THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
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ELEANOR H. PORTER
ILLUSTRATIONS BY"
R.H.LMNGSTONE. i
(Copyright by ELEANOR H. PORTER)'
PREFACE
Which Explains Things.
Father calls me Mnry. Mother calls
rue Marie. Everybody else calls mo
Mary Mario. The rest of my name Is
Anderson.
I'm thirteen years old, and I'm a
cross-current and a contradiction. That
is, Sarah says I'm that. (Sarah Is my
old nurse.) She says she read It once
that the children of unllkos were nl.
ways n cross-current and a contradic
tion. And my father and mother are
unllkos, and I'm the children. That
la, I'm the child. I'm nil there Is. And
now I'm going to bo a bigger cross
current and contradiction than ever,
for I'm going to live half the time with
Mother and the other half with Father.
Mother will go to Huston to live, and
Father will stay here a dlvorco, you
know.
I'm terribly excited over It. Nono of
the other girls have got a dlvorco In
their families, and I always did llko to
bo different. Besides, It ought to bo
awfully Interesting, more so than Just
living nlong, common, with your father
and mother In the snmo house all the
time especially If It's been anything
like my house with my father and
mother In It I
That's why I've decided to make a
book of It that Is, It really will bo a
book, only I shall have to call It a
diary, on account of Father, you know.
Won't It be funny when I don't have to
do things on nccount of Father? And
I won't, of course, tho six months I'm
living with Mother In Boston. But,
oh, my I tho six months I'm living
hero with him whew! But, then, I
can stand It. I may even like It
some. Anyhow, It'll bo different. And
that's something.
Well, about making this Into a book.
As I started to Bay, he wouldn't let
me. I know ho wouldn't. He says
novels aro a silly waste of time, If not
absolutely- wicked. HJlut, n diary oh,
he loves diaries. Ho keeps ono him
self, nnd ho told ma It would bo nn ex
cellent and Instructive dlsclpllno for
mo to'do It, too set down tho weather
and what I, did every day.
Tho weather and what 1 did every
day, Indeed I Lovely reading that
would make, wouldn't It? Llko this:
i "The sun shines this morning. I
got up, nto my breakfast, went to
school, came home, ate my dinner,
played ono hour over to Carrlo Hoy
wood's, practiced on tho plnno ono
hour, studied another hour. Talk-od
with Mother upstairs In her room about
the sunset and the snow on the trees.
Ato my supper. Was talked to by
Father down In tho library about Im
proving myself and taking care not to
be light-minded and frivolous. (Ho
meant like Mother, only ho didn't say
It right out loud. You don't hnvo to
fiay some things right out In plnln
words, you know.) Then I went to bed."
Just ns If I wan going to write my
novel llko that I Not much I am, IUit
I shall call It a diary. Oh, yes, I shall
call It n diary till 1 tako It to bo
printed. Then I shall glvo it Its truo
name a novel. And I'm going to tell
tho printer that I've loft It to him to
make tho spelling right, and put In all
those tlrnsomo little commas and
periods and question marks that ovcry
body seems to make such a fuss about.
If I wrlto'the story part, 1 can't bo ex
pected toibo bothered with looking up
how woKIb are spelt, ovory llvo min
utes, nor fussing over putting In a
whole lot of foolish llttlo dots and
dashes.
As If anybody who was reading tho.
story cared for that parti Tho story's
the thing.
I love stories, l'vo written lots of
them for tho girls, too lltllo short
ones, I mean ; not a long ono llko this
1b, going to bo, of course. And It'll
bo bo exciting to bo living a story In
stend of reading It only when you're
living a story you can't peek over to
tho back to sco how It's nil comlng'out.
I shnn't llko that part. Still, It may bo
nil tho more exciting, after all, not to
know what's coming.
I llko lovo stories tho best. Father's
got oh,' lots of books In tho library,
and I've rend stacks of them, even
eeme of tho stupid old histories and
biographies. I had to read them when
there wasn't anything else to read.
But there weren't many love stories.
Mother's got a few, though lovely
ones nnd some books of poetry, on
the llttlo shelf In her room, But I
read all those ages ago.
