THE NORTH PLATTE
SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
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ZMARY
MARIE
Hy Eleanor H. Porter
Illustrations by
H, Livingstone
ornUtibr euum n. mt
8YN0P8IS
ritEFACR 'Mary Marl" explains her
apparent "double personality" and lust
why elie la a "cross-current and a contra
diction;" she also tells her reasons for
writing the diary later to be a novel. The
diary Is commenced at Andersonvllla.
CHAPTER. I. Mary bcglhn with Nurse
Sarah's account of her (Mary's) birth,
which seemingly Interested hor father,
who Is a famous astronomer, less than a
new star which was discovered the same
night. Her name Is a compromise, her
mother wanted to call tier Viola and her
father Insisting on Ahltfull Jane. The
child qulchly learnod that her home was
In some way different from those of her
small friends, and wrh puzzled thereat.
Nurse Hurah tells her of her mother's ur
rival at Andersonvllle as a bride and how
astonished they all were at the sight of
the dainty clghtoon-yoar old girl whom
the sedate professor hud Chosen for a
wife.
Chapter Two Continued.
""'Me? Want nie? Mother Ander
son?' she cried. 'Oh, I'm so gladl'
Then sho made It worso by runnln' up
the stairs an' botincln' into tho room
like a rubber ball, an' cryln': 'Now,
what shall I do, read to you, or sing
to you, or shall wo piny games? I'd
love to do nny of them I' Just Hko
that, she said It. I heard her. Then
I went out, of course, an' loft them..
But I heard 'moat everything that
wbb said, Just tho same, for I was
rjght In the next room dustln,' and
tho door wasn't qulto shut.
"First your grandmother Bald real
polite she wns always polite but In
n cold llttlo voice that made oven mo
shiver In tho other room, that sho did
not dcslro to bo read to or sung to,
and that sho did not wish to play
games. Sho hnd called her daughter-In-law
In to have a serious talk with
hor. Then sho told her, still very
polite, that Bhe was noisy an' child
ish, an' undignified, an' that It wns
not only silly, but very wrong for her
to expect to have her husband's entire
attention; thnt ho had his own work,
an' It wns u very Important ono. He
wns going to bo president of tho col
lego somo dny, llko his father before
him; an' It wns her place to help him
In every wny sho could help him to
bo populnr an' well-liked by nil tho
college people un' students ; an' . ho
couldn't bo that If sho Insisted all tho
time on kecpln' him to herself, or look
In' sour nn' cross If sho couldn't have
him.
"Of course that ain't nil sho said;
but I remember this part particular
on uccount of what happened aftor
ward. You see your ma sho felt
awful bad. Sho cried a llttlo, nn'
sighed n lot, nn' said she'd try, sho
really would try to help her husband
In every wuy sho could; an' she
wouldn't ask him another once, not
once, to stuy with her. An' sho
wouldn't look sour an' cross, cither.
She'd promlso sho wouldn't. An she'd
try, she'd try, oh, so hnrd, to bo proper
an' dignified,
''She got up then nn' went out of
tho room so quiet nn' still you wouldn't
know she was movlu'. But I hoard her
up In her room cryln' half un hour
later, when I stopped n mlnuto at her
door to see If she was there. An'
alio was
"But she wasn't cryln by night
Not much sho was I She'd washed her
face an' dressed herself up as pretty
as could be, an' sho never so much
as looked as if sho wanted her hus
band to stay with her, when ho said
right after supper that ho guessed
he'd go out to tho observatory. An'
'twas that way right along after that.
I know, 'cause I watched. You sec,
I knew what she'd said Bho'd do. Well,
she did It.
"Then, pretty quick after that, sho
began to get acquainted In tho town.
Folks called, nn' there wns parties 'an'
receptions whore she met folks, an'
they begun to como hero to tho house,
'6peclnlly them students, nn two or
three or them young, unmarried pre
fcBSOrs. An' she began to go out a
lot with them skutln' an slelghrldln'
an' snowshoeln'.
