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CEMETERY
Over two hundred bodies from tho
Fort Sidney cometery at Sidney are
being removed to tho National ceme
tery at Ft. MoPherson. Tho follow
ing from tho Sidney Entcrprlso Is
an Interesting account of tho transfer.
Under tho personal direction of a
government agent, Harry Northcott
Captain of tho Reserves In Capt. M.
N. Greeley's Department of Omaha,
and under tho personal supervision
of undertaker, O. H. Austin of Jules-
burg, Colorado, who secured tho con
tract, tho bodies numbering two hund
red and four In the old Fort Sidney
cemotery north of tho Union Pacific
Jroundhouso and two rrom tho old
Cathollo cemetery a few miles east
of Sidney, have been dlslntorred, tho
bones placed In galvanized Iron boxes
12x26 Inches, sealed, thon these Iron
boxes placed In wooden boxes for
Bhlpment to Ft McPherson National
cemetery near Maxwell, Nebraska.
Tho work of removing from the
graves tho remains was dono solely
by Leland Austin, nephew of the con
tractor and wo noticed It was thor
oughly done, the dirt being carefully
searched for any smallest relic of
bono.
Ft. Sidney was abandoned In 1894
and tho last burial in this historic
cemetery was made in that year.
Harry Northcott, government agent,
was sent hero to remove tho bodies of
twonty-two soldiers and two civilians,
relatives of soldiers, all of, which
twero to be re-interred in u't. Mc-
iPherson. When ho came he found a
host of unmarked graves and saw it
would bo impossible to distinguish
the soldiers.. He reported this and tho
government ordered all dls-interrcd,
that no soldier bo left, and that
brought about this, the greatest
wholesale removal of. history,
Out of the two hundred and fout
bodies only three soldiers were posi
tively Identified John O'Hara; Jos
eph Li. Boland, of 1st Regiment Mich
igan Volunteers, and a man named
Hughes.
This work was finished,' Mondnv
night after over a week's steady
work by a force of twenty-fiv'o men.
Tho Enterprise man was asked not
to write it up last week because of
tho crowd it would draw to annoy
the workmen and hinder tho work,
and so wo refrained. Even now, who
can report such an incident? What
pen can draw a picture true to tho
of oxperlonco as a writer and with
no Boruplcs about tolling falsehoods
could gather gossip and make a big
(ntrvstlng story of It; but in such
cases It is tho truth the real Amer
ican heart craves, and that cannot
bo fully obtained. Lips which could
havo told aro Bilont forever, and the
All Seeing One points man to the fut
ure rather than tho past and often
withholds , from him such things ns
would not bo boneficlal in his de
velopment and earth's progress. Tho
lives and customs of yesterday aro
not ours. In the Interests of advanc
ing civilization customs change, but
life goes on. Half of Us secrets never
known to thoso who follow.
Fort Sidney, at tho time this ceme
tery was being populated, was tho
business and social life of Sidney,
and from what is known by old set
tlers, It was a very tainted social life
In which immorality and crime held
th'elr despotic sway. Becauso of this
taown condition, human Imagination,
tho ghoulish strain In us all, paints
vivid pictures no doubt greatly en
larged ones around evory grave In
old Ft Sidney.
Thero aro tho two, one of which
was surely tho resting place of "Rod
McDonald", who was lynched becauso
ho "know too much" for tho genonl
safoty of his murderers, and whoso
curse uttered just before ho was hurl
ed Into eternity on tho early morn
ing of April 1, 1881, from a limb of
tho old tree which was cut down last
year when tho ground was cloarcd
for tho beautiful now thiru wnru
school, calling tho judgement of God
to sco that each leader In his death
dlod a terrlblo and violent death, Is
said to havo been carried out to tho
fullest and McDonald fully avenged
by Ho who said "Vongenco is Mine."
On Monday tho only metalllr casket
discovered In tho cemotery was un
earthed. It contained a tall, red-hair
ed man with skull crushed In, whoso
clothing proclaimed him a soldier but
no marks of identification told or
name or rnnk. What theories wo
wonvo nbout that man. whose prom
inence was evidenced by the mode ol
lntorment but how llttlo wo know.
