J p B c 1 A r jr 4 r JTJ A to County General Fund -Transferred xrnnsierreu w i Ji TlWHtVtiWhniw GREAT CLOSING SALE 334 2S 66 29 10 2S 10 27 91 1491 S6 89 7S 3315 71 05 37 68 70 69 4 37 3 49 05 316 70 308 721 50 739 00 36663 04 Our mammoth stock of General flerchandise is now on the market at heart rendingly low prices and will continue until entirely closed out The entire stock is new bright and desir able goods and bought at tremend ously low prices It goes to the public at the same astoundingly low figure So pitch in and get your share of the many bargains This closing sale will do all sales in the history of business in McCook We know the good public will appreciate this grand opportunity Everybody line up for the goods sold at prices never before attempted by any house This is a regular mer chandise carnival Dont wait for tomorrow today you can have a se lection at unquestionably the greatest bargains ever offered Every article in the whole store goes at the same phenomenally low figure Respy ARTZ THOMPSON DO YOU KNOW IF NOT WHY NOT LOI GOVS DRUGGISTS Are in McCook to stay and ask you to call and see them A fine line of Fancy Toilet Articles Brushes Mir rors Perfumes Stationery and Toilet Soaps Pure Drugs and Medicines The Best Paints Oils Glass Etc All at Popular Prices A neat Establishment and Courteous treat ment await you We want to meet you lii cone k mm Opp Commercial Hotel STATE General Sinking School University Relief - Reform School Institute Feeble Minded Capital SCHOOL LAND Principal Interest Lease COUNTY General Sinking Bridge Road y Soldiers Relief District Road County School District School - District School Bond Interest Advertising - - East Valley Precinct North Valley Precinct Willow Grove Precinct Indianola Precinct Bartley Village Bond Bartley Village Danbury Village McCook City Indianola City ---- Redemption Tns Sale Insane Fund - Special School District No sKl School District No 29 High School County Insane McCook City Bond Estate Benj Gleasson Bank Interest Fees 16 17 Amount on hand last Settlemen t 1001 74 6 69 106 60 207 r 95 OS 1 07 IS 175 12 193 51 3532 11 115S5 49 2820 0a 64 21 275 12 1297 64 20 00 9647 S2 15S99 SI 4 81 491S 32 7254 44 S2 9S 927 87 6SS IS 65 338 34 22 61 255 81 169 89 196 71 21 3S 1743 35 S 62817 621 Amount Since Collected 2ttiS 36 17 20 211 92 t94 89 1 76 1 7S 990 00 1255 37 1617 16 6554 51 742 50 1145 39 315 54 114 46 1479 7i 32 00 8563 37 1942 96 12iO 05 287 60 231 97 flcCook Neb treasurers Report EEC PITULATION showing the amount on hand July 1st 1901 the collec tions since made warrants redeemed and amount remaining on hand at the close of the eighth day of Januarv 1902 in each and all the several funds and accounts of O L Thompson Treasurer Red Willow county Nebraska together with the total amounts of the several items stated KIND OF FUND TOTAL 3040 10 23 95 31S 52 602 26 2 71 OS 7 85 15 990 00 1460 49 1810 67 100S6 62 12327 99 3965 67 379 75 3S9 38 2777 42 52 00 1S211 39 17842 79 1280 05 287 60 4 81 5130 29 7788 72 53 64 956 97 34 9S 46 56 1850 20 112 39 3571 52 05 207 267 57 40 75 3 49 05 2060 05 30S 721 50 739 00 S 99480 661 Warrants Redeemed 17S9 43 9 96 175 92 347 39 1 21 OS 1 34 15 990 366 23 S47 33 S259 05 276 67 SMS 5S 198 57 173 20 1356 Ob 1212S 89 1SS8 09 1280 05 2s7 60 350 44 511 65 80 25 7 97 39 80 1743 29 74 68 259S S3 05 197 23 3 49 05 87 721 50 739 00 40014 82 Amount Now on Hand i 1250 67 13 99 142 60 254 87 1 50 1 51 980 10 1094 26 963 34 1S27 57 12051 32 617 09 1S1 18 216 38 1221 34 52 00 6082 50 15934 70 4 81 4799 85 7277 07 83 64 876 72 27 01 6 76 106 91 37 71 972 69 207 57 70 17 25 75 2039 IS 308 59465 84 mrmmviA DRIFTWOOD Mrs Eva Wado and son Lynn visited at Mrs J M Hammonds the other day W A Kipps folks have a new boy at their house he is on the Evorist place Charles Boatman is threshing grain todny and Cono Tuttles machine is doing the work Mrs J M Hammond was able to go to McCook Saturday am glad she is getting along so nicely The young people met at C W Wokers Monday evening to practice their dialogue for literary Joe Scott is moving onto the Menard place three miles from whore he now lives going to work for Mr Menard by the month Mrs L J Burtless and Mrs W G Dutton were out calling on the sick Mrs J M Hammond and Grandma Dodge recently Say Mit TnmuNE man cant you get after your county correspondents so they will do better We all want to know what is going on in the county J M Baldwin and wife had a run away Monday The team broke the buggy hurt Mrs B some didnt learn how badly she was hurt and tore the harness to pieces They had to get a conveyance of I H WassonXo get home What fine weather If some of the eastern people who are in the mud in some places and in snow in others were here a short time they would fall in love with the climate Having lived in seven j different states can say if crops were sure here this is finest of all for climate Children Especially Liable Burns bruises and cuts are extremely painful and if neglected often result in blood poisoning Children aro especially liuble to buch misfortune because not to careful As a remedy De Witts Witch Hazel Salvo is unequalled Draws out the fire stops the pain toon heals tho wound Beware of counterfeits Suro cure for piles DeWitts Witch Hazel Salvo cured my baby of eczema after two physicians gave her up writes James Mock N Webster Indiana The sores were so bad she soiled two to five dresses a duy McConnell Berry Another Tourist Excursion to California To accommodate the