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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1922)
THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE FOR NATIONAL BEAUTY HONORS f "!Sfi A.M15KICANS MATING LKSS 3II5AT AUTO.MOIHU3 TOl'HS HEW THE AND NUMIlKIt OP ANIMALS KAItMISIlS OUT TO MOKE DECLINES i Kl MM) MEETINGS Tlic Annual National Ucauty P;.,joant at Atlantic City, N J.. al! ItAM .t.s iinllnlnn itnlrine ' I ltl.iy 11(13 IIIU VVItllllllK .ll.tW. Above is Miss Gertrude Shocmack, who folks of llarrisburg, Pa., se lected as their prettiest girl. Below is Mis3 Lorainc Faskcy. who will represent Toledo, O. These arc the first two entered. All states will be represented. Figures and charts on the moat Industry of tho United Statos allow ing that the consumption of moat Is decreasing are given In an oxhlblt, entitled "Lhromock Statistics," by the t'nltod Statou Dopartmont of Ag riculture at tho International Live stock Exposition at Chicago, Doc. 2 to 3. These statistics show that tho United States, while still among tho principal mcat-oatlng nations of tho world, is undergoing a general de cline both in por capita consumption of meat and In tho number of .food animals In proportion to tho popula tion.' ThlB situation Is Illustrated Dtrlklngly by a chart of tho tront of limnan live-stock population In tho United Statos from 1850 to 1922.. Among live stock tho number of swine Is tho most variable, and shoop show tho groatost gonoral docllno. Tho relativo positions of tho curves in this chart at tho present tinier in dicate that tho nation will probably experience increasing difficulty In supplying its ovor-lncroaslng popula-, Hon with sufficient meat products, and at tho same time providing a surplus of those products for export. Tho principal moat-eating nations ol tho world, in ordor of per capita, consumption, arc Argentina, Austral- la, and Now Zcland, with tho United f Slates fourth. -:o: NOTICE TO ELECTRIC CONTRACTORS Notlco Is horby given that tho Mayor and City Council will rccolvo bids un til 8 p. m. December 39th, 1922, for furnishing all matorlal and labor for tho comploto construction of tho pro posed Btreot lighting botweou 3rd and ilh streets on Dowoy Street Specifications of tho matorlal and work to bo dono may bo obtained from tho City Clork. Tho Mayor and Council rcsorvo tho right to roject any or all bids. Scparato and nlternatlvo bids may To made for work complete, material or lnstellation. E. II. EVANS Mayor 0. E. Eclor, City Clork. NOTICE OP PETITION Estate No. 1920 of Hattlo M. Record, deceased in tho County Court of Lin coln County, Nebraska. Tho State of Nebraska. To all per sons Interested In said Estate tako notlco that a petition has been filed for tho probating of tho will filed and tho nppointmont of E. H. Evans as executor' of said estate, which has been set for hearing heroin on January 2,' 1923 at 10 o'clock a. m. Dated December 9th, 1922.. WM. II. WOODIIURST County Judge; (SEAL) The automobile tour Is the nppTl cation of quick transportation to 'the field meotlng Idea, making it possible for farmers to nttond what roally Amounts to 10 meetings in a- single day. Tho usual automobllo trip of this sort consists of 10 or 15 mach ine, carrying 40 or 50 lntorostod ob servers, and stopping according tb a previously arranged schodulo at diff erent farm demonstrations along the route, such as a particular kind of crop, tho results of a certain fertil ization or cultivation methods, or the offoct of orchard manngomont in ac- , cordancc with extension teaching un der tho United States Dopartmont of Agriculture and tho Stato agricultur al college Ono Wisconsin trip recontly carri ed tho observing party to seo 11 demonstrations In tho county in a day. Sevoral farmors had 10 acres of alfalfa and 15 acres of soy beans. A fruit tour in Michigan covered parts of three counties. A very flno Now England trip was conducted by tho Connecticut Poultry Association a fleet of fifty automobiles taktnp part In the tour. Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut werr visited to examine demonstrations in poultry farming. (This tour was ox pertly handled by having the men In Number ono car wear whlto caps, ono of whom would wait at all forks to guide tho other cars, and then take his placo In tho last . car, which started out empty for this purpose Theso men also constituted a crew for minor repairs on tho road. Farmers from 12 counties came by automobllo to visit a demonstra tion In soil building In Anderson County, S. C. Tho reputation of , f 'ii? farm had been growing for over , 10 years, and tho tour was arranged to lot others seo what had been ac complished. In this case as In tho others wherol tho farmer told, his own story tho demonstration was very effective. W If Uff Qlearaitddeep as a topaxj C J AMBER ll renin There is nothing newer or more distinctive in toiletware than AMBER PYRALIN. Once you see its golden beauty you will know why wo are so proud to sell it. Amber Pyralin is not high priced. It is one of the big values you expect 9 at this store and you can buy a complcta set or any number of pieces, as they are easy to match 8tnpy time. Clinton & Son, Jewelers. I Cattle Auction Cattle Monday, Dec. 18 AT THE NORTH PLATTE STOCK YARDS We" will sell 500 Stackers and Feeders at this sale, consisting of yearlings and 2 year old steers, 2 car loads of good heavy boned stock or feeding calves. They are a good kind, A string of Wyom ing White-Faced Stock Cows and Heifers. They are the heavyjboned, rugged kind. Butcher stuff, sever al young Hereford Bulls and milk cows. These cat tle will sell in small lots and in car lots, most of them selling freight paid to the river. Now is the time to buy these stock steers, calves, stock cows and heifers. They will make money when grass comes again, They will not go lower, they will go higher every day from now on. Monday, December 18 will be a good day to have your cattle here. I can sell them for you at the Auction. A good many in quiries for stock cattle. Get them in. CASPER RAUCH Col. Park M. Crusinberry and H. M. Johansen, Auctioneers North Platte, Nebraska .Our Farm Champions in Washington G' ci'lcria. This is no unusual scene at the Department of Agri culture building in Washington. Here arc shown a for producing best in calf, pork, garden and field i sent from Maryland. Secretary of Agriculture Wal i t ...... : ...i.i ...... ti. 1 ( is uuuiLaailiK . 11.111. Two hours a day saved from work in the hot kitchen two hours more daily to read, visit, enjoy life. The Sechrist Pressure Cooker saves two hours cooking time a day in the average home, cooking in thirty or forty minutes roasts or fowls ordinarily requiring hours.- Cooks a whole meal over one burner. Seen Pifessuf Cookev Cooks food thoroly because pressure forces intense heat thru every cell and fibre. All juices and flavors are retained and you save a pound of meat on every five-pound roast. Pays for itself in six months by food and fuel saving. The New Style Sechrist is the strongest cooker made. It is the cooker used by hundreds of Government Dem onstrators for cooking and canning and is featured by a famous cooking expert in the September Pictorial Review. Its virgin aluminum takes a smooth finish easily cleaned, and the Aluminum safety valve and pet cock are not af fected by fruit acids. Here is a beau tiful cooker that will make you proud of your kitchen. If you dealer does not have the-new style Sechrist write for free booklet and sample recipes. The Albert Sechrist Manufacturing Co. 1717 Logan Street, Denver, Colorado D We have all sizes ot these Cookers in stock andQa lady demonstrator from Factory will be with us until xmas. She will demonstrate Saturday and Mondayfafternoons on Plum Pudding and Roasts. erryberry & Forbes, Inc. 1 wo Days, Vaudeville. Keith Theatre. Two Days. EACH WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY. A CHIC DANCE It, TALL AND GRACEFUL AND POSSESSES AN AMPLITUDE OF PERSONALITY AND FEMININE CHARM WHICH MAKES THE ACT A DECIDED SUCCESS. JACK AND FLO JACKSON ' A COMEDY OFFERING THE BOOB AND THE GIRL", CONSISTING OF COMEDY TALK, DANCING ' AND MUSIC. CONBOY AND LEIGH I - &C1(S!LY0WtG MEN 1VH0 RESENT A COMEDY SINGING, TALKING TRAVESTY. THIS ACT COMES WELL RECOMMENDED, AS MR. LEIGH HAS BEEN PLAYING IN SOME OF THE BIG niTS IN THE EAST AND MR. CONBOY HAS APPEARED ON THE LONDON COLISEUM AS PRINCIPAL COMEDY DAME, ALSO APPEARED IN SEVERAL OF THE GEO. M. COHAN PRODUCTIONS IN THE EAST. THE THREE ASTELLAS COMEDY PANTOMIMIC KNOCK ABOUT, TUMBLING ACT WITH BUMPS AND FALLS AND FUNNY THIS VRS t 4b?"u SITUATIONS AND TUMBLING OF ALL KINDS, BOTH AMERICAN AND ARABIAN STYLE. JUUfllBJSii AUT, HAVING PLAYED ALL OF THE LEADING THEATRES IN THE COUNTRY FOR YE, AJSlt IS A tiJIEAT liAIJHH I'TtOTHTf.TCIl A XT) 1VTT.T, PITH A ST 'I'm."! TimftT f!TTTTf A T. AnnrPYfl?