The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, July 25, 1922, Image 3
THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE HOME SWEET HOME Ql AY LA WE'RE OFf FOq. ALEX CAWS 1MK HOUSR ,HA a a. vie iv DOWN ON ALU LATC CONVEMICTCCT Wlffl, f TMB FARM DAD TME 0O OP THE I 11- nZASt r- ,5s Cm V rl "Im. - 1 vA ta 1 M c MANY BODIES RECEIVED AT FORT jrcI'II EUSO(N NAT ION A L 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 A JOH AND A J A 11 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 " - 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