NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE North Platte High School Basketball Team Leaves For State Tournament CLINTON, THE JEWELER Clinton and Fon, The Eye Glass Men Sign of the Big Ring, Satisfaction Sure Try Us Graduate Opticians ,i The local high school basketball , entering the tournumont hnvo boon homo tho cup for Class B. Gco.,Moy6r3 sponsor for tho High School fiiidDr, McKlrnhnn, tho coach accdmpanl'ed tho boys. team loft today for Lincoln, to ontor "divided into thirteen difforeut classes tho stnto tournament under classlflca with eight In a class. Winners of tlotf of Class B. Their first opponent will bo tho Fremont High School team tho latter part of tho week. The teams each class will ho awarded a silver lolng cup nnd It is hoped nnd expect od of our tenm thnt they will bring DR. 0. H. CRESSLER, Graduate Dtalist Office oyer th McDonald Stat Bunk. CITY AND COUNTY NEWS. Mrs. F. G. Hoxle came from Ogallala Saturday. R. M. Shrlver, of Hcrshcy; was a city visitor Saturday. B. L. Edmister, of Rlngo, spent Sat urday in the city. P. D. Carmichael, of Elsie, was a city visitor Saturday. Mrs. IV. O. Young, of Brady, shopped in tho city Saturday. Mrs. F. Palmer left Saturday for a short visit in Hershoy. Miss Dorothy Clapp, of Maxwell, spent Saturday in tho city. Mrs. It. P. Metcalf, of Paxton, came Saturday to visit in the city. Mr. and Mrs. J. Kettles, of Maxwell, visited in the city Saturday. CliaB. Boguo returned yesterday froni a business trip to Omaha. Mrs. Itachael Thomas left yesterday for a visit in Grand Island. Miss Dorothy Coates, of Sutherland, pent Saturday in tho city. Olive Ilarshfield, of Sutherland, shoppd in tho city Saturday. T. J. Adams left yesterday for a short business trip to-Omaha, Mrs. A. J. Frazier of Maxwell was in tho city yesterday visiting.' Carl Bonner returned. ' Saturday from a business trjp to Kansas. Ajbaby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. David, Kiser Thursday .'evening. Mrs. Carry J. Eames of Wallaco vis ited fi lends in this city yesterday. " Miss Margaret' "Walliar spent the week end in Maxwoll with friends. - Mrs. Johanna McGraw returned Sun day from a visit in Sheridan, Wyo. Dr.. J. n. Rcdfield spent Thursday In Julesburg on professional business. Mrs. W. A. Combs, of Bignoll, left Saturday for a short visit in Brady. Mrs. Flora Howard of Wellfleet was a business visitor to the city Satur day. " - ' A freight engine made its trial trip yesterdny from North Platte to Chey enne. Mrs. J.- Dailey left yesterday for Omaha whore she will reside in the future. Miss Mabel Plunier returned to Wood River after visiting friends in tho city. Mr. and Mrs. W. 1L" Dalyw,ent to Grand Island Sunday for 'a short visit with friends. Miss Emma Everett is off duty at Iho W. J. O'Connor store this week on ac count of illness. Miss Ellen Attebo returned to Pax ton Saturday after a short visit in the city with friends. Wo have just received a big stock of the new veilings, both face and fan cy drapes. Arvilla Whittaker, 510 Lo cust street Molvin Repass left yesterday for his home in Cambridge after visiting with friends in this city. Miss Bessie Smith came home yes terday from Scotts Bluff whoro she spent the week end with friends. Misses Marguerite and Mary Egor find Paulino Granthan, of Lexington, spent Saturday in the city shopping. Mrs. John Coon and Miss Ruth Ilar aan returned to their home in Brady Saturday after shopping in the city. Raymond Tighp camo from Okla homa Gity Sunday being called here by the serious illness of his father. Wo aro pleased to announce tliat wo Jiavo a choice assortment of Wallace Nulling water color pictures in our new store, 510 Locust street Arviila Whittaker. Paul Harringou is spending a few days in Omaha this week. Glonn Waltcmath accompanied tho basketball team to Lincoln this morn ing. Mrs. W. H. Waterman of Big Springs camo this morning to spend tho day. J. B. Hemphill loft Inst night for Excelsior Springs to tako treatments and a rest Mrs. Moso MoFarland nnd daughter Lucillo returned from a short visit in Denver this morning. John B. Edwards, who lias been in Omaha for several days past, is ex pected homo tomorrow. Mrs. F. Cracksburg, who has been visiting friends in tho city left this morning for her homo in Denver. Mrs. Lentou and Victor Moss show a slight Improvement this morning ac cording to tho hospital authorities. Austin Snyder and Ardcn Bunnell went to Lincoln this morning to at tend the state