"Llko It?' Of course sho liked It I
Who wouldn't? Why, child, you never
eaw such a fuss ns they tnado over
your ma In them days. Sho was all
"the rage; nn' of courso alio llkod it
What woman wouldn't, that was gay
an' lively an' young, nn' had been so
lonesome like your ma had? But oomo
other folks didn't llko It. An' your
pu was ono of them. This tlrno 'twas
him thnt made tho trouble. I know,
'cause I heard what he Bald ono day
to her in the library.
"Yes, I guess I wus In tho next room
that day, too or dustln', probably.
Anyway, I heard him tell your ma good
an' plain what ho thought of hor gnl
llvantln' 'round from mornln' till night
twtth them young students an' profes
sors, an' bavin them hero, too, such n
lot, till tho house was fairly overrun
with them. Ho said ho was shocked
an' scandalized, nn' didn't sho have
nny regard for his honor an' decency,
If . che didn't for herself I An' oh, a
whplo lot more.
"Cry? No, your ma didn't cry this
time. I met hor In tho hnll right after
they got through tnlkln', nn' sho was
white as a sheet, an' her eyes was llko
two blnzln' stnrs. So I know how sho
must have looked while she was In tho
library. An' I must say she give it
to him good an' plain, straight from
tho shoulder. She told him she was
shocked an' scandalized that he could
talk to his wlfo like that; nn' didn't
he linve any more regard for her honor
an' decency than to nccuso her of run
rln' after any man living much less
n dozen of them An' then she told
him n lot of what his mother had said
to her, an' she said she had been mere
ly tryln' to carry out those Instruc
tions. She wns tryln' to make her
husband nn' her husband's wlfo an'
her husbnnd's homo popular .with Jhe
"Yea, I Guess I Waa In the Next Room
That Day, Too er DuctlnV
cdllcgb folks, ho site could help liTin
to bo president, If ho wanted to be.
But he answered back, cold an' chilly,
that he thanked her, of course, but
ho didn't enro for any more of that
kind of assistance; an' If she would
give n little more tlmo to her homo an'
her housekeepln', ns she ought to, he
would be considerably better pleased.
An' sho said, very well, sho would,
sco thnt he had no further cnuso to
complain. An' the next minute I met
her In the hall, as I Just snld, her head
high und her eyes blnzln'.
"An' things did change then, a lot,
I'll own. Bight nwny sho began to re
fuso to go out with the students an'
young professors, un' she sent down
'word she wasn't to home when they
called. And pretty quick, of course,
they stopped comln'.
"Housekeepln'? Attend to that?
Well, y-yes, she did try to nt first, a
llttlo; but of course your grandma
hnd always given the orders through
me, I mean; nn' there renlly wnsn't
anything your ma could do. An' I
told her ho, plain. Her ways were
new nn' different nn' queer, nn' wo
llkod ours better, nnywny. So sho
didn't bother us much that way very
long. Besides, she wasn't feclln' very
well, nnywny, nn' for the next few
months she stayed In her room a lot,
an' wo didn't seo much of her. Then
by an' by you came, an' well, I guess
thnt'8 all too much, you llttlo chatter
box I"
CHAPTER ill
The Break la Made.
And that's tho wny Nurse Sarah
finished her story, only she shrugged
her shoulders nguln, and looked back,
first ono way, then another. As for
her culling mo "chatterbox" she al
ways calls me that when she's been
doing all tho talking.
As near ns I tan remember, I havo
told Nurso Sarah's story exactly ns she
told It to mo, In her own words. But
of tfourso I know I didn't get it right
all tho time, and I know l'vo left out
qulto n lot. But, anyway, It's told a
whole lot more than I could hnvo told
why thoy got married in the first place,
and It brings my story right up to tho,
point where I was born; nnd I've nl-'
ready told about naming me, nnd what
a time thoy hnd over that.
Of course whnt's happened since,
up to now, I don't know nil about, for
1 was only a child for the first few
years. Now I'm almost a young lady,
"standing with reluctant feet where
the brook nnd river meet" (I rend
that lust night. I think It's perfectly
beautiful. So kind of Bad and sweet
It makes mo "want to cry every time
I think of it) But even if I don't
know nil of what's hanneneil since
I wns born, I know a good deal, for
I've scon qulto n lot, and l'vo made
Nurso toll mo a lot more.
