Ytf!1? l.j Z-YTWt. IBtSKv IB. - 4-r??.- j rr? n Gtfe CHIEF ated Cloud . . Nebraska PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. stored In the Poitofllre nt Ited Cloud. Neb., M Second CUm Matter " C B. HALE l'UIIf.IHHKIl THE ONLY .DEMOCItATIU I'APKIl IN WKIlSTEIt COUNTY Anyhow the weather man succeeded in putting house cleaning off two whole months. Uallcy's comet has fooled the astronomers. We were under tho im pression that the newspaper fraternity hod a monoply upon being fooled. It is no use trying to keep Webster county off the map. With Cv Young still a good old man on tho diamond and Bert Garbcr entering the big lcaguo by joining Cincinnati we are bound to bo kept before tho limelight. How times do change. Who ever heard of agontlctnon'schurch banquet in lied Cloud before? Yot we tire pleased to welcome such an innovation. Such an organization as was formed has the greatest of possibilities beforo it. Moat mon's activity ends with the name enrolled upon tho church records. The Anti-Saloon league and the saloon-keepers of Omaha complain that liquor is being sold in that city after hours, on Sundays and all tho time yet thoy are unable to get the officers to take a hand. One organ ization or the other ought to work u stand-In with tho police if they want things different. The newspaper accounts of the democratic banquet held in Beaver City last week are very flattering in describing the addross delivered by Bernard McNeny of this city. His subject was "Domocraoy" with which ho is thoroty familiar. Mr. McNony is gaining a wide reputation as an after dinuer speaker, no is greeted everywhere as Nebraska's next at. torney general. When the people can be made to understand that it actually costs more in time and money to travel over a poor road than it does to travel over good one, they will be be less Inclin ed to begrudge the expense of good roads, and what is more important a till, will be willing and anxious to put tho business of road making into the hands of intelligent men who un derstand the business. Poor roads are the expensive things that curse n country district. The initiative and referendum quest ion remains in statue quo at the present writing. Here is a peculiar condition of affairs. A measure which pmotically nine tenths of the people favor is aparcntly to be shelved be cause the glory of passing it may or "may not land in certain quarters Human nature appears to be so con stituted that it cannot support any proposition which does not originate on the right side of the fence. The time will speedly come when blind partisan polltios will be a thing of the past and the people will support Measure. which benefit the public re gardless of the particular political brand stamped upon them. The initiative and referendum- is bound to be found upon our Btatute books sooner or later and we will wel come the day when measures are judg ed solely upoa their merits. This handing the .package back and forth and examining it with microscopes to aee who will receive the ultimate credit is puerile in the extreme. This office acknowledges the receipt of the last issue of the "Mediator" a newspaper published In Omaha. Its avowed purpose is to fight the battles of the saloon keeper and incidentally boom Jim Dahlman for governor. Unqualified asset tions of the growing popularity of Omaha's mayor coupled with the suggestion that the salvation -of the state depends upon the quantity of Omaha's brew consumed will hard ly appeal to tho reason of intelligent people. Such a plat foun must be tho pro duct of a diseased mentality but one is not surprised to II ml a pciiodical ot that chiuaeler established in Omaha, Dahlman may ritlo tho bucking broncho und icceiwt the plauditsol' an admiiiiig public for his spectacular perfui manic but he ean haidly expect thoMipportof wctein Nebtaslca until ho develops more of a disposition for stability. Western votcrsoccatiomtlly do a little riding thenisoiNcs ntid some times ate known to buck. It seems mighty certain to us that if Mayor Dahlman wants support forhis politic al aspirations he must look to Omaha orit. As far as the "Mediator" Is Concerned, its days are numbered. Nebraska has too muuv citizens of the safe and -sane order to ever adopt waawide open, go-as-you-please policy. It Issald that dauclng mnkes irls feet large It Is also said that See cream makos freckles. Doctors are 'flf ilia nntlitnn flint tit.n.fltwr nn tlin w ..v .,......,.. ...... .... ..,..