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TUESDAY and FJRIDATl
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, FEBRUARY 3, 1922.
NO. 8.
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SHORT STORIES OF
PEOPLE ID THINGS
CUIUIENT COMMENT " ABQU
PEOPLE AND THE THINGS
THEY AKE DOING
Civil servlco nppolntmont aa post
inastor at North Platto. Ho was. ap
pointed by President Harding somo
tlmo ago and then tho North Plntto
post office was placed under tho civil
sorvlco branch of tho government and
ho has received tho oppolntmont
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It Is reported that our old towns
,man, W. T. Banks, Is In luck recently.-
Letters from California say that
oil In paying quantities" has been
struck on property whlch e ownB.
The local council of tho Boy Scouts
mot Wednesday noon and looked aftor
matters relating to scouting in North
Platto. Reports received from tho
officers woro approved and plans
jnade for tho continuation of the
work.
Tlio Union 'i'aclflc ia offering for
tho coming year, a $75 scholarship at
I tho University School of Agriculture
and transportation over its lines go
ing and coming, for ono winning club
member growing ten acres of wheat,
ono aero of potatoos or flvo norcs of
corn. Tho contest Is open to boys
and girls bctweon 10 nnd 19 years of
age.
S. R. Derryberry of this city is
vico president of tho Nebraska Re
tall Hardware Dealers' Association
and it is said that ho is slated for
tho presidency nt tho election which
will bo hold this afternoon. Ho lias
been a faithful membor of tho asso--clatlon
and Is entitled to recognition.
Tho North Platto Shrine club held
a party at Maspnio hall last evening,
which was largely attended by. Shrin
ers from all tho country ground hero.
Special performers had been.ongagcd
to entertain and a banquet was sor
Tho county commissioners spent
Tuesday chocking up tho books of C.
Yost, register of deeds. They
found ho had taken In $740.70 In ox-
cess of Ills, salary and had turned tho
amount Into tho offlco of tho county
treasurer. Resterdny Mr. Yost est!
mated that tho entire oxpenso of hlo
foflco for tho past year would not ex
coed $200 leaving a net profit of over
$500 from tho offlco for tho yoar. Wo
congratulato Mr. Yost on this, show
ing.
Troop seven of tho Boy Scouts on
tlroly outclassed troop three In i
baskot ball game played at tho Lo
clon hall Wednesday evening. Thet
GANGS
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II SURVEY
POTATO EXPERT TO SPEAK
! IN NORTH PLATTE
THIS MONTH
SEND
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GOVElWiMUNT ENGINEERS
ENGINEERING PARTIES EAST
AND WEST
Yesterday two gangs of surveyors
started work on tho south$ldo lrr'lga-
H. O. Wornor of tho Extension de
partment of Unlvorslty of Nebraska
will bo In Lincoln cqunty nflxt weok
and will apeak at tho big county wide
mooting which will bo held nt Ihe
court hoimo In North Platto nt 2 p.
m., February 0. Mr. Wornor has had
charge of tho dovoloptnont .oC the
seod potato Industry In western Ne
braska and Is an authority on tho
subject. Tho mooting Is being pro-
CANDIDATE FILES
FORMATE OFFICE
LINCOLN COUNTY CITIZEN WANTS
TO , HE SECRETARY OE
STATE
MANY AWARDS ARJE MADE
TO SCOUTS FOR
PROGRESS
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uuu luujvjuu uiiu ia mnlo.l lv tlm various agricultural
irom uiu vixai uuu uuu nuiii uiu nisei.
They expect to meet near North
Platto. Tho party which wont to
Sutherland yesterday will nt onco
begin tho work of locating tho sys
tdm of thrco reservoirs which will
feed tho proposed Irrigation cnfiitl.