I know that over slnco I can remem
ber l'vo hud to keep as still as a mouse
tho mlnuto Father comes Into the
house; and I know that I never could
Imagino tho kind of a mother that
Nurso tells uboutT if It wasn't that
sometimes when Father has gone off
on a trip, Mother und I have romped
all over tho house, and had tho most
bonutlful time. I know Unit Father
says that Mother Is always trying to
mako mo a "Marie," and nothing elso;
and that Mother snyB sho knows
Fathol! never bo happy until he's
mndo mo Into a Btupld llttlo "Mary,"
with never an atom of life of my
own. And, do you know? It docs sooin
sometimes, as If Mary and Mario wcro
fighting inside of me, and I wonder
which Is going to bent. Funny, isn't
It?
Father Is president of the collego
now, nnd I don't know how many stars
and comets and things he's discov
ered since tin; night the star and I
were bom together. But I know he's
very fnmous, and thnt he's written up
In the papers nnd magazines, nnd is
In the Mg fut red "Who's Who" In
the library, and hns lots of noted men
come to see him.
Nurse snys that Grandma Anderson
died very soon after I waa born, but
that It didn't make any particular dif
ference In the housekeeping; for things
went right on Just us they had done,
with her giving the orders ns before;
thnt she'd given them nil alone nny
wuy, mostly, the last year Grandma
Anderson lived, and she knew Just
how Father liked things. She snld
Mother tried once or twice to take the
reins herself, and once Nurse let her,
Just to see what would happen. But
things got In an awful muddle right
away, so that even Father noticed It
nnd snld things. After that Mother
nover tried again, I guess. Anyhow,
shVs never tried It since I can remem
ber. She's nlwnys stayed most of the
time up In her rooms In tho cast wing,
except during meals, or when she
went out with me, or weut to the
things she and Father had to go to
together. For they did go to lots of
tilings, Nurse says.
It seemB that for a long time they
didn't wunt folks to know there was
going to be a divorce. So before folks
they tried to be Just as usunl. But
Nurse Sarah said sho know thero was
going to be one long ago. The first
I ever heard of It was Nurso telling
Norn, the girl we had In the kitchen
then ; nnd tho mlnuto I got a chnnco I
asked Nurse what It was a divorce.
My, I can remember now how scared
she looked, and how sho clapped her
hand over my mouth. Sho wouldn't
tell me not n word. And thafs the
first time I ever saw her give that
quick llttlo look over each shoulder.
She's done it lots of times since.
As I snld, she wouldn't tell me, so
I hnd to ask somo ono else. I wasn't
going to let It go by nnd not find out
not when Nurso Sarah looked so
scared, and when It was something
my father and mother were going to
havo somo day.
I didn't like to nsk Mother. Some
way, I had n feeling, from the way
Nurse Snrnh looked, thnt it wns some
thing Mother wnsn't going to like. And
I thought If mnybe she didn't know
yet she was going to hnvo it, thnt
certulnly I didn't wunt to be tho one
to tell her. So I didn't nsk Mother
what a divorce wns.
I didn't even think of asking Fath
er, of course. I never ask Father
questions. Nurse says I did nsk him
onco why ho didn't love mo like other
papas loved their llttlo girls. But I
was very little then, and I don't remem
ber It at all. But Nurse said Father
didn't like it very well, nnd maybe
I did remember, that purt, without renl
ly knowing It. Anyhow, I never think
of asking Father questions.
I asked the doctor first. I thought
maybe 'twas some kind of a disease,
nnd If ho knew it wns coming, ho
could give them some sort of a medi
cine to keep It nwny like being vac
clnnted so's not to have smallpox,
you know. And I told him so.
Ho gave a funny little laugh, thnt
somehow didn't sound like a laugh at
all. Then ho grew very, very sober,
and said:
"I'm sorry, llttlo girl, but I'm ufrald
I haven't got nny medicine that will
prevent n divorce. If I did have,
thcre'd bo no eating or drinking or
sleeping for me, I'm thinking I'd be
so busy nnswerlng my culls."
"Theu It is n disense!" I cried.
