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TUESDAY and FRIDAY
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, NOVEMBER 7, 1922
NO. 87
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Another Year
ALL ELECTION 15
BEING HELD TODAY
MANY IMPORTANT OFFICES H13
1XU FILLHI) IX STAT AND
COUNTY
Today is Iho. rogitlar biennial elec
tion when stnto and county olecfiyc
ojccs nro fillpd. Every election I
Place lu the cpiint'y is busy with the'
casting of ballots, Tho women are
voting In inoBt places, along with
the men,. Fifty thousand ballots
have been printed and sent out by'
the county clerk. Each voter will
receive four ballots. One is the gen-'
f ral election ballot containing the
names or all those who arocandi-i-dntes
for regular offices, Another
is Cjlie no.n-politicaKbailbt which con-'
tajp tho names qft the candidates for t
judicial and . soU'dbl offices. The'
thjrd is a ballotfor the unexpired,
term of Congressman Klnkatd and I
the fourth Is the referendum on tho
lour laws passed by the last legisla
ture. Lincoln county has tw.o can-
lidates on .the state ballot L. A.
Larson is the progressive and pro
hibition candidate for secretary or
slate and Mrs. Mary Axtell is the' pro-,
fc-reBslve candidate for commissioner
of public lands and buildings. Of '
course all candidates for the county .
ufices are from Lincoln county. One
old time political leader said yester-;
day that the cities would give a '
majority for, Hitchcock and Randall
while the country would give a maj- 1
orlty vote Tor 'Bryan and Howell. He
predicted the election of the latter, j
Hob Simmons will be elected con-
Kres-siuan by a big majority is the
general prediction., S. M. Souder!
for treasurer is expected to lead the
county ticket with C H. Yost for
register as a close second. No ono
can say for sure whether Salisbury' Soturdaf th0 Ncbraska stafb Rall
or Berthe wilMie-clected SherlfTuor--- consstonVendercd itTdwisIon
does anyone know wbetl-er VonGoetz Qn Ul(J opplIcat,on oC tll0 Northwest
Healy or Axtell will go to tho state orn BeU TeIephono Company for an
legislature. It is generally predict-, lucrcaso of telephone rates in the
mj that Theo. Lowe will beat Allen
for clerk and that Jackson will wln;the HCC0Unta ln the state papers, tho In ra,n and. mud. Both teams were
as commissioner. It Is said the en- decision h a verv strong one in favor venly matched and tho score Htood
of all telephone subscribers outside 2 to 2 until tho last five minutes ot
of tho city of Omaha. .the game when Chapel mado a
t .x, t,. i , touchdown making tho final scoro 8
ill uiu city ui iMOXiii i-iunu inu usic-
phono company demanded that tho
rosldonco rates be increasd from .$2.20
for, tho one party lino to $2.50 and
that tho business rates bo increased
from $3.85 to $4.50 for one party line.
Increases demanded upon two party
lines wero in the
Instead of the increase, tho Railway
Commission, ordered a decrease in
XU3II1KK OF UOllKOWJSllS AT CITY' 1
JiIIMlAIlY IS STILL
GROWING
Miss Whoolor roports sovonty now
borrowers of books from tho city
library during Octob'er. Tho total
number of books loaned during tho
, month was 2,7-10 which was a daily
average or 105 books. Tho branch
library ln Iho Lincoln school building
has boon opon for throo weeks this
fall and during that time 397 books
havo boon olrotilatod. Tho librarian
suggostfl that now is a good tlmo for
North PlRttp pooplo to call at tho
library and got acquainted with tho
books and with tho librarian, especial
ly sinco tho Teachors' association and 1
the state federation meetings nro over.
ATTENDING THE UNI
VERSITY OF NEBRASKA
A IHItKCTOltY OF STUDENTS
FROM NORTH PLATTE AT
STATE SCHOOL
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PROMINENT NORTH PLATTO
CITIZEN PASSES
AWAY
TELEPHONE HATES
!' TO BE
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE IN CODY
ADDITION' IS UNDER CON
STRUCTIOV
RAILWAY COMMISSION ORDERS
LOWER RATES FOR MOST
USERS
Tho now school house in the Cody
addition is now uer construction
and splondld progress is bfling mhdo'
toward Its completion. The water j
main has been laid "up to the school
building on fourth street. The Bowerf
SHORT STORIES OF
PEOPLE AND THINGS
will be
freezes.