Thero was tho man In uniform with
a nosegay on the left lapel of his army
coat. Naturally we picture him In all
his glory nt a dance or some ribald
fort entertainment, killed byt a jeal
ous husband or rival, and burled as
ho fell but who knows?
There 1b the soldier with one leg
off Just above the ankle and a prettj
woll preserved army boot pa tho
other foot. How did ho dio? No one
knows.
Thero were the two Indian scouts
in their blankets and beaded jackets,
nil plainly distinguishable after these
many years In the bosom of Mother
Earth. Did thoy die at the hands ol
red hrothors, or of the white men they
served 7 Who can tell?
Thero was the young woman, dis
interred near the southwest corner
of tho cemetery. So young that her
wisdom teeth were not cut, though
plainly vlslblo an eighth of an inch
Uncle Joiri
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above her other teeth. In her face and
forepart of her head were ton holes
where buokshot had penetrated. On
her arm was a babe. No shot wounds
on It. Sho wore fine leather laced
shoes, square-toed, heavy-soled, high
topped and military heels. How did
she meet her death?. Lee Osborne
shook two buckshot from tho skull,
one of which ho gave to the reporter,
and wo look at tho small, death-deal
ing missle and ask, In vain, "Why and
by whom, were you sent dn that last
fatal mission and who was your vie
tlm? Only silence shrouded In mystery
I long liavo blowed my nose, an' sobbed about our Jobless brothers.
. . . It's sad, to think how they've been robbed b'y mo, nnd countless
others. ... If anything can fetch tho tears, an' cause my heart to throb.
It's when tho headline bold appears, "Thousands without a Job!"
So long I've tugged, an sweat, an' bled and give out In my knees -nn'
flggorod, when I laid In bed, on how to live nt ease. ... I ain't what's
callod a lazy man nor ornery, so to Bpeak, I' try to save tho most I can
from seven bones a week. . . . And, while a spell of peaceful rest Is
what I've had In view, I know a man nin't at his best, without a Job to do. . .
I
Last week, I went to Bony Stout a chronic jobless brother. Ills chlofest
do, is, "do without" from one weeks end to t'other. ... I hired him on
modest job tho best I could afford. Ho soaked me, ton cold bucks a day
besides his bed an' board! ... A fellor's disillusionment Is! tho hnrdest
part to tell, but Bony said I'd pay that much, or tho Job could go to hell!
When in North Platte
COME AND SEE US
Hotel Palace
Palace Cafe
PalaceBazaar
Everything first cls and prices
reasonable. Opposite Union Pacific
Station.
pear in this paper from time to time,
and will give hitherto unpublished,
items, but will not reveal tho Identity,
cause, or time of death, of thoso whoso
mortal remains havo been, resurrect
ed after half a century
:o:
THE TAINT
What is there about success that
seems to turn the head of the ordin
ary individual? Whether It ho nnltMnn.1
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answers us. Was she killed by the1 preferment, social advancement, an ln-
Indians, by a drunkon husband or a crease In revenues through the for-
traitorous lover? Silence only nn
swers.
There was tho man whoso wrists
and neck were bound with wire. How
and why did he die? Silence again.
Tragedy? Yes, But whether criminal
tunes of business, or the winning of
some blup ribbon at a dog or cattle
show, the male or female Involved in
the transaction in nino cases out of
ten immediately assumes tho airs of a
grandee or a dowager and becomes In
or pathetic who knows? He mny have 1'is or her mind a. Lord of Creation or
been an outlaw whose acts deserved n Duchess of Paradise. Ho may havo
any fate and tho wire may havo been known nothing J)etter than a rc
tho only means available. He may flannel undershirt and a vermin rld-
have been nn honest and bravo man den couch In a flop nuuse; and she
"brutally murdered. Wo do not know, nothing moro entrancing than tho
There was tho young woman, with pleasures of homespun lingerie nnd a
tho two, long;, beautiful brahts of dilapidated wash board. But let the
hair tied at the end with two large niagic wand of success touch them at
ribbon bows. Who was she? the comnnind of the Wildest God of
There wns tho man In the stone- Luck nnd through no efforts of their
walled grave near the sotfth side. own havo been responsible, they will
whoso box was well preserved and nt once bulld for themselves a platform
ore the name C. D. Esslg. Sldne of Bran(1 a,rs on whlch tho' ,ns,at on
Tho wooden coffin was also In a fair nanulmS their silliness and ignorance
state of preservation. The man sup-lboforo tho worU1 nt thelr feet F0
posed to be a Lieutenant had a rather! the,r assumption one might think no
i i i . -. I nn n ln(Vvrr tlmm linrl nvnr 1iirV tr-m
iiuuvv neiui or warv. f?nmrn nnir wnro u,,w .v nuiu
HE'S THE EASIEST FEL
LOW IN THE WORLD
TO FOOL YOURSELF.