And I can remember Just how fright
ened I felt "But Isn't thero nny doc
tor unywhere thnt can stop It?"
He shook his head and gave that
queer little laugh again.
"I'm afraid not," ho sighed. "As
for it's being n disease thero are
people thnt cull It n disease, and there
nro others who call It a cure; and
there are still others who say It's n
remedy worso than tho disease It tries
to cure. But, there, you baby I What
am I snylng? Come, come, my dear,
Just forget It It's nothing you should
bother your llttlo head over now. Walt
till you're older."
Till I'm oldor, Indeed I How I huto
to havo folks talk to mo llko that!
And thoy do thoy do It all tho time.
As If I was a child now, when I'm
almost standing there where the brook
and river meet I
But thnt wns Just the kind of talk
I got, everywhere, nearly every time
I asked any ono what n divorce wns.
Somo laughed, and some sighed. Somo
looked real worried 'cause I'd nsked
It, and one got mnd. (That wns the
drcssmnkcr. I found out afterward
that she'd had n divorce already, so
probably she thought I asked tho ques
tion on purposo to plague her.) But
nobody would answer me really an
swer mo sensibly, so I'd know what It
meant; and 'most everybody snld,
"Run nwny, child," or "You shouldn't
talk of such things," or, "Walt my
dear, till you're older"; and all that.
Oh, how I hate such talk when I
really want to know something I How
do thoy expect us to got our education
if they won't answer our questions?
I don't know which made me angri
est I mean angrier. (I'm speaking
of two things, bo I must, I suppose,
I hnto grammar I) To havo thcin talk
llko that not answer mo, you know
or havo them do as Mr. Jones, the
storekeeper, did, and Uio men there
with hlra.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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plies good service to their owners.
OFTEN THE TROUBLE
WITH A BEAU IS
THAT HE WONT
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Anyone desiring to bo transferred
from one Bchool district to another
for school purposes x should mako
application to this office before tho
annual meeting. Persons who havo
boon transferred but do not need the
transfer privilege any moro should
notify this office to that effect.
AILEEN G. COCHRAN.
County Superintendent
NATIVE RED CEDAR FOIt SALE
I will sell at public autlon on May 8,
1922 tho material in tho old North
Platto Stock Yards, consisting of board
fences, 6 to 7 feot high, somo barbed
wlro, somo woven wire, a lot of loose
lumber, Bomo large gate posts, houso
logs, water tanks, feeding bunks, wind
mill towers, stock scales and many
other articles too numerous to men
tion. Remember tho posts nro all
natlvo cedar. Salo to begin at 1 p.
m. sharp.
JOHN BURKE, Owner.
REGISTRATION NOTICE TO
VOTERS
Tho law roqulros thnt all voters in
cities of 7,000 or moro register at the
office of tho City Clerk. At the last
city oloctlon an opportunity wa3 givon
to rogistor at tho polling places and
most of thoso voting registered. There
was, howover, less than half of the le
gal votors of tho city who voted at
tho city election, all of whom will
want to vote at tho primaries in July.
In order to accomodate them tho city
will bo prepared to rogistor votors
during all of tho month of May at the
office of tho City Clerk. It only re
quires two or three minutes and wo
nsk all votors to rogistor who did
not at tho last oloctlon.
Thomas F. Hoaloy and A. W. Shilling,
Commissioners of Registration.
O. E. Eldor, City Clerk.
Soars, Horan & Shoppard, Attorneys.
NOTICE
IN THE COUNTY COURT IN AND
FOR LINCOLN COUNTY,
NEBRASKA.
In tho Mattor of tho Estate of R. L.
Holdrldgo, Deceased. Estato No.
1880.
All persons Interested in said es
tato, both creditors and heirs, aro
horoby notlfiod that a petition ha
boon filed in tho County Court of Lin
coin County, Nobraska, alleging that
said deceased died on or about the
3rd day of August 1906, a resident
of tho County of Kankakco, In the
tSato of Illinois; that tho said R. L.
