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Semi-Weekly Tribune Ira L. Bare, Editor and Psbliiker. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Ono Year by Mall in Advance.... $hS5 One Year by Cnrrlcr In Advance. .$1.50 Entered nt North Platte, Nebraska, PostoIIlco as Second Class Matter. FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1915 Republican City Convention. A mass convention of tho ronubllcan electors of tho city of Nortlf Platte lB'-horeby called to meet nt tho court houso on Saturday ovenlng, March 13, at eight o clock to nomlnuto candidates for tho following city offices. Mayor, clerk, treasurer, wator com missioner, four councilman and three members of tho board of education. Candidates for councilman of tho rcspcctlvo wards will bo ejected by ward caucus and reported to tno con vention ior ratification. W. T. WILCOX, Chairman. C. J. McNAMARA, Secretary. ..-Democrats Noinlnalo Clly Ticket. Pursuant to call isssucd byChulrman Col. James McDonald about ono hun dred democrats assembled at tho 'court houso Tuosday evening and nominated a city tickot. While tho convention was a slmon-puro demo cratic gathering, tho ticket nominated was non-partisan, that Is tho candi dates nro composed of both democrats and republicans. Recognizing the efficiency of tho presont mayor, clerk, treasurer and water commissioner, as woll as that of ono of tho councilman and tho thrco members of tho board of education, thoso officials woro. re nominated without a struggle. In this non-partisan tickot tho democrats gave oxprcsalon to tho general feeling that tho best conduct of city affairs comes through tho abolition of pout cnl lines. This lino of action was first taken In tho selection of candi dates for tho school board a number of years ago and worked so succoss fully that of lato years It has been adopted In tho selection of a city tickot. The proceedings of tho convention Was marked by tho utmost harmony and good fooling. Tho ticket placed In tho field is composed as follows; Mayor E. II. Evans. Clork C. F. Tomplo. Trcasuror F. L. Moonoy. Water Commlsssloncr HorBlicy Welch. Councllmon First ward. L. F. Simon; Second ward, F. T. Redmond; Third ward. J. II. Stone; Fourth ward, Thos. Jeffcrs. (Mr. Stono Is tho pres ent councilman from tho Second ward.) For .Board of Education Dr. N. Mc Cabonnd O. E. Elder for thrco year terms; Losllo Raskins for unexpired term. (AH thrco aro present mombors of tho board. For .Halo nt a llargnln. Six rooom houso, two largo lots with outbuildings and ahado trees on both. Price I2G00. Inquire of this office. ICtf Real cstato dealorsreport that Whllo fow sales of Lincoln county land' aro being made, thoro aro many Inquiries and it is bollovcri that n rnnnlilitrnliln number of tracts will change owner ship this spring. A local dealer pre dicts a considerable Incrcaso In the value, of Lincoln county land within tho noxt year. Automobit j dcnlonj sa sales of curB aro slow, duo to the exceptional whiter weathor of tho past two months. Thoro arc, however, a number of prospective buyers. 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Wo tho undersigned legal resident votcrB of, and free holders within tho corporate limits of, tho city of North Platto, Nebraska, do hereby petition you to havo tho question of "llcenso" or "no license" for tho sale of Intoxi cating liquors, in tho city of North Plntte, Nebraska, ror tlio next en suing municipal year, submitted at tho general city election to bo held In snld city on the Cth day of April, 101G. J. II. VnnClcavo Win. V. Hhuman II. I,. Hakcr H. U. Gaunt C. V. McQrow .1. U Louden T. J. Ualdook John Hratt J I. A. French Horshoy H, Welch A. Mddoll A. M. Look VS. A. Hurber H. lialilwln Win. Allbco C. O. Wilson IJ. A. Wilson Frank Dowhowor I It. Elliott O. W. Hiirlait Max McOrow W. C. Itltnor Geo. C. Donohower 15, U, I'lumer M. It. Mills J. T. Atlklns Jon. Hershoy J. A. Itlchcnon F. Wcndoborn OIo Hasinussoii Iiort M. ItoynolilH.InineH liahhltt l'eter C. Peterson W. M. Mains F. W. Hanson Chns. Kakolbory Wch Welch II, O. Welch J, T. Murphy K. York 15. H. aoodmnu The Pru-Gcrinun Vote. Carter Harrison's defeat for renom lnatlon us