basketball tournamont. Mrs. Robert Hubler and children camo from Ft. Calhoun this morning and will visit at tho E. P. Rebhausen home. Mrs. C. J. Fowler of Kansas who has been visiting at tho W. O. Fowler homo left this morning for Kearney to visit. In tho Campflro tag week, only twenty girls out of tho two hundred reported -last evening but they had collected ?93. Railroad men see a sign of a reviv al of business in tho fact that a train of Gl cars of automobiles passed thru here going west Sunday. .." Minerva and Royer Hastings left this morning for Lincoln to visit their aunt Mrs. W. V. Hoagland and attend tho stato basketball tournament. The American Legion held a meet ing last night at which It was decided to close tho membership contest on March 17th and hold tho banquet on tho 23rd. See tho choice line of distinctive hats for the Miss and Matron at popu lar prices in Arvilla Whittaker's new store, 510 Locust street, first door north of postortlco. Tho boys of tho local high school held a meeting yesterday and after considering for some time tho merits of track and base ball as spring ath letics decided in favor of track. Their experience last year when they de cided in favor of baseball and then did not get to play a game, was tho thing that helped in getting them to decide this year for track. , Last year they found that practically no other schools had baso ball teams and then the weather was against baso ball. In showing the rapid changes be ing made in our Ideas Ira Baro told the other day of his first auto ride. He said that A. E. Timmerman who had the ilrst. automobile in North Platte, took him for a ride a few days after tho machine was received. Mr. Tim merman went out into the country and opened up tho throttle. When the lllcr got to going at the rato of fifteen miles an hour Mr. Bare says he shout ed to Mr. Timmormnn that he wasn't in a hurry to get anywhere and that ho would feel safer if it didn't go so fast. Since that ho has ridden on country roads at express train rates and thor oughly enjoyed It. City Clerk Elder says that tho only petitions lie has received and Hied to date aro those of M. E. Crosby and W. J. Hendy for tho Board of Education. Petitions aro being circulated for S. Hartman for Councilman from the Third Ward and for Carl Simon as Councilman from the First Ward and for Keith Neville and Frank Barber for Members of tho Board of Educa tion. Howard It. McMichael now rep resenting tho Second Ward in tho City Council nnd C. L. Baskins in tho Four th Ward aro tho additional councllmen whoso terms expire this year. It is not yet known whether Mayor Streltz is to bo a 'candidate for re-election or not and no other names have been mentioned as certain. Thoro Is a pos siblltiy of a called convention or two for tho last of tho week bu no call has been Issued yet. The Winner The iron was won by Mrs. Beet", no address given. Pleaso call for the Iron. Here is tho best answer: "You can sell for less than cost only ono way; you buy from the manufacturer and this cuts out the wholesaler's profit, which you can givo to your customers." Tills is very correct, as we aro fixture wholesalers and can give you a larger discount on lighting fixtures than wo would receive If wo bought from jobbers. Let us flguro your electrical requirements; If you want anything special wo can mako it from your designs. "Our quality tho best for tho money you invost" Watch our Window. The Porter Electric Co. .10 Locust Street. l'lioiio 210 High Commissioner ' Praises Near East Relief Rear Adm'l Bristol Constantino ple : Everybody seems to have a good word to say for tho wonderful work being done by the more than COO American men and women workers of tho Near East Ro llof. In a pub lic ad dross, Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, U. S. Navy, High Commissioner to Turkey, who has charge of all American Interests in tho Near East, went on record whole-henrtedly In support of tho American relief organization. "If I have been able to encour age tho workers of tho Near East Relief or givo them assistance In any way," tho Admiral said, "I feel that I am more than repaid In keeping with the success that has attended the efforts of tho Near East Relief Committee in this part of tho world In tho past I hopo the future gill bring you greater success. It will always give mo pleasure to render nny assistance possible to the Commltt on no n Whole;; to any of tho workers, nnd toHho groat work of humanity