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Sutc UUtcricnl Scckty fa $oxth jjjlattr btmx-ffitM rftm NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, OCTOBER IB, l!)0H. NO. 75 PERSONAL MENTION. Lester Walker went to Omnha Sun day night on business. Leo Grimes spent Sunday at home enroutc from Wyoming to Omaha. Brnkemnn Culton returned Saturday from n visit with relatives in Council Bluffs. Tim Hanifln left Saturday for Hust ings whero he was called by the illness of ii sister. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Walker have re turned from their wedding trip to Denver. Mrs. II. J . Roth, daughter and son returned Sunday morning from the east part of tho state. Mrs. Chas. Hcndy, who had been visiting her parents, returned to Den ver Sunday morning. Jesse Grable went to Grand. Island Sunday where he will take treatment for a couple of weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Yates loft Sun day for Orchard, Colo., whero they will visit relatives for a week or two. Lew Hustings left Sunday for O'Neil, where he will register as an applicant for a quarter section of the Rosebud Agency land's. Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Chapman, P. E. Bullard and Arthur McNamara went to oLxington Sunday morning to attend the Episcopal convocation. Charley and Sam Brown arrived from Green River, Wyo., Sunday night, hay ing ben called hero by the death of their brother Bert Brown. Mrs. Mary Neir, who had been visit ing in North Carolina for ten months, returned home Sunday. Her return was hastened by the death of her son-in-law. Mrs. E. E. EHcson left for Denver Saturday where she will spend tho winter. Her daughter Mrs. Mellon, who had been spending the past week here returned with her. L. B. Isenhart, of Denver, spent Sat urday in town while enrouto homo from tho east part of the stato whero ho was called by the illness of his mother. Miss Ellen McCullough, Miss Lillian Hendy, Will Hendy and Arthur Mer rick drovo up from Maxwell in the letter's automobile Sunday to attend church. While in town they were guests at tho John Murray home. C. C. Hupfer arrived from Ogden Saturday -morning and will spend ten days or two weeks in town. Charley has been suffering considerably from asthma lately, but finds relief since coming here. Ho is receiving a henrty welcome from his friends. Notice to Sellers of Cream. Tramp, tho grocer, ia buying cream and paying top price with immediate returns of cash. David Cole Creamery, Co., Omaha, Nob. s mart For hoes Tff JLTAVU Our new styles in Shoes for young men are made for the well dresser. We have the nfjrcf ctvlpsin Oxhlood. Tan. Patent Colt, Velour Calf and Via Kid. TU UAR nW Khna far Man mnHo on a foot-form last is the most com fnrlahle Shoe to wear. p?frStr, $3.50, $4 to $5 S M L I The Big Shoe Man. 021 Duwwjr Strwrt. LOCAL MENTION. Tho Oshkosh Herald says a North Platte dentist and a North Platto bar ber havo decided to locate in that town. The names aro not given. Tho Rinckcr book store has added to its furniture a pyramidal postal card stand with compartments for 384 differ ent cards; and every compartment is filled. Guy Svvope received a messago Sat urday telling him of tho death of his grandfather, Col. R. C Swope, in Pennsylvania at the ago of ninoty-two years. T. B. Halligan, living on the former Dick farm, returned recently from a trip to Mitchell, and we understand was very highly pleased with thnt section, so much so that he may decide to lo cate there. Tho last edition of tho Nebraska Teacher had as its frontispiece a picture of Miss Grace Grevcs, a teacher in the Nebraska State Normal. Miss Greves taught in the Junior Normal hero for several summers. Eight to ten cars of beets aro being loaded daily at Hershey and Suther land. Thursday a train of thirty cars was brought down nnd Sunday twenty- eight cars were sent out. So far the railroad company is furnishing all the cars needed. Tho beet dump at Hershey was com pleted Saturday and ia now in use. By means of pulley and tackle the box is lifted from the wagon, elevated and swung above tho car and dumped of its load by drawing tho endgate. Tho beet company furnishes a team to do tho lifting. It is a very rapid way to unload beets. N. B. Spurrier returned tho latter part of last week from Mitchell, where he and Mrs. Spurrier had gone to visit their son. They were