Holdrldgo at tho time of his doath
had an apparant interest in tho Ea.st
Half (EHs) of Section Ono (1.',
TownBhlp Thirtoon (13), Rango Thirty-four
(34), nnd tho Wost Half (W&)
of Section Twonty-throo (23), Town
ship Thlrtoen (13), Rango Thirty
four (34), situated In Lincoln County,
Nobraska; that tho interest consisted
of an agreement by ono J. E. Rodgors
to convoy said land to tho Said R.
L. Holdrldgo, decesaBed.
You aro hereby further notified
that tho potltton prayo tho Court for
an Order fixing n tlmo and placo at
which a dotormlnntlon of tho death
of tho said R. L. Holdrldgo may bo had
and a dotormlnntlon of tho heirs ot
said docoased, and degree ot kinship
nnd thoir right ot descent to tho rcnl
property belonging to said docoased,
and you nro hereby notified that the
Court hns fixed tho hearing on said
potition at tho offlco of tho County
Court ot Lincoln County, Nobraska, at
10:00 o'clock A. M. on tho.lCth day ot
May, 1922.
WM. II. C WOODHURST,
(Seal) County Judge.
J. C. Hollman, Attornoy.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estnto No. 1879 of Bridget Jones, de
censed, In tho County Court of Lin
coln County, Nebraska.
Tho Stato of Nebraska, ss.: Credit
ors of said estnto will take notice
that tho time limited for presentation
and filing of claims against said JCf
tato is August 23, 1922, and for set
tlement of said Estate is April 18th,
1923; that I will sit at tho County
Court room In said County on May 23,
1922, nt 10 o'clock A. M., nnd on
August 23rd, 1922 nt 10 o'clock A. M
to recolvo, examine, hoar, allow, or
adjust all claims nnd objections duly
filed.
Dated April 18th, 1922.
WM. H. C. WOODHURST,
(Seal) County Judge.
Wm. E. Shuman, Attornoy.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the County Court of Lincoln Coun
ty, Nebraska. In tho Matter of the
Estate of Frederick Wornoko, De
ceased. Notico is horeby given to any and
nu porsons Having clnlni3 nnd dc
'mands against tho estnto of tho said
Frederick Vfcrnoko, deceased, thnt
the 21st day of August, 1922, hns been
set nnd appointed as tho day for tho
rocoptlon, examination, adjustment
nnd allowance of lawful claims and
demands of all porsons, against said
estate and that tho County Court of
(Lincoln County, Nebraska, will at
said tlmo receive, examine, adjust
and allow all such claims against
snld estate, as provided by law, at tho
County Court Room In tho Court
Houso in tho City of North Platte,
Lincoln County, Nebraska, and all
porsons so interested In said estate,
(Will appear at said tlmo and place
(nnd duly presont thoir said claims
nnd demands in tho manner required
by law, or show cause for not so do
ing, and in case any of said claims
or demands shall not bo presented on
or prior to tho said 21st day of Au
gust 1922, tho same shall bo forever
.barrod.
I IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I havo
signed this notico nnd affixed tho
!soal of said Court this 24th day of
April 1922.
I T. S. BLANKENBURG,
(Seal) Acting County Judge.
i Hoagland & Carr, Attorneys.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate No. 1876 of William Graves,
1 doceased, in the County Court of
. Lincoln County, NobraBka.
I Tho State of NobraBka, ss.: Credit
ors of said cBtato will take notice
that tha tlmo limited for presentation
,nnd filing of claims against said Es
tate is AuguBt 19, 1922, and for settle
ment of said Estate is April 14, 1923;
that I will Bit at tho county court
room in Bald County on May 19, 1922,
at 10 o'clock a. m., and on August
19, 1922 at 10 o'clock a. m., to re
ceive, oxumine, hear, allow, or adjust
all claims and objections duly filed.
Dated Aoril 14. 1922.
. WM. H. C. WOODHURST.
.Seal) County Judge
J. C. Hollman, Attornoy.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate No. 1880 of Sarah A. Morton,
deceased, in tho County Court of
Lincoln County, Nebraska.
Tho Stato of Nebraska, ss.; Credit
ors of said estate will take notico that
tho tlmo limited for presentation and
filing of claims against said Estate 1?
August 23rd, 1922, and for settlement
of said Estate 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 recelvo, ex
amine hear, allow, or adjust all
claims and objections duly filed.
