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TUESDAY and FKIDAY
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, AUGUST 15, 1922. -
No. 63
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WILD WEST 10 BE
HI 9UTHERL
AND
8T0RY OF PLATTE RIYER HOUND
UP AND PIONEER
EXHIBITION
Another Strike Possibility
Tho following grnphio account of
the big Lincoln County "Wild Wost(
was takon from tho Sunday lnagazh
section o tho Omaha World Herald
It Is of interest to pooplo of this scc-J
tion of tho stato as it tells of men
who aro woll known hero and ofj
ovents which aro still romemberod by
tho oldest settlors.
Tho tall hoavy-sct man with tlio
eoft cotton shirt and tho coat of tan
In tho front of tho theatre and(
through eyes of china bluo looked
at tho stage. I
A chorus of dimpled maidens, drossy
ed in tho stagiest of cowboy and In-(
dian garb, raised! their rigbt l)aro(
kneo and circling tho foot beneath.
danced sldoways .oft Uio stage. As,
thoy danced, they sang a song, tho,
last words of a song which runs, "And
that's the way thoy did It way out
west." I
Tho tall, heavy man sighed deop
when tho curtain dropped and reach-)
d for his ten gallon hat, parked be
neath his seat, roso to go. .
"That sure was a great show,
wasn't it, Bill," vouchsafed tho pale-(
faco at his side, whoso scarlet ncclc-
tio paralyzed tho eye
don't WORRV 'BOUT GOM'
BACK TTO SCHOOL, EDDIE!
If? QUITE A VMILE W
SOMETH IN' MIGHT HAPPEN 1
MAYBE THE TEACHER.'LL
STRIKE!
RANDOM NOTES OL" TUB MAX'S IX
the oAMrviitfi girls .
CAMP
From out tho hubbub thero comes, NORTH PLA.TTE "WINS TWO GAMES Itock who fought In tho Custer mas-
Miss Ruth Elder jnndo tho trip out
to tho camp ovory morning In time
to reach thoro at seven o'clock and
conduct tho sotting up exorcises.
Sho was especially gopd in that lino
and did it woll and faithfully.
Four North Platto citizens mo-do
contributions to tho list of foods
which wore sorvod to tho girls. Mrs.
Barber brought out a Bupply or
watormollons, Robt. Dlcoy' supplied
ico cream for tho Sunday dinner and
Harry Porter sent out o bottlo of pop
for each of tho campers. Thcso
tilings woro much roltshod by all.
A scries of lessons on First Aid
was given by various porsons who
gave frcoly of their time and talont.
Mrs. R. F. Cottoroll gavo tho talk
tho first day on causes of accldontB
and omorgoncles. On tho following
day Dr. Redfleld condictcd tho class
and this was fololwcd by Dr. Fcnnor
with a demonstration of bandaging.
Tho last day Mrs. Clair Lemon con
ducted tho lessons along follow-up
linos. Tho wholo Borles of lessons
fitted Into tho general schomo or
teaching tho girls to do practical
firfit old work.
0G
CHOLERA
HOLOyTTENTION
FARMERS ARE UJtGEI) TO WATCH
THE CHOLERA SITUATION
CLOSELY )
County Agont Kollogg has handed
Uio following article to tho Trlbuno
with tho suggestion that it bo given
plubiiclty among its readers. Tho
contribution was writton by L. VanEs
of tho Agricultural col lego at Lincoln
Read It:
If ono inspects tho chart roprosont
lng tho occuranco of hog cholora
losses omong tho swlno in this coun
try, tho tondency of tho dlscaso to as
sort ltsolf in o tidal fashion, mdll no
oscapo nttontion. During tho serlo'a
of years tho losses will lncrcaso from
yoar to yoar and thon nftor a certain
maximum has been reached thoro will
bo a gradual doclino until tho losses
aro rcducod to somowhero tho pre
vious minimum. It will bo obsorvod
that tho minimum loss at no tlmo ap
proach tho zero lino nnd thus thoro
an answering shower, and las tho
Tho tall man rolled a cigaretto and moon ascends, its beams aro pierced
w,,i hr.rn tho naldfacbUo tho by steaiung musicet name.
