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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1922)
NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. iCORNHUSKER ITEMS News of All Kind3 Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska. A short time ago, tlio doctors of Pnwnco City nmdo physical exami nations of every pupil In the public schools. Among thu defect I von found wore very extrnordlnnry cases. One boy was found to bo totally blind In ono eye, and altho ho Is ncnring his teens", neither his parents nor the teacher had found this nut before. Another boy had inverted eyesight. Everything was viewed upside down. Ho held his books upside down to read, and people on the street seenied'to him to bo literally standing on their heads. Thu hoy and his parents were both un. conscious of thu defect. A pipe lino from the. Wyoming oil fields to either Omaha or Sioux City on thu Missouri river Is a possibility of tho near future, with construction to begin this summer. The Mid-West Co., ono of, tho largest operators In Wyom ing, Is the concern behind tho move ment for construction of tho line, which If built will follow the route of tho Northwestern from Casper through O'Neill to enable It to tap the Hlg Chief llelds north of Itushvllle, which the Mid-West now Is developing. Tho famo of Valley county as the popcorn center of thu world Is evi denced by tho fact that Miss Jennie Brown of Brlgulow, Queensland, Aus tralia, wroto a letter to County Agent 0. C. Dulo desiring a supply of the best popcorn available and has so ex pressed her wants to tho Valley coun ty agent. Valley county has around 4,500 acres of this valuable crop to her credit this year and has had as much as 0,000 ncres at times. According to secretary Hart of tho stato banking board the Exchange Bank of Ogallala which was closed last week has been laboring under flnnnclnl difllculties for six months, due to the fact that It could not realize cash on Its securities. The bank was found ed nearly a quarter of u century ago and was considered one of the most prolltablo and enterprising banks In western Nebraska. M. C. Shurtleff, Lincoln real estate man and stock promotorer, and Perry Anthony, stock salesman, wero arrested on three Joint indictments of tho grand jury In session at Lincoln charging them with conspiracy and obtaining money under falso pretenses, in connection with tho sale of stock In tho Lincoln automobilo and tractor school In 1019 and 1020. Owing to numerous cases of scarlet fever In the country around Dlller, the authorities are taking eery precaution to prevent Its appearance In the town. Schools and churches are still running us usual, but all other public gather ings have been postponed Indefinitely. The Nebraska Gas and Electric Co. lias enjoined the city ofllclals of Ful lerton from reducing the rntes for electric current. The city has employ ed an engineer and will build a munic ipal plant If rates cannot satisfactor ily be arranged. The Louisville bridge across tho Tlatto river Is closed for repairs, such as new piling, floor and railing. This will throw all travel to Lincoln from Omaha to the Ashland bridge until the repnlrs have boon made, unless cross ing Is had at Plattsmouth. Threu coyotes and many rabbits wero killed at a hunt near Dunnobrog. After tho roundup tho animals were sold at miction. Tho next drive will bo held February 11!. More than -100 persons hayu been taking part m this sport. Omaha Jewish people have entered upon a campaign to ralso .$75,000 to be used In relieving tho suffering .Tews of Europe. Tho Nebraska quota Is $125,000. About $75,000 damage was done by flro to the stock and building of the Witt and Broberg store at Newman Grove. The lire was caused by an overheated stove. Merchants Spring Market Week Is scheduled for Omaha, March (Ml. W. A. Ellis Is secretary. Headquarters will bo at the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Actunl construction of Kearney's new $100,000 municipal nudttorium is expected to start In a few weeks. Tho estate of the late diaries W. Sanford of Lincoln was valued at ?1, 500,000 In a will just tiled. A pimple which developed on his face after shaving a short tlnie ago, caused the death of F. M. Buol. prom inent business mnn of llnndolf. The plmplo hecamo Infec'.ed when Buol oponed f and he was 111 only a few days. Fearing that ho would become a burden upon his family, J. L. Williams, merchant of Arapahoe, fatally shot himself thru tho' heart In an alley near thu Ford hospital In Omaha. Tho dead man had been a patient at tho liospltul, whom ho was undergoing nervo treat ment. Shipments of hay out of Nebraska during tho latter part of January showed n slight increase, about one third of tho receipts of pralrlo liny at Chicago coming from Nebraska, ac. cording to tho state bureau or mar kets. O. D. St. John, miller, of