That's why I'm bo thrilled over this
new ono tho one I'm living, I mean.
For of course this will be a lovo story.
There'll bo my love story In two or
three years, when I grow up, and
while I'm waiting there's Father's and
Mother's.
Nurse Sarah says that when you're
divorced you'ro free Just llko you wero
beforo you wero married, and that
Bometlmes they marry again. That
made mo think right away: what If
Father or Mother, or both of them,
married again? And 1 should be there
to see It, and the courting, and all I
Wouldn't that bo somo love story?
Well, I Just guess I
And only think how all the girls
would envy me and they Just living
along their humdrum, everyday exist
ence with fathers and mothers already
married and living together, and noth
ing exciting to look forward to. For
really, you know, when you come right
down to It, there aren't many girls that
hnve got the chance I've got.
And so that's why l'vo decided to
write It Into u book. Oh, yes, I know
And So That's Why I've Decided to
Write It Into a Book.
I'm young only thirteen. But I feel
rcnlly awfully old; and you know n
woman Is ns old ns she feels. Besides,
Nurse Sarah says I am old fur my age,
and that It's no wonder, the kind of
n life I've lived. '
Ami maybe that Is so. For of course
it has been different, living with n
father and mother that are getting
rendy to be divorced, from wlmt It
would have been living with the loving,
happy-cver-after kind. Nurse Sarah
says It's a shumo and a pity, and that
It's the children that nlwuy suffer.
But I'm not suffering not a mlte. I'm
Just enjoying It. It's so exciting.
Of course If 1 was going to loso
cither ono, It would be different. But
I'm not, for I am to live with Mother
six months, then with Father.
So I still have them both. And,
really, when you come right down to
it. I'd rather take them separate that
way. Why, separate they're Just per
fectly all right, like that that what
do-you-calMt powder? sedlltzcr, or
something llko that. Anyhow, It's that
white powder that you mix In two
glasses, and that looks Just llko water
till you put them together. And then,
oh, my I such a fuss and fizz and splut
terl Well, It's that way with Father
and Mother. It'll bo lots easier to tako
them separate, I know. For now I can
bo Mary six months, then Mario six
months, nnd not try to bo them both all
nt once, with maybo only llvo minutes
between them.
And I think I shull lovo both Father
and Mother better separate, too. Of
course I lovo Mother, and I know I'd
Just ndoro Father If ho'd let mi no's
bo tnll and flno nnd splendid, when
he's out among folks. All tho girls are
simply crazy over him. And I am, too,
Only, nt homo well, It's hard to bo
Mary always. And you sco, ho named
mo Mary
But I mustn't tell that here. That'
part of tho story, and this Is only tho
Preface. I'm going to begin it to-mor
row tho real story Chapter Ono.
But, there I mustn't call it
"chapter" out, loud. Diaries don'
havo chapters, and this is a diary.
I
mustn't forget that U'b a dlnry. But
I can wrlto It down as a chapter, for
It's going to bo a novel, after It's got
dono being n diary.
CHAPTER I
I Am Born
The sun was slowly setting In the
west, casting golden beams of light in
to tho somber old room.
That's tho way It ought to begin, I
know, and I'd llko to do It, but I can't
jl'ni beginning with my being born, of
course, and Nurso Sarah says the sun
wasn't shining nt all. It was night and
the stars wero out. Sho remembers
particularly about the stars, for Fattier
was In the observatory, and couldn't
bo disturbed. (We never disturb
Father when he's there, you know.)
And So ho dldnt even know ho had n
daughter until the next morning when
ho came out to breakfast And ho was
late to that, for ho stopped to write
down something he had found out,
about one of tho consternations In tho
night.
He's always finding out something
about thoso old stars Just when we
want him to pay attention to some
thing else. And, oh, I forgot to say
that I know It Is "constellation," and
not "consternation." But I used to
call them that when I was a llttlo girl,
nnd Mother said It was a good namo
for them, anyway, for they were a con
sternation to her all right. Oh, she
said right off afterward that she didn't
mean that, and that I must forget she
said it. Mother's always saying that
about things she says.