, Dated April 18th, 1922.
WM. H. C. WOODHURST,
(Seal) County Judge.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS (
' Notico Is hereby givon that scaled
bids will bo received at tho office ot
tho County Clerk of Lincoln County,
Nebraska, the city of North Platte,
Nebraska, up to tho h ur of Twelve
O'Clock noon of 29th day of May 1922,
for tho construction and eroctlon of
I the Superstructure, tho substructure
nnd nnnrrmnhfiB of n.11 thn hrlrlirnn nnd
'for furnishing tho materials in con
nection with samo, to bo built in Lin
coln County for tho poriod ot ono
year, at a special sum per lineal foot
for tho (Superstructure of all such
brldgos; and at a specified sum per
lineal foot for tho suporstructuro of
nil such approaches and at a specified
sum per lineal foot for all piling used
in the substructure of all bridges
and approaches; and at a specified
sum per foot (Board measure) for all
caps, Bway braces and other wood
matorials used in tho substructure of
such bridges or approaches Is built
In tho ovent tho substructure of
ouch bridges or pproachos is built
wholly or In part of stone, brick ce
raont or concroto, tho contract for
tho portion of Bald substructure to so
built of Bald matorlal shall bo lot at
a specified sum per cubic foot In
placo.
In tho event tho substruct'iro of
such bridges or approaches Is wholly
or In part of iron, stool or other
motal, tho contract for tho portion of
said substructure to bo built of iron
stcol or other motal shall bo lot at
a specified sum por lineal foot tor
tubing, and at a specified sum per
pound or nil other metal in placo.
All bids must bo accompanied by
a certified chock In tho amount of
$500 mado payablo to tho County
Clork ot Lincoln, to bo forfeited to
tho County In caso tho bidder refuses
to enter into contract with tho Coun
ty, If Bamo is awarded to him.
In general character tho work con
sists of any kind covered by tho Ne
braska Standard Bridgo Plans, copies
ot which nro on fllo In tho offlco of
tho County Clerk.
v Tho number and kind ot bridges
required' to be built in tho county oud
their proposed location as near as can
bo ostimated and determined is as fol
lows: On section line between Sections 8
and 17, Township 12, Raago 27 Lin
coln County Nobraska and nny othor
brldgos at any other location in tho
county that tho county board my hi.-o
fit to order built during hto llfo ot
tho contract
All bidders nro refulrcd to bid on
the plans nnd specifications and bid
ding blanks prepared by the Secretary
of tho Stato Board of Irrigation and
all bids shall bo made strictly in ac
cordance with all bridgo laws ot the
Stato of Nebraska, pertaining to such
matters.
Bids will bo publlcy opened and rend
at tho hour of Two O'clock P. M. on
tho 29th day of May, 1922, at tho reg
ular meeting placo ot tho County
Board of Lincoln County In the Court
Houso at North Platte, Nobraska.
Any bidder before entering on tho
work, pursuant to contract awarded
him, shall glvo bond to tho county in
tho Bum of $2,000.00 conditioned for
tho faithful execution of tho contract.
The County Board of Lincoln Coun
ty, Nebraska, resorvo unto thomsolves
the right to reject any or nil bids.
A. S. ALLEN,
(Soal) County Cleric
NO I'lCB OF ELECTION
Notico Is hereby givon to the Elec
tors of the City of North Platte, No
lirasku that tho Myor rnd City Oivi
til of tho City ot North I lotto, Nebras
ka, hav. vrovlded by ordinance for
tho submission to a direct voto of tho
votors of tho City of North Platte, Ne
braska, the following proposition: An
ordinanco providing for tho submit
ting to tho votors of tho City of North
Platte, in tho County of Lincolfl and
Stato of Nebraska, tho following ques
tion: "Shall tho City of North Platte,
in tho County of Lincoln, State of'Ne
braska issue Its 'Paving Bonds of tho
City of North Platto, Nobraska in
tho sum of Fifty Thousand (SB0,
000.00) dollars, for tho purpose ot
raising money for paying tho cost of
paving, repaving or macadamlzuTjg tho
intersections of streets or avenues
and spaces opposite alleys In tho City
of North Platte, Nebraska. And to pro
vldo for levying and collecting by tho
proper officers of said City a tax an
nually to pay tho Interost and prin
cipal of said bonds as thoy mature."
