers nro being sought
and tho meeting wll bo widely adver
tised. -:o:-
FOLKS YOU KWW
W. L. James of Nebraska City ia
in tho city transacting business.
Paul Mlckelson loft for Denver to
day where ho will spond a few days
visiting friends. I
,Mr. and Mrs. Sollcnberger of Fair
bury wore called to North Platto by
doath of tholr daughter, Mrs. "Wal
lace Qulnn. 1 ...
Miss Brown of the 'Rogers Produc
ing company arrived in tho city Mon
day to direct tho play "Miss Bob
White" for the E. Y. P. A.
The funeral of tho .late Mrs. Wal
lace Quinn will bo held at tho Moth-
odIst-chuvchthisAftornoonntW2tthoseprojectotherVwas-thoequlval-
o'clock. Tho body wil bo taken to
Falrbury, Neb., for burial.
U. B. Thrifty SAP
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Your checking account has the
double duty of paying your
bills
and protecting your receipts.
A checking account here does
this double duty for you day
after day, yet there is
NO CHARGE FOR
CIIECKING ACCOUNTS
at this bank. The . conveni
ence and protection of "pay
ing by check" is free.
JUST OrEN YOUR ACCOUNT
UNION
STATE BANK
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES IS
RECEIVING CASH
DONATIONS
Tho following contributions woro
rccolved this week by Mrs. OUio Salis
bury, treasurer of- tho Associated
Charities:
Proviously acknowledged $108.51
Altar Society 10.00
Kiwanis Club 25.00
Knlghta of Pythias 50.00
Engineers Charity Ball 504.30
J. Tckulvlo 5.00
Mrs. Emma Pulver 5.00
Maudo Coolldgo 5.00
Delia CoolidgO 10.00
Total $722.81
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OUR LINCOLN HIGHWAY
IS A FART OF THIS
SYSTEM
What tho now federal highway ap
propriations to bo oxpended under tho
direction of tho bureau of Public
Itoad3, United States dorartmont of
agriculture, will mean to tho country
Is accurately gauged in a
synopsis
prepared by tho bureau, showing tho
uso to which tho $275,000,000 pre
viously appropriated by congress has
been put. Up to Dccembor 31, $212,
077,240 had been put to work in pro
jects olther ontlroly comploto or un
der construction. To match that
amount tho states appropriated $285,-
K379.312, making a total of $407,450,-
558. If placed end to ond tho roads
to bo paid for by this money would
encircle tho earth at tho Equator and
extend aB far as from Now York to
Sun Francisco on tho second lap. The
total milcago of roads under
structlon and completed, tho depart-,
matoly 27,000 miles. Of this mlleago
iuuui a iuuuiuh nuun. nus uiiiuuAi
9,555 miles was in projects entirely
of 17,445
is.
miles was In projects which wero still
under construction but reported 69
per cont.. complete October 31. In
ent of 12,000 miles of comploted roads
so that tho completed roau to oato
was moro than. 21,000 miles, or near
ly enough to encircle tho globe. Prior
to five years ago the federal govern
ment took up active part In tho road
construction of tho country. Today
about ono-half of all roads under con-
structlon are being aided financially
by tho federal government, and tho
construction is subject to inspection
and approval of federal epgineers.
CITY AND COUNTY NEWS
Mrs. P. Linglo left for Sterling,
Colo., today. Sho will mako hor
futuro homo there.
W. W. Ohl was arrested Monday
charged with Illegal ..possession of
liquor. lie will bo tried today at 10.
o'clock.
Ted Cupp was arrested by Chief of
Pollco Splllner on the chargo of Il
legal possession and salo of liquor.
Ho was unablo to pay tho fine so ho
loft town.
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THEY ARE DOING
J. H. Edmlstcn, chairman 6f tho
oxecutivo committco of tho Progres
sive party in Nobraska writes that the
sixth district convention of that nartv
wm tm t10i.i nt Tlrn1rnn TW. fohninrv
7.