This canal will furnish wator to lrri-
organlzatlons and tho North Plntto
civic bodies. In speaking of tho mat
ter yesterday, County Agent Kollogg
said, "Wo hopo to have a largo num
ber of successful growers who will
offor ndvlco to thoso sooklng Informa
tion and that they will not recommend
At tho Joint meeting of scouts hold
in tho Franklin auditorium la3t
Tuesday ovonlng tho following lion
dra" and advancements wotgJ con
ferred: R. D. Rnsmussoii, scoutmast
J or, prcsontcd tondorfoot pins to tho
, following scouts: Charles Poll, Cocll
iNaylor. William Wnlthor, Frederick
L. A. Larson of Wollfleot wns a nuxoll, Roy Thoolecko, Robert Rlgg,
caller nt tho Lincoln county court William Otton, Harold Gorman, Hnr
houso Monday and paid tho fpo of 0-(l n0iwy, Homer ' Fisher, Oron
fiu.uu lor ins uiing papers ior mo Groves, Vaughn Goddon, Chnrloa
nomination on tho Progressive ticket Lolnlngor, Roy Thomp'son, Ross Daly,
for socrotnry or stato. his paporo fioj.j Daniels, scoutmaster, present-
will bo sont to Lincoln and filed Cll soconi claBsplns to Raymond
with tho secretary of stato there, piauglttor, Hammond Browor. Carl
Two yoars ago Mr. Larson lived In ErlcKson, Clydo Poffso, Fred Shrako,
Frontlor county and at tlint umo ho nftini, PaW0h. jamofl chamberlain.
n Inrrrn ncrnnon fnr Mm Imllvlilltnt
gato more than 110,000 acres of land gnmop but Hmt n ,nrgft numl)0r of
south of tho rlvor from Sutherland to
Lexington. Tho vntor to fill thotso
reservoirs will bo . taken from tho
flood waters of both tho North Platte
and tho South Plntto rlvors. Tho
canal will start on tho North Plntto-
rlvo!1 at a point about twelve miles
northwest of Paxton. It will run
cast to a draw east of Paxton and
following this to tho diversion dam
across tho South Platto river. The
lino of survey as trrfcod runs a con
siderable distanco south of tho south
farmers grow potatoos for tho mar
ket and in this way safoly establish
a permanent Industry similar to that
in Buffalo, Scottsbluff and Kimball
counties.
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ELEVEN BELOW ZERO WAS
THE COLDEST IN
JANUARY
filed for tho snmo offlco on tho Dem
ocratic ticket. Mr. Larson attended
tho Progrosslvo stato convention at
Grand Island In December alad ia a
staunch boliovor In """the. prhfcfplos
onunclntod thoro.
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORS TO
CELEBRATE 11ST
ANNIVERSARY
to 0 in favor of troop soven. Loftus,
Quinn, Gorman, Loudon, Suparichick,
vod. Dancing was tho chief amuse- j Mcuinioy, i Kzpairicit, uuukch, hum
ment. ' :Herrod are the troop seven cagestovn
, J and Brown, Roso, Johnson, Trout,
Word was received hero this week yatoe, ' Howard, Attebury, Wickwiro,
that L. C. Sturgls has received tho nna Macomber composed the opposing
team.
Tho thormometcr wont down to 11
below zero nt tho close of tho month
. . IHKlUiaU'U Uiaittiiuu nuum "i bkui. ..... . . i . il
game ended with a final score of 20 M (1Uch aml a8 it nmB mucU while It reached 58 above at tho open
THE
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YOUR SUREST STORE
Ono Lot Broken Lines
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CO.
ftnd 'dhor high grodo
Jlcn's Dress
Values up to $10.00.
higher ground is reached than by the
ing. Tho tomporaturos woro not un-
old ditch Just south of tills , c 17 the
T , . " - IT:" : " , on thoCth. when It fell 40 dogroos
vniiey anu at oue inauu vueiw iv i
in ono 'any. Thoro was .CG of an men
of nrooinltntlon during tho montli
which is a littlo above tho avoragc
MEN'S HOSE
Fliio Quality Cotton
In black, cordovan, navy, grey,
wino, green and whito.
7 Pairs
THE BEST PLACE TO BUY
Tho W. C. T. U. will hold its reg
flar meeting Tuesday, February 7 at
tho homo of Mrs. I. L. StebblnB, C20
West Second street. The women of
the W. C. T. U. are making pillow
slips, towels, sheets, etc., for Wil
lard Hall. Anyone wishing to donato
any of the3o .articles nlcasp, bring
to the' mce1ffrW? rrs: Van
Clcavo will have charge of tho meet
ing and tho subject will bo "Frances
Wlllard Memorial." Mrs. Overman
will assist the hostess in serving. All
,W. C. T. U. members nnd friends are
invited to attend.