Well, ns.I was saying, Father didn't
know until nfter breakfast that ho had
a little daughter. (Wo never tell him
disturbing, exciting things Just before
meals.) And then Nurse told him.
I asked what he said, and Nurse
laughed and gave her funny little
shrug to her shoulders.
"Yes, what did ho say, Indeed?" sho
retorted. "He frowned, looked kind of
dazed, then muttered : 'Well, well, up
on my soul I Yes, to be surer "
Then he camo In to see me.
I don't know, of course, what he
thought of me, but I guess he didn't
think much of me, from what Nurse
said. Of course I was very, very small,
and I never yet saw a little bit of n
bnby that was pretty, or looked as if
It was much account. So maybe you
couldn't really blame him.
Nurso said he looked at me, mut
tered. "Well, well, upon my soul!"
again, and seemed really qulto Interest
rd till they started to put mo In his
arms. Then he threw up both hands.
backed off, nnd cried, "Oh, no, no, no!"
He turned to Mother nnd hoped she
was feeling pretty woll, then he got
out of tho room Just ns quick as he
could. And Nurse said that was the
end of It, so far as paying any mo
attention to mo. wns concerned tit
qulto a while.
He was much more interested In hls-
now star than ho wns in his new
daughter. We were both born tho
same night, you see, and that star was
lots more consequence than I was.
But, then, that's Father all over. And
that's one of tho things, I think, that
bothers Mother. I heard her say once
to Father that she, didn't seo why,
when there were so many, many stars,
a paltry ono or two more need to bo
mndc such n fuss about. And I don't,
either.
But Father Just groaned, and shook
his head, and threw up his hands, nnd
looked so tire,. And that's all ho said
Thut's all he says lots of times. But
It's enough. It's enough to mnke you
fcol so- small and monn nnd insignifi
cant as- If you were Just n little green
worm crawling on the ground. Did
you over feel IFke a green worm crawl
ing on the ground? It's not n pleasant
feeling nt alL
Well, now, about the name. Of
course they had to begin to talk about
naming mo pretty soon ; and Nurse
snld they did talk a lot. But they
couldn't Battle It. Nurse said' that that
was about the- first thing that showed
how teetotally utterly they wave going
to dlsagifce about things.
Mother wanted to call me- Viols.
after her mother, and Father wanted
to call me AlStatH Jane after his
mother: and' they wouldn't either one
glvo In to the- othetr. Mother wiu sick
nnd nervous, nod cried a lot thotse
days, and she uat to sob outhat If
they thought they were going to- name
her darling: little" txiby that awful Abi
gail Jane, they were very much, mis
taken; that she- would never give her
consent to It never. Then Father
would say In his cold, stern way:
"Very wolU. then, you needn't. But
neither shull I give my consent to ray
daughtor's- betng named that absurd
Viola. The' child Is a human, being
not n fiddle- tn an orchestra 1"
And that's- the way It went. Nurso
said, until everybody was Just about
crazy. Then somebody suggested
"Mary.!' And Father said, very well,
they might cull me Mary;, and Mother
said certainly, sho would consent to
Mnry, ooly she should pronounce it
Marie-.. And so It was settled. Father
called' me Mary, and Mother called
me Marie. And right away every
body else began to call me Mary
Marie. And that's the way it's been
ever since.
Of course, when you stop to think
of it, it's sort of queer and funny,
though naturally I didn't think- of It
growing up with It as I did, and always.
having It, until suddenly ono dny It
occurred to mo that none of the other
girls bad two names, ono for their
father and, one for their mother to
call them by. I began to notice other
tilings then, too. Their fathers and
mothers didn't live In rooms nt op
posite ends of the house, Their fathers
and mothers seemed to like each other,
and to talk together, and to havo llttlo
Jokes and lauglus together, and twlnklo
with their eyes. That Is, most of them
did.
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NOTICE OF FINAL REPORT
Estate No. 1848 of Charles J. II.
Brand, doccasod, in the County
Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska.
Tho Stato of Nebraska, to all per
sons intorestod in Bald Estato tako
notlco that tho Administrator has filed
a final account and roport of his ad
ministration and a petition for final
settlement nnd dlschargo ns such, Ad
ministrator, which havo boon sot for
hearing boforo said court on May 12th,
1922, at 10 o'clock A. M., when you
may appear and contest tho same.
