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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1922)
THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE 4H " riZANKIE'6 PIGHTAlG 5 II ' CERTAINLY J I I f AOW 1. 1ST KM t THIS I "-"a tA9T WfWOS feJf' l$5 f rKAAlNlc S PIOHTWO V ( . J I T7MS XV GOM TO Tti YOU TME, f3 O &w ill; : J AGAIN - GO OUT AAiP J , a V. vILLI V CORRECT WAY to pight is with S fa - l HOAVE SWEET HOME ''DAD CDSRtCTP CAJIG. IN S f V u BY Au-rocAS-rec 1 SPECIALLY WRITTEN IL FOR HUH READERS INFOmiATION ABOUT AGEICUl TUBAL SUBJECTS FIIOM RELIABLE SOURCES All farmers who are grooving po tatoes for the market should write to J. D. Snow, agent for the Federal Bureau of Markets at Kearney, wno will send tho potato bulletin free. Somo hog cholera and blackleg has appeared In Lincoln jaunty which causes tho county agent to Issue a warning to all farmers to watch all herds closely to prevent a heavy loss, and pushed It over. i WARREN'S COMING HOME yum! County Agent Koljogg says that farmers living along the right of way should bo on tho look out for destruc tion of alfalfa by grasshoppers. Ho, urges that poisoned bran bo used to chock them It they begin to bother. Ho has printed Instructions for mixing and spreading tho poison. Owing to tho importance of the ( loedlng-farming industry, the United States Department of Agriculture has . established a project which deals with, it exclusively. It furnishes inform- ation to prospective breeders, as well ns to thoso already engaged in tho Industry, which helps them to over come obstacles and avoid pitfalls. Miss Carrol Huntor was very pleas antly surprised Wednesday evening by a host of friends who came to help hor colobrato her birthday. Tho I. P. P. Club held Its regular meeting lust Thursday nt tho homo of Mrs. Sidney Richards. Owing to har vest and sickness tho attendance was small. Tiio hostess served n dainty lunch. The olcctlon board was busier than usual, many women voters being at tho polls. Wo suggest having at least ono or two ladles on tho election board sinco they aro having womons' suffrage Lincoln County Center defeated tho Sutherland tqam at Sutherland, Sun day by a score of 11 to 2. A return gamo will bo played next Sunday on tho homo diamond. Tho ball team was well pleased over th returns of tho Ice cream supper. :o: .7. .1. WILSON DENTIST OPPOSITE McCABE HOTEL, OYEIi STAMP'S BAKERY. PHONE 71. Umxe John FRIENDLY GOSSIP President Harding took a summer vacation trip home to Marion.'' Ohio, this month and here is what happened the day he arrived. Dr.' ,G. T. Harding, father of the president, went out behind the chicken' (house, performing that wcll-knowni execution (as shown here), which meant his bpy was to have chicken for dinner a big "yallcr leg" that vwcnt fine with mashed potatoes, cream gravy and hoHbiscuits. The best cream to whip is good, lng base( upon the statement of the Tich cream, from 24 to 48 hours old. captaln of t!ach veasel as to tno says the United tSatos Department of amount ot onch variety on board. If Agriculture. It Bhould contain at least 30 per cent butter fat to produce Ideal results and be kept very cold. Pasteur ization tends to lower tho whipping quality -of tho cream and homogeh izatlon is very harmful to it. Combin ed they practically destroy the value of tho cream for whipping. Thore is a state law against light ing a match while getting a supply of gas at one of the service stations. Tho local stations display signs warn ing motorists against this. News dis- tho buyer is dissatisfied he may call on tho Pish Exchange Inspector for an opinion, and either party may ap peal' to the Arbitration Committee of the Fish Bureau. ironing, both with and without an e!ectrlc iron, and ironing with a man gle wore made. To iron .5 pounds ot clothes with an electric Iron took G hours and cost 32 cents for electricity. To Iron 25 pounds with a manglo took 1 hour and used current with 39 cents. :o: On the pier fresh water is used for j LINCOLN COUNTY CENTER washng the fish, but it has been found : that salt water Is more effective m removing fisli slime from walls and floors. nesults of surveys in Lafayetto and Saline Counties. Mo., have recently, i been tabulated by extension workers patches in state papers tell of a case of Uj0 united States Department of along this lino which is as follows: ( Agriculture, to show the need for de "On Juno 21 at Aurora, Nebr. Dr. H. ra0nstration work in improved me- V. Notcomb drove up to the Manhat-1 tan Oil Co.'s service station to get hlB car filled. Ho struck a match to light a cigarette and it also lighted tho gasoline, causing him a loss