that tho committee represents." When 189,000 Russian refugees from.ithe Crimea arrived off Con stantinople, 'Admiral Bristol imme diately cabfeti the Near East Re lief for help, and the Near East Relief bakeries fed these refugees nnd N. E. R. workers helped the American sailors to get the sick to hospitals. Admiral Bristol Is Id Intimate touch with all tho work being con ducted by tho Near East Relief and speaks from persohal knowl edge of its accomplishments. INVESTIGATOR INDORSES NEAR EAST RELIEF During the Pence Conference In Par Is the American Commission to Nego trato Peace, appreciating tho Impor tance of accurate, first hand Informa tion about tho Armenlnn sltuntlon, sent Capt. Renjnniln Purges Moore of the American Red Cross as iend of a special- mission to study nnd report on conditions. Cnptnln Moore's findings as to the value of the work done by the Near East Relief form pnrt of his offi cial report. "Armenians are sincerely grateful to us," Captain .Moore states, "since It Is no exaggeration to say thnt they would have disappeared as n nation hnd It not been for this splendid help given them by the Near East Relief nnd 'he American Food Administration. The best thnt sympathetic Americans enn do Is to continue and enlarge the pres ent admirable work of the Near East Relief." ALFALFA AS A REFRIGERATOR Planted Around Farm Houses It Has Been Found to Reduce the Tem perature Materially. Refrigerators Indoors aro common enough, but It took tho farmers In the Southwest to devise one for outdoor use. A fanner who happened to plant n largo field of alfalfa south of the farmhouse noticed during the hot sum mers that followed that his family did not suffer from the heat as did the neighbors. The thermometer showed a temperature five to ten degrees in his favor. Someone suggested that It might bo duo to the alfalfa, tried tho tempera ture Just north of other alfalfa- fields and found the same marked difference. Now the fanners of thnt region are planting alfalfa around their dwell ings and enjoy summer temperatures that make a trip to the seashore need less, nccordlng to the Golden Age. The cnuse of tho coolness of winds passing over alfalfa fields is that tho plant nbsorbs much moisture, the evaporation of which reduces the tem perature of tho air and lessens tho summer heat In the adjoining land over which It blows. Tho suggestion now is for farmers that wish to profit from tho presence and tho board money of summer va cationists to combine the profit and utility of alfalfa with higher1 rates from hot-wcathor hoarders attracted by the coolness of tho ton-ncro refrig erator nround the house. Little by little men are boglnnlng to learn how to utilize the means pro vided by a good Creator for their com fort and well-being. Top Rpw Dr, McKirahan, Donald Yost, Captain. Second Row Carl Schultz, Roland Locke, Darrell Healoy, Qoorgo Shahor First Row-HnrleyI3unncll, Denvor Wilson, Elmer Poaso, Waltor Shilling. 4- Announcement .a vi kf. - - K-j. .-1 . r " Manager F. N. Baldwin announces that in heeding with tho spirit of- ." the times, the Keith Theatre will cut the prices of admission as follows: , Tho regular admission-for the lower floor wlll.be cut from thirty-ilvo to twenty-five cents. In the balcony. the cut will be from twenty-five ' to twenty cents and tho children's tickets will bp cut from fifteen to ten cents. The only advance in price will be for the most expensive super productions such as The U. P. Trail, Ilumoresque, Mid-Summer Mad ness, Forbidden Fruit and similar productions. The prices charged for pictures of this class will bo the same as have heretofore been charged for regular programs Avith the exception that there will bo no increase in children's tickets, which will always be sold at ten cents. Tho prices quoted above include war tax. Vaudeville prices will .continue the same as heretofore. Mr. Baldwin realizes that wages have been materially reduced and he desires to lower tho cost of amusement in proportion. The service, music and projection of pictures offered to patrons of the Keith is not excelled any where in Nebraska and at the prices quot ed patrons can see the best pictures at tho lowest possible cost. These prices Will be effective Friday, March 11th. ' ! ii. i ! ONE HUNDRED LADIES TRIMMED HATS $5.00 Each. These hats are from a purchase Mr. Wilcox made while in New York. You will find some exceptional-, '"" values among them. V Wilcox Department Store. V4f I rt ' ii '