Supt. LIttal returned tho Inst of
tho week from Hastings whero ho at
tended a meeting of tho Nebraska as
sociation of City School Boards and
Superintendents. At tho closo of meet"
tho election of officers resultod in
his bolng chosen secretary-treasurer
for tho coming year.
Vlco president Coolldgo in speaking
of Prosldont Harding at a recent con-
vontlon is reported to havo said that
Mr Harding "has made an honorable
recoru or aciiiovoracnt, which no
' suphistry can mlsintorprot, no mis
representation can obscuro and which
' is bringing peace- and tranquility to
the nntlon."
A good sized nudienco attended tho
(rhloy ovonlns at tho UoUradUt
chinch. Mrs. MoPnrlmd Is d.Jn of
natl her exposition of
" "
Comos" was onjoyoil by
l no lociure was aivon unuor mo nus-
I ni noQ T.iin npn iirniinn nr run iihi
. . . . , .
Harry Boylo, formerly of this oItykal:on was nrosonto(l wllh " gold wntch -
has oponod up a potato chip factory
at Kearney and is sunnlylnfr tho re-ft
tall trade or this part of the, country !jias j'UD i,een brought to our .atton -
Harry says tho business promisoatlon is a -sausage factory owned and
well and tlmt' ho oxnects to addi Lnnmtn.i iv w w -p.a. tt i v
1b
warrant. Ho was calling on the lo -
vui uuuima niuuy unu yuiuuu uia
lino with several of thom.
Tho directors of tho Lincoln Coun-
ty Farm Bureau cet at Farm Bureau J whJch ho lmJ wored QUt from ox
headquarters In tho federal building porIcnco nn(I Uo 1ms a number of ous
last Friday and organized by electing tomorg whn tnl, llfm ,t ,R fln 1Tn
J. S. Koch, prosldont; James Shoup,
vice president; A. R. Lcavitt, socre
tary, and Fred McClymont, treasurer.
Full reports of the state convention
wero mado by Mr. Koch, Mrs. Shoup
and others. Plans for tho coming
year wero discussed and approved.
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The Sunday Journal had a picture
of a youth in boy scout costume under
which was tho following caption:
',wTi Mirr;tCaP?ln;1fC; Ul
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year. IIo is quarterback and a star
at tno rorwaru passing act." His
friends aro .peculating on whether it
.Biuaiiy u piu.iui-B ui ueorBo or
whether It la someono olso,
At any
rato .th honor Is thcro.
W 1 IN
is liood!
WE SELL
Tho guests of honor at tho Rotary
party yostorday. woro Bishop Boochcr
of Hastings: Judgo Payno of Grand
I Island; Genoral Suporintondont N. E.
I Williams of Omaha; Mrs. Wm. Cun
ningham of Iowa; Gordon Payno,
I manager of tho Assoclntod Stock
Yards; Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Sooborgor,
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Edwards, Mr.
and Mrs. W. I. Richards, Mr. and Mrs.
M. McFarlnnd, Miss Anna Kramph.
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I Word was rccolved horo Saturday
that C. J. Pass of this city hns boon
appointed Lincoln county chairman
of tho Wilson founatlon fund by Wil
liam F.. Baxter of Omaha, chairman
for Nobraska. Tho object of the en
dowment la to raise a fund for prizes
to bo destowed each year on thoso
whoso offorts havo boon notably in
support of peace and against mllltar
Ihui. Tho B. of L. E. arrangomont com
mtttoo which had charge of tho Charity
tall has askod us to express its thanks
to all tho3o who so cheerfully helped
make tho ball tho success It provod
to bo. In particular tho committco is
Indebted to tho American Legion, tho
, Musicians Union, Coatos Lumber &
Coal Co., Star Bottling Co., tho Tolo
praphrTho Tribune, tho North Platto
Light & Power Co., and to O. S. Pot
orson. Saturday t ovonlug forty friends
gathored at 'tho homo of Mr. and Mrs.