street. I Tho shrieks of stricken
FROM CHEYENNE BALL
TEAM
Tho booster games played with
horses choyonno were victorious for tho
From tho band of his hat he pinch- mlnglo with tho cries of braves, tho North Pldtto team In both cases. On
ed a match and wdth downward Jork screams of children, and tho groans Sunday tho score was 3-0 in Choy
snjapped it into flarnd. Ho lit, h,is 0f men. . enno's favor from tho first inning to
smoko and drew a cloud lntoi his Heaps dot tho plain. Somo whero tuo seventh, when tho Legion boys
lungs. And as It dribbled out, ho said: tho Indians ply their, guiding heels,1 tled the scorG and it took tcn innings
"Not so bad, partner. But I'm rls- but more about tho wagons. t0 break the tie. In tho Monday
in' to remark that thorn gals alnt Tho whirling circle shrinks with) gamo NorUl 1mtto wou wlth n BCOrc
shotlng square when thoy sing that each succeeding round and loud tho of 10 to 12, ' The proceeds woro
song. That ain't tho way thoy do It Indians howl their victory chant. labout ?200 abovo expenses. This,
way out . west not by a hall of a . Less .frequent and moro scattered, enables tho North Platto team to"
eight. comes ino lie mans I,ro- iao ureaB. register for tho Denver tournament
but Manager Peterson stated this
morning that ?500 moro would bo
sacro, twlco on tho Littlo Big Horn,1
at Slim Butto and who wont across' GRAINS EXHIBITED AT THE COUN
tho pond with Buffalo Bill. Also o- TY FAIR SHOULD BE
mong tho long-haired Sioux will
Mrs. Turplo and Miss McDonald always remains enough or tho dlsoaso
from which an ascending loss curvo
can again dovolop.
It seems opportuno to cnll atten
tion to tho fact that somo four or fivo
years ago tho dlscaso reached one of
its low lovols and that thoro aro in
fdlcatlons now that sinco that tlmo it
hns becomo progressively moro pre
valent. During tho spring of this yoar
a moro than usual numbor of pigs af
foctod with hog cholera woro rocolvod
had chargo of tho classes in Handi
craft. Tho basketry, was especially
helpful and oxcollcnt work was dono
BlifQ-prlnts of flowors and leaves
was anothor lino which, was qulto
attractive Quint-book making was
also a part of tho course
:o:
SELECTED
como Giuing aw, my auovo, nig HtwToftho Lincoln coun- tor examination by tho Department ot
Wolf. Pretty Bull and Little Eagle, Co o tt agr,- Animal Pathology and Hygiene, .while
every ono of them famous on tho ,.,,. llMblaoB1 ,, M. tho serum salos by tho Stato Scrum
range. Tho old round-up wagons of t;it Uti vo also steadily increased
tlio .Tnlrn nrntt rnnc-n will Un nmnlnvivl lowing 8tatcmonC WHICH iu m mtuiuo
in- this part of the show, and oh: toZ ln. it Is, of course, impossible to make
much moro that it would make you,, arm, p .ii nnv dofinito forecast rotraxdlnir tho
tornntionni exiuupuuu "m "t
... ' ii7i ffiti n n. trf nltAlAdn tit 4 n rr 41m
plnycd ns a feature of tno Liincoin, b UUwnb i
County Fair. North riatto, September aupimflr ond autumn ot 1023, but tho
i1M fn 99nll i iiiiiiuuuuiia inuuiiuiiuu uru iijiimruukiy
dance, or a squaw danco, you've miss-, . . . Knn nnrmiq !n ia flufflcicnt to bo givon Borloua consid-
J IIU lUlt HBO 0 w w - "
dizzy to try
your head.
to keep It all within
If you've nover seen on Inllan war
cd sompthlng. And you will miss a lot q ,zob fQr , nnd corn I oration by tho swlno growers of the
moro If you fail to seo Lark Doyle,) ioaaing kinds produced in this hto. To this evidence must also
"Ah, if you over como out our way, Cthiof sooms to Join the red, skin's
hwo'll nut on a show an' show you song.
damn plain and convlncln' lust bxnj And now an old man tottors from necessary before tho trip could be I Frank Coker Nat TroBO- Burt Snyder, of Uw country Tho four prlnci- bo nddod tho naturo of tho seasonal
thnv ilono It. which I know ain't gram- tho train, an inky fluid trickling ..., ,,,. nmntlJolm Snyder "Cap" Haskol, William . , -,,,,-,, w ihn tar In- bolmvlor of tho dlsoaso. Hog cholora
mor, but speaks a mouthful of tho down his brow. Towtmi the wurrior b ralBed between now and Sept. Cor' J,olm Schock.and Harry PInlc-icudo whont anfl bnrloy. outbreaks always Increase in numbor
truth, just the samoy."
