Jtorth
TUESDAY and FRIDAY
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, MAY 23, 1922.
NO. 39.
All North Platte Welcomes the Nebraska Trap-Shooters
SHORT STORIES OF
PEOPLE AND THINGS
.I, i
ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT BE.
CENT HAPPENINGS IN THIS
COMMUNITY
Job's Daughters mot Saturday af
ternoon as usual but ono of the un
usual features of the afternoon was
tho presentation of a beautiful bou
quet of roses to Mrs. J. B. Redfiold
In honor of her election as Grand
Conductress of tho Grand .Chapter
o Nebraska Order of Eastern Star
They also planned a picnic for next
Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Blalock left
for Denver Saturday whero they will
make their homo in tho future. Mr.
Blalock has a passenger run on the
Union Pacific and has lately been
placed on a run whero tho layover
is in Denver. They formerly lived
there but camo to North Platte be
cause of changes in Mr. Blalock's
run. Their many friends regret to
see them lcavo hero
"William Gilbert of Ada, Okla. was in
tho city last week in tho interests
starting an iron foundry here. He is
giving special attention to securing a
certain quality of moulding sand
which must contain a certain amount
of clay. If this is found hero, the main
difficulties will havo beon removed
and tho foundry will probably come.
He hopes to handle between fiyo and
ton tons of castings each week.
C. D. Robinson of Red Cloud, Nebr.
was in tho city yesterday. Mr. Robin
son is state examiner of county treas
urers and was checking tho books of
the treasurer at the court house. Ho
is a candidate for the nomination for
stato treasurer on the republican
IML'OBTANT AflMCULTUItAI SO
CIETY TO HOLD
MEETING'
Tho Lincoln County Boo Keepers'
Association will meet in Firomans'
Hall at 2 p. m. next Saturday, May
21. Tho prcsldont requests that all
members bo present as Important
business Is to bo transacted.
ticket and has a pretty strong back
ing. -Ho was county treasurer of
Wobster county for eight years and
lias been in his present position for
four years.
Loren Sturgis says ho wishes he
had a hundred Ico houses like tho
soventeon ho bought from tho Union
Pacific this week. Ho has most of
thorn sold and he has not been a bit
anxious about it yet. Ho expected
to do somo advertising and to put a
man down thero near the ice houses
to sell them for him, but ho has not
yet done any advertising and his man
has not yet como and he is almost
out of ico houses. Ho might Invest
in somo Lloyd Opera houses or somo
Besack Livery barns or somo of tho
other old landmarks which tho stato
firo warden says must como down.
According to tho May report re
leased last week by A. E. Anderson
of tho bureau of markets and crop
estimates of this state, tho abandon
ment of winter wheat Is approxi
mately three times tho usual acre
age and ryo is but? little better. Tho
losses aro estimated at 35 per cent
in Lincoln county, 33 per cent in
Keith, 35 per cent In Deuel, 32 per
.tent In Cheyenne, 70 per. cent ln
Kearney county, GO per cent in Adams
and 35 per cent in Buffalo county
Tho present condition over tho state
forcasts a production of 54,514,000
bushels as compared with 57,599,000
last year. .
ORATION
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AT :
NATIONAL CEMETERY
MEMORIAL HAY EXERCISES TO
HE HELH AT FORT
McPHERSON
EUSHTl'iFlVE TO HE. PROMOTED
FROM JUNIOR 11 Kill
SCHOOL
On Tuesday, May, 30 Momojial day
will bo observed at Fort McPhorson1
National Cemetery. At 11:00 a. m.l
tho graves will bo decorated by ox
servlco mon with colors and flowers,
A program at tho open-air rostrum
will start at 2 o'clock with tho invo-j
cation by Chaplain Harlan E, Korr
There will bo a number of readings
and songs by tho pupils of tho Fort
McPherson school and special iuubIc
will bo rendered by the ladles quartet
and tho Aniorlcau Loglon quartet
of North Platte. Superintendent O
O. H. Weldnor of tho National como
tary will read a poom which ho has
written for the occasion. Wells C.
Jones and Everett E. Carr will speak
Following tho program from tho
rfc strum, icoremonlal work will bo
conducted by ox-servlco men staged
from tho central part of the ceme
tery. Tho program in detail will be
published later. The sorvlces aro un
der tho auspices of Fort McPhorson
Post of tho American Loglon, In
charge of H. B. Olson, post com
mander. Evoryono Is Invited to at
tend. Ex-sorvlco men aro requested
to wear uniform.