Platts mouth, employed by tho Nehuwka roll ertt mills, was warming tint olllce with an oil stovu when It exploded. Ho dragged it from the building, but his face, head, arm, shoulder and hands wero badly burned. Tho tlru was extinguished. William Jennings Bryan's splendid homo southeast of Lincoln has been of fered to tho Presbyterlnn church for uso as n hospital nnd It Is expected that tho gift will bo accepted. Two mem bers of the board of roller of tho church have been In Lincoln from Phil adelphia nnd wero well pleased with tho property. Missionaries and teach ers and members of their families who have been lncnpacltlated In service In China and Japan arc the ones Intended to bu brought to Lincoln. Thcso at present go to hospitals further east, and It Is said that additional facili ties aro badly needed. Mr. Bryan niado his otter when he learned of this fact. Tho .$10,000 damiigo action of T.esllo Hawkins, an Infant, by Pearl Hawkins, his mother, against Frank Itobcrtson, Is on trial before a Jury In district court nt Beatrice. The plaintiff al leges that as a result of tho careless burning of shavings and other rubbish on a patch-back of a homo where Mrs. Hawkins was visiting, the child ran Into a bed of hot. ashes, burning Its right foot so badly that three of tho smaller toes wero sloughed off, dis. tlgurlng tho little fellow for life. The defendants aro owners of "the Bentrlco Planing mill. A new cattlu loan company has re cently been Incorporated at Alliance by those connected with tho First Stato bank of that place. Tho compnny will bo known as tho Northwestern Cattle Loan and Investment company and Is capitalized at $50,000. Tho company will take advantage of tho federal fund now avjillahlo to the stockmen nnd will denl directly with tho war llnanco corporation. Bloomtleld citizens are to have tele phone service ngaln soon, two local men having closed n deal to take over tho exchango from the Union Tele phone Co. It Is reported that over 500 patrons havo signed up to resumo ser vlco and It confidently expected that nearly 050 of the 700 striking patrons will sign up for re-connection. Governor McKelvIo appointed Adam Breede, publisher of thu Hastings Trib une, a delegate to present Nebraska at the Contennlal exposition in Brnzll next September. While Mr. Breede will pay his own expenses, ho will become a member of a party thnt will tour tho Brazilian states as guests of that government. Questlonnlres to all county clerks In Nebraska, calling for detailed costs of road building nnd maintenance have been sent from Lincoln to provide data on which Governor McKelvlo's hoard of Inquiry into highway construction In Nebraska will start to work February 21, 1022. Hearings will be hold at Lincoln and will bo public. O. Lawrenco Stall, owner of 1,000 acres In Cass county nnd reputed to be worth between $300,000 and $400,000, was sentenced by Federal .Tudgo Mon ger of Lincoln to thirty days in tho county jail and lined $200 on a chargo of Illegal possession and manufacture of liquor. Stull pleaded guilty to tho charge. The St. Andrews' Episcopal church of Scouttsbluff has Installed a radlo- phono that will supply to tho congre gation, at various times, music from nil over tho world, news of tho day, lectures nnd other things of Interest. A petition signed by more thnn a thousand farmers hns been filed with the board of supervisors of Plntte county asking thnt no appropriation be made for the county agent and farm bureau. Georgo A. Taylor, a prominent res ident of Friend, a veteran of tho civil war and commander of Wllllnm T, Sherman post,' G. A. It., died at his homo hero after a long Illness. The farm house of S. It. Aycrs, lo cated east of Blue Springs, wns dc stroyed by fire, with most of Its con tents. The loss of $4,000 was partially covered by Insurance. Voters of Pierce npproved a bond Issue of $135,000 to llnanco the erec tlon of a school house. Plans have been drawn and construction will start Immediately. Grant and Crook posts, G. A. It., Om aha, havo voted to consolidate. Tho ranks have been so depleted by death that this action was thought advisable. About sixty pure bred bogs sold at Stanton, by Ed Kern averaged $300. No animal sold under $200. But ono caso of smnll pox Is reported In Omaha, whereas, on this dato last year there wero eight cases. Tho attendance nt tho North Platto night school at tho close of the third week was 1,374. Stamped by the Sargent postmaster, after having been addressed, tho small son of llnrold Pernn was sent by parcel near Callaway. Three wolves and many Jackrabblts, killed In a wolf hunt, In which 250 persons participated, were sold nnd the proceeds will be given to tho needy nt Auburn. Auburn enthusiasts to the number of more than 100 have organized a country club and leased 80 acres of suitable land near town. An attrac