ring he makes his Inlay. Ho stumblc3
erton who will help tho rest of tho ,,:. ' nn qnnfnmliftr 19.! from oarly summer to Into autumn
cattleman to add tho original touch' t0 Supcrlritonaont B A.nlcss chocked by vaccination or un-
Tho show itself takes place Just six-L7 " w nt thia cionnrtmont1 stopped for want of moro hogs to
thoro and sends a ball srraight through a on a section of land in tho natural toen miles north of Sutherland, and t)niiinp fnr will bo t0 lo diseoso, Avliich even at tills
Across the valley known as Sleepy, to his knees. Yet ero ho prostrato
Hollow divided by tho com sweet iaus, nis muBKet svoivks us piece,
stream of Blrdwood creok,
creeps a wagon train. Slow but con- devil's bowels.
tont, the placid oxon draw their cov- With piorcing cry tho Indian's
orod burdens through tho lowland arms fly up. His body strikes his
ampitheatro mado by Sleepy Hollow, Jio spot is tho old camping ground .., intoreRt,v' in tho now var- t,mo occasionally happens In swlno
wiucu .is uio neart ot tno om joiiu ".u ..u n.u ..umo w um ietles of gralnB bred recently to over growing communities wnoro tno rarm-
Bratt catUo range. And with tho show Cannon, squaw man. Lomo some of tho serious diseases! crs nd not prepared for such an o-
grass. For each and every beast has pony)snImblo hoofs, then bounces, 1 will bo held a rounlon of tho old Campers can buy fresh beef nnd wiiiCb have mado such inroadB upon morgoncy.
drunk his fill from out tho crystal onco grotesquely, and lies still. pioneers right on tht grounds that provisions -on tho grounds and food crops in recent years. Sovoral such' Wo fco1 that the hog cholora Bltua
'dopths that flank .tho way. Thoro comes a lull. Tho braves many nutured with their blood. of all kinds will bo served ln westorn1 varlotles have been introduced horcltlon ns il Prcsonts JtBolt today fully
Twenty team of oxen and half of aro eager for tho final swoop their jUBt what Buffalo Bill gave in an stylo. I Maturity, plumpness, nnd soundness Justifies tho rocommondatlon of pro-
twenty wagons, move toward tho west, knives are hungry for tlio crop of enclosure of canvas just what ho Also you will have a chanco toof Brnins aro tho throe things which Paring against losses by a moro ex
bcarling 'neath 'their 'canvas roofs, scalps. took across tho water to show tho ishako Uio hand of Cyrus Fox, 77, Uio judges will look for ln awarding tho tonsivo uso of serum and virus nt this
tho wives and children, sistors, "Merciful God; What is that?" king of England will bej thero, and only man allvo out ot 20,000 troops J prizes. timo. In a vory largo portion of Nobr-
mothers of those who rldo Uiolr Directly from tho east, full from much more besides. ! who camped nt Fort McPhorson away porsons who aro planning on ox-1Tn8,ca 1,0& raising without vnclnation
horses to tho front, tho side and rear, tho rising moon, which tips tho hill- There will bo four days of It, Mon- back when tho fort was now. In fact' limiting corn at tho Lincoln County' mca Uio assumption ot a loss risk
Tho pilots ot tho toams aro mado top with its lower rim, thero Bounds ulay, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs-'ho helped build It and rocallB .when Fair aro i)0ing urged by Fair officials' which s. few can nfrord to carry at
of mon, who long sinco saw their a silvery blast. A blast which rings day, August 21 to 24, 1922. A fine they cnlled at "Cottonwood". Ho sorv-'not to pick tho biggest ears, simply 1rosont 80r"nv prlcos nnd especially
prime, of women, and of boys ap- a shout oC Joy from out tho wagon camping ground will bo provided for od in tho civil war In tho Soventh1 bocauso thoy aro tho biggest which 1,1,8 oar,y ,n tno season when tho avc
proaching youth. bast which draws a cry of foar tourists who vjlsh to got into tho real Iowa cavalry, helped punish tho In-' can bo found, nor tho carB with tha' rn B,zo "boats can bo Immunlzod
Tho evening sun creeps near tho and hatred from tho Sioux. spirit of tho thing, and big campflro dlans for tho Plum Crook massacre,' moat rows. An oar of Uils sort will boi with much Bmallor sorum doso than
westorn hills, and lijht tho faces of Now out of Uio golden glory of tha circles at which tho cowboys will drove tho Indains from Cottonwood termed a "monstrosity", and will bo ,ator on-