mayor of Chicago Is pro claimed by Tho Fatherland as tho first fruit of tho recent organization of pro-Qormnns for political action in tho United States. Harrison hud tho sup port of tho Wilson democrats, accord ing to Tho Fatherland, whllo Swclzer was backed by tho pro-Germans and won by over 7G.O0O majority. It Is not proposed by tho Gorman party to "draw tho lino on petty Ibsmuoj", says Tho Fatherland, "but nil things being equal as regards candidates, tho can dldato favoring fair play and openly professing, as did Mr. Swelzor, a legitimate prldo in his German ances try, Is likely to get tho support of tho Independent element henceforth." Paris Is still Fronch; but tho Gor mans 'havo taken Chicago. Lincoln Journal. Hongluiul Makes a Denial. W. V .Hoagland hos been spending this week In Lincoln on buslmns, and in the Stato Journal of Wednesday this denial of certain stories circulated about him appeared : "Tho statement that I havo served as tho attorney for tho Kearney Elcc trls Light and Power company Is ab solutely falflo, said ex-Senator Walter Hoagland yesterday. "My work In connection with tho .western Nebraska Irrigation lntorosts naB been to a cortaln oxtent parallel with tho ellortB of tho Kearney company, but I never appeared for thoso pcoplo and was ncvor paid a cent In fees or expenses by them. I understand that novcral gentlemen from western Nebraska havo stated moro or less openly that I was attorney for this Kearney com pany. This has apparonly been ac cepted by Tho Journal as tho truth. I wish that tlio Journal would investi gate and tell tho pcoplo what It tlnds concerning my connection with that Kearney case." 1 i Ayrshire Bull For Sale Major Lincoln, a puro bred Ayrshire bull of excellent typo and breeding, red ahd whlto, weight 172G pounds, herd broke. This bull should greatly lmtfroVo tho milking qualities of any grado hord without dcoreaslng tho slzo or Klvlnc undesirable colors. His dam gavo 11,183 lbs. of milk, 450.0 lbs. but ter fat In ono year. Ayrshire cattio aro tho highest priced dairy cattio In" tho United StateB today., Horo is a good ono priced for breeding purposes at ?12!.00. . Experimental Substation, W. P. SNYDflli, , I3tf Superintendent. Buy merchandise of pony contest morchantB boforo tho close of tho con- tost and aecuro pony votes. The Battle in the Big Horn Mountain. I'JRITTEN BY P. (Continued from Tuesday's issue.) Thoso Cheyenne Indians had been with Sitting Dull and Crazy Horse during tho fight with Custer, and we found guns and u largo amount of government equipment that that had been taken from Custer's men when massacred on tho Little Big Horn. Among other things woro beautiful furs and robes to tho value of per haps ten thousand dollars. v An ordtr was Issued to burn tho topees and all provision and things found, as no wagon train accompa nied tho troops, and thoro was no ay of taking them out, nnd with tho rest these furs and robes wcro piled as you would stack hay and burned. Tho Indians woro left on tho field hero they fell. Tho wounded sol- dlors were laced on the travols and dead soldiers woro packed on mules, for It was known that If thoy wcro burled on tho field tho Indians would dig them up and scalp them; This completed wo started on our march to tho Crazy Woman's Fork. This. march was of llvo days' duration At night when wo went Into camp tlio dead woro taken from tho pack mules, tho wounded from the travols and tho latter made as comfortable as possible, or as tho circumstances would permit, but tho gronns and moans and manifest suffering of the ounded men was something terrlblo to hear and witness. It was about thrco o'clock tho first night when the whole enmp wns startled by hearing tho report of guns. Weary as thoy wore, overy man sprnng to his feet, thinking it was nn Indian- attack. It proved, howevor, merely an attempt of some of tlio sentry to shoot some buffalo Ihoy saw coming over tho hills. Tho provender wo had taken along had now run out, and tho deep snow provonted tho horses nnd mules from getting a spear of grass and wo had to resort to young cotton wood limbs to keep tho nnlmnls alive. Tho suf fering among the horses and men was intense. Arriving at Crazy Woman's Fork, preparations wcro mado for tho bur ial of our dead than whlcm no sadder sight can over bo witnessed. To prc- paro tho trendies for the dead It woo necessary to haul logs and set fire to them In order to thaw tho ground so tho trenches could bo dug This done tho dead soldlors were carefully wrapped In their blankets and burled. Every olllcor, soldier nnd Indian headed by tho buglers wero in attend ance upon this solemn service. To add to tho solemnity of this Snrgcantl Forcsldo of tho Fourth cavalry was. t 1. n ... .. 