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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1922)
NOTiTTT PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY THIBPNE. MfiBOKKKm GORNHUSKER ITEMS KESERVE OFFICERS AT OMAHA. IMU OWL DRIVEN AWAY Hoke tip Mr. Kingbird, "I would tell him to leave tlio orchard quickly, buj TUTU. OWL mndo Ills homo In the "' hollow of a tree In the orchard, lie did this for one reason because It was near tho field where there were plenty of mice, and then ho liked the location; there were plenty of small birds around, But the orchard birds did not caro ffor Mr. Owl as a neighbor, and- so when they found he had really set tled there and Intended to stay they called a meeting In a nearby tree to talk It over and see If they could not In Bonio way get rid of him, Plenty of ways were suggested but (not ono of the birds wanted to bo the one to tell Jilin to move. . "Ho Is never up until we go to bed," Vudd Mr. Sparrow, whose family had puttered from the bad manners of Mr. Owl. "I would gladly tell him," said Mr. EBIuo Jay, "if I could meet him In the Waytlmc, but I Just cannot stay nwako lifter dork." "Huh!" exclaimed Jennie Wren. "If Jrou told the whole truth, Willie Blue Mb Home In tho Tree, Jay, It would be that you would like to bo rid of Mr. Owl4 because he Is u bigger robber than you are." Willie Blue Jay stood first on ono ?oot and then on the other and winked and blinked, but he did not reply to Jennie's saucy but truthful remark. "If I could meet him on tho wing," as you say, he never files about In the daytime so I cannot tell hltn." "Why riot sit up one night, Mr. King bird and watch for Mr. Owl?" said Mr. Catbird. "You like to be called tho watchman of the orchnrd; now Is your chance to earn the title." Every one listened, for It was known to nil the birds that Mr. Catbird was given n wide berth by Mr. Kingbird whenever Ik met him, nnd also that, though he did wish to bo called their protector, he was really very unkind to the small birds, oven while he did attack Mr. Crow and Mr. Hawk In the most fenrless manner. "Well, well, what Is going to be done?" chattered Jenny Wren. "I can't waste all tho duy here, even If tho rest of you can, I bnvc work to do and I keep my house In order, too." Everybody bcganlto chntter at once, for they nil wero afraid of Jennie's sharp tongue, when suddenly Jennie's quick eyes saw something moving- In the tree where Mr. Owl lived. "Lookl" she said, "there he Is t" Mr. Owl sat on a limb near the hoi low In the tree looking very stupid. "lie can't see In the daytime," cried Jennie. "Come, let lis drive blm Into his nest." AJ1 the others followed Jennie, who was scolding ns loudly and fast ns she could, and around Mr. Owl tjiey swarmed, chattering and screaming,. Poor Mr. Owl loved silence and this terrible din nearly drove him out of his wits. He turned his head and with a clumsy motion, mapaged to get Into his hole while the birds screamed louder than ever before over their vic tory. Thnt night when ho came out of his nest, before ho found anything for his supper, Mr. Owl fiow off to find n new home, for "no ono could live In the midst of that chattering bunch and bo happy," he said. " "I would swallow whole that chat tering Jennie Wren If I could find her, but If I did she would keep right on tulklng, I expect, nnd then I would have to listen to her nil tho time, so on second thought I guess I won't hunt for her." (, 1922, by McClur Nowapaper Syndicate.) it Now8 of All Kinda Gathered Prom Various Points Throughout Nebraska. This is handsome Alice Lake, tho "movie" star, In one of her latest poses. The emotional force displayed by Miss Lake In her most recent pic tures has placed her In the front rank of screen stars. O "Whats in a Name?" r I MILDRED MARSHALL FACTS about $our name; it's history; meaning; whence it was derived; signifi cance; your luckp dap and luckp iowol rtTiiwwoillilMiiimiiiiiiiiiiimm'jMiiiir.iiiiiniii BELLE "DELLE1b ono of tho many feminine names which began existence ns ft contraction and gained sturdy Inde pendence until It becatnh a recognized pppollntlvo and Is bestowed without roforenco to Its prefix. Slnco Bella signifies "oath of Baal," It Is cnslly discernible thnt It Is an offspring of Isahollc. In tho dnys whon Elizabeth of ITalnault married Philippe Augusta and suffered her nntno to bo changed to Isabella by tho Jfrench, It 1b hardly likely that Belle was used, either as an endearment or e diminutive. But Isabella became cry popular In royal circles and the betrothed of Ungues do Lustgnnn, who later married King John, brought Isa bella to