Installed before tho ground'
ITKJ1S OF INTEREST AllOUT RE
(MINT HAPPENINGS IN THIS
COMMUNITY
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.SCOUT TROOP Til RUE -LOOSES'La marriage Hconso was issued yes-
IIAKI) FOUGHT GAME Uerday to Miriah P. 'AHon of this city j
KAxuiumi ' and urnco ue.cn or.Fort Morgan, uoio.
Troop Three lost to Chuppell Satur-
.... . .. ilnv nftor n linrl fnnirht ir:imi nlaved
i state or wenrasKa' anu according to - "
try of Springer into the race for com
missioner has divided the republi6an
vote and given the place to Jackson.
The counting. boards will. begin work,
this noon and shortly after the polls
close this evening the results' will be
announced.
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The Locust street crossing is used
more than most people think. Sat-'
urday while the rain was beating
down hard a freight train went east.
Whllo it passed the Locust street
crossing, was closed. While It was
passing 2 4 autos and trucks and 3
horse vehicles stood there waiting In
the rain to go one way or the other.
Railroad business is running strong.
On tho third district there aro 31 chain
freight crows, local crows and 2 work
train crews making a total of 41
oj'ewri.
to 2. Chappell will- probably play
The llro department responded to
seven callB during tho past month.
here at some future date. Tho trip (TJio total loss was estimated at about
was made to Chappell in cars. $200 in addition to several stacks of
:u. 1' hay which burned west of the city but
Clinton Nelson returned to his home could not bo reached,
in Gothenburg Sunday after visiting .
p. ii,a f,nmn of his sister Mrs. A. T. ' win no a oox suppor anu pro-
same proportion.
In tjie doath of James Snyder tho
community looses ono of its pioneer
sottlors. Mr. Snyder camo to North
Platte in 1872 whon tho city was
just a station. As a contractor ho
helped to build tho first scho'ol houso
in our city and tho first ' Catholic
church. In tho lato seventies ho be
gan working for -the Union Pacific
railroad company whore ho served
faithfully until his retirement on his
sevontioth birthday, serving tho com
pany for thirty-four years, tho last
years Borving as conducted. In this
capacity ho has carried over his di
vision many of tho nations celobrlties
and oven ninny from foreign lands.
In his younger days lio served Ills
country during tho Civil war enlisting
for the first time In Company C, 129
regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Mr. Snyder was a member or tho
' Modern Woodman and other organ
izations. As an old 'Citizen, an hon
est mnn, a good nolghbor, husband
and father and a lover of hard work
Mr. Snyder will long bo remembered.
He leaves to mourn bis untimely de
cease his wife and two sons, Ray and
jAsa. both living here. Tho funoral
was held yesterday morning rrom
the hpmq nt, 10 o'clock, Rev. Hess of
'the Methodist, church officiating.
Burial was made ln the local cemetery.
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A party consisting of Mrs. 13. P. ;
Maupln, Mrs. Chas, Mnuplii, Mrs. J
Simpson, Mrs. McGrew and Janot
Green loft Saturday, morning ftfri
Julesburg whoro they will be' the ,
guests nt a week end "party at the
H. W. Green home.
constitute tho stuuent council which j
has direct chargo of most of the high
school activities. ,
Ths Trlbuno prosonts lta annual
directory lint of young men md wo
mon rrom this city who arc enrolled
In tho different boIk-c-Ih nnd collegod
or tho Unlvon-iiy or Nobrnskd". The
list muy not bo complete but It Is as
nonr correct as possiblo nt tills time.
Wo would appreciate any corrections
or additions as It Is tho. aim to mako
nn absolutely correct list. . Follow
ing aro those wo have listed:
1., Jollno Antouides
2. Mrs. Jollno Antouides
3. Charlos Hirsch
1. Donald Nowtou
6. Walter Roynolds
it. Donald Roynolds
7. Roland Locko
8. Eva Hoagland
0. Cal Schulz
10. Tlfeodoro Pay no
11. ' Carrol Stevens
12. Harold Spencer
13. Holon Bonnor
15. John Burko
11. William Elder
1C. Ray Roberts
17. Wilbur Swanson
18 Will Ada'hiRon
19. Mary Temnlo
20. Leon Ston
21- Towilsend Dent
22. Raymond Tottenhoff
23. Rsede Reynolds
24. Joo Plzer
25. Murl Maupln
2(u Junior Illnman .
27. Loren Hastings -
NORTH PLATTE LOSES
TO GOTHENBURG G HIPSTERS
GAME
Johnson.
A daughter was born' to Mr.