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UB. Thrifty SAys
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mJM ii uwiui a
Tho First National bank has beon
distributing some very Interesting
booklets lately under tho titlo of
"Better Banking." They are in plain
language and give tho principles un
derlying the idea of tho Fedoral Re
servo system. It Is a short story of
modern banking and without any
figures to confuse. Anyone not fa
miliar with the Federal Reserve sys
tem can well afford to spond tho timo
necessary to read this llttlo booklet.
GOTHENBURG IS TO HAVE A WEEK
HAY GAME WITH NORTH
PLATTE
The North Platte Legion baseball
team will journey to Gothenburg Io
rnorrow where they will meet tho
toam front that city. The defeat -et
last Sunday lias put tho Gothenburg
boys on tho aggressive and they are
practicing overy day now. The Goth
enburg band will give a concert on
Lake Avenne at 2:30 and at 2:45
cars and trucks will leave the post
office for tho ball grounds, Tho busi
ness men of that city will close their
stores from 2:45 to 5 p. m. Many
autos from this city will go but bl
cyclo rldors will hardly mako tho
trip on account of tho dlstanco and
the roads.
Tho annual promotion exercises of
the Junior High School will bo hold
Wednesday aftornoou In tho Frank
lin auditorium, beginning at 3:30.
Thoro will bo approximately elghty
flvo boys and girls promoted to tho
Sonlor High School. Tho program will
open by a march during which tin
class will tnko its place. A vocnl
solo by Madellno Bllckonsderfer pro
ceeds tho Class Will, tho parts to bo
taken by Dnrroll Trout, Ashley House,
Ruth Donaldson, Eva Stone and Ro
mano Throckmorton. Tills will bo fol
lowed by a piano duet by Bcrnico Wil
liams and Marlon Huxoll. Tho class
prophocy will bo" acted out by Lorlta
Hogsett, Ruby Raskins, Estolla Llt
tlo, Isabbl Thnyor, Arthur Paulson,
Mclvln Yates, Viva Gates and Mad
ollno Bllckonsdorfor. Tho address to
tho class will bo glvon by Superin
tendent Llttel and tho class song will
closo tho program. Evoryono In Invited
and It Is freo.
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GOLLMAR HROS. CIRCUS HAY IS
. LESS THAN TWO WEEKS
AWAY
TRAP-SHOOTERS TO
HOLD JOURNAMENT
GUNNERS FROM OVER STATE TO
SPEND THREE DAYS
HERE
Tuo Forty-sixth annual tournament
of tho Nobraska Stato Sportsman's
Association opened this morning at
tho Buffalo Bill Gun Club grounds In
tho city park. A number of shootors
wero on tho grounds yesterday prac
ticing but real scoring will start this
morning. Tho tournament will con
tlnuo thrco days, closing Thursday
ovonlng. Tho Buffalo Bill gun club
as host will furnish a numbor of
Bhooters but tho largest numbor by
far will como from tho other clubs
of tho stato.
CADETS ARE OFF FOR
ANNUAL CAMP AT
GOTHENBURG
THEIR
Tho Cadot company and tho Band
will leavo Thursday morning for tho
annual camp at Gothenburg. A squad
of eight will proceed the main body,
leaving hero Wednesday to proparo
tho camp. Forty-flvo of tho band and
thlry members of tho company plan
to bo thoro. Chas. Killlan and Chas.
Morgan aro to bo in direct chargo
of tho camp and much of thd detail
will bo looked after by tho officers ap
pointed from among tho boys. Next.
Sunday will bo visitors day whon ono
of tho attraction ylll bo a band con
cert. Tho boys plan on returning homo
Monday night.
Advanco agonts for G'ollmar Bros,
circus wero In tho city slnco Friday
and havo made all tho arrangements
to show here on Saturday, Juno 3.
Tho old grounds in tho south-oast
part of tho city havo been secured.