England. It was there thnt Hollo emtio Into (exlstonco nnd Into consequent vogue. Of oil the contractions of Isabello kf which Nib, Ibbot and lb are a few examples Bello proved the moat pop tolar ami lasting. Belle Is a popular form In this coun try and Is bestowed without reference to Isnbcllc. France recognizes no mtn mt nn nn m nnmmi mm nmnm mi iiimmttimnnnm such contraction, but Spain has nn equivalent Bela. The opal Is the gem assigned to Belle. It will prove n tnllsman ngalnst evil, danger, and disease when worn by her. Tho evil designs of the plxle, which superstition claims Is Im prisoned In tho stone, will be, power less against her. To dream of nn opal means success. Friday Is Belle's lucky dny and 4 her lucky number. The chrysanthemum Is her lucky tlowcr. (Copyright by th Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) O THE FRIENDLY PATH By WALTER I. ROBINSON A LINE 0' CHEER By John Kendrlck Bangs. CONSOLATION IF THEHK'S a Road thnt lends to Trouble There's oqualry pant nny doubt Somowhcro nmld the rock and rubble Another hlKhwny trading out, For In this world of Joy and ln Thoro lu nn Out for ovcry In. ICE) by McClure Newpaper Bymtlcnte.) Q OMEONK must do It." kJ This Is a good thought to remember when one finds him self burdened with public service or other work for the benefit or happiness of his fellows. Though It may be exceedingly disconcert ing to reitllze that one Is sacri ficing considerable through de voting much of his timo to civic or philanthropic service which ho should devote to his own busi ness or profession, he should rec ognize that there Is likely to come to him the pleasure of grcut satisfaction In the amount of good ho docs. Tills Is the position nssumed by one of the most public splr Itod men we have ever known. Year In and yenr out for n quarter of a century this man has given a large proportion of his time to the work of formumt Ing plnns for n great park sys tem, and In order to make a big city n moro desirable place In which to live. Not being wealthy, tho man Is virtually de pendent on tlio Income from his profession. Only recently It wns our priv ilege to notify him thnt he had Just had a new Job added to his many tasks by being appointed n member of nn Important com mittee. Ho smiled one of his de lightful smiles which told of the big heart within his brenst and declared : "That's fine. But, by Jove, don't you know I shouldn't mind If I'd get an nppolntmcnt now and then which would menn n few five spots. Yet someone must do It or theso essential Im provements won't bo done, so I might ns well add a Httlo noro to my pnek. Anyway no money could compensate for tho happi ness which I experience when I realize that I've helped even n Httlo to make tho city n better place In which to live." Let us keep this sentiment fresh lu our memorlen when tho call comes to neglect our own affairs for tho public good. If wo do, we'll not only bo better nblo to do n real service, but our pleasure will exceed our regrets. ( by the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) Rlnghalo Like Milk. ' Tho linghals, a South African pnake, Is said to attack man without Bwvocatlon or tho excuse of self-de fence. , It Is very fond of milk, and can bo nttracted from Its hole by fcnwins of a saucer. A little girl used (to demand bread and milk for every Ibrvnkfast, and always saved a por tion, with which sho retired, She was jat length followed to the neighbor liood of the cattle kraal, where a ring hols ciime from Its holo and shared Khe meal dip for dip at the saino bowl. The child ytm wildly dlBConsoJuto When her mt was killed. 1 TThe Right Thing I Right Time ISr PRIVILEGES OF AGE '"PHEUE are some older men and women who seem to think thnt Just because they nro full of years, as the old expression Is, thnt they arc exempt from mnny of tho demands of good nmnnors. Now this Is true In Homo cases. For Instance, If a man's old age has made It difficult to stand In the street ear he should certainly not try to get up for an old lady unless obviously sho Is feebler than he. But old people are not privileged and they should remember thnt they are not privileged to he brutally frank, I think that this Is one of the greatest and most frequent Inntnnces of had manners among the old. They ac quire a bluntness with years. Then they say to themselves: "No one cures what 1 say anyway. They go ahead and do what they want to do whother I like It or not, so If I can have any fun out of tolling them Just what I think why shouldn't I take ItV" So there are old women who toll their children that they think their children nro tho worst brought up