Russoll Wynmn. At 8 o'clock thoy
u. N. Johnston, tho occasion bolng
1 Mr. Johnston's (orty-slxth birthday.
Iiriz8 woro won oy u- J- AorK,UB Reenter of tho country on tho Fourth
warn
damos Wyman, Misohko and Snyder.
At tho close of tho evening Mr. Julm-
afnn wna nrnanftfnrl mIMi n trrt iWnf
charm.
a T.inin rn,-ntv inAuet u
' ho Calls "Homo Maid" and ho Hays It
is composea or pone rroin pigs winch .
ho has raised himsolf. Theso pigs
aro all purobred stock and freo from
disease. Mr. THrirn ta nsftur n rAcln'o
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HUD 11IUWUU L1UO Ull OU1U 111 U,
ummbor of stores In North Platto
, ,t fc nnrpimnwl roeninriv
Ono of the humorous fncldonts of
i
tho -Rotary banquet last night was
when Dr. Brock called W. C. Sholvor
!to tho front of tho room to rocolvo a
L glns3 Watcr Bet Aftop m a
f, B h of pre80ntallon ho
innjnnAfl tn VAmpr r.a .
" ay containing tho water sot
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.uui. quuivci. juiiiiur uuu uio umi muii.
tsv flH n .1 1,. T ..
erc(j
j m nil' unu liiu feiuoowiiiu wua csiiuw -
tho floor. OFcourso Mr.
Coatcs tried to oxplain, tho ladies
wnrn nnntn ntrlplfnn. Hin mon worn
,,, OTw1 ,A 0-hx ,, i,
est emotion, except Mr. Sholvor who
smiled throughout tho scene. At that
moment newsboys rushed through tho
door with Spink Shoot Special of a
local papor, giving a full account ot
tho awful crash. Tho water set had
been purchased at a local ton cont
store.
Ono of tho funniest things wo havo
heard for a long timo wnB tho roport
of the lono bandit who hold up tho
Rotary spoclal last night. Tho roport
was mado during tho spcoch making
following tho dinner. IIo was intro
duced as Carlylo tho Union Pacific
bandit, but in his confession ho said
ho was Cordon Payno, son of Judgo
Bayard Payno who had sontencod him
a fow hours boforo. IIo said It was
necessary for him to report what ho
got In tho holdup so that his lncomo
tax could bo properly figured. Thon
ho told of tho articles taken from the
passongors carrying us from tho
corkscrew which ho returned to Dor
soy Leypoldt as bolng of no uso to
him in Crand Island whero ho lives to
tho lipsticks which ho took from Miss
Kramph. IIo kept tho crowd in an
uproar of clean and killing humor.
LOCAL ANI) 'PERSONAL
MrB. Patrldgo loft for Rawllngvillo,
Colo., today to visit for sovcral wooks.
Mrs. Mlnnlo Mooro will leavo for
Chicago today to spond a fow wooks
thoro on business.
Tho War Mothers wero ontortalned
at tho C. S. Clinton homo Saturday
night. A vory delightful ovonlng was
spont. Madollno Bllckonsdorfor rond
ored two solos, after which Mrs, W.
M. Cunningham of Cedar Rapids gavo
an intorostlng talk.
AUTO RACES
FOR FOURTH
LEADING RACERS CONSENT TO
DRIVE HERE IN FOURTH OF
JULY RACES
Thcro is a possibility that Barnoy
Oldflold will race horo on tho Fourth
of July. This is tho dopo given out
this week by tho officers of tho
County Fair. A committco consisting
of O. E. Eldor, chairman; J J. Craw
ford and Thomas Hoaloy has boon
appointed to tako chargo of tho nuto
races on that dato and tho commlt
teo Is mooting with cousldorablo on
couragomont Socrotnry Soudor Is
working with tho committco. Whllo
at Donvcr recently, Mr. Soudor took
up tho mnttor with Bomo of tho big
racing men of tho country and thoy
nssurcd him of tholr willlngnosB to
como to North Platto on tho Fourth
conditions wero right. Tho conditions
thoy named woro such as can oaally
bo mot by tho local committco. Bar
noy Oldflold is ono of tho drlvors
who will como If conditions nro to
his liking. It. G. Dashbaok of Don
vor, who has beaten Ooldflold onco
and who won nt tho Donvor Stock
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thom 01, , . ',, .