tho movji'ng bond A meadow lark! moon there rides a bugler, with his sing tho old-timo ballads ot tho rango to Ogallala and fought tho Sioux at1 rojocted by tho judges cntiroly. To bo T,, uso ot sorum Is rosponslblo
trills its good-night song, and back to-' buglo poised. His vlsored cap tolls all, and about which Indians will dance, old Julesburg. Ho has many tales ho' abio to win a prlzo, an oar ot corn ovory ycar fr tho saving of thous
ward tho cast a coyoto yips. from whenco ho came." Wild horses wllj bo rlddep. Steer can toll you about tho old flays, thojfvvlll havo to bo not only npo nnd com-jan,,f of swino, yet it is qulto probablo
Tho women chattor loudly to their Tho moon is darKcncd by tho bulldogging, calf roping nnd brand- disastrous prairio flro or 1880, through' piotoly covorod with woll-fillod korn- t,iat a no t,mo nioro than 25 of tho
mon, tho youngsters laugh in chorus chargo of troops, its upper surfaco ing and a thousand cattlo In a reai which ho passed, and how tho settlors cia from butt to tip hut no blggor1 No,raska pig crop was vaccinated. Tho
at their Jibes and all seem glad. For cracks with Babers drawn, and riding old round-up will Just bo part ot It. battled bravely for their homos. than tho avorago of its variety. I romainlng, ostimnted 75 unvacclnatod
in this pleasant valley, on a bit, the down it s beams, which light tho fray Pony express riders will fight with But tho chances aro you won't havo pftn8 for tho coming fair aro pro- BWno sustain tho cholora losses and
long day's Journey will fbo halted thoro flows a stream of load. tlio Indians ns thoy dash across tho a wholo lot of timo to hear Uio old
soon. Tho evening meal will steam On comes tho charge!, A myriad of plains with Undo Sam's precious adventures, for you will bo Boeing
abovo tho nralrio chips, and horse pistols spark. Tho circlo of Sioux ' mall. Thoro will bo a robbery of tho them all tho timo, right in tho flesh.
nnd oxon bow tholr heads to crop, dlsolves. It breaks into a hundred, Dondwood stage coach ono ot tho and on tho grounds wcro thoy occur-!
Tim sun now tons tho distant hills fleeing i parts, and for each bravo Umt three orlclnal coaches which ran be ed
and sheds a blood-red gloiw) upon tho rides toward tho hills, two boys in' twoon Deadwood and Sidney. Tho ron Tho Platto River Round-Up or Plo'
weacoful train, thon sinks to lot tho bluo pound hotly In his wake. bory will bo hold so that a) swoop ot, noor Days association camo to llfo
shadows havo their day. Tho coyotes Out in Sleepy Hollow, divided by n mile will tako it in. through theso mon, who aro its offi-!
howl in chorus at tho moon. the cold sweet stream of Blrdwood Thoro wll bo a congress of rough cors: J. Lv, Caso ot Norlth Platto,
The women hush thoir cheery talk, creek, tho descendonts of tho early riders of tho west, Taces ot all kinds presldont, who was a rough rider of
grossing rapidly and n big dlsplay K0P UI miocuon anvo. It Booms
in ovory department Is lookod forward. AV,B0 to rcduco this numflcr ny vaccin-
to. nuon rather than by deaths ob a moro
mattor of economy Wo advlso prompt
ONE RURAL BASE BALL CLUB IS vaccination, especially In tho hoavy
MAKING GOOB IN MAT
SPORT
Tho Lincoln County Contor base
ball team is ono of tho rural toams
which is playing a good gamo andi
hog-producing soctlons of tho stato.
Q-
THE SABBATH WAS OBSERVED AT
THE CAMPFIRK GIRLS
CAMP
tii .lilifiron fin nnt. Inuerh. for in this pioneers who fought tho Indians and Indians, cowliovs. cowclrlfi. aox-min tho. old school. Frank Cokor nf Rnh-
mournful cadenco of tho wild, thoro woro succored at tho ond, by flying; and riflo shooting, ropo throwing orland, vlco president, ono of old John maldnE a record for ltsolf. tl was or-. Fifty campflro girls and tholr
sounds a slnster note. A sinister noto troop of cavalry, nro going to show sovoral maverick races and at tho end Bratt's old cowboys; John HarshfiolJ, eanlzed last yoar and is playing Itsi guaraians ana camp start hold a ro
thnt sends a chill, a noto which draws' tho palo faco from tho cast Just howot the wholo of it will como ns real-' of Sutherland, secretary, ono-timdl second .season. Tho diamond is locat- Ugious Borvlco at tho camp Sunday
rango riaor nnd crack shot who camo' u uuuul -"0 ihbb buuui oi uio oiaioj """" " " huui uurouon
!from o'er tho summit to tho right, a, "thoy did it way out west."