ot $125 damago to hid car." 1 Boston has the largest fish pier In Iho world, says tho Bureau of Chem istry, United States Department of Agriculture, which supervises Inter state shipment of fish under the Fed eral food and drugs act. The pier Is dovoted exclusively to tho fish busi ness, is 1,200 reel long, auu ieet wiuo and is paved with brick and concrete insuch a manner that it can easily be cleaned by flushng with water. Tho pier was built oy tho Stato of Mas eachusetts at a cost of $3,000,000.00. Eighty vessels can discharge their cargoes thero at the samo time. Tho shiploads of fish aro sold at auction to wholesale doalers, bids bo- FARM LOANS thods of) washing and ironing. In Saline County, only 2 per cent of tho people sent the washing out of tho house, 25 per cent still used the wash board, 40 per cent used hand machines and 33 per cent used power washers, Tho average time for doing washing with a power machine was 2 hours, ns compared with 4 3-4 hours with a ; washboard. In 10 families where machines have been purchased since the survey was made, it is estimated ' that 2 3-4 hours a week or 133 hours 'a year, aro saved in each household. ! In Layfayetto County, 9G per cent of the washing was done at homo. The tub and washboard method was used by 29 per cent, handpowor machines by 34 per cent, 21 per cent had gas oline washing machines, and 10 per cent had machines operated by an electric motor. Clothes wero handled times on an average. Tho Umo for doing washing by motor power was approximately half of that used to do it by tub and washboard method. Similar comparison between hand Nels Gunderson of Sutherland Is living on his place again. Mr. and Mrs. B. It. Goodman roturn ed Tuesday from a visit m Kansas City. Miss Julia Kammerer is holping hor sister Mrs. Jno. Connor during har vesting. Chas. Knox and eons aro, in our neighborhood again to harvest their wheat on the Crow place. Nan, the goat at tho Jno. Connor farm, celebrated tho Fourth by pre senting her owner with three "kids". Tho rains are retarding harvesting but helping tho corn and potatoes. Wheat seems to bo of good quality but .poor stand. Mrs. Lavina Atwood of Minneapolis visited her brothers M. E., Will and John Collins whom she had not seen for twenty-Beven years. Lowest Rates Best Terras T. C. PATTERSON B. & L. Building NOLAN BROS., REXALL STORE L. & S. Groceteria. The Mutual Building & Loan Association has plenty of Money to Loan on Improved North Platte Real Estate. We make loans: . To finance New Buildings, To Assist in the Purchase of Improved Property, To Pay Off Mortgages & Liens on Improved Real Estate. The compulsory payments on our loans aro $5.00 per month on each $1,000.00 and interest $6.00 per month. Borrowers participate in tho earnings of tho Asso ciation and the stock dividends pay off $360.00 of each $1,000 loan. Better for tho borrower than a straight five per cent loan. T. C. PATTERSON, Presidont. BESSIE P. SALISBURY Secretary 1VM. WALDORF Tinner Makes orRcpairs anything made of Tin or Sheot Metal. 510 Locust Undor General Hospital Hotel Ritner We have chanced management and also redecorated the rooms thruout the hotel. We how have a first class modern, clean hotel. Rooms by the week. $2.50 up. ' By Night 50c and Up 115 West 6th St. I've got a neighbor hero by me, It's Elexandcr White; when Elcxandor does a tiling, it's did exactly right We've knowed each other fifty year, without a hint or fuss, to do ns we'd bo did by, is the rule for bootli ot us. You novor soon a oleanor' man than Elexander While, tier never gazed into nn eye moro honestcr or bright. Ho ain't no hand to ostimulatc, accrdln' to his wife. Sho says ho novor teched a drop of nothln' In his life. , I try to bo nB good ns him, an sometimes Uiink I fun, till somothiii' proda mo on tho hide, an' then T fall ker-slam! It takes mo mighty nigh avco'c, a-prayin' day nn night, to get back on tho moral plnno ot Elexander Whlt-- I wisht ho'd run for Cunty Jedgo, or somethln' olso ns big; I'd back h 'ii up fer all I'm wuth, to my last blame runty pig, We'vo knowed each otf'nr fifty year, wo'vo neighbored, day an' night, nn I never knowed a grander man, than Elexander White. SPECIAL FEATURES WRITTEN IN COMBINATION WITH STANDARD. LIFE POLICIES Non-Canccllablo Accident and Health Insurance. Doublo Indemnity Provisions. Spcclfio Dismombcrmont Provisions. Disability Incomo Clause. Monthly Lifo Incomo Provisions. Puro and Installment Incomo Endowment Provisions. Promiiun Waiver Clause. Post Mortem Dividends. Full Participation In all Surplus. Automatlo Non-forfolturo Clause. 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