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Che Jlorut
TUESDAY and FJUDA1'
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA SEPTEMBER 12, 1922.
No. 71
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SATURDAY IS FIRST DA! OF
OPEN SEASON ON WATERFOWL;
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Hunters Are looking Forward To Some Good Shooting--'
Ducks Are Cominfc In Now Some
Kinds Nested Here.
Getting here just the same
Tho open season on ducks, geese and waterfowl begins next Saturday
morning. It will last until January 1st. Hunters are now getting out
their shooting paraplianalla and looking over needs. Tho sharp morning
air Is sotting them on to prepare for tho fall sport. Some of tho ponds arc
now covered with ducks. Teal, tho green wings, aro now abundant and
mallards aro to be found on some of tho moro favored places. With the
colder weather, tho pin tail, shoveller, '
canvas back, bluo wing and cinnamon
teal, bufflo head, old squaw, widgeon
and other rarer varieties will come
from their breeding places in tho
north', and tarry hero for a short time
on their way south. A licenso is nec
essary to hunt any game and will
cost tho resident one dollar and tho
non-resident ten dollars. Local dealers
have put in largo stocks of guus, am
munition and other necessities and
aro prepared to make good prices.
Watch for their advertisement dn
this papjer .today and; Friday. Tho
open season on prairio chickens and
grouse does not begin until October
1st.
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Gf LTO PASTOR
l'Ol'ULAlt NORTH PLATTE PASTOR
TO ItETURN TO LOCAL
CIIUKCH
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Ono North Platte business man ms
approached yesterday with a proposi
tion to figure on a Job costing prob
ably $200. Ho refused because ho
said ho has more work on hand now
than ho can completer in tho next six
or seven weeks. Ho is employing all
the skilled men ho can get and wants
more. That does not look like poor
business. He gets out and goes
after business and gets it. At tho
Tho members of tho Lutheran
church hold a special congregational !
meeting Friday ovoning in tho church 1
basement for tho purposo of extend, j ;
ing a call to Rev. C. F. Koch of Kan-jF1EK CONCERT TO BE G1TEN BY
sas uuy, lormor pastor or tno Luth
eran church of this city. Rov. Koch
resigned from tho local church dur
ing July and accepted a call at Kan
sas City but on account of poor
health it is necessary for him to
leave that place.- Rov. and Mrs.
Koch will return to this city about
October 1st.
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CAMPAIGN POT ON
8Y WOMAN'S CLUB
J.MANY MEMBERS SECURED BY
j LOCAL WOMEN'S
ORGANIZATION
POPULAR MUSICAL
ORGANIZATION
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Mrs. James Dorram . returned the
same time ho gives value for every (last of the week from Choyonne
dollar received and service is thrown after visiting with relatives, ton sov
fn for good measure. ieral days.
Tho North Platto Ladies Band will
give a free concert in tho band stand
at tho court house park on Friday
Sept. 15 beginning at 8 p. m. This
is a, voluntary concert on tho part of
tho ladies and Is in responBO to the
I urgent request of their many friends
that they bo glvon. an opportunity, to
hear tho band play. It Is expected
that a large orowd -will bo In attwu
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LINCOLN COUNTY WINS
PRIZES AT STATE
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The North Platto Woman's Club
has been having a steady and satis
factory growth for soveral years but
tho increase in membership this Itnr
is extraordinary. When tho year
' books wont to press Saturday thoro
wore two hundrod thirty names on
tho list. Othors havo boon added
since. Tho number will probably go
' to nearly if not qulto throo hundred.
! Tho officers aro not working to got
' all tho women In tho city enrolled
jfor they realize thoro aro somo wo-
men who could not profit by tho club
j program. ' Tho club is to bo host t
' tho state convention of tho fedora
' tlon of Woman's clubs next month
! and that has caused somo of tho
ladios to pay attention, ladies who
i should havo boon membors before
i but who had not boen attracted tp
j the club program. Tho meotings
will bo hold in tho lecturo room ot
tho Methodist church which is amplo
to accommodate tho membership.
Tho officers aro still enrolling now
mombors and will bo glad to rocolvo
applications from any lady of tho
city.
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AN INNOVATION IN AMUSEMENTS
TO BE AT THE COUNTY
FAIR
The Public of North Platte
and Lincoln County Is
'Set
Invited
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'vV This means you, your friends and their neighbors.
,, You are all surely welcome to attend tho house warming
and opening of our new offices. There will be flowers for
the ladies, cigars for tho men, plenty of music, etc.
Prepare now to leave the hours from 7:30 to 10:30
,5'(?v-- P. M. Saturday evening of tlie 16th open in order to look
us over in our now business home at 510 Locust Street, just
. . one half block north of tho post office. We earnestly de
. . - v . . ,k sire to meet you in a social way and" shall do our best to
make your visit pleasant
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Most sincerely,
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The H. & S. Agency,
J. O. HOLLMAN, Attorney at Law.
City Property, Loans and Insurance.
The J. E Sebastian Ageny,
Exclusively Old Line Life Insurance.