tive club house, golf links, tennis courts and swimming pool will be provided. Plnns aro being perfected by the Lincoln Woman's Club for the erection of a new $100,000 club house. Work will bo started In the spring on Fremont's new Junior high school building. M. M. Foley, residing northeast of Anselmo, mot with a serious accident while trying to hitch a fractious team to a wagon loaded with corn. During the process Foley slipped nnd fell and the wagon, which was on a slight In cllne, passed over his body breaking several ribs on the right side, one of them penetrating the right lung. HANGS SELF TO ESCAPE TAUNTS 1 6-Year-0ld Boy, Paralyzed From Babyhood, Hears Last Gibe. . LONGED FOR ' SPORTS William Slmkowltz Hangs Himself In Bathroom With Rope Fastened to Water Pine Mates Were CrueJ to Him. . New York. William Slmkowltz, the sixteen-year-old son of John Slmkow ltz of 81 Washington place, Passaic, N. J., hnnged himself In the bathroom of his home bccniBu lie could no longer endure the taunts and gibes of his playmates. He was a cripple and they IiikI been cruel to him, laughing at him when he could not run and play with them,' and they made fun of him be cause he was not able to go constlng and try out their now sleds. So he couldn't stand It nuy longer. Young Slmkowlte had been n cripple since he was a baby, when ho suffered an attack bf Infantile paralysis that affected almost his whole right side, hut particularly his right leg and foot. The disease left him with a limp which he could not hide, although all his life he had been trying to wnlk without It. But he couldn't. Mo couldn't be like the other boys ; If they played baseball he had to keep score for them, or he hnd to watch them; If they played football lie even had to keep away back from the sidelines, because he could not get out of their way. Mimicked by Schoolboys. Ho felt his alllletlon terribly. It hurt him all his life, this knowledge that he could not play and that he had to walk with a limp. It might not have been so had If the other boys and girls had sympathized with him and helped him, but they didn't. They laughed at him and made fun of him. The boys at school mimicked him and paraded before him with an exagger ated limp, nnd the girls wouldn't go nnywhere with him because he was a cripple, so when his schoolmates had a party or anything of that sort he either Hanoed Himself. went alone or he did not go at all, be cause he knew that If lie went he would be alone ull evening or all after noon. No one would play with him because he could not play; no one would even talk to him. One afternoon his brothers and sis ters went off to play games, crowds of other boys passed with their skates and sleds on their way to skate and coast. Hears Last Taunts. They didn't slop to ask him to go; even his own brothers did not ask him, He had nothing to do-but to read, and he had read so much thnt he hated the sight of a book. Ho wandered about the house, and In the kitchen he found a half-Inch rope. He took this rope nnd went Into the bathroom and, climbing on a chair, ho tlcdnn end of the rope about a water pipe and In the other end he fashioned a noose. Then he put the noose about his neck nnd kicked the chair from beneath him. An hour later his brother John came In and found him, but William was dead. THIEF USES DOPED CIGARETTE Makes Officer Unconscious and Steals Fingerprints From Robbery In Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, Okla. A doped cig arette was used to make an olllcer un conscious and permit a mnn to steal fingerprints that had been taken In connection with tho robbing of a train. Physicians worked three hours to re vive the olllcer. "After lighting the cigarette ho of fered me, I talked a few minutes to tho man," said the policeman. "I Inst remember seeing tho stranger reach ing for the prints nnd hearing him sny, 'Well, I got you that time.' " Sentenced for Cruelty to Hogs..' Dulu tli, Minn. Because they denied food or water to their herd ' of hogs Inst autumn and allowed 75 of the ant muls to starve or bo devoured by their companions, John Morgan has been sentenced to 30 days' hnrd labor, and his wife fined $100. A Feeling of Security You naturally feci secure when you know that tho mcdiclno you fcro about to tako is absolutely puro and contains no harmful or habit producing drugs. Such a mcdlcino is Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, kidney, Hvcr and bladder remedy. Tho samo standard of purity, strength and ciccllcnco Is maintained in every bottlo of Swamp-Root. It is scientifically compounded from vegetable herbs. It is not a stimulant and is taken in teaspponful doses. It is not recommended for everything. It is nature's great helper in relieving and overcoming kidney, liter and blad der troubles. A sworn statement of purity is with every bottlo