-,, V... ..... front gate produces rheumatism. A few more opinions llle these and the girls won't have any fun left them. Would it not bo well for parents who havo children attending school in tiic town to take interest enough in the schools and their children to visit the schools at leHst one time during the term. We hear parents complaining of the schools, who havo no more knowledge of how thoy are being conducted than a resident of China has. We do know that strong ors who have visited our schools have gone away and said that wo have the bestschoolsof anv town in the country. What should tho people of a town feel prouder of than good schools? What will briug a good class ot people to any town more rapidly than good schools? Parents go to your schools and see for yourselves, and don't ao cent idle ropurts about your schools and the teachers as facts. If there be one better way than another to ruin u town, it is for thoso who live in it to go about apologizing for its existence. There are some who aro always ready to say, by their act ions at least, that this place don't amount to much. They will tell you that tho town is dead; that no one would think of stopping here, that some town adjacent Is tnoro respect oble, moro enterpribiug, has better people, butter enjoyments, Is ahoad of us in everything. This is all wrong. Even If it bo true, no one should ever admit it, when it comes to making n comparison. Every good citizen of this town, should tako a special local pride in all that pertains to home. The schools, tho churches, the amuse monts, the business, pleasures, the picnics, the celebrations, in fact every thing should bo looked on by our own people as just as good as can be gotten up elsewhere. The town that says "wo can," will always succeed. Tho town that says, "Oh I don't know, I don't think It will amount to much," is never of much forco. If you have no local pride, borrow some. Perhaps no class of people meet with so much or so severe criticism as teachers. Much of this criticism is unjust and exists solely because par ents and others listen to unverified re ports and do nothing to acqualntthem selves with roal inner workings of the schoolroom. Any person experienced with ohildren knows that these reports, even when absolutly truthful from their point of view cannot be relied upon. Again, any one who has the training of children, has experienced the mortifying that the best trained chiidreu sometimes woefully lapse from their knowledge of good manners and courtsey when away from home and among other children. Some mothers will not tolerate any correct ion of their children's manners by the teacher, taking it as a direct insult to their homo training, when It Is but the result of childish heedlessness or selfwill. No greater Injury can be dono a teacher than to condemn her at home in the presence of pupils. There are many the usually allude to a teacher as school-marm who persist in believing and encouraging that a school teacher is never to be regarded with other than suspicion. There is one regrettable feature con nected with the visit of the St. Joe Commercial Club and that la the utter lack of common courtesy shown them I by our people. Our Commercial club anubbed them to the Ilmir. The St Joo people did not expect a delegation to meet them at the depot when they found out that this was opening day for the base ball season but they did expect to be invited up after supper. They bad a good band and bad noti fied Red Cloud that it was at their disposal and they fully expected to come up town after supper and give a band concert. But they were not Invited. They were ignored entirely. In the same connection might be mentioned the treatment accorded Mayor Dahlman. The base ball man agement was extremely anxious to soctiru som ono of wide reputation to pitch the tirst ball so as to draw a crowd and arrangements wore inado with Mr. Dahlman. lie was hero and performed his part. Then he was ignored. We failed to heo ono of those who were so anxious to havo him help swell tho receipts at his i lecture in tho evening. That they dis- ' "giced with him In polities or any- ! thing else makes no difference. He was entitled to a hearing especially from those- he fuvored. The Ited (Jloud Commercial club can hardly ho praised for elllcleney, activity or common courtesy. Proclamation. Mayllo, KMO being Memorial Day and ti legal heliday I request that all business bo suspended between the hours of 1 and 1 p. in,, and that the stores may close up