children In tho world, though as a matter of fact they doto on those very grandchildren, and wrmen who tell their sons that their wives are tho worst housewives imnglnnblo. Now this sort of thing Is really rude and discourteous. If thero Is ono thing that will mnko people Indifferent to what old people sny It Is Just this sort of frankness. At first It hurts nnd after a while It simply gets to bo monotonous. Young persons very properly look upon old ago ns an ex cuse for certain" pieces of bad man ners nnd lack of courtesy. Just ns extreme youth Is given ns nn excuse for certain pieces of rudeness. But tho old man or woman should realize that It really Is no very good excuso at all. If you want to go on having tho best out of llfo don't ncqulro a lot of funny little old man or woman habits. Above all olso be courteous. If there Is ono thing that makes an old iierson universally beloved and sought It Is unfailing good "nature and boundless courtesy. Miss Mildred Itlchmond of Osccoln, who received a broken leg when thrown from n racing auto several days ago, Is recovering and the leg will not bo utnpututed as at first feared. Tho Superior cement plunt has shut down Its burning kilns ns n result of the railway and coal strikes, and it Is feared that the plant may Tinvc to close down entirely unless conditions Improve. V coroner's Jury, Inquiring Into tho death of Miss Buth Ward, Lincoln high scliool girl, killed when an auto mobile which she was driving collided with another car, held that the acci dent was unavoidable. Mrs. Jet Bennett of Elgin will prob ably die from Injuries which sho re ceived when sho Jumped from nn automobile truck when she hecamo frlKhtened ' when something went wrong with tlio machine. Attendnnco at the Nebraska slnto fair on tho opening dny, Sunday, was 10,200, tho largest Sunday attendance on record. Two thousnnd two bun dred and seventy-two automobiles passed through the gate. Hot winds caused the corn In a large portion of tho state to ripen too fast, and original estimates of the crop will be considerably minimized. Hay will yield but one-half to three fourths of a normal crop. Nearly 400 delegates attended the sessions of tlio qulntennlnl celebration of Ted Jed Sokol, western Bohemian fraternnl society, at Omaha last week. The society numbers 21,000 members bf whom 7,000 nro In this state. With an expected attendance of 10,000 delegates, nineteen conventions will be held In Omnha next month, according to Information compiled by Mrs. Mable Walker, convention secre tnry of the Chamber of Commerce. Citizens of southwestern Nebraska, led by E. T. Bendy of Culbortson, have started a movement to re-ennct the famous Indian battle between the Sioux nnd Creo Indians nt Massacre Canyon, September 17, fifty years ago, An appeal from a verdict granting $40,840 to John O'Hara, Omaha youth Against tho Union Pacific Ballwny Co., for loss of both eyes, while In the employ of the company, has been filed In tho Nebraska supremo court. At tho hnrvest festival held at Blair Mrs. W. H. Myers, the only womun oreeder of Hampshire bogs In Ne- arasku, drove a lloat containing n , aumber of the white-belted anlmnls. She won first prize on floats, $20 In asli. Miss Elizabeth Barr, daughter of Senator John Barr nnd a teacher In ihe Pawnee City high school, was joiiously Injured In nn automobile iccldent when the touring enr she was lrlvlng pitched into a creek bed at olgh speed. "Bargain Day," promoted by the Nollgli Chamber of Commerce, on which all of the merchants oft tho :lty offtrcd customers many special onrgalns, was a big success, bringing purchasers from surrounding territory for many miles. Greatly reduced winter feeding of cattle and sheep in Scottsbluff county Is expected as a result of the an nouncement of the Great Western Sugar company that It will produce wet beet pulp nt only ono factory, that In Scottsbluff. Tho recent meeting of. the editors from Nebraska and western Iowa was tho largest over held in tho sixty-four years the Nebraska association has been an organization, according to Montagu Tancock of tho bureau of publicity of the Omaha chamber of commerce. Miss Bosle Woracek of near Coin stock, met with a painful accident while helping In tho hay fields. She was working on top of the stack when tho stacker loaded with alfalfa struck her, throwing her to the ground, frac turing her collarbone and Indicting other Injuries. Pawnee City will have as part of its school curriculum a course In Bible study, to bo taught exactly as nny other study. Slmllur programs havo jeen tried In tho past with success and It Is planned to teach the Blblo