turfted head, which straightway slnlts Men from Lincoln county, Suthcr
Istic a depiction of tho bit: Indian
massacro as mortal fleBh can make it,! to the country
IS. from sight, to tIbo again, accompanied land, Nebraska and territory round a-, Indians stripped to tho breech-clout Bownflold of Horshoy, treasuror nnt
Dy Ono moro, a imru nuuwu iuuiu, u wv, butub w uuuuu un uuu biiuuuuu wiui uio x'uiiit ui wun ui. iiiu tvuBLuru X'Urt oi UIO
fourth but twenty yards beyond, and .peoplo of tho city, as tho peoplo ot todlers ln tho old army bluo and real, ust stnto in tho Union,
so on up tho valley. 1 1,10 c,ty entertain tho folks from up-' pioneer folks nnd tholr descendonts in Thoy say their show is a boar. Ev-
Qulto near at hand a prario owl stato when wo como to town." I tho wagon train. oryono who saw It last yoar nays
hoots thrice, anothor nnswors way to Thoy aro going to glvo a roproduc- A similar exhibition was held latfl Hkowlso. "Maylio that's bocauso any-.
tho east, and then swift shadows tlon of oarly day lifo on tho rango ot(yoar by tho association, which was OIo Iwl o knockB It will bo burned at
courso along tho hills shadows which fifty years ago, and farUior back thaa( so successful that thoy planned to! tho stako," says Hnrshfiold.
-1 fA nAtiln(itlnail annrl-' that. TllOV a TO COlnCT tf) nllfiW P.ltV mnlrn II- n -nntlnnnl kiam) nn it.Kll' Tilth Wn rlnn'l- tlllnlr fliln lnol la tUn
OtiULl.ll UIIUJ IU i.uui.uc,MVMw , unw" ' w u i ...w . u i. ....v.u..M I .1 w ..1. gmuk w V......V b..U ha kliu
roason at all. It's gat to bo a good
show bocauso thoy'vo ovorythlng to
mako is good
whon a boy, and EarlFarn1, 11 ay O'Fallons at Hcrshey;( according to thoao who woro pros
lorshov treasuror nnrf Sunday and tho week beforo It played. t. Following tho service tho glrli
ows which, swooping dawii tho north- folks, right on tho natural BotUng,that shall belong to tno stnto fully
orn slopes, leap quick to tho sub- uio wont, piay ana narusuips or, tno as docs Ak-Sar-Bon. In tho wholo,
stanco of tho Sioux. I oarly pioneers, who turned a wlldor-' tho showmen nro mado up of pio-
Tho palntod braves, with fiendish ncss into a community or poaco ana noors, cowboys, Indians, trappors and
whoon nnl yell, race circling about happiness. minors. Thoro will bo closo to 200. thoro
girls
Echo, defeating It by h scoro of 10. woro dlvldod into two groups nnd tho
5. alen FcKain is pitchor nnd Grant International Sunday School losson
Kronquost is cntclior. Was studied with Miss McKay nnd
Mrs. Adda Turplo as teachers. In tho
ovonlng tho Sunday corcmonlal "ns
:o:
FARMERS' UNION . WILL nOLD
REQUTiAR QUARTERLY
MEETING
glvon boforo
visitors.
a Eood-sizod crowd of
Tlio third Quartorly meeting of thsj
Lincoln County Farmors' Union wil
I bo hold at O'Fallons on Thursday.
Aug. 17. Stato spoakor McCarty will
:o:-
tho chaos thoy effect And drawing Tho show Is to bo glvon undor tho people tako part, 250 head of horser.
over closer, rain tholr flro about tho auspices of tho Platto River Round- 1,000 cattlo and Indians gnloro. A
huddling group. ' Up Association, and will tako placa' mong tho lattor will bo Chief San
. . ... . 1
anu u you uon't como back from bo presont and address tho mcoUng,
oro when it Is all ovor and toll mo'H0 js mnm
this is bo, I'll got tho shovol and dig
you up tho host quart ot liquor ovor
ngod ln dirt
manager of tho stato oxchangc.
:o:
John Plckott of Choyonno is visit
ing this wook with Louts Troxlor.
Miss Lola Huntington roturnod to
her homo ln Maxwoll Sunday aftor
visiting friends in tho city for tho
past wook.
Roy Eols camo up from Brady last
Tuesday and had Dr. Lynch romovo
his tonsllB at tho Platto Valloy hos
pital. , , ,