And by virtuo of the power in me
vostod, I horoby call an oloctlpn on
said ordinanco bo submitted to bo hold
in City of North Platto, Nebraska, on
the ICth day of May, 1922. Tho .Voting
places of said election shall bo tjs fol
lows: Tho First Ward at tho A. N.
Purbln Garage at tho intersection of
Fifth and Dewey Streets; the Second
Ward in tho District Court Room at
the County Court Houso; tho Third
Ward at tho Flro Station at tho 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 be opened at eight o'clock fn the
morning and to remain open until
eight o'clock in the evening of said
day of oloctlon.
Thoso voting in favor of said or
dinanco shall mark their ballot with
an "X" before tho paragraph bogin
ing with tho word "FOR" issuing
Firty Thousand ($50,000.00) of the
Pavintr Bonds nf'thn P.ltv nt Mnrth
JPlatto, Nebraska' in denomination of
uuu mousanu ana ino iuu ($j.Juuu.UU)
Dollars, each bearing interest at the
rato of Six (C) per cent per annum,
payablo semi-annually. Interest and
principal at tho office of tho County
Treasurer of Lincoln County, State
of Nebraska. Said bonds to boar date
of June 1st. 1922, and the interest on
Bald bonds to bo payablo on the 1st.
day of December 1922 nnd tho 1st.
day of Juno 1923 and on the 1st.
day of Juno of each and every year
thereafter until all interest on said
Bonds shall havo been paid. Said
Bonds to bo numbered consecutively
from one to fifty, Inclusive and the
lntorest thereon to bo ovldenced by
coupons thereto nttached. Said bonds
to bo drawn payablo to bearer twenty
(20) years after date but redeemable
at tho option of the City at any time
after five (5) years from the date
thereof, and shall tha City of North
Platto, Lincoln County Nebraska, levy
a tax In the year 1922 and each and
every year thereafter sufficient to pay
the interest on said Bonds and In tho
year 1922 and each nnd every year
thoroaftor, sufficient to create a sink
ing fund to pay ho principal of said
Bonds ns they become due, until suf
ficient tax has hoen levied to pay all
of the interest and principal of Bald
Bonds nnd such tax to be both for
principal and interest and to bo levied
upon all of tho taxable property in
said City of North Platto, Lincoln
County, Nebraska.
Theso voting against said ordinance
shall mark their ballot with an "X"
before tho paragraph beglhlng with
tho word "AGAINST" Issuing Fifty
Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars ot the
'Paving Bonds of the City of North
Platte, Nebraska', In denominations
of Ono Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars
caoh bearing interest at tho rato of
Six (6) por cent per annum fiayablo
semi-annually, Interest and principal
payablo at the office ot tho Cbunty
Treasurer of Lincoln County, Stato
of Nebraska. Said Bonds to bear date
of June 1st 1922 and the Interost on
said Bonds to bo payablo on the 1st
day of December 1922 and the 1st
day of Juno 1923 and on tholst day
of December and on the 1st day of
Juno of each and every year there
after, until all lntorest on said bonds
shall havo boon paid. Said Bonds to bo
numbered consecutively from ono to
fifty Inclusive- and tho lntorest theTe
on to bo ovldonced by coupons thereto
attached. Said Bonds to bo drawn
payablo to bearer twenty (20) years
after dato but redeemable at the op
tion of tho City at any tlmo after five
(5) years from tho dato thereof, and
shall tho City of North Platte, Lin
coln County, Nebraska, levy a tax in
tho year 1922 and each and every year
thoreaftor sufficient to pay tho Inter
est of said Bonds and In tho year 1922
and each and every year thoreaftor
sufficient 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 the in
terest and principal ot Bald Bonds and
such tax to bo both principal and in
terest and to bo levied upon all of the
taxable property in tho City of North
Platto, Lincoln County, Nebraska.
Dotod this 10th day of April, 1922.
O. E. ELDER-, City Clerk.