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to onter ond tlmt tho b',K mM bo mo
fIrst ovont of tho aftornoon( whIlo tll0
1 . .
' nro nmnng wcn an(1 tll0 trflclc
ir;
In good condition.
Lessor races
would follow Instead of prccedo. Tho
! committo la taltInK n11 sSgosfions
Un(lor advisement and will act when
, tho matter has boon , carefully con-
' asaHre" of BOtno eroat auto racing on
I
-;o:
Elmor Wnymnn nnd Frank McCul
lough appeared in district court Inst
Saturday and asked to bo paroled to
Shorlff Salisbury Instead of being
sent to tho penitentiary. Thoy, with
Boyd McGuiro now In tho nonltontlarv
al uncom ana Jnu M 18 oui on
Pwolo, Avoro sentenced to a year's
Imprisonment for
stealing from box
months ago. Tho
cars about two
Judgo grauted their roqucBt and In
cluded McGuiro In tho parolo. Ho
will bo brought from 'Lincoln as soon
as possible. By tho conditions of
tho parolo theso men will bo onablcd
to earn tholr own way and maintain
to'tholr wives and children during the
; yunr. wuuo u numocr 01 noonio av
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. tuiiuuu 1.1 1 u iiuaini uuu inosi Ol iliom
socmod to bo satlsflod with tho do
' clsion.
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cldont Policies.
Dlxton Optical Co., tests oyes.
TOMORROW
New Prices on
All Models of " "
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good news.
Today the buying public is interested only in good
products sold at fair prices, and we want you to judge
our Dodge Brothers Motor Car line on this basis.
Early orders will have preference in delivery.
J. V. ROMIGH,
Phone 844
UNIQUE ENTERTAINMENT
OF MANY FRIENDS BY
' ROTARY
Yostorday was a blgW with North
Platto Rotary club anil tho Union Pa
cific. A special train of two conohos
with engine was at tho Union Sta
tion nt 4 p. m. Provlous to that timo
tho Rotnrlans and tholr ladlos had
assomblcd nt tho ticket offlco and
socurod round trip tickets for tho
tour. With Trainmaster Sholvor In
chargo the special toured tho yards,
making stops at tho. Pacific Fruit Ex
press Icing plant tho round house,
tho shops and tho stock yards. After
leaving tho stockyards a lono bandit
hold up each car in turn and colloct
od loot from each of tho passongors.
Arriving nt tho station tho passongors
woro takon to tho banquet room of
tho Methodist church whoro tho ladlos
of tho church sorved ovor '100 guosts
a flno dinner. Following tho dlnnor
tho Rotnrlans ontortnincd tholr guests
with a number of rousing songs, and
short talks woro mndo by Gordon
Payno, manngor of tho Union Stock
Yards horo; F. L. Moonoy, Mrs. Wm.
Cunningham, Judgo Tayno, W. L.
Richards and Gonoial Suporintondont
N. E. Williams. Tho koynoto of tho
meeting was sorvlco and co-oporatlon.
Tho Rotnrlans appreciated tho oppor
tunity of seolng tho local plant and
oqulpmont of tho Union Pacific and
of having tho officials and represen
tatives of tho men as their guosts.
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Tho Board of Asaotflotod Charities
through tho columns of Tho Trlbunn
wlshos to thank tho Engineers for tho
chock for $504.30 which, was rooolvod
from thom ns tho procoods of tho
Charity ball. It also wishes to thunk
thoso who gave so frooly of their timo
nnd mntorlals for tho success of tho
ball. Tho money wno badly needed
and Is being used ovory day to re
lieve" real nocosolty. Tho kind act
of tho; Engineers is tho moro appre
ciated; for tho reason that it waB- on
tlroly voluntary. ,
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