JOHN S. SIMMS, M. I).
Spocial Attention Glvon to
Surgery
McDonald Bank Building
Offlco Phono 83 Rosldonco 38
slon of road No. 20 nnd to bo any
width up to Cfi foot wide to mako a
good road has been reported In favor
thorcof, nnyono having objections
thereto or claims for damages by
reason of tho establishing of tho abovo
described road must fllo same In Of
flco of tho County Clerk of Lincoln
County. Nebraska on or boforo 12
o'clock noon of tho 1G day of Soptom-
bcr 1922 or said road will bo allowed
without reforenco thoroto.
Witness by hand nnd official seal
this 8th day of July. 1022.
A. 3 Alton
(SEAL) County CI or If
ROAD NO. 420
DR. J. R. McKIRAHAN
Practice Limited to Dlscasso of
Women nnd Surgery
Over Roxnll Drug Storo
Phonos: Offlco 127 Rosldonco 666
Offlco 340 Houso 723J
DR. IV. I. SHAFFER
Osteopath Physician
Over tho Oasis North Platto
Offlco Phone 241 , Res. Phono 217
L. C. DROST
Osteopathic Physician
North Platto, Nebraska.
Knights of Columbus Building.
a stiff collar and four-ln-hand tie
of light shade. But none of these
could speak, an even as we looked,
they began crumbling away to noth
ingness.
Who was tho man so tall that a
coffin eight feet long wns required
to hold him? A giant he was, but who
was ho? When and how did ho dio?
Who knows? Not wo. Phantom hands
bockon to us tantallzingly, but when
we would follow and mako Inquiry,
only silence, deep, awe-inspiring, ans
wers us.
And so thoy wero found. In every
state of preservation or decay. Lying
in every direction, with no semblnnce
of system, bearing out the statements
of yionoors that nlntey per cent ot
them died "with their boots on" and
fifty per cent were burled between
sunset and sunrlso and all tho world
know of It was that thero appeared a
fresh mound In Old Fort Sidnoy cerae
tory nnd some person had disappear
ed. Thoro Is a world of history here, if
wo could get it, yet what would It
bonofit its? It is not unusual. Such
things mark tho way of progress tho
world over. Thoy aro tho stopping
stones of civlliznton after all, as is
tostificd by tho fact that tho scene
of Old Fort Sidnoy with its crime nnd
shamo and mystery, is now tho lively
prosperous county seat of tho banner
whent county of tho Unfon, an agri
cultural garden, populated by happy
prosperous peoplo, governed by a con
Junctln of dlvlno nnd civil law.
Tho plot of ground Is now rolloved
of Its human burden, Is still govern
ment ground. What disposition will
bo mado of It wo do not know. On tho
sito whoro tho first lookout stood,
now stands tho largo municipal water
tank which will proservo tho histor
ical vnluo, and It might be something
will nlso mark tho old cemotery.
Wo aro promised somo real history
by pioneers which will probably ap-
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Finite or Kear
ney aro spending sovoral days in the
city on their honeymoon. Mr. Flnko
Is manager of tho Ravenna Cronmory
Co. nt Kearney.
OTIS R. WATT, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
X-Ilny "
Dlngnoss and Treamont
Over Union State Bank
Offlco Phono 29GW Houso Phono 2'JGR
To whom It may concorn:
Tho special Commissioner appointed
to locnto a public road as follows:
Commencing nt tho corner to Sec
tions 5, G, 7. and 8 town 12 N .R. 30
W. running thence north one mile o
tho NE corner ot Sec. G said townB''n
nnd rnngo. Also comonclng at tho FH
cornor of Bectlon 32 T. 13 N. R. 30 W.
running thenco on lino between soc.