accompanied by Mr. Spurrier's brother, who resides in Iowa, and while there the latter pur chased 1G0 acres for which ho paid $100 per aero. All the land but fifteen acres is in alfalfa. Mrs. Spurrier will con tinue her visit at Mitchell for another week"; The Union Pacific will soon issue year ly passes to employes who have been in continuous service for ten or more years. To those who have been in service ten years passes will be issued to tho em ploye and his wife over the division on which he works, whilo to those who havo been in service twenty years the pass will bo good from Omaha to Ogden, and those over twenty years will have transportation over the en tire system. Under the provisions of the new revenue law all real estato mortgages are required to be listed in a record- book made for that purpose, the object being to make such easily of access in order that it may bo determined whether nil mortgages havo been re turned to the assessor for taxation. It is probable that it will bo found that in a good many instances the holders of mortgages havo failed to list them with the assessor. This now mortgage record is being compiled by G. F. Huff man. F. P. Gillespje, who is in the service of the Union Pacific as a car repair, had a hip bono fractured Sunday morn ing by falling from a ladder which had been placed against a car. He was in tho act of filling the water tank, and while on the ladder the train was slight ly moved by the switch engine, which caused the ladder to fall and Gillespie landed on tho ground with great force. He was at once removed to his homo and tho fracture reduced by Dr. Lucas. Gillespie was transferred to North Platto from Choyenno a couple of months ago. Real Estate Transfens. W. A. Paxton, Jr., to Chas B-yant, lots 2 and 3, and the south half of tho southwest quarter of section 35-14-3-1, 237.G acre", consideration $G,828. W. A. Paxton, Jr., to Geo. II. Down ing and W. A. Smith 255.8 acres in section 2-13-34, consideration $7,200. W. A. Paxton, Jr., to W. F. Smith, 182.6 acres in section 3-13-34, considera tion $5,201. J. L. Shuck to Frank Weiss, south west quarter section 31-12-30, $G00. R.J.Brown to R. C. Hastings the east half of section 20-11-32, $2,500. G. W. LeKny to P. G. Jemstrom east half of northwest quarter and lotB 1 and 2, section 30-11-32, $1,000. i RAILROAD NEWS. ' Passenger Brakeman Swiggart has resigned his position nnd left Sunday for Grand Island, whero he will tako up his former vocation, that of a bar ber. Engineer Will Lewis, who had been in an Omaha hospital for sovoral weeks returned homo the latter part of last week. He is somewhat weak yot from ' the operation ho underwent, but now that the troublo has been removed his general health will nn doubt bo greatly improved. Geo. S. Mcrriman, a brakeman on train No. 61, was fatally injured at Optic, a station between Kearney nnd Gibbon, Snturday morning. Ho had been unloading freight from his (rain nnd jumped between his cars to tho other side to do some other work. Pas senger train No. 10 dashed into him at high rate of speed and ho whs badly cut up and crushed. The right arm and loft foot were cut ofT and he was badly injured intcrnnlly. He was placed on train No. 10 to bo taken to Grand Island, but died before reaching that city. Ho had onlj made a few trips, coming to the Union Pacific from South Whitely, Ind. Tho annual inspection of tho road bed and property of the Union Pacific system is now being made. caturduy afternoon Genl. Supt. Park, Supt. of Motivo Power Fuller, Supt. Anderson and other officials arrived from the west, and with them were all the sec tion foremen between Sidney nnd North Platto. Several hours were de voted to an inspection of the company property at this terminal. Tho Wyom ing division officials and the section forcmnn returned west Sunday night. Supt. Park spent Sunday in town and yesterday morning was mot by Supt. Ware, Asst. Supt. Cahill, Div. M. M. Likert and Engineer Scheme rhorn and the party proceeded cast on a specinl. As is the usual custom, a gold medal will bo awarded to tho foremen having tho best kept section on the system. Progression the Branch. Last week's issue of tho Oshkosh Herald contained tho following: The rnilroad graders aro now stationed eighteen miles up tho river, nnd tho steel is laid within a few miles of them. Camp No. 3 of tho grading gangs ar rived