in order that all who dosire may partiolpato iu ths memorial exercises. C. If. 1'ottsu, Mayor. Prejram for Commencement NIAht at the Opera House Friday, June 3. at 8 ft, m Music Doublo Quartet ami Orchestra Invocation Ker. Stitller Oration For Value Received I Pro mise to Pav Florence Kellogg representing tho class of 1910 Music Doublo Quartet, and Orchcstia Address An Evening with Great Men J. L. McBricn, Lincoln Music Double Quartet and Orchestra Presentation of Diplomas to the Class of 1010 by Henry Newhouse, i'res. Board of Education Award of Scholarship. Award of Forty Dollar Penmanship aud Spelling Prizes Doxology. Preiraa for Class Nltht Taarsday. Juac 2, tana rime 8 a. n. Play The Man on the Box Drama tized by the Class of 1910 Music for the evening will be furnish ed by the touchers of tho Rod Cloud Schools Cash: of Chaiiactkks Col. A mildly, a retired army ofllctr-I.co itynn Hetty AnncHly, hid dnughtcr-Nlta ArgabrlKht Lent., Itobert Wnrliurton .. Itawnrd Foe Mm. John Wnrliurton Robert's sister-in-law ilerta Green Nancy Henderson Robert's fclsttr I.oIn .Simmons Chan. Henderson Nancy's I'lunce Jim Itlckcr Count Knrloir, a Itusslnn Diplomat Aaron IIcdKO Col. Italelgh regimental colonel-Jim Itlckcr Mrs. Chadwlck .Clcrtrudo IllncklcdKO l'lcrro a chef... . 1'enrl Hmtth Celeste, a maid.... . Grace McCall William, ix stable boy .Marie HollUtcr Judgo of l'ollce Court . Nello Marllndalo Clerk" Urnce Leonard Dramatist Grace Iloyd Dramatist's wife .l'erl Bmlth American Countess .. Josephine Fox SYNOPSIS Leut. Robert Warburton lately re signed from the U. S. army comes to Washington to visit bis sister and married brother. For a joke he dis guises as a groom to drive his sister home from a ball at the Brlstish em bossy but gets tho wrong carriage, the occupants of which Botty Anncsly and Mrs. Chadwlck have him arrcstcd- Bctty Is interested in Robert at the police station where he gives nib name as James Osborne and sho engages him as a groom. He accepts the posi tion for the sake of adventure and be cause he is smitten with tho charm of Betty. Col. Annesly a retired army ofitcor, having gambled away his for tune is going to betray his country by selling fortification plans of U S. coast defenses to Count Karloff who also loves Betty. When the final transaction takes place, Robert steps In and destroys the plans, thus saving Col. Anneslev's honor and Drevcntintr Betty from being forced to marry Count Karloff. The groom's identity Is discovered and all's well that ends well. Act I Scene I Scene II Police Court. Kitchen in Uotty's home. Room in Betty's home. Mrs. Chadwick'shome Act II Scene I Scenell Scene III Lawn party at Betty's home. Anuesly's library. Act III G. A. R. Program On Sunday May 29, all soldiers and Bailors of the Civil and Spanish Amer ican warn and members of the Woman's Relief Corps, are requested to meet at the G. A. R. hall at ten o'clock a. m. From this place they will march to the Opera House where union aenrices will beheld. 'The memorial -aermon will be delivered by Rev. Hussong, Music will be furnished by, the Cbnstain church choir. On Monday, May 80, alt comrades of the G. A. R., the Relief Corps with all soldiers of tie Spanish American wars will saeet at the G. A. R. hall at 1 o'clock p.BJ. Line ot march commanded by C. C. MeConke'y, will form on .Webster street and march south and west to cemetery. , . Detail will be assigned by the Post Commander and President of W. R. C. to decorate graves of comrades and members of Relief Corps. After de collating graves the line of march will form a hollow square at the monument of the unknown dead. Hero will be held exercises of the relief corps and the comrades of the G. A. R. Benediction. Column will march to Opera house where the following program will be given. Invocation Judge Edson. Song "America" Choir. MUBiC. Heading list of dead comrades S. H.Kizer. Address Rev. Stilller Music. Benediction. By order Committee. The Red Cloud Hardware Co.'s Store Robbetl Oti Friday night the lied Cloud Hardware & Implement Co.'s store was etitored from the busetnont by burglars aud a considerable amount of knives, guns, etc., were stolen. Aftergainlng An entrance to tho basement It was but a small job to got tho 'swag" and make tholr get away as tho burglars only had to break a pane of glass and unbolt a door to gain admittance to the main store, rifle the show cases and skip. There is no clue to the burglars. I i ip.q crvn -O CAO Jl JLL Shirt waist weather means an