32 nnd 33 ono mllo, thenco Northwest
nnd Northeast through tho East of
Sees. 29 nnd 20 to connect with Road
No. 8 nbout 9 chains west of the NE
corner of said Section 20, following
said section botweon Sees. 20 and 21
T. 13 N. R. 30 W. for about ono half
mllo has reported In favor thoroot
nnyono having objections horoto or
claims for damages by reason of tho
osLabllshment of tho abovo road must
fllo samo In tho offlco of tho County
Clerk of Lincoln County, NobraBka
or said road will bo allowed without
reforenco thoroto, on or boforo 12
o'olock noon of the lGth day ot Sopt-
cmbor, 1922.
Wltnoss my hnnd nnd official seal
this 8th day of July, 1922.
A. S. Allen
(SEAL) County Clork
GEO. B. DENT
Physician nnd Surgeon
Spocial Attention Given to Surgery
and Obstetrics
Offlco: Building & Loan Building
Phones: Office 130 Residence 116
tho sweetened cup nnd that all who
had gone beforo really mattered not
at all In tho great scheme of things wo
havo come to regard as Llfo. It Isn't
so much their money that offends, but
rather tholr blatant Ignorance which
shrieks forth In every ill chosen word
they utter and with every grotosquo
waistcoat, or gown thoy wear. They
suddenly como to think that thoy
are actually superior to nny ono In
any clrclo in which they mny move
and that they aro entitled to por-qulstcs-nnd
considerations denied to
tho ordinary mart or woman. If thoy
drlvo a car they want all the road,
If they aro In a resturant thoy want
all tho attention, if buying, thoy treat
Btoro employees ns if thoy wero serfs,
thoy aro patronizing to men and In
sulting to women and generally ranko
thomselves conspicuous by their ab
solute lack of that courtesy thoy
really owe tho world for It's godness
to them. When wo see them toddle
forth, staggering undor tho burden of
tholr conceit puffed and swollen with
tho poison of their prldo nnd pomp
osity, with vanity in ovory manner
nnd affectation In ovory movo, with
iPoso as their roligion nnd Position
as tholr God wo do not wonder with
Brann, that tho Lord once grew dis
gusted with tho entlro show nnd de
cided to drown it out as ho might a
"Httor of blind pupp!es."Oil World.
Y. T. PRITCIIARD
Graduate Vcterlnnrlnn
Ex-Governmont Veterinarian and ex
assistant deputy State Veterinarian.
Hospital 315 South Vine, Street
Phones. Hospital G33 Rosldonco 63S
WM. WALDORF
Tinner
Makes or Repairs anything made of
Tin or Sheot Metal.
510 Locust Under General Hospital
ED KIERIG
Auctioneer
For dates nnd terms call at
First National Bank
North Platto, Nob.
DR. L. A. SNAVELY
Dentist
X-Rny Diagnosis Oxygen nnd
Gns Anesthesia for Extractions.
Over Union Stato Bnnk
Phono 29G.
D'ERRYBERRY & FORBES
Licensed Embnlincrs
Undertakers and Funeral Directors
Day Phono 41 Night Phono Black 5J8
Eyes examined, Glasses fittod. .Sat
lsfaction, suro. Clinton & Son
EXTENSION ROAD NO. 2G5
DR. REDFIELD
Physician, Obstetrician, Surgeon
X-Ilny
Calls promptly answerod Night or Day
Phonos. Offlco 642 Resldenco G76
DR. HAROLD FENNER
Osteopath
Over Hlrschfeld's
Offlco Phono 333 Ros. Phono 1020
Hotel Ritner
We have chanced management
and also redecorated the rooms
thruout the hotel. We now have
a first class modern, clean hotel.
Rooms by the week. T$2.50 up.
By Night 50c nnd Up
115 West 6th St.
DR. M. B. STATES
Chiropractor
Rooms 5. G, 7 Building & Loan Bldg
Offlco Phono 70 Res. Phono 1242
J. S. TWINEH, M. D.
(Homeopath)
Mcdldno nnd Surgory
Hospital Facilities
NORTH PLATTE, NEBR.