Datod Aphll 11, 1922.
WM; H. C. W00DHUR3T,
(Seal) Connty Judgo.
J. C. Hoi 1 man, Attorney.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estato No. 1880 of Sarah A. Morton,
docoased, In tho County Court of
Lincoln County, Nebraska.
Tho State of Nebraska, ss.: Credit
ors of said estato will tako notlco that
tho time limited for presentation and
filing of claims against said Estate n
August 23rd, 1922, and for settlement
of said Estato is April 18th, 1923;
that I will sit at tho County Court
In said County on May 23, 1922, at 10
o'clock A. M and on August 23, 1922
at 10 o'clock A. M., to rocelvo, ex
nmlno, hear, allow, or adjust all
claims and objections duly filed.
Datod April 18th, 1922.
WM. H. C. WOODHURST,
(Soal) County Judge.
NOTICE OF THE FORMATION OF
PAVING DISTRICT NO. 9 IN
THE CITY OF NORTH
PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
To tho ownors of tho record title of
nil proporty adjacent to or abutting
upon tho streets hereinafter des
cribed and all persons interested
thoroln:
You and each of you aro hereby
notified that tho Mayor and City
Council of tho City of North Platto
did under dato of April 7th, 1922,
pass and approvo a certain ordinance
forming and creating Paving District
No. 9 of tlio City of North Platte,
Lincoln County, Nobraska. And that
tho following streets Including the
Intersections thereof within tho limits
of tho city are comprised within said
paving district, to-wlt:
All that portion of Fourth street in
Bald oity commencing nt tho east lino
of Oak Street nt tho intorsoctlon of
Oak Street with Fourth street of said
city, thonco west to and along said
Fourth street to tho west line of tho
Intorsoctlon of Washington Streot
with said Fourth Street in said City,
thonco north along said Washington
Streot to the south lino of the Inter
section of Fifth Street with said
Washington' Street In said city, also
Manic Street from north lino of
Fourth Street to South line of Fifth
Streot, there tcr terminate.
Unless objections are filed as re
quired by statute within twenty days
from tho first public tlon of thfg no
tice tho Mayor and City Council shall
proceed to- construct such paving.
Datod this-. 10t& day of April, 1922.
(Seal) H. FVAN9, Mayor.
Attest: 0) B. ELDER, City Clerk.
NOTICE OF1 THE FORMATION OF
PAVING' DISTRICT NO'. ICr. IN
THE CITY OF NORTH
PLATTO, NEBRASKA.
To tho owners- of the record; title of
nil proporty adjacent to or abutting
upon tho streets hereinafter des
cribed andi all poraons interested
therein:
You and eaah of you- are- hereby
notitiod that too Mayor and City
Council of Ulo- City of North Platto
did under date of April 7th, 1922,
pass and npprorc a certain: ordinance
forming nnd! creating Paving District
No. 10 of tha- City of North Platte,
Lincoln County. Nebraska. And that
luflowlngf streots Including the
intersections- thereof within the limits
of the city are comprised: within safd
paving awcrDct, to-wii:
All that portion of Tabor Avenuo
In Bald city commencing at the south
lino of Fifth Streot -at tho intersection
of said Fifth Streot with Tabor Ave- and approaches of all tne bridges, and
nuo in saJVl city, thoni south to nnd I for furnishing the materials in cou
nlong sniiJ Tabor Avenu to the south 'noct'on with same, to be built In Lln-
lino of Third Streot at the intcrsec
lion of said Third Street with Tabor
Avouuo in said city, thonco west to
nnd along said Thlrdl Streot to tho
East Hue of Washington Street nt tho
lnterouctkn of Washington street
with said West Third Street In Bald
Also all that portion of Eastman
Avonue in said City commencing at
the south lino of Fifth Street at the
Intersection of said Fifth Street with
Eastman Avenuo in said city thonco
south to and along said Eastman
Avenuo to tho north lino of Third
street at tho Intorsoctlon of said
Third Street with Eastman Avenue.
