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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1922)
V. Ehe Mo rth Hlrott OFFICIAL TAPER OF THE CITY OF NORTH PLATTE AMI OF LINCOLN COUNTY HAS THE LARGEST CIRCU LATION OF ANY PAPER IN LIN'COLN COUNTY, NEBRASKA TUESDAY and FRIDAY THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, AUGUST 18, 1922. No. 64 SHOR T STORIES OF PEOPLE ID THINGS ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT RE. CENT HAPPENINGS IN MIS COMMUNITY Thoro comes sifting up from Lin coln the report that J. II. Edmlston of this city, who for over six months, has been In that city organizing and managing the progressive party has not only boon decapitated, but Is hold ing the sack for $2,500 duo for ser vices and for monoy advanced for tho TWO BIG GATHERINGS WILL PAVING NORTH PLATTE A ADDITIONAL CONVENTION iJlTV CONTRACTS AWARDED SECRETARY OF GOOD ROAl) ASS'N VISITS NORTH PLATTE Tho commlttoo handling tho propos ed Yoeman home proposition met a few days ago and completed prelim inary arrangements for recolving tho location committee fivihlch will visit North Platto tho early part of Septem ber tho exact dato to bo known in a fow days. Tho commlttoo has selected flvo tracts of land as possible sites two of which aro undor irrigation, a foaturo which tho location commlttoo may demand. For this homo two one million dollar bequests have been made a million dollars for a hospltalf and a million dolars for an amuse ment center. It is figured that tho total Investment' for tho' homo will bo around flvo million dollars. North Platto Is one of a dozen, sites that will ho considered by the location com mittee. " "good of the, cause". Tho worst fea ture of this incident is tho nssortion of a third party man that ono reason why thero Is a hesitancy to rolmburso Mr. t Edminten is because ho spent most of tho monoy in furthorlng can HELD IN THIS CITY IN OCTOBER North Platto lias reached in popu- dldates of democrats who became un latlon and commorclal prominence tho P. 13. Olomonts, of Lincoln. Hold Bocrotnry .of tho Nobraska Good Road Association, spont a day In town this , j wook and mot In conforonco with tho COMPANY AWARDED TWO "loMbors of tho ,Chambor of Commerce una othor good road boostors. Mr. Clomonts' object was to socuro opln- PRICE ,H,,a of 1,10 I100"0 ns to rouu measur es which might bo presented to tho next ' legislature. Among tho ques- BE AKl Uf DISTRICTS AT FORMER UNION PACFC REMOVES TRAINS FOUR THROUGH TRAINS TAKEN OFF TEMPORARILY DUE . TO STRIKE Effoctivo yesterday tho Union Pac- Mlss Helen Jeter of this city, has been elected an Instructor in the Bryn Mawr college, near Philadelphia, ono of tho leading women's education al institutions of tho country. Miss Jotor will teach sociology, a subject in which sho specialized at tho University of Chicago for four years and from which Institution she graduated this year. At Bryn Mawr Miss Jeter -will instruct graduating classes and those taking post graduate courses. Miss Byrl Jeter, who is now a guest of her parents, wiill continue as music in-' structor in ono of tho Los Angeles High schools, a position sho has hold "for several years. Tho city council Tuesday ovcnlng tlona Involved is that of tho tax on accepted tho recommendation of tho gasoline, matching dollars with tho lawful mates of tho progressive party. stngo whero It must do its sharo in' street lighting commlttoo that fifteen foiloral government on road con JUy taking off two wost bound and two ' entertaining tho Btato conventions of street lights ho installed In tho Cody struction and tho keeping of nil mbti- 0RBi bound trains. Tho trains affected Prank Barbor or this city, who owns tho scores of organizations which hold' addition. This action of tho council received from car llconsca by tho wcro No 7 nnd 8" nnrt socond sections a big hog ranch near Lewollon nnd annual gatherings. Not to show ourJwill bo appreciated by tho rosldenta county in which tho license Is paid. It oC jNa aml 20. First sections of had' a herd of 1,G00, has lost ovor 200 hospitality in this direction would nt of that portion of tho city. , Is probable that some tlmo during tralng NoSi 10 and 20 wm absorb tho head by cholera during Uie past two OIlco brand us as selfish and a chnrgo' Tho city council Tuesday ovoning tho lntter part of tho year a district traffic carrtod by tho socond sections. . 