1. I 1 1 n u J.. i I . . ' imutvu iiuiu mo uuiuu aim liiaiuuuy killed and this was an additional burial. Tho wounded soldiers wero placed In ambulances and sent on to Fort Fettorman. General Crook In the meantime had sent out scouts to locate if possible tho main camp of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Ono scout returned and reported that thoy woro located on tho Llttlo Big Horn. This was mis leading, as they wero . found to bo located on tho Bello Fourcho In .the Black Hills country. Wo marched to tho forks of the Dry Powder river and thoro went Into camp. Shortly after some supplies camo In frctm Fort Fettorman, of which "wo woro sadly in need. Tho weather had continued ex tremely cold and the worn condition of tho clothing and shoos of tho men causeu intenso suitorlng in tho wholo command. Regardless of this after resting three or four days the command was ordered westward of tho Bello Fourche. That march was on novor to bo forgotten, for at Pumpkin Buttcs wo had only sago brush for fuel and General Woods' thormomoter registered forty - two bolow zero. Twenty mules froze to death on tho picket ropes, and there was but llttlo rest for tho men that President's Flat Unheeded. At tho beginning of tho 63rd con gress, President Wilson earnestly ad monished the solons that "tho duty of economy Is' not debatable, it is manifest and Imperative." But not withstanding tho president's flat, the total of tho appropriations for tho Bhort session foots up to tho astound ing total of ?1,128,000,000. This ex traordinary public expenditure shows not only no attempt at economy, but It IB twolvo million dollars over. and aliovo tho amount appropriated" atl tho long session. In tho opinion of business men tho effort mado by con gress to cover up their wastefulness and Extravagance by Imposing the new internal rovonuo tax hasn't help ed matters much. H. McEVOV night. Early the . following morning wo i again started on our march for tho' Bello Fourche. Fuel was scarce The ' altitude being vory high thero wns no prospect of a change In the weather, and owing to iho deep snow, tho ex-! trcmo cold and weak condition of our horses, our march was slow. Wo did not average ten miles per day. Ar riving at Bello Fourche, our plight was somewhat relieved by finding plenty of tlmcber and water. Tho forage for tho animals being prac tically exhausted, most of our time whllo on guard and picket duty was spent In cutting cotton wood limbs and grcaso wood boughs to keep them nllve. Wo rested at Bello Fourcho three of four days, and from thero Gcnerad Crook again sent out scouting parties to locate tho camp of the Indians. A few days later, an old Indian scout came into pamp and reported that tho Indians had broken up into 8 limit bands, some of them returning to tho Canadian line. This Informa tion caused the general to call ft council 6f tho olflcors, and taking Into consideration tjio deplorable condi tion of the men, with tlio scarcity of food, and no forage for the mules and horses and tho bitter cold weather, they decided that tho expedition should be discontinued for tho winter and ho ordered the command to rnake preparations for tho march to Fort D. A. Russell. This proved almost the limit of human endurance. The almost ln doscrbablo hardships of such a march, condltlbned as wo wero In tho latter part of February. From old Fort Reno to Fort Fettorman the mnrch was made pructlcally through a blizzard all tho way. In sheer exhaustion, hundreds of 'horses had dropped on the way and were shot to avoid their falling into the hands of tho Indians. This compelled many of the