extra skirt or so-our line of new skirts are now ready for your inspection. We shall try and make this department one of the best in our store. Skirts like cut in all colors $4, $5, $6. Black and white shepard plaid, panel front and back flounce on sides at $7.00. White serge plaided skirt 18.00. Black voile plaided skirt $9.00. Confirmation and Graduation Dresses We have anticipated your demands in this particular and have ready for your viewing an exceptional yes a remarkable exhibit of pretty white goods, lace and embroidery all selected with the utmost care and thought to get the best goods for the least money. It willl pay you to look this line over before buying. i WOMAN LAWYER NOTHING NEW Old Records Tell of Case Where One Pleaded lefore Court In An- clant Babylanla. Ameog the most interesting treas ures of the British museum are the clay tableta ot ancient Babylonia. These tablets, resembling uaglaaed tiles, throw quaint lights and shadows on the manners and customs of long ago. Usually the records are frag mentary, but are occasionally fairly complete, as Is that of legal proceed ing Instituted by a "woman of Bor slppa," which action Is of particular Interest as showing that a married woman's property law was in force as early as 650 B. C. Tho proceedings to which tho "doc uments" refer were taken by a wom an against her brother-in-law to re gain possession of property left by her husband. The evidence showed that a man of Babylon had married the woman from BoTslppa, and with the money of her dowry be had bought an estate. After a few years, aavteg ao children of their own, they adopted a soa, aM shortly afterward the haahaad mortgaged take MUM. Later he died, tearing the estate mart- rather atftoseated to the ateeetty. wide taofe Use Her katera tiw eawrt at Beretfaa; hist R yea she JurtsdJeUaa ef this waa . referred U the high eeatt al, atetsiew.i Mere the ease waa deiy heard, aad the faage readers a a- etslea to the effect that, aa fcha ty had ansa the a head's, aha cavil, aaaa at aa ayteg eft that she kretaar the waaid ha aha ataaetty H the u is ectraaaty stated, aa tasagh of saaae iaaareet, that aha her ew.taaaslarJBia ef BaWtaa wMfawt, assart- eaee.c-Tae tonfay hfagaajae. , - b . . . Defects In Tlr'es 'afh'eels. ; been Invitedby" Attention has been lnvited;by"tech aical writero to the fact that the wheole of vehicles Intended for driv ing roada have not kept puco In de velopment with tho other parts In car rlago mechanism. Kxporlmenta with heavy vehicles Indicate that wheels should bo mado both higher and broad er. In England it has been recom mended that with n maxlmu.n axle load of eight tons tho width of tho tiro should ho about ten nnd one-half Inches. Wise Bllkins. tl "Bllkins asks all his friends to Clvo h'lm tholr diaries when thoy aro through wltlt them." "What an Idea! Does ho get many?" "Lots." "But what a queor fad!" "It Isn't a fad. It's economy. That's how he gets his blank books." Notick: All those thut have left their small photographs here, aud wish same, please call. MktcalkV Studios. Potteii Block. The Chief office takes subscription and renewals for the Twsntlsth Cen tury Farmer. "1 "I TV T si r.io 1 avp KJLKs J, V JAl Kyi ICil X JLlO A New Stock of Ladies' Seperate Skirts. LADIES STYLISH Suits AND GOATS flA superior showing of fashionable gar ments, high grade in every respect. Ma terials are best and latest of the modesh weaves in the approved shades. JThe styles are. those approved by the best, fashion authorities of the country. flWJhen you secure , youi"5uit or Coat "at our store you can wear it with perfect assurance that it is correct in every detail of mater ial, workmanship and lining. You will find our garments at their prices to be absolutely irreproachable values. M Miner Bros. Co. H. A. IETS0N, Mdr. General Merchants. The Larget Stock of New Merchandise in Southern Nebraska. QKas&GEBMB i I 1 Ti nonmco u Remarkable Waist Values Remarkable from every view point is this Spec ial oiTeriug of an all linen waist with stiff collar and cuffs at 81. 25. The Latest in Ladles Neckwear 9alnty Neck Fixings Dainty! Hardly uny other word could adequate ly describe the new neckwear. Our Summer showing neck pieces for the Sum mer Girl. Wo invite you te view our new neckwear be fore buying. Lace Dutch collars from 2:o to 31. Lace stock collars with jaboB 25c to 75c. Lace yokes in baby Irish effect from 75c to $2.50 Agents for Butterlck Patterns F. flEWflOUSE'S I WSpitjtife &w t -v, 10& U-S'J v