Also nil that portion of Chestnut
Street In said city commencing at
tho south lino of tho intersection ot
Fifth Street with Chestnut Street
thonco south to and along said Chest
nut Street to tho North lino ot Fourth
Street nt tho Intorsoctlon ot said
Fourth Streot with Chestnut Streot
thoro to tormlnato.
Unloss objections aro filed aa ro
nuired by stntuto within twonty days
from tho first publication of this no
tlco, tho Mnyor and City Council shall
nrocood to construct such paving.
Dated this 10th day of April, 1922.
(Soal) E. H. EVANS, Mayor.
Attost: O. E. ELDER, City Clork.
NOTICE OF THE FORMATION OF
PAVING DISTRICT NO. 11 IN
THE CITY OF NORTH
PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
To the owners of tlio record tltlo of
all proporty adjacent to or abutting
upon tho streetB hereinafter des
cribed and all persons interested
thoroln:
You nnd each of you aro heroby
notlflod that tho Mnypr and Qlty
Council of the City of North Platte
did under dato of April 7th, 1922,
pass and approvo a certain ordinance
forming and creating Paving District
No. 11 of tho City of North Platto,
Lincoln County, Nebraska. And that
tho following strcota including tho
intersections thoroof within tho limits
of tho city aro comprised within said
paving district, to-wlt:
All that portion of Ninth Street of
said city commencing at the Bast lino
of Locust Street nt tho ltnorsoctlon
of Locust Street with Ninth Streot in
said city, then west to and nlong said
Ninth streot to tho East lino of Oak
Streot at tho Intersection of Oak
Streot with tho west Ninth Streot of
said city, thcro to terminate,
Unloss objections aro filed as re
quired by statuto within twenty days
from the first publication of tnis no
tlco, tho Mayor and City Council shall
proceed to construct such paving.
Dated tnis 10tn day of April, 1922.
(Seal) E. H. EVANS, Mayor.
Attest: 0. E. ELDER, City Clerk.
NOTICE OF THE FORMATION OF
PAVING DISTRICT NO. 12 IN
THE CITY OF NORTH
PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
To tho owners of tho record title of
all proporty adjacent to or abutting
upon tho strcots hereinafter des
cribed and all persons interested
therein:
You and each of you aro hereby
notified that the Mayor and City
Council of tho City of North Platto
did under date of April 7th, 1922,
pass and approvo a certain ordinance
forming and creating Paving District
No. 12 of the City of Nortn Platte,
Lincoln County, Nebraska. And that
the following streets including the
Intersections thereof within the limits
pf tho city aro comprised within said
paying district, to-wlt:
All that portion of Sixth Streot of
said city commencing on tho east
lino of tho intersection of Vino and
West Sixth Streot of said city thence
west to and along said Sixth Street
of said city to tho East lino of Elm
Streot at the Intersection with said
Sixth Street of said City, there to ter
minate. Unless objections aro filed as re
quired by statuto within twenty days
from tho first publication of this no
tice, tho Mayor and City Council shall
proceed to construct such paving.
Dated this 10th day of April, 1922.
(Seal) E. H. EVANS, Mayor.
Attest: O. E. ELDER, City Clerk.
NOTICE OF THE FORMATION OF
PAVING DISTRICT NO. 13 IN
THE CITY OF NORTH
PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
To tho ownors of the record title of
all proporty adjacent to or abutting
upon tho streets hereinafter des
cribed and all persons interested
therein:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that tho' Mayor and City
Council of the City of North Platte
did under dato of April 7th, 1922,
pass and approve w certain ordinance
,formlng and creating Paving District
No. 13 of tho City of North Platte,
Lincoln County, Nebraska. And that
tho following streets Including the
intersections thereof within the limits
of the city aro comprised within said
paving district, to-witr
All that portion of Sixth Streot of
safd city commencing at the East sldo
of Elm Street at the intersection of
Elm Street with said Sixth Street of
safd city, thence West to- and along
said Sixth Street of said city to the
east lino of Jefferson Street at the
intersection with said Sixth Street of
,sa'd city, there to terminate.
quired by statuto within twenty days
from tho first publication of this no
tlco, te Mayor and City Council shall
proceed to construct such paving.