cavalry men to march through tho deep snow. Reaching Fort Fettorman we wero furnished some rations for tho men nnd forago for tho horses. Hero a. number of our men went into the hospital, somo of them severely frost bitten. Wo mndo a short stay hero and hurried on to Fort Laramie, where we ex pected to bo lttted out with clothing. In this wo woro disappointed, how ever, as the supplies lmd not arrived. Without waiting for them, wo marched on to Fort D. A. Russell. Wo reached the fort on tho twenty-sixth day of February, by far the worst looking sot of men that were over seen In tho west. Not one of us had "had a hair cut or shave for over four months. Our clothing was In rags, pieced to gether and patched with buffalo hide, but a happier set of men it would bo difficult to Imagine than ours when that day wo caoght sight of Fort D. A. Russell. And there, ended one of tho hardest campaigns that was ever undertaken in tho west. Fow men of the present day, as they sweep through the west In their auto mobiles or take advantage ot tho per fected railroad threading tho whole country, can ever realize, or doubtless over oven stop to think, what it cost In lives and hardships to open up the Great west. Of tho civilian pioneers of North Platto who aro left, John Bratt was at Fort Phil Kearney, on the Plnney, when the massacre took place, and at the post In tho early days. This fort was ajterwrirds abandoned by tho government on account of the trouble with the Indians. I have camped thero many a time. Charles McDonald, E. Erlcson, John and Peter Burko, John Evans, Dave Hunter and Maggie Cohen aro a few of tho men of tho old pioneer days. Tho men left, that served in tho army, in tho early days, Major Walker, Luke Healo'y, Jack Foster, Wm. Rltner, Theodore Lowe, and P. H. McEvoy Major C. North has gone to his last call, Lieutenant L. Nortl) Is now stock stock Inspector at South Omaha. Col. Davo Lovo came down from Sutherland yesterday and drovo out to tho August Ackerraan farm to officiate at the sale held there. Tho annual mceetlng of tho Mutual Building and Loan Association will bo hold Saturday ovenlng, March 27th Tho directors will appreciate u largo attendance of stockholders. For sev eral years past tho attendance at theso annual meetings hna been ver small F. J. IHENEP. & CO. Real Estato and Insurance Come and boo us for town lots in different parts of the city. Good In vestments on easy terms. Houses for sale and rent. "Wo have also good bar gains in farms and ranches. Cor. Front and Dewey Sts.. upstairs. Goes After the Dirt and gets it. This is the most powerful clean er on tho market for anywhere noar the price, $18.50 To show our faith in tho ma chine wo give you a year's freo maintenance. Aslc us for a demonstration. NorthPlatteLight & Power COMPANY C. R, MOEREY, Managor. axw&il iRoadsteri Price fully equipped $670 with 17 new features The biggest automo bile value ever offered for less than $1,000. One of the sweetest running Roadsters- in the world. Holds the road at 50 miles an hour. The easiest car to drive in the world. The greatest all around hill climbing car in the world. 1 Lloyd Powers, Agent North Platte, Neb. KODAK WORK. VIEWS. PARTIES. HOME PORTRAITS AND ENLARGING BEST PAPER USED PHone G42t" , ; J(23 North. Locu'. Pllono 101 Phono 8 ; G.W. CRONEN Graduate Ycterlnnrlnn Offices Star Livery Barn, Phone 101. Nyal Drug Store, Phono 8 Calls promptly answered day'or night. Bought und highest market prices paid PHONES Residence Red 636 Office 459 C. H. WALTERS. Hospital Phono Black 633. Houso Phono Black 633. W. T. PRITCHARD, Graduate Voterinarlan Eight yoars a Government Veterinar ian. Hospital 218 south Locust St., ono-half block southwest of tho Court House. TYoith Plntte, Nob. THE NORTH PLATTE JUNK CO Will Pay the HIGHEST MARKET. PRICE FOR UNFROZEN HIDES. Bring Them In and get Your Monoy. WE PAY $8 to $10 Per Ton For DRY BONES NORTH PLATTE JUNK CO. AERIAL NAVIGATION is no longer an experiment, Us prac ticability has been proven and is com ing into uso moro aud more every day, Our cigars havo never been nn ex periment; thoy have always been good, they havo borno tho mark of standard for over twenty-flvo