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1 Tho Lutheran church council and
their wives entertained tho choir
Thursday evening ut a C o'clock din
ner. Twenty-five members of the
j choir were present and tho twenty
hosts. Tho menu consisted of stowed
oysters, roast turkoy and dressing
mashed potatoes, celery, olives, hot
rolls, salad, Ice cream, cako and cof
fee. Tho table was beautifully dec
orated with candles, roses and car
nations. Tho dinner was served by
tho Lutheran Ladies aid. Aftor the
dinnor A. W. Shilling gavo a short
talk, thanking tho choir for tho ex
cellent music It had rendered during
tho past year.
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W. E. Shuman Is spending sovoral
day3 in Omaha this week looking
after tho interests of thoso who aro
opposed to a raise in tolophono rates.
woro 15 clear uays, y paruy ciouuy
nnd 7 cloudy.
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crosses a canyon it will have a direct
fall qT 110 feet. " Hero It will be pos-
tho whole valloy with cheap light aid
power.
mi.,. n1.AA t f-ntw-i n 4-tw urn n nit
talned from maps submitted by Chief, HIGH SCHOOL DEBATERS
. ... . . i iuinuiiN 'i
nn nnnr b b Minitn. wno snent nan Jiiviu Jiuu-uii vju
of yestdrday In conference with the
board of directors of tho North
Avith Mesaors S. J. Kocli, .Henry -Fte . tUo Senior High school who wanted
wn,,rt,lnn.l from Nnwoll nre- to try-out lor ino ucoauue iuuu. wu.u
clnct. As tho survey of tho ditch Slven the chance to show their ability
..,. 1, .nV 1, enmn minnr and tho jlldgCS Selected tllO lOllOWing
li ' nW tmrni1 Gcorgo Dent, Albert Shenk, Louis
on tho tonoKraphlcal maps but tho BrotwniU nnd Robert Hoagland. Th s
variance will not bo great.
TRY-OUT
Tuesday afternoon tho students of
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Itcam Is considered particularly
, strong.
Edward Dean, Glen Otten, Francea
Fltzpatrlck Franklin Fink, Floyd
Vermillion. Gcorgo Moyors, scout
master, awarded first class badges to
Bernard Tomple, Galllan Loftus and
John Horrod. Carl Hollman, scout
commissioner, presented Calvert Na
vlaux with merit badges for oloc
tricity scholarship, carpontry, craft
manshlp. Supt. C, L. Llttol prosontcd
tho championship banner In foot ball
Noxt weok Is tho forty-first nnnl-'for 1021 to troop throe. Certificates
vorsary of the organization 01 tno for having completed tho pntrol lead-
Chrlstlan Endeavor movement and ora courso for 1021 wcro awarded by
tho society in tho Christian church Carl Hollman, scout commissioner, to
has announcod tho following program moro than twonty boys.
for the weok: . ' :b:
Sunday Is "C. R Day." Tho on-, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Moloney return
ed yesterday from a visit to tho cast
orn part of tho stato. Thoy spont
doavors will havo chargo of tlte ovon
ing church service.
Monday Ib "Stuy-at-IIomo" ovonlng. somo tlmo in Omaha and visited at
Got acquainted with homo folks. Talk Lincoln for a few days. Mr. Malonoy
C. E. jnlso attended tho Nobraska Retail
Tuesday an lmnost offort W.1U bo Hardware Doalors?' Association which
made to secure comrades for tho is mooting in Omaha this weok.
Qulot Hour and Tonth Loglan.
Wednesday Is "Prayer ' Mooting
Night." Ono hundred per cont nt tho
prayer meeting.
Friday there will bo a C. B. social
In tho basement of tho church.
Sunday, Fobrunry 12, will bo "De
cision Sunday."
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NORTH PLATTE EQUITY AS
SOCIATION ELECTS
OFFICERS
S. M. Souder, county treasurer of;
Lincoln county issued 2,664 auto U-(
censes up to Fobruary 1. This is con
sidered n good record considering the
number of people who do not take
tholr cars out of tho garage during
tho cold leather. I
The voice pupils of Mrs
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CITY AND COUNTY NEWS
Dixon Optical Co., testa oyes.