Dated this 10th day of April, 1922.
(Seal) E. H. EVANS, Mayor.
Attest: O. E. ELDER, City Clerk.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Notice Is hereby given that sealed
bids will he received at tho office ot
ithn Cnutitv filfirk nf T.tnrnln fVmntv.
Nebraska, tho city of North Platte,
l Nebraska, up to, the h ur of Twelve
O'clock noon of 29th day of May 1922,
for tho construction and erection of
; the Superstructure, tho substructure
coin county ror tne period or one
year, at a special sum por lineal foot
for tho superstructure of all such
bridges; and at a specified sum per
lineal foot tor the suporstructuro ot
all such approaches and at a specified
sum per lineal foot for all piling used
in too substructure ot all bridges
and approaches; and at a specified
Por foot (Board measure) for all
caps, sway traces anu otner wooa
matorlals used in tho substructure of
such bridges or approaches is built
In the event tho substructure of
such bridges or pproachos Is built
wholly or In part of stono, brick ce
ment or concrete, tho contract for
tho portion of said substructure to so
built of said material ohall bo let at
a specified sum per cubic foot In
place.
In tho event tho substructure of
such bridges or approaches Is wholly
or In part of Iron, steel or other
metal, the contract for tho portion ot
said substructure to bo built of iron
stool or othor motal shall bo let at
a specified sum por lineal foot for
tubing, and nt a specified sum per
pound or all otner metal m place.
All bids must bo accompanlod by
a certified chock In tho amount at
$500 mado payable to tho County
Clerk ot Lincoln, to bo forfeited to
tho County In case tho bidder refuses
to enter Into contract with tho Coun
ty, If snmo is awarded to him.
In general character tho work con
sists of nny kind covered by tho Ne
braska Standard Brldgo Plans, copies
ot which aro on fllo In tho offlco of
tho County Clerk.
Tho number and kind of bridges
roqulrod to bo built in tho county aud
their proposed location as near as can
bo estimate and determined is as roi
lows:
On section lino between Sections 8
npd 17, Township 12, Range 27 lin-
coin County Nebraska and any other
bridges at any othor location in trie
county that tho county board my noe
fit to ordor built durlne hto life of
tho contract
All bjddors aro rofulred to bid on
tho plans and specifications and bid
ding blanks prepared by tho Secretary
of tho Stato Board of Irrigation and
all bids shall bo mado strictly in ac
cordance with all bridge laws of the
Stato of Nebraska, pertaining to suck
matters.
Bids will bo publlcy opened and read
at tho hour of Two O'clock P. M. on
tho 29th day of May, 1922, at tho reg
ular meeting placo of tho County
Board of Lincoln County. In tho Court
IIouso at North Platte, Nebraska.
Any bidder boforo entering on th
work, pursuant to contract awarded
him, shall glvo bond to tho county In
tho sum of $2,000.00 conditioned for
tho faithful execution of tho contract.
The County Board of Lincoln Coun
ty, Nobraska, resorvo unto themselves
tho right to reject any or all bids.
A. S. ALLEN,
(Seal) County Clerk.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Notice is horeby givon to the Elec
tors of tho City of North Platto, Ne
hrnsku that tho M.yor cud City Com
til of tho City of Nott.'i Unite, Nebras
ka, hav. vrovided by ordln.'.nco for
tho-submission to a direct voto of tho
voters of tho City of North Platte, Ne
braska, tho following proposition: An
ordinance providing for tho submit
ting to tho voters of tho City of North
Platto, in tho County of Lincoln and
Stato of Nobraska, tho following ques
tion: "Shall tho City of North PJatto,
in tho County of Lincoln, Stato of Ne
braska issue Its 'Paving Bonds of the
City of North Platte, Nebraska In
the sum of Fifty Thousand C$50,
000.00) dollars, for tho purpoto of
raising money for paying the cost of
paving, repaying or macadamizing tho
intersections of streets or avenues
and spaces opposite alleys in tho City
of North Platte, Nebraska. And to pro
vtdo for levying and collecting by the
proper officers of said City n tax an
nually to pay the Interest and prin
cipal of said bonds as they mature."