4 uuu or mcIC ot punno spiritcdnosB could nwarueu to uio aooi construction Uo. "icuiing ui uioso imorcsicu in goou .Trains Nos. 7 nnd S woro throuKb. Los Angeles trains ovor tho Salt Lako ' route, and socond Nos. 19 and 20 wora' 'Portland trains. Tho abandonment ot thosQl trains does away with olght train crows running in and out of North Platto and four onglno crows. Company officials Btato that Uia curtailment Is duo to labor trouble, and It Is hoped will only bo tempor ary. MODERN WOODMEN INITIATE A districts awarded woro sixth Stroet from Vino to Ash, throo blocks, and Tho contract for paving on west Ninth was not let by reason of some' Htn and Arthur counties. o: bunch of 400 became affected, thero nud would be made. During Uio past! the contrnct for paving two additional roads will bo rold in North Platto was some question as to tho Identity olghtoen months North Platto has districts at tho same prlco tho pro-, with delogatos attending from Daw or tno aiseaso, tho symptoms and In- Deom host to a number of state and Ivlous contracts had been mado. Tho son. Lincoln, Keith, Logan, McPhor- ternai conditions being at varlanco district conventions and It is only ...til. t.1 A 1 . . . wiui uaoiera wouuio. Local veteri- volclnir the oxnresslon of Uio visitors narians wero not willing to pronounce to say tlmt m inBtanco tho dole-! Locust stroet from Third to tho lr- u mat uisoaso out a specialist who gatea woro wo!1 leased with tho hos- rigatlon ditch, about ton blocks. camo aero irom tno state -university Vitality shown them and this hos announced that tho trouble wa8 chol- polity was mado ppsslble by tho era. Following this decision about heJp o our citizens at largo. nuu neaa woro vaccinated RINCKER AND NEKTON MILL RE LOCATE NOVEMBER FIRST of tho property owners insisting that A chaugo of location of two busl- I In October two important convon- tho drninngo could Just ns woll flow noss houses on Dowoy etroot will bo At thn nrnqpnt timn tw ia mw tltm will be hold In North Platte, ono ovor tho pavomont as through tho un- mado November first. Tho Ncjajton ment in North Platto for practically 51 Batll0rinS f tho teachers of Underground drain, thus saving that ox-Book Store has leased tho room form overy man who seeks work It is true Westorn Nobra3ka District ' of thoi ponso. Tho council was not inclined orly occupied by tho Crystal Thoatro that tho wages aro not satisfactory Stato TeacU0TS Association, Uio other,! tb alter Uio engineer's plans and un-nnd tho Rinckcr Drug Co. will tako but is it not Test to tako such work tho stato convcntton of t'10 Federation til objections aro romovod tho qon-'tho room vncated by Newton In the' na i, o.,,i ,. m.i of "Women's Clubs, each of which will tract will bo hold up. 1 Schmalzrlod building. Rinckor Co. hnttnr ti,ro in t.n it brlnK sovoral hundred visitors to i-It la figured that tho paving of takes both floors and will ro-lcaso DeiLer turns up,, in tno nuuumg t,,,, m -i,. ((.i-lw.( ,csim. . t... , . , trnrloa nvnrvlm,!.. lo n.IM, iu liiUtJuwjr UUiuiiu, kj.a., dwuhi xiuvuoH ami inuobUlU HUVUIUI UOOr. work In sight for full employment until tho advent of cola weaUior. wore It not for tho men out on striko thero would bo pracUcally no unemployed mon In North Platto. Somo of tho- strikers aro doing more or less work, but they feel that they cannot consistently ursurp Uio rights of others who need employment these teachers and thoao delegates, calls will be mado for sleeping ac commodations In private homes, and Ninth, If an agreement is roached on It haB not boon announcod whothor tho lattor Is all tho work that cart1 a tenant has boon secured for tho ho complotod this year, and that room to ho vncated by tho Rinckor . " i n it i n i . j. i it. i I a tno uonation ot autos tor Bigat-sceing.Huui.il. uuwoy, oecunu street, tnreo company. Pete Gundorson, living souUi of Hor shey, recently returned from Omaha lng into conditions which govern tho'whoro ho had boon staying with his Drotner uus, wno surrerea a fracture Tho Chamber of Commercp is look-. J i jiil i ' construction of permanent roads to stato