of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, i If you need a medicine, you should have tho best. On sale at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medium and large. However, if you wish first to try this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binglmmton, N. Y., for a satnplo bottlo. Whcp writing bo euro and mention this paper. AdvortlBomont. In Great Quantity. "Jones seems rather proud of his lg nornnce." "Well, you must admit thnt ho hns n lot of It." Important to Mothors Exnmlno carefully every bottle ol OASTORIA, that famous old remedy for Infants and children, nnd see thnt It Tlnnra fhn Signature tlLrMJtZ In Uso for Over 80 Yenro. Children Cry for Fletcher's Costorio Sticking Close-to Her Work. Her Friend "What Is your favorite part of the Bible?" Telephono Girl "The Book of Numbers." SHE DYED A SWEATER, SKIRT AND CHILD'S COAT WITH "DIAMOND DYES" Each package of "Diamond Dyes" con tains directions so simple any woman can dye or tint her worn, shabby dresses, skirts, waists, co&ts, stockings, sweaters, covenngs, draperies, hangings, everything, even if she has never dyed before. Buy "Dinmond Dyes" no other kind then perfect home dyeing is sure because Dia mond Dyes are guaranteed not to spot; fade, streak, or run. Tell your druggist whether the material you wish to dye is wool or silk, or whether it is linen, cotton or mixed goods. advertisement. What Kind of Importer? "Yes," said tho prosperous-looking man In tho smoking car, "I have busi ness connections In Cuba." "You'd better specify what they are," said a perfumery salesman. "Nowa days a man who makes a statement like that Is open to suspicion." Bir mingham Age-Herald. F SHOULD TAKE lANLAG Hundreds of Men and Women All Over America Appear To Be Physical Wrecks Simply Be cause Their Systems Are Starving for Nourishment. There aro hundreds of thin, run-down, nervous men nnd women all over the United States who should be strong, sturdy and vigorous, with rich, red blood tingling through their veins, and feeling brimful of life and energy, if they would only profit by tho experience of others all oyer the United States and Canada, and assist nature to digest the food they eat, by simply taking Tanlac. Millions of people havo not only been relieved of tho most obstlnatu forms of dyspepsia nnd Indigestion by Tanlac after other remedies hnvo failed, but largo numbers of them have reported a rcmarknblo nml rapid Increase In weight and a return to nor hint health nnd strength by Its use. In fact, so phenomenal havo been tho gains In weight by thin, frail peo ple through tho use of Tanlac that this remarkable preparation Is now being proclaimed everywhere as the World's Greatest Tonic. Tho food people eat does them ab solutely no good unless they digest It properly. When you suffer from In digestion and other forms of stomach trouble, the food docs you harm In stead of good, becauso food which Is not digested stays In tho stomach nnd ferments, causing pains, swelling, gas on stomach, shortness of breath, bad taste In the mouth, dizziness nnd many other dlsngrccnblo symptoms. If this condition Is permitted to run on for nn Indefinite period tho entire system becomes saturated wlUi pofc sous, the patient becomes thin and pale and In tlmo various complication! aro apt to result. Tanlac Is a powerful reconstructs tonic nnd quickly overcomes this con dltlon by aiding nature to eliminate" the Impurities from the system In a natural way nnd enable tho vital on guns to properly perform their funo tlons. Thnt Is why It Is called No ture's Medicine. In fact, there Is not n single pori tlon of the body thnt Is not benefited by tho helpful action of Tanlac, which begins Its work by stimulating tho dl gestlvo nnd assimilative organs, there by enriching tho blood arid Invlgornfo Ing the entire system. Next, It en nbles tho wenk, worn-out stomach to thoroughly digest Its food nnd convert tho nourishing elements Into bone, blood nnd muscle. The result Is you feel strong, sturdy nnd well with the propor amount of flesh, as Nnturo In tended. Sold by all good druggists. CLING TO OLD SUPERSTITIONS Humility. "It would nppenr," observes a south ern minister, that humility, as a vir tue, Is, In some quarters at least, fast disappearing. Our fathers used to preach humility to us respect for our superiors, contentment with our humblo stntlon and so forth. 