Saturday and Monday with teams and graders. There aro now eighty-five teams at work on tho construction of tho rond, and tho work is being pushed through ns rapidly as possible. Cold water, which is twenty miles west of here, will be reached this week. Wed nesday was tho record day of laying steel, 8,100 feet being laid in nine hours with a force of eighty-one men nlmost a mile and three quarters of track. COMMISSIONERS' PROCEEDINGS. October, 7th. 1908. Board spent day viewing roads in Somerset precinct. Adjourned until tomorrow. October 8th, 1908. Board spent day viewing roads on south side of river and in Snell canyon and Cottonwood canyon. Adjourned until tomorrow. October 9th. 1908. Board met, present full b"nrd and county clerk. Tho board prepared a list of names from which to select a jury for tho December term of court. Tho board being of tho opinion that the public good requires it, tho section line between section 30 nnd section 31, town 10 range 29, in hereby declared a public road and opened to public travel. Claim of L. Walker, poormastcr 1907 to 1908 allowed for $100 00. Rond No. 315 having come un for final hearing, tho remonstrators having appeared and tho board having viewed the nroposeu road and tho vacation of the other road witholds its decision un til the next meeting. Can We Keep From Havintr Fires? We think wo are careful, and Borne- times wo are. but noverless a firo will break out once and awhilo when we least expect it. iuu i jji i; v but, ii w j u w (yuu will insure against them so when you havo one tho insurance company stands the Ions, not you. In order to accomplish this you must insure with reliable agents and com panies. Temple Real Estate & Insur ance Agency represents tho best, 1 ami SS MvDtmHM Bhofc. For Sale Cheap Large size hard coal Jewel Heating Stove, nlso sheet Steel Stove. Reason for selling havo no further use for them. James Bkiton, 218 W.4th St. Window Glass. We are headquarters for any mass that you may want Our stock is complete and we can cut jlass to any shape desired. Prices the lowest. Schiller & Co., ! Family Druggists. i rinrt Ouur norvh uf Firm Nttt'l Dunk. Beautiful Residence Lots FOR SALE There are several beautiful residence lots both corner and inside lots on Third, Fourth and Fifth streets of the Trustee's Addition. Prices lower than residence lots elsewhere in the city. For sale by WM. E. SHUMAN, Attorney for Trustee. IBM Acreage Lots for Sale Soon Within a few days Trustee Tabor will place upon the market Seventy-seven Acreage Lots just adjoining the city on the east. The prices and terms will be right. Watch the paper for the date when these lots will be placed upon the market . . . Office in Foley Block, Sixth and Dewey. WM. E. SHUMAN. Belton Talks School Houses Editor Tribune: Tho most vital mat ter for the future prosperity of tho city is school houses. The school houseB are crowded to overflowing nnd moro rooms must bo had. Our bonrd of education havo all they have time to spnro for tho public service in manug- ing the ordinary running of tho schools. Tho people ought to nssist them; they would bo very thankful if you would. Wo have arrived at that stago when more school rooms must bo provided in uach ward, and tho present school houKes nro old wooden buildings built piece meal und look moro like railroad depots than school houses. Now would it not be cheaper and better for tho dis trict to build a new school house in each ward out of rcenforced concrete which looks well and is overrating. It is tho building mnterial of the future and will give employment to our own architects, builders and laborers and spend the money in our city. Tho school houses tihould look nearly alike and at sight you would know they wero school houses; and to make uniformity it would be necessary to buy tho south half of the school house block in tho First ward. A half block is too small for a school houso. The thought brings to memory tho building of tho first edi tion of tho school house in tho Third ward. Tho school board bought only the south half of the block for school housu but the people in that ward pro tested, saying it ought to bo a whole block. So the individual school board bought the north half of tho block and matlo a1 present of it to tho school. John Bratt is tho only member we can recall. If tho peoplo had not interested themselves and advised