Office Phono 183 Rosldonco 283
. EXTENSION ItOAD IJO. 01
To whom It may concorn:
Tho special Commissioner appointed
to locate n public road as follows:
Commencing at tho corner to Sec
tions 13, 14, 23 nnd 24 T. 13 N. R. 30 W.
running thenco north on lino botween
Sections, 13 nnd 14 ono mile, thonco
north westorly through sees. 11,10 and
9 said township nnd rnngo following
tho south bnnk of tho Cliannol ot tho
Platto River to tho Intersection with
Road No. G ending thero said road to
bo GG feet wide has roported In favor
thorcof nnyono having objections there
to or clnlms for damages by reason ot
tho establishment of tho abovo road
must fllo samo in tho office of the,
County Clerk of Lincoln County, Nebr
aska on or boforo 12 o'clock noon of
tho 18th day ot September, 1922 or tho
abovo road will bo allowed without
roforenco thoroto.
Witness my hand and official seal
this 8th day of July, 1922.
A. S. Allen
(SEAL) County Clork
To whom it mny concern:
Tho special commissioner appointed
to locate n road as follows: Commonc
ing at Road No. 2G5 at tho northeast
corner of Section twenty nine (29)
townbhlp nino (9) rnngo twenty Boven
(27) west thenco north nbout 520 rods
on or near the section lino as practi
cal, thonco In a northerly direction
passing around tho head of a canyon
nnd back to tho section lino, thonco
north to tho northeast cornor of sec
tion Sovcntccn (17), thonco in a north
wostofly direction down n rldgo nbout
1G0 rods, to tho main canyon, thonco
in a north easterly direction along tho
oast bank of tho canyon on section
olght (8) to tho north lino of soction
eight, thenco iu a northerly direction
along tho east bank of tho canyon on
isoction fivo (5) to a point nbout 20
rods south of tho Northeast cornor of
section fivo (5), thonco crossing can
yon and going north 20 rods nlong tho
north sldo ot canyon to tho Northeast
cornor of Section flvo(G). thenco north
about 240 rods on tho west section line
of Soction thirty threo (33), township
ten (10). range twonty seven (27) weBt
thenco In n northeasterly direction
around a head of a canyon to n point
about 15 roils cast of tho northwest
cornor of section thirty three (33),
thonco cast about 140 rods nlong or
as near practical tho soction lino
between section thirty threo (33) nnd
twenty olght (28) to tho northoast
corner of tho northwest quarter of
soction thirty threo (33) township ton
(ton) north rnngo twonty sovon (27)
west of tho Blxth principal meridian,
tho abovo road terminating at Exton
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate No. 1893 of Rhoda A. Ed-
mlston, deconsod in tho County Court
of Lincoln County, Nebraska.
Tho Stato of Nebraska, ss. Creditors
ot said estato will tako notice that
tho tlmo limited for presentation and
filing of claims against said Estato is
Nov. 11, 1922 and for settlement of said
Estato Is Juno 30, 1923; that I will
sit nt tho county court room in said
County AugUBt 11th, 1922, at 10 o'clock
a. m. and on November 11th, 1922 at
10 o'clock a. m., to rocolvo, examine,
henr, nllow, or adjust all claims and
objections duly filed.
Dated Juno 30, 1922.
Wm. H. C. Woodhuret
(SEAL) County Judgo
ItOAD NO. 422.
To whom It may concorn:
Tho special Commissioner appointed
to lofato a public road as follows:
Commencing at tho corner to Sec
tion 4, 5, 8 nnd 9 township 12 north
rnngo 30 west of tho Gh p. in., running
thenco wost on section lino between
soctions 5 nnd 8, and 0 and 7 two
miles to connect with oxtonsion to
Road No. 42 has reported in favor thoro
of nnyono having objections thoroto or
claims for damages by reason of tho
ostabllshmont ot doscribod road must
fllo samo In tho offlco of tho County
Clork ot Lincoln County, Nebraska
on or beforo 12 o'clock noon of tho
lGth day of Soptombor, 1922.
Wltnoss my hand nnd official seal
this 8th day. of July, 1922.
A. S. Alien
(SEAL) County Clork