to tho students this year on a 11101-0 extensive basis than over before. C. E. Lynch, was badly scalded and lu In a critical condition from the burns received when tho radiator of his tractor exploded while he was plowing on his farm near DuBols, Gravel surfacing of tho Lincoln alghway from Kearney to Elm Creek, a distance of sixteen miles, has been completed and tho road will be open d to travel after the first heavy rain A petition has been presented to tho state railway commission by grain men and farmers In tho vicinity of La Platte, asking for a moro equitable railroad rate on grain o tho Omaha market. Cortland voters at a special elec tion hold last week defeated by thirty votes a proposition to Issue $12,000 bonds for tho purpose of connecting up with tho electric, lines of tho Blue River Power Co. One hundred nnd tlilrty-ono per ions became citizens of the United States, following ceremonies at the courthouso nt Omaha last week. Among those given their second papers 10 different nationalities were repre sonted. Thero wero soveti ex-servico mon, ono of them a vetoran of tho Bimnlsh-Amerlcan war. Soveral wwre wsrueu, one 01 two with guy Jinlr, Division Reunion will Draw Many Members to the Convention September 20-22. The 80th Division Bouillon at Oma ha September 20-22 will inciuuo numerous reunions of the various regiments and companies which mndo up" the Division, it is announced by tho Chamber of Commerce, Bureau of Publicity. All of these will take place at the Kama time and will be added attractions to tho visiting veterans. The 355th Infantry, the nil Nebras ka Regiment, Is one of the well or ganized regiments of the Division. Their reunion nt Grand Island, Ne braska last year was attended by a thousand former members of tho outfit. The 353rd Infantry, the All Kan- 8as Regiment, Is equally well organ ized. This Regiment won one of tho highest honors a unit, of soldiers can receive, when Its regimental colors were uccoratcu witn the urotx uo Guerre by the French Government for Its remarkable work lu the numerous offensives. Tho 354th Infantry,' the 350th In fantry, the 340th Field Artillery, the 342nd Field Artillery, 314th Sanitary and Supply Trains nnd tho 314tli En gineers and the 341st Machine Gun Bnt. will all have regimental reunions during the divisional get-to-gether. In addition tho various companies are planning banquets and company conventions so that the visitors can meet all of their former huddles with whom they wore associated in the army. Regimental Dugouts will bo estab-' llshcd at the Divisional P. C, tho City Auditorium, to enable tho visit ers to easily find their former bud- ilea. PREST LANDS IN ERD OF CARIBOU Aviator Is Forced by Engine Trou ble to Descend to Earth in Far North. KILLS ONE FOR FOOD Set Up Movie Camera to Get Plcturo of Wild Herd, but Changed Mind When Hundreds of Animals Hove In Sight. Dawson. Y. T. Like a chapter from dramatic fiction reads tho story of tho experlenco of Clarence O. Prest, tho aviator, while trying a flight across Yukon territory and Alaska. He flew with his moving-picture camera above a great herd of caribou and was forced to land in their midst. He slaugh tered one to keep from starving. Tho herd is part of the great body of carl The Nebraska conferenco of tho M; E. church Is in session In Omaha. Fire originating from nn oil stovo destroyed the residence of Mrs. Pearl Morrison In McCool. The Falls City' hospital, closed slnco last fall, will reopen as a semi- community Institution. The alumni reunion of tho Nebraska College of medicine will be held at Omaha September 11 to 15, Chicken thieves are making llfo miserable for poultry misers In the vicinity of Wyniore. Over 100 chlf'- ens were stolen from one raiser In the neighborhood. Over 125 of the 250 descendants of thejlate John Pothoud, southeastern Nebraska pioneer, held a reunion on the old Pethoud farm northenst of Beatrice. According to reports received, dur ing the years 1923, 1024 and 1025, Nebraska will receive a total of 0,- 009,701 of federal aid to be used In road construction. Edward M. Wellman, 52, grand master of the grand lodge, A. F. & A. M. In Nebraska and ' for 30 years a resident of Omaha, died at a local hospital following an operation. The Rev. F. E. Wells has resigned his pastorate of the Methodist church at Greeley to tako effect at once nnd will leave, the ministry to enter busi ness in Kansas, his former home. W. L. Gaston, deputy secretary of state the pnst four years and former Baptist minister and public lecturer of Broken Bow, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Rcedley, Cal., Baptist