tho school board, tho school yard would be only a half block in the Third ward. It is very impor tant now that tho peoplo tako nn in terest in the school house building for it will play a very important part in tho future growth of our city. Tho peoplo in each ward should meet arid discuss the matter, then appoint committees of your moHt intelligent nnd enterprising people to meet In the court house nnd Govidu kat yuu think taut fur thu fix ture interests of tho schools and let thoso committees wait upon tho board of education nnd you can depend upon it your wishes will bo grnntcd. Tho committco should bo composed of both men and women. Tho leaguo is unanimous in favor of buying tho south half of tho school block in tho First ward and build a new up to dato steam heated school house in each of tho wards; tho houses to be abundantly largo onough to anticipato futuro growth. We remember when thfeo rooms in tho old high Bchool woro lnrgo for tho whole city, and if wo have good schools country people will come here to make their homes and educate their children. Fine school houseB aro tho pride of every city, so let ui build houses that wo may bo proud of. Tho outlying school houses should not bo forgotten ua their patrons pay taxes. UnlcBB wo build all three school houses now it will bo difficult in tho future, in fact almost impossible, to get bonds voted to build n school house in one ward; for instanco if we do not now build nnd buy tho south half of tho block in the First ward If it woro attempted in the futuro the other two wards would vote it down as they would object to buying tho south half of the block and singly tho building of a singlo houso would cost moro than it would if built with two others, Let ub have good school houses and good schools. Wo can afford it; lot ub start tho children out in life with a good cducntion. Tho cost of three school houseB and furnituro will approximate $50,000.00. The amount appears large but it would build school houses good for futuro generations nnd very little expense for repairs. Let ub soe what the cost would be to tho average citizen. The school dis trict is now assessed at $858,000.00 and it is not likely to vary much during tho life of tho bonds. School bonds nro the most Bought after and can bo sold for the lowest rate of interest of any bond, for tho reason you can mako tho bonds thirty yvara srrtJ ywu ttmrWl UurrtpVl tttu holdor to deliver up tho bonds before that timo; thoro is no option in them ns in the county and city bonds. Fifteen yeara after tho issuing of tho bonds a levy is tnndo for a sinking fund; it may bo for a nominal sum or it may bo for a fifteenth part of tho principal; however tho amount collected ia put at interest, so on each year till tho matur ity of tho bonds. School bonds can bo sold with four nnd a half per cent in terest; $2250.00 would be thu yearly in torost for thirty years. It would tako a lovy of a half mill to pay tho interest oh the bonds. Tho nverago of tho dwelling house is about, truo value, $1500,00, and tho tnxnblo value $300.00; tho tax would.be ono dollar nnd fifty conio per year for thirty years. Levy is made tho fifteenth year for u sinking fund and if you dlvido it up equally it would amount to about $3350.00 and it mill would takeabou seven-tenths of a each year for fifteen years. Each year you would pay $2.10 principal and $1.50 interest, tho InBt fifteen yearn you would pay $3.00 per year. You would pay a total of nearly $7050.00. The sum appears pretty largo but you must remember tho timo covers n generation. Wo oarnestly invoke every lover of tho human family to put his shoulder to tho wheel and work for tho cause of education. Municipal Ownehsiiip Lkaoub, Jnmes Belton, Sec'y. WouId Mortgage the Farm. A farmer on HuralHouto 2, Empiro, Ga., W. A. Floyd by name, says: "Bucklon'a Arnicu Salvo cured tho two worst sores I over saw; ono on my hnnd nnd tho ono on my leg. It is worth mom than its weight in gold. I would not bo without it if I hnd to mortgage tho farm to get it." Ouly 25 cents at Stone's drug store. Notice to Hunters. Wo will prosecute to tho full extent of tho law all hunters or treuHpaaserB on our land. Chas. F. Wilkinson, F. L. Weinburg, Henry Wilkinson, M. C. Seth, Olo L. OloBon, Frank Englnnd, Sponcer Edmiscn, G. W. Edmisten, Chris Sard, Mury Faka, A. R. Chrlatcnscn, G. G. Rowloy, Jumvo Budlu.