Mrs. William Slebold Sunday.
and
gram nt tho South Bluff school houso
Friday November 17, two and ono half
rate so that beginning December 1, In this flgh, The Chamber o Con, - "
I!. nno nnrtv lin rates will bo $2.00 niorco employed win. i. onumuii - -
for residence phones and ?3.50 per, attorney to make this fight nnd rap
month for business phones. Tho of-; resent the city.. Ho wont to Lincoln
foot of this decrease is to take off tlo j and joined forces with tho other cities
10 per cont.incroaso which has been and towns or tno state, ah organic
In force since December 1, 1920.
North Platto took a prominent part
Special Reduced
Price on Heating
Stoves.
Davis Furniture Co.
207-9 EAST 6th.
Rminil fH Carner East of First National Bank.
PHONE 106.
tlon of all tho cities and towns ef
fected was mado and Mr. Shuman
was chosen to represent all of tho
territory of tho state outside of Oma
ha. Quito a number of hearings wero
hid, both at Omaha and Lincoln and
tho case had lieon- pending nine
(months altogether when tho decision
I was" rendered. Tho decision is some , of
i eighty pages long but Uiq general of7 , It
i fect Is to remove tho 10 per cent sur
or at this school.
A faculty meeting of all tho grado
teachers in tho cily was hold yestor-
Tho
day In the Washington, nchool,
purposo of the meeting was to pro-
Word was received here this week
that the Fire department at Norfolk
will send fifty delegates and mem
bers and a full sized brass band' will
accompany thorn! . They expect to
comp in Pullman sleepers nnd use
them while hero. Tho convention'
will bo held January 1G-17-18.
North. Platto lost tho gamo Friday
to Gothenburg by u scoro of 7 to 0.
At tho ond of tho first half tho scoro
was 0 to 0, showing that tho, team's
Woro ovenly matched, At tho end ot
tho third nuartor Gothenburg mado a
touchdown making tho gamo 7 to 0.
Tho scoro remained tho snmo until tho
end ot tho game. Tho gamo clear
through was straight football nnd tho
ono special feature in tho playing of
tho aothonburg tqam was Ub inter
ference. This is tho first time ln a
number ot years ot lntorscholastlo
footbaU that (Gothenburg lias won
from North Platte. This gamo also
looses tho chan co of North Platte for
tho state championship of this year.
Tho next gnmo on tho schodulo for
North Platto willl bo nt Columbus
uoxt Friday.
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Frank Chorponnljig transacted
business in Cozad Wednesday
motq moro thorough work In Arithi
metlc and a more regular attendance
of the ' students.
County Agent Kellogg is in Lin
coln this week, attending tho nnnual
school of instruction and conference
the county agents of this state,
is a most valuable- meotlng and
ono which all county agents aro re
charge which was put In effect on . quired to attend. Ho will probably
December 1, 1920. Tho tolepliono rates bo home by Saturday.
wero lncreasejd qulto substantially,
however, for private branch ex- An election Is talking place this
changes, whore there nro mora than' welc in the Senior high school which
wonfv nTinnn in one nlaco. such as . s of more than ordinary lntorcst.
Electrify! m
TT7 ,
ln hotels otc. This effects Omaha,
mora largely than any other city. An
Twenty-one members of tho student
council are nominated and from theso
V
ree Hours
in Evening
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lncreaso has also been allowed ln tho seven are to bo elected. Thcso with
long distance charges, for person to representatives of the various major
to person talks. organizations of tho high school will
SPECIAL FEATURES WRITTEN IN COMBINATION
WITH STANDARD LIFE FOLICIES
Non-Cancellablo Accident and
Health Insurance.
Double Indemnity Provisions.
Specifio Dlomombermont
Provisions.
Disability Income ClauBe.
Monthly Life Income
Provisions.
Pure and Installment Income
Endowment Provisions.
Premium Waiver Clause.
Post Mortem Dividends.
Full Participation ln all
Surplus.
Automatics Non-forfeiture.
Clause.
Insurance that Insures Protection that Protects
Fidelity Reserve Company
Home Office Fourth and Locust Streets,
North Platto, Nob.
si
1 Hour in AM.
4 Hours in
EM.
Why Your Electric Light Bill
May Be Higher Now!
Last summer you only-usod olcctrlc light on an avoraco
of threo hours each evening, Dut this winter you'll use It
for at least an hour around breakfast time, and probably
four and a half hours daring tho ovenlng.
Hut you can oconomizo on electric current Ono way Is to
uao tho right sized lamp in ovory flxturo, and keep tho lamp .
and shado clean. This will give you bettor lighting for tho
samo amount ot money- Try It.
North Platte Light & Power Co.