Tho funeral of tho lato Mrs. Mary
Stobblns will bo held Friday after
noon from tho I. L. Stobblns homo.
Tho Infant son of Mr. nnd Mrs.
Henry Harry Sprung broke his arm yestor-
Gilfoyl gave a recital at tho resldenco day whtlo playing.
last Monday evening. Dainty refresh- Mrs. N. E. Buckloy will ontortain
ments were served after tho "get ac-;tho Saturday Bridge club Saturday
qualnted hour."
Theodore Elerdam and Leo Johnson
were hold up about 12 o'clock last
night by two masked men who step
ped out of Mr. Elordam's garage Just
as ho was opening tho garago door.
A karet and a quarter diamond ring,
a diamond stick pin and $50.00 in
sliver woro taken.
llimpsing the
Spring
Mode
Often the difference between a smartly dressed
woman and others is but a few weeks. And
really isn't there a great deal of pleasure in
wearing the newstyles first in leading, rather
than imitating?
Why not givejj yourself the pleasure NOW, of
being one of jthe very first to choose from the
new'Spring'jShoe styles which have just arrived.
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HERE'S ONE OF THE SMARTEST STYLES
WE'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME
Hanan
- Shoes for
Men
Laird-
.Schober
Shoes for
Women
afternoon at hor home.
You can let tho children read The
Tribune. Thoy will not find anything
In it that will bo offoisivo.
Tho Nortli Platto High school will
ontortain tho Fremont baskot ball
team tonight at a party at tho Frank
lin auditorium.
Dixon Optical Co., lcno grinding.
SPECIAL FOR
Saturday & Monday
Pork Loin Roast per pound lQfc
Bee! Hearts per pound 10c
Plsrris Sugar Cured Hams per pound 24c
Bacon per pound 16c
2 cdns Corn 26c
1 N. S can Grated Pineapple 10c
Fresh Cinnamon Rills per dozen . . .... 18c
30 bars Swift's White Soap $1.00
LISTEN
I hv ne hundred 08 psund sacks f Flcmr that I 1
am going to sell at $2.50 por sack. This is a good
flsar and will make a good wholosomo loaf of
bread and they ars full 08 pounds.
MCMICHAEL
At a mooting of tho stockholders
of tho North Platto Equity Assocla-
tlon last Saturday afternoon tho fol
lowing woro elected to tho board 6f
directors: B. E. Moody, A. Lcavltt, A.
Bpyorlo, Gcorgo Mang, It. L. Murdock
William Hosbo and J. T. Stuart. Tho
following officers woro elected: B. B.
Moody, president; A. Lcavltt, vlco
president; Gcorgo Mang, secretary,
and A. Boyerle, troasuror. II. M.
Wobstor of Hastings arrived hero yes
terday to tako chargo of tho store,
ho bolng a joint roprosontutlvo of tho
stockholders nnd tho creditors.
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Havo you rocelvcd tho correct now
prices on all modols of Dodgo Broth
era cars? "Wonderful values In each
lino. Got Information direct from our
offlco If Interested. J. V. Romlgh,
Dealer.
s
i - Somewhere in you r
liome If you aro onjoy
i n g JDlcctric Servics,-
there is an adding ma
chine. It's function is to
Bum UP tho total amount
of current whiih yon use.
Electrically and mo
. .chanically accurately
lb t,otals ,the number of
watt-hours of Electricity
which are consumed to
provide you with light,
heat and power.
You know this adding
v machine as tho Electric
Meter, It is a measuring
instrument of precision,
yet quite simple and easy
to understand.
It will tell you exactly
how much current you are
tising. Read it yourself.
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& POWER CO.
BUSINESS WOMEN
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households, buy, savo, Invest aro of
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friendly, courteous always.
Our list of women patrons is in
creasing steadily. Thoy appreciate
tho advantages wo offor and toll
tholr frlonds. It's tho best adver
tising In tho world. Wo npproclate
it and aro determined to mako our
uorvico worthy of it. .
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