Leading "barnyard golfers" of thiB
section will .compete In tho horse
shoo pitching tournament to be
stagod at tho Lincoln County Fair,
Com'feioo .RetUrnS With Many First, Second and Third I.S S
of the classic events on tho pitching
"j- .-i.. ... - schedule of tlie local players, The
Keceives High Praise ; rovlvat or horseBhoo pitching thruout
1 the country has 'b6en ono of tho out-
iBtandlng features in tho world ot
I sport. No other sport is aB demo
Icratlc as "barnyard golf". There
arc. many reasons f6r Its popularity.
jYoungand ojd meet on oven terms,
i any small plot of ground sorvos as a
court, und shoes can bo dug up in
almost any old barn.
Tournament officials are prepar
ing to accomodate a small army of
j players, kany players havo sent in
j their entries already, or Blgnif lei
I their intention of compotlng. Tho
j entry list will remain open until
I Soptomber 10 th.
Horseshoo pltchorB aro a fine type
, of sportsmen. They play tho glariio
! for tho sport they get out of li,
rathor than for prize money or tro-
, phlos. Howover, tho fair manago-
I ... m ' , , iment feels that winning players In
, A commlttoo of Yoomon, Including , tolrnamont aro a8 onUtied to
grand officer of tho lodge will bo in ak 8 compotlnB Ia the
i North Platto noxt week to inspect tho . . imnnta nn,, hnn flnt. fl91do
UtlJUl uujiui Viiivuvu)
Lincoln county Hhojwd up well at the stato fair last week. Members
of tho committeo, who returned hero yesterday told ot winning 172 prizes
on agricultural products of different kinds. Tho county display took third
place among tho other counties. Thoproducls included nil kinds of grains
and grasses, field and garden vegetables hay, potatoes, fruits, and other
fnnrf product. Tho exhibit was shipped back to North Platto nnd wlU
prohahly arrive here today. It will ho
on display at tho Lincoln county fair
next week. Some of the products ex
hibited arb said to bo tho finest ovor
shown from this county. Somo worei
raised on irrigated tracts and somo
n tho so-called dry land. Alfalfa took
first prize. Corn stood high and grass-1
eg were Judged among tho best. The
Committee was headod by E. A. Olson
W.
John
nd included Jas. Wilson, W.
Huntor, I. M. Aborcromhio,
Fowler and others.
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NEW OKOOKKY STORK OPENKD
YESTERDAY ON EAST
SIXTH STREET
YOEMEN TO ENTER
TAIN HIGH OFFICIALS
OFFICERS OF RATIONAL "ORGAN
IZATION TO BE HERE
NEXT WEEK
Rex Newsome, for a number of!110" Korod for tho Yooman homo. ' 2. fQr ljw monoyt
mi.n ,nntJAii i. j d MU ! Tlin Innnl Inrlirnn will f nlrn n Itrnnf n rrn
years a resident hero and an em- rno local loagog win uuco auvantago
ployeo of tho Union Pacific froightlot tho v,alt to ontorta,n thom at a
department, is opening a new grocery
storo at 520 E. Sixth street. Ho
says ho will carry a full lino of gro
ceries, fruits and kindred lines In
lodgo meeting. On Tuesday evening
at 7:45 at tho K. O. hall an Initiation
of candidates will bo put on. All
who aro qualified for this initiation
Tho courtB at tho fair are to be
put in tho best of condition. They
will bo made ready in tlmo to permit
pltchors to practice on thom boforo
tho tournament opens.
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eluding foods. Ho is confident that , ar0 urBd to bo on hand ns tho c,nBB i -Crystal Holdonbrand roturned to
tho service and prlcos which ho wUl Bhoul(i 00 as lar8 aa Possible. lhOu,8 homo ln Tryon aftor rocelrlng
mako will mako friends for his Btoro
and bring him a fair sharo of tho
grocery trade.
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FORMER NORTH PLATTE BOY IS
AWARDED MEDAL FOR
HEROISM
service of initiation will bo ovor at
8:30 whon tho public will bo admit-, BOVOral week8.
ted to tho rost of tno program wnicn
will bo moro goneral ln its nature
and interesting to ovorybody. Bvory
Yooman is urged to bo on hand at
medical treatment in tho city for
tho initiation nnd all cltizenB are in
vited to attend tho program following.
Doniol W. Soesbe, formorly ot this
city was awarded tho Vail bronzo
modal at a picnto of district employ
ees of tho American Telophono &
Telegraph Co. at Council Bluffs.
Tho story is contained in tho follow
ing clipping from tho September
Northwostorn Boll:
Mr. SooBbo was slttiug in tho Clif
ton hotol at Marahalltown, Iowa, on
tho evening of December 30, 1021,
when a windstorm blow in a heavy
plate glass window, in front of which
a 3-year-old girl was playing. With
great proBonco of mind ho leaped
and caught up tho child from tho
spot whero tho glass fell an instant
later, thereby caving her from sorlous
Injury or death.
P. K. Harlan, district plant super
intendent for tho American Company
at Omaha, presented tho medal to
Mr. So est) o.
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E. B. Kyno returned tho laBt of
tho week to his homo ln Tryon aftor
visiting with frlondB ln tho city.
$1130.00
will buy a new Dodge Bros,
all steel Coupe
ThcMost Reasonably Priced Closed Car
A first payment of $431.70
and equal monthly payments
can be arranged. Ask us.
J. V. ROMIGH, Dealer