years In North Platto. Wo uiako a numhor of brands ranging in price from 3 fdr 10 cents to 3 for 25 cents,. Try them. His an Geo! B. Dent, Physician and Surgeon. Special Atlcniron given to Surgery and Obstetrics. Office: Building and Loan Building. DR. ELMS, Physician and Surgeon . J Specialty Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat Glasses Jut tea. New Offico In McCabe Buildinir. PHONE 36. C. C. WALLINGSFORD, Physician and Surgeon Office: Rooms 1 and 2 McDonald Bank Building North Platto. Nebraska. Ofllco phono 82, Res. Red 302. Calls answered prompty Day or Night. Office phono 241. Res. phone 217 L. C. DRIOST, Osteopathic Physician. North Platte, - - Nebraska. McDonald Bank Building. DR. J. S. TWlNEM, Physician and Surgeon. Special Attention Given to Gynecology uusicirics anu Children's Diseases. Othco McDonald Stato Bank Building. vjornor bixiu ana uowcy streets. Phones, Ofllco 183, Rcsldenco 283 NURSE BROWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 1008 West Fourth St. MRS. M. HALL, Superintendent. Graduate Nurses in Attendance JOHN S. TWINEjJT, Physician and Surgeon. JOHN S. SIMMS, M. D Physician und Surgeon Office B. & L. Building,, Second Floor. Phone, Office, 83;. Residence 38. DERRYBERRY & FORBES, T.tonilRiwl Emlinlmnru Undertakers nnd Funeral Directors Day Phono 234. Night Phono Black 588. J. B. REDFIEED. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Successor to HYSICIAN & SURGEONS HOSPITAL Drs. Redfleld & Re'dfleld " Ofllco Phono G42 Res. Phono G76 T. H. WATHEN Auctioneer Live Stock and General Auctioneer Graduate Missouri Auction School North Platto Rural Route 2. Phono Edmlston Ranch. Order of Hearing on Petition for Set tlement of Accoont. State of Nebraska, Lincoln County, ss. in tno county Court In the Matter 'of tho Estato of Christian Marquette, Deceased. On reading and filing tho petition of Frederick Marqucttho praying a final settlement and allowance of his ac count, filed on tho 27th day of Febru ary, 1916, and for his discharge as ad ministrator. Ordered that March 27, A. D. 1915, at 9 o'clock a. m is assigned for hearing said petition, when all per sons interested In said matter may ap pear at a County Courv to bo held in and for said County, and show causo why tho prayer of the petitioner should not be granted and that notice of the pendency of said petition, and tho hearing thereof, be given to all per sons interested in said matter by pub lishing a copy of this order in tho North Platto Tribune, a legal semi- weekly newspaper prinjed in salu County, for three successive weeks, prior to said day of hearing. Dated February 27, 1915. GEORGE H. FRENCH, m2-3w County Judge. notice: rou runMdATioN Department ot Interior U. S. Land Ofllce at North Platto, Neb. February 24, 1915. Nntlcn la hereby (riven that Itacrn- V1XIU O iJ' ' woo, w& w v.. a . 1 1 a . .J brnslca, who, on December 7, 1911, innde Homestead Entry No. 05337, for W and of NEW and S ot SEtf . Sec ... 3 T Unn. JrV, Din. .a Ua tion &, uownnmp iz ss.. iinnae ji 6th Prlnclpul Meridian, has fllod notice of Intention to make final three year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the Register nnd Rccolver, al North Platte, Nebras ka, on tho 24th day or April, iaio. Claimant names as witnesses: Carl Ilroeder. D. V". Kunkle, O. I. AVatklns, Martin Hanan all of North Platte, Ne braska. . J. E. EVANS, ml-6w Register. Sheriffs Sale Bv vlruo of an ordor ot sale issued from the District Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska, upon a decree of foreclosure renuerca in sam vjouri uriiornin nnlilental Bulldlnc and Loan Association of Omaha Is plaintiff, and Lorah M. mooro are uoienuauis, auu to mo directed, I will on tho 11th dny of March, 1915, at a o'clock i. ai. ai tho east front door of the Court House in wiii Plntto. T.lnp.nln Countv. Nobrnska, soli at Public Auction to tho highest bidder for cash,, to satisiy said docrco, Interest and costs, tho following described proporty, to-wit: Lot three (3) In block Blxteen (16) Minors' Addition to North Platto as surveyed, platted ahd recorded. Dated North -Platto, 'Nob., Feb., 6, 1915. . ' A. J. SALISDURY, Sheriff. J. F. Schmalzried.