church. The farm home of Dick Clark near Llqwellen was destroyed b7 fire of unknown origin. None of the family was at home at the time, and but a small portion of the contents was sraved by neighbors. All irrigation ditches taking their water from the North Platte river, whose priorities were dated subse quent to 1894, have been ordered shut down by the state department of Irri gation, because the lower part of tho river, near North Platte, has been completely dry. The Dawson county boys' and girls' clubs by winning 3,010 out of n pos slblc 3,000 points in the general live stock Judging contest nt the state fair, received as a reward a free trip to the Interstate fair nt Sioux City, la., to represent Nebraska In the same contest there. The fifth annual Nebraska-Iowa horseshoe tourneyi will bo held at Washington, Neb., September 10. Rules of the National Horseshoe Pitchers' association will govern the meet. Shoos not to exceed two and a half pounds will bo used, and the pitching distance will bo forty feet. The proposed 50th annlversnry celebration for Adams county which has been planned to be held nt Hast lugs this fall may bo changed from a pageant as was originally arranged for, to an Immense historical parade, With the putting Into operation of the two new Kelley wells Just com pleted for Pawnco City, tho water fainlno which tins lasted all summer conies to a close. An adequate sup- ply Is furnished. By n coincidence, both tho superln tondent and principal of the Shlckley schools bear the name of C. E. Thomas. Tho two men are no relation. narmony, the famous Poland China hog owned by Edward Dugan near Greeley, Is attracting considerable .at tention among swine breeders of the stntc. He Is said to bo tho largost black hog In Nebraska as ho weighs 1,100 pounds, stands fifty Inches high and Is eighty-five lncbes long. Armed with n club, Clarence Gal bralth, farmer living nenr Fnlrbury, caught a bluo channel cat weighing 37 Vj pounds in the Bluo river on his farm. He struck the fish on tho head and dragged It out of tho water by Its tall. When dressed there wns sufficient meat to feed tea families. Ml Lands In Herd of Caribou. 6ou which annually trek across th region near Dawson and Eagle. Prest had flown by a round-about way from San Bernardino, Cal., to the Far North. Prest's own story of his cxperlencf Is told In the following dispatch from Eagle te the Dawson Dally News: "Thirty minutes out of Eagle my en- pine bucked. I looked for a landing place and picked what looked like a level spot. It was NIggerhead Flat at the head of Deer creek, eight miles south of Seventy-Mile river. I fixed the engine and noticed a couplo of car ibou. I set up my movie camera so as to get them. More of them were coming:, so I began to see about tak ing off. Turning, I noticed 500 or 600 caribou all around the airship and camera, and rushed expecting to find the camera ruined, but no damage was done. I got ready to take off but the ship went upon her nose In tho soft galng nnd broke the propeller. Killed a Caribou. "I had been debating about killing one of the caribou, but the debate ended when the propeller broke, so I killed one with my 32-caliber pistol and butchered him with a pocket knife. "I was overhauling the motor when a puff of wind finished the Job by turning the ship over on her back and breaking the radiator. So I deserted the ship, stripped off tho Instruments nnd magneto, and started to pack down to the river. 1 got down with ono load and saw r was not going to make It with the grub I had, so I cached everything and went back to the ship and slept in its tall Sunday night. "I had left my compass In a .cacho at the mouth of Rnmcy creek, so I Btnrted without it. I was further out than I thought. I did not jIck up the trail and made a lot of unnecessary circles, climbing mountains for obser vation. It was raining steadily, but I had equipped myself with a small can of gasoline for starting fires. "My shoes and feet were giving out nnd I was afraid to lie down to sleep. Finally, I struck the trail at Nimrod Bar, and shortly after a search party hove In sight." Colored Man Falls Dead In Crap Game. Raeford, N. C. Spurned by the dice when he "shot It all' at the end of a crap game, JJm Suggs, colored, fell dead as the dice betrayed him. The game lasted all night and the decision to "shoot It all" was made when the players wero departing. Baby Has Six Living Grandmothers. Concord, N. II. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Roger Strong, has six living grandmothers. They Include ono great-grent-grandmother, three great-grandmothers, and two grand mothers.