institutions with particular ref eronce to such a road between tho south limits of tho city and tho state farm. Durlnir the nast dozen vears this stretch of road has co'st tho coun-ieral woeks following tho accident his ty many thousands of dollnrs-ln fact mentality was seriously affected. Tho of tho skull In an auto accident about a month aero. Ous shown rnnHtdomhln improvement and hopes aro entertain- slon ed for hfscomplote recovery. For sev tours, and it is hoped that our pcoplo where possible, will make a ready Jtosponso to these cp-llB. Noticto of these needs Is mado this far in ad vance bo that when tho committees begin their work they will find our peoplo acquainted with, tho objects. Tho big convention for noxt ,yoar will be the stato gathering ot flror men in January. It Is possible that North .Platto will secure tho 1923 Stato Convention of tho American Le- blocks on Maple, and a fow other! blocks on streets running norUi and :o:- LARGE CLASS MONDAY EVENING -:o:- "WHEAT YIELD . IS LOW IN LIN COLN COUNTY, tho last time is was graded and gravel ed tho cost was $8,000 and it Is again rapidly going to the bad. A perman ent roadway, would, in viow of tho Injured man formerly resided south of Hershey. , Threshing has been in operation In Lincoln 'county for several weeks and ' tho yiold of wheat, tnklng ono section iving iinuoy, or usnKosn, wno raiieu wltn another, will not avorago ten to Clean un tlin nlnttor Mm MnrMi . . nast exnendituros. ho tho cheanest In',-. 7 . . ----- f ouBneiB por aero; bovoh or uikiii uua Uao long run y m8 Uy no hls would be more accurate. Thoro means abandoned tho racing game, aro sorao tlods that yielded twelve Increase- in tho volume of business and ,s Betting his car in shnpe to en- and fifteen bushels, but tho greater at tho Plzor North Side store and ter tho Plko'8 Poak h,H raco Septam- number of fiolds did not avorago over parenthetically It may bo added that , fourth- Last year 1 won tho fivo bushels.. Tho Nobraska Dopart trade has been satisfactory since thor10,000 Penroso trophy and this year ment of Agriculture places tho a,vor- onentnc- rlavhnn nncfisaUntrvl erMt.WIU muKO a mignty enort to retain a.r0 yield at elcht bushels In Lincoln er space, nnd to this end a ro-arrange- ,L RhUey will also enter tho Ak-Sar- county, an avorago of nlno bushels in uea auto raoes at omaim next Kolth county, fourteen in Perkins counV montl1- ty, and eight bushelB in Frontier county. I Tim fllln In ihn linllni . 1.n ..nlinlt ment of the building will bo mado. About forty feet of tho roar of tho building which is tafcon up by the beating plant will be added to the JikIro "WoodhurBt found south must go ovor until next year.' Ellas guilty of provoking an nssault It is probable that oast Sixth street upon Chas. McNenl and gavo him a and Sixth stroet from Ash west to sontonco of "ton days, making an al- Waslilngton will also bo paved next lowanco for tho throo dayB ho lind al- year. ,., roadv served nrlor to tho hoarlnK'. Tho Modern Woodman Camp, which was orgnnizod in North Platto thirty four years ago. but ot lato years has been In a lethnrplc stato took on now Hfo Monday ovoning wncn thirty or moro candidates wcro initiated. Dop uty Grand officors wcro present to. assist iu tho corcmonfais, following which tho Royal Neighbors sorved re- '.Dutch"i frcshmonts. :o: William Burgor loft Wcdnosday for his homo in Grand Island after attend ing tho funeral of Zella Doram. Mr. nnd Mrs. John Iforrod,,Mr. and; .Ellas appealed ldtlio dl'Str let" court, Mraqoorgo TokulYO.,apont Suiiaayatt3 WUtiam Sleeper of Omaha Is trans- giving surety in tho sum ot ?200 fori Uio Miko McFaddcn homo nortn ot acting business in tho city. ' his appearance. Paxton. ... main rotfm and an additional building e so nauiy aanuay skkks pjsjuusio TO BUILD A will bo erected In which to house tho 'm " wn8 ncce9sarj' to close down COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE heating plant. Tho improvements will tho ,plant 1 "place tho flues. This HANGAR wuiii. wua not compieteu until last 1 night and it is oxnocted that th nlnnt Lawrence Bnzmingor will sock cost about $4,000. Within tho next fow days the walls of tho new court house will be com pleted and the noxt raovo will bo tho