Mr. O'Donnoll, tho press agent says:
This year tho Gollmar Bros, clr
icus Is larger than ever. Tho great
(.. ji will seat comfortably 7,000 people
and tho monagorio canvass Is largo,
furnishing commodious room for tho
arranging of tho cages, lairs, dens
and tanks. There aro more than 500
horses with tho huge shows, more
than 200 of which aro bred in tho
purple and highly educated. Tho zoo
logical collection is Incomparably the
rarest In exlstonco. The greatest herds
of elephants In tho world. These bulky
boasts neform amnzlng tricks In tho
rings. This is tho most instructive
exhibition of animal training ever ac
" nv or tho actrobats,
i -. "qucatrinns, riders, equilibr
ists, dancers, wlro artists, and myrld
other feature perfonnors aro Intro
duced by tho Gollmar Brothers In
this country for tho first time.
v&ric srn'rTs
Adversity may come to the
man who is careless with his i
money.
And one great carelessness
is in investing it in question
able securities.
We can offer you the very
best and safest investment in
our
Certificate of Deposit
and they draw 5 per cent inter
est. So let our bank put you in
a way to havo your money earn
ing for you at a rate that will
gradually build itself into a sub
stantial amount.
UNION
STATE BANK
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA
Tuesday
May 30
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FLO WE
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Roses Pansies in Bloom
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PHONE) 274
Tho targets used at tho tournament
aro mado of clay and aro about as
light and brlttlo as an egg sholl al
though they aro much thicker. Tho
officials havo provided 155 barrolB
of theao targets and each barrol con
taining over BOO targets. And they
expect most of them to bo used.
Tho business mooting of tho Sports
man's Association will bo hold on
Wodnosday ovoning in tho club rooms
of Uio Elk's homo. Officers aro to bo
elected and tho location of tho next
tournament is to bo dotormlnod, a
long with such other business ns may
bo brought up for attention.
at tits noonday luncheon yostorday
and won tho admiration of all by thoir
flno personalities.
Somo of tho mof.t enthusiastic
shootors on tho nun club grounds aro
tho men who aro called professionals
because they aro demonstrating and
acting ns agent for somo kind of pow
der or shells. Tho best known and
most wolcomo of thoso men at North
Platto is Georgo Carter, who spoilt
three or four years in business hero
in North Platto at ono timo and is
well known by tho older residents
of this community. IIo is agont for
tho Potors Cartrldgo Co., a fino shot
and a good follow to know.
Many expression of sympathy and
regret wero heard about Uio gun club
grounds yesterday becauso Kolth Nev
ille is sick. Mr. Novlllo was olected
president of tho Nobrnska Stato Sport
sman's Association a year ago and
has planned tho present tournnmont
and last week ho took sick and is con
fined to his homo. He not nlono Is
missing tho pleasure of being host
to tho visitors but ho is missing ac
tivo participation in tho tournnmont
In which ho took so much pleasure
Many North Platto peoplo will bo
intorostcd in loarulng that thoro aro
sovoral enthusiastic lady shootors at
tending tho tournament this week.
Mrs. "W. C. Edmlston of Ralston is tho
champion lady trapshootor of tho
stato but her titlo Is to bo challenged
by Mrs Webster, of Kearnoy and pos
sibly others. Tnoso ladles among
othors wore guests of tho Rotary Club
Dan Bray is in tho city this weok
taking in tho shooting tournament.
That is not yory significant in lt
flolf for thoro nro nearly a hundred
othors who are doing tho same thing.
But Mr. Bray was a charter member
whon it was organized forty-six years
ago and ho has novcr missed a meet
ing during thoso forty-six. Ho recall
ed yesterday his trip to North Platto
about seven years ago when tho stato
tournnmont was hold horo and told
of tho weather and tho gnats and then
of tho snowstorm which camo up and
coyored everything with snow. Ho
has had many interesting experiences
at tho provious forty five meetings
and oxpects to havo a big time at
tho ono now on.
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Mombers of tho Presbytorinn choir
woro guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
Hastings last Thursday evening after
tho rohorsal. Tho hostesB sorvod ico
cream, shorbot and delicious assort
ed cakes. Tho invltntlon wns a dollpht
ful Buprlso and a wolcomo invasion
in tho monotony of choir practice.
A good Watch for tho Boy's Grad
uation, Clinton & Son, Jowolors.
Readiness to Serve
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years, we have supplied immediate parts and 'mech
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buy a car to use, and not to lay up, waiting for parts
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and ability to give immediate soxwico before you buy
your next car.
Fair Service Prices
The price of Dodge Brothers repair parts are
fair and lower than for most any other car. Our
labor costs are now on tho flat rate basis, and you
can find out tho cost of any operation in advance
on inquiry, and this is the ono and only price for
guaranteed work on Dodge cars.
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