'lie win down need fear no fnll, suld ono of the old-timers to n dnrky In his em ploy. " 'Jest so, sub,' answered the darkey, 'but he's shore to get sot on nnd walked over.'" Mllwaukco Sentinel. "Tho Way to tho Heart." A Long Islnnd bachelor was show ing a friend from New York over his estate. When they reached tho sheep fold tho woolly Inmntes, catching sight of their master, came bleating to tho gate. "Seo how these Innocent crcntures love me, Harry?" said tho land holder. "Love, nothing 1" chortled the city mnn. "They come to you because they're hungry, nnd they think you're going to feed them." "Harry," replied tho other solemnly, "when you hnvo reached n certain ago that passes for love." American Lo glon Weekly. Hard to Make Civilized Indians Give Up Tneir Beliefs In Maalc Soul Transmigration. Civilized Indlnns are very reluctant to give up their belief In magic. Tho Idea of worshiping objects Is qulto n settled ono among tho tribes, nnd some stories which connect corn nnd flowers with beneficent deities aro very pleasing nnd attractive. Animals, too, aro spoken of In a very slngulnr and superstitious man ner, and tho different sizes of the beasts which are hunted Is nccountod for In a story of tho creation, which hns mnny variations, but always agrees that at tho tlmo of the crentlon nil of tho beasts clamored for priority In size. "GJnch wns vain and dictatorial, and ono ufter another wns humbled by be ing mudo smaller than n hated enemy, tho Idea being that everything humnn nnd otherwise thnt was born had a prior exlstcnco nnd came Into tho world, with tho benefit of tho experi ence thus derived. Indlnns In mnny tribes believe In tho doctrine of transmigration of souls, by which Is meant that they bellevo souls, after tho death of tho bodies of animals that they have Inhabited, pn3s Into tho bodies of others. De troit News. Conservative Man. Of course In some respects man Is mora conservative than womnn. All tho same he doesn't suvo his silkiest soqks to wenr on windy days. Gnl veston News. . Look out for explosions ; tho wintry blasts are blowing up streets nnd al leys everywhere. Fortune really favors more people than It gets credit for. NOT LIKE EXCURSION TICKET Affliction Could Only Bo Relied On tfl Tako Its Possessor In Ono Direction. Snmuel Gompers at a labor bam quet wns condemning certain ultra-rad Icnl policies. "Such'pQllcIes," ho said, "will got u Into trouble right enough, but will they get us out ngaln? Listen, gentlemen, to a fable. "In a lunntlc asylum there was a lunatic nicknamed Solomon becauso 11 was his custom to cnll ovcry newly ar. rlvcd lunntlc up and question him about his Infirmity, afterwards dl missing him with a kind of Solomon esquo opinion or verdict. "Well, ono dny Solomon called up a now lunntlc who hnd a very stiff walk. " 'What may bo your trouble, friend ho said. "Tvo got a glass rod In tho raid dlo of my back,' tho now lunatic an swered. " 'A glass rod In the middle of your back, eh?' And Solomon chuckled. 'Well, friend, a glass rod In tho middle of your back will bring you hero, but you'll find thnt It will never tako yog out.' " Canada's Fish Industry. Last year the ilsh products of her two coasts netted to Canada tho sura of $20,1GS,OM. Tho Industry gives cm ploymcnt to between 80,000 and 100, 000 workers, of whom nbout 70,000 nra engaged In the sea flsherlos, about 10,000 In the fresh water fisheries, and tho remainder in canning, curing and otherwise preparing the product foe tho market. And lo Never Recovered. Professor Under what corablnatloa Is gold most quickly released? Student Murrlngc. slrl Why does any healthy person want to he kicked into wakefulness in the morning? 18 it! Many people feel that they have to bo agitated into wake fulness In the morning. They think that without tho tea or coffee they take in the morning that they will not be able to meet tho tasks and duties of the day. Nothing could be more false than this reasoning. Any doctor con tell you this. For a healthy body does not require a stim ulant. It gets all the stimulant it needs from food. Tho thein and caffeine found in tea and coffee are irritating to the heart and nervous system. They jolt tho nerves into undue activity. The result is a reac tion. This is why regular tea and coffee drinkers think they must have their stimulant the first thing in tho morning to wind them up for the day. If you will stop using tea and coffee for a week, and drink Postum, the puro cereal bever age instead, it will give Nature an opportunity to rid the system of the irritating substances that harass your nerves, upset di gestion, increase your heart action, and make you nervous and irritable. Many people who have tried Postum say that inside of a week they wake in tho morn ing without that "all gone" feel ing that they used to have, and are full of energy, strength and endurance. Order Postum from your grocer today, and make it ac cording to directions. Your first sip of Postum will surprise and please, you. Postum comes In two forms: Insunt Postum (In tins) made Instantly in the cup by the addition of boiling water. Postum Cereal (in package! of larger bulk, for those who prefer to mak the drink while the meal Is being pre pared) made by boiling for 20 minutes. Postum for Health "There's a Reason" Made by Postum Cereal Co., Inc., Battle Creek, Mich.