construction of tho roof. This will bo followed by pouring the concrete floors this work starting at tho top and working downward. Tho placing of tho windows will completo tho en closure of tho building, By tho mlddlo of Soptembor tho heat connections will bo mado and thy Interior work can bo carried on through tho 'win-tor. Wliilo tho Chamber of Commerce will bo in operation today. This caused Prmls8lon from tho government to nn unavoidable dolay in completing bulltl n commercial hangar on tho tho asphalt work on west Fourth, fo,lral landing field. Ho proposes to which otherwise would havo been com- orcct 1,1,8 anBar ror mo accommott pleted yesterday. ation of tho airplane ho owns, ns well as thoso owned by Charloy Sludor, During tho (first ,llftcon days of Nocl Bullock and ono or two others August tho tourist cars night parked who contemplato tho purchasing of at tho local campground numbered Planes. If ho cannot get permission to 787, an increase of 82 ovor tho numbor,bun(1 n th govornmont field ho will for tho corresponding period last year. scek anothor locaUon. Monday night sixtyMfivo cars woro parkod at tho camp, twelvo or fifteen states being represented, among them' throo cars from California, ono from' -:o:- .03IAIIA BALL TEAM WILL PLAY. LEGION TEAM NEXT SUNDAY does not conduct an employment' Ar,zona' and 80Vcral from aB far oast Tho Union Pacific Stores team, ot agency, yet as part of Its service to as Now York and Pennsylvania. jOmaha has boon secured for a game tho community it brings men and Jobs Farraora ,n town ycatcrday ronort. at tho bal1 lot Sunday- Thls toam haa together every day. During tho partL"L'nfc ,n NorUl Platto 1,1 tho Pa3t and mnnir mnr ,nn v onrn of nnomn nv-' . . '."".gave attendants a flno exhibition of .... b v" " the National game. Tho local team Is .... , . .. ... in winning condition as ovidoncod by noticeably showing Uio offocts. With ... , , . - , ., . . ... ,i tho doublo defeat ot tho Choyonno practically no moisture in tho sub- T .. ,, , . . .. , .... ... . , .Indians tho early part ot tho wook. soil, tho sun and wind soon takes up , ,,, .1- w 1. ,Th0 eamo Sunday will morlt a largo rains. In DaVaon and Buffalo counties ' od mon havo been placed with farm ers and In tho hay fiolds, soven hav ing been sent out Wednesday. Hay men needing help can fllo tholr needs at tho Chamber ot Commorco offlco and efforts will bo mado to supply tholr wants. Julius Plzor, who hasfust returned from a buying trip to tho castorn markets, brings back word that tho wholosalo prices of genoral linos 'of morthnndlso are higher than last spring and thoro aro Indications of continued rising prices. For this reason buying by country merchants is light, nnd tho wholesale trado as a nilo is not satisfactory. Tho railroad and coal strikes aro also having a percoptablo doprosslng influenco on business tho country over. i t m t f t tno incit ot ram imp resuueu in a loss t Mm moMl f u, nn.,nn rn., day ovoning tho cstimato of Uio ox , . A, , , lf . A, . 'ponso for conducting tho city for tho At tho last meeting o tho Rotary, com,ng flscal yoar WflB mad and a Club tho entertainment commits, d provl(IinB for tho fundB rDvr. v. rr. . i . 'Tho total lcyy tI,Is yar wm bo nlc at wh ch tho Klwanlans and Uioir thtrtoon ond Blx.tenUlB mIB whlch UK W.U UU BU HI U. ,a fQur mIB l0BS than tota, ,ovy iuuiuh ui iuu uuuuiuut). uio uuio oi aBt yoar the picnic has not yet beon announc-1 cd. If you havo not yet soon tho nowost :o: Dodgo Brothers Coupo now soiling at Tom Hoaloy returned Wodnosdny $1130, dollvered horo, drop In and look from Omaha whoro ho attended tho it ovor. On display at our show rooms. Democratic convention. J. V. Romlgh, Dealer, i I Dan be Brothers S'BDAN The car's usefulness is adrair-! ably in keeping with its innate goodness. In summer it protects you from heit; in winter it protects you from cold. Day in and day out it insures you against expensive upkeep and repair costs. Recent improvements havo( greatly increased its sturdiness nd tho trim beauty of its body lines. The price is $1625 delivered, . V. ROMIGH, Dealer. Ovcrjanc-third of our cars produced this year ivill bo closed cars, with demandllarger than the supply. Sec about your closed car early. Si ta-iLiij "4