And by virtue of the power in me
vestod, I hereby call an election on
said ordinance so submitted to bo hold
In City of North Platto, Nebraska, on
the 16th day of May, 1922. Tho voting
places of said election shall bo as fol
lows: Tho First Ward at tho A. N.
Durbln Garage at the intersection of
Fifth and Dewey Streets; tho Second
Ward in tho District Court Room at
tho County Court House; the Third
Ward at the Fire Station at the inter
section of Front and Vino Streets;
tho Fourth Ward at tho North Platto
Bulck Garage at the intersection of
Eighth and Locust Streets. The polls
to bo opened at eight o'clock in the
morning and to remain op on until
eight o'clock In tho evening of said
day of oloctlon.
Those voting in favor of said or
dinance shall mark their ballot with
an 'X" before the paragraph begin
ing ' with the word "FOR" issuing
Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) of the
Paving Bonds of tho City of North
Platte, Nebraska' in denomination of
Ono Thousand and No 100 ($1,000.00)
Dollars, each bearing iuterost at tho
rate of Six (6) per cent per annum,
payable semi-annually, interest and
principal at tho office of the County
Treasurer of Lincoln County, Stato
of Nebraska. Said bonds to bear date
of June 1st. 1922, and the interest on
said bonds to bo payable on the 1st.
day of December 1922 and the 1st.
day of June 1923 and on the 1st.
day of Juno of each and overy year
thereafter until all interest on said
Bonds shall have been paid. Said
Bonds to bo numbered consecutively
from ono to fifty, inclusive and tho
interest thereon to be evidenced by
coupons thereto attached. Said bonds
to bo drawn payable to bearer twenty
(20) years after dato but rodeemablo
at tho option of tho City at any time
aftor five (5) years from tho dole
thereof, and shall tho City of North
Platto, Lincoln County Nobraska, levy
a tax In the year 1922 and each said
eyory year thereafter sufflclont to pay
the interest on said Bonds and tn tho
year 1922 and each and every year
thereafter, sufficient to creato a sink
ing fund to pay tho principal of said
Bonds as thoy becomo duo, until suf
flclont tax has been levied to pay all
1 of tho Interest and principal of said
Bonds and such tax to be both for
principal und interest and to be levied
upon all of tho taxable property In
said City of North Platte, Lincoln
County, Nebraska.
These voting against said ordlnanco
shall mark their ballot with an "X"
boforo the paragraph beglnlng with
tho word "AGAINST" issuing Fifty
Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars of tho
Paving Bonds of Uio City of Norta
Platte, Nebraska', In denominations
of Ono Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars
each bearing interest at tho rato of
Six (6) per cent por annum payable
semi-annually, interest and principal
payable at tho offico of the County
Treasurer of Lincoln County, Stato
of Nobraska. Said Bonds to bear date
of June 1st. 1922 and tho Interest on
said Bonds to bo payablo on tho 1st
day of December 1922 and tho 1st
day of June 1923 and on tholst day
of December and en tho 1st day ot
Juno ot each and every year there
after, until all Interest on said bonds
shall havo been paid. Said Bonds to bo
numbered consecutively from ono to
fifty Inclusive nnd the Interest there
on to bo evidenced by coupons thereto
attached. Sold Bonds to bo drawn
payablo to bearer twonty (20) years
aftor dato but redeemable at tho op
tion ot tho City at any timo aftor five
(5) years from tho dato thereof, and
shall tho City of North Platte, Lin
coln County Nobraska, levy a tax in
tlio year 1922 and each and ovory year
thereafter sufficient to pay tho Inter
est of said Bonds and In tho year 1922
and each and ovory year thereafter
sufflclont to create a sinking fund to
pay tho principal of said Bonds as
thoy becomo duo, until sufficient tax
has been levied to pay all of tho in
terost and principal of oald Bonds and
such tax to bo both principal and in
terest and to bo levied upon all of the
toxablo proporty in tho City of North
Platto, Lincoln County, Nebriska.
Dated this 10th day of April, 1922.
O. E. ELDER1, City Cterk.