increasing travel to California the Burlington Route has added to its service another weekly ex cursion in tourist cars personally con ducted The Burlingtons through car service to California is as follows Standard Sleepers daily Omaha Lin coln Hastings and Oxford to San Fran cisco connecting at latter city with fast train for Los Angeles Tourist Sleepers personally conducted every Thursday Omaha Lincoln Fair mont Hastings and Holdrege to San Francisco every Wednesday and Thurs day Kansas City St Joseph Wymore Superior and Oxford to San Francisco and Los Angeles All these cars run via Denver and Salt Lake City passing the grand panorama of the Rockies by daylight If youre going to California you will be interested in our new 40 page folder California Tours 1901 2 It is free J Fkancis Gen Passenger Agt Omaha Neb REMARKABLE CURE OF CROUP A Little Boys Life Saved I have a few words to say regarding Chamber lains Cough Remedy It saved my little boys life and I feel that I cannot praise it enough I bought a bottle of it from A E Steer of Good win S D and when I got home with it tho poor baby could hardly breathe I gave the medi cine as directed every ten minutes until ho threw up and then I thought sure he was go ing to choke to death Wo had to pull the phlegm out of his mouth in great long strings I am positive that if I had not got that bottle of cough medicine my boy would not be on earth today Joel Demost Inwood Iowa For sale by McConnell St Borry druggists Many an innocent little darling is sufffiriag untold agony and cannot express its troubles Mark the childs symptoms jou may lind it troubled with worms give it Whites Cream Vermifuge and restore it to quietness and health Price 25 cents A McMillen BANKSVILLE The weather manager is good to us R S Thomas was in these parts last week buying cattle August Wesch is doing some fencing for his winter pasture Harve Rowland is hauling and corall ing fodder these days of good weather Bert and xVl Benjamin were hauling wood from Elm creek Hitchcock county last week Joe Relph was at Cedar Bluffs Kan sas Saturday Ethel Peters visited the school in Dist 51 Monday Uncle Jimmie Lawthers was in this vicinity Wednesday Mr Matson was in this neighborhood hunting for a stray mule Saturday Pearl Hays visited relatives at Pros pect Park last Saturday and Sunday The fine weather for the past few weeks while being good for stock is only one kind of January weather and all should take advantage of it and be prepared for what may come Dont Live Together Constipation and health never go together DeWitts Little Early Risers promote easy action of the bowels without distress I have been troubled with costiveness nine years says J O Green Depauw Ind I have tried many remedies but Little Early Risers gave best results McConnell Berry In pulmonary trouble the direct action of Ballards Horehound Syrup upon the throat chest and lungs immediately arrest the malady by relieving the distress cutting the phlegm and freeing the vocal and breathing organs Price 25 and 50 cents A McMillen NORTH COLEMAN Ed Osbaugh is convalescing Interesting Bible readings and prayer meetings every Wednesday evening at Spring Creek Born To Mr and Mrs Elsie Ward on the 11th instant a son weight nine pounds avoirdupois All doing well A Cure for Lumbago W C Williamson of Amherst Va says For more than a year I suffered from lumbago I finally tried Chamberlains Pain Balm and it gave me entire relief which all other remedies had failed to do Sold by McConnell St Berry druggists Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day No cure no pay Price 25 cents CLEARANCE O SALE Ending1 February ist 1902 Having bought Mr Cochrans interest in the hardware and implement business I will hereafter conduct the business alone And at the outstart I wish to thank our patrons one and all for their trade in the many years past and to ask a continuance for the future respectfully soliciting the patronage of many more who need anything in the hardware implement or vehicle line guaranteeing to one and all prompt courteous treatment good reliable goods and the lowest price possible for the quality of the o nnHc cnli wwvr wvi On completing our invoice we find we are over stocked in some lines on which we propose to make such reductions in price as to greatly reduce those Iinesto turn them into money quickly We quote a few samples LOT 1 Nine dozen Silver Knives and Forks plated and guaranteed to strip 12 oz These are good goods and cheap at 4 We will sell until Feb ist at 3 LOT 2 Six dozen Magnetic Silver Knives and Forks Will not rust Guaranteed for ten years Good value at 375 per set They will go until Feb ist at LOT 3 Two dozen Benedicts Knives and Forks Good goods and guaranteed 1 2 penny weight Formerly sold at 4 There are many in use here This is a rare bargain at 25 D o 0 LOT 4 Three dozen Rodgers Knives and Forks 1 2 penny weight These are standard goods and sold everywhere at 4 per set Our price until Feb 1st is 3 00 LOT 5 Two dozen Rodgers Knives and Forks extra plated on all wearing parts Sell everywhere at 5 Our price until Feb ist is 0 0 LOT 6 Two dozen Nickel Silver Knives and Forks These are a standard article and used almost universally in hotels and restau rants because they dont wear off or tarnish They used to be sold at 350 Until Feb ist they will go at 3 LOT 7 Six dozen Knives and Forks with fancy flowered handles Good goods and formerly sold cheap at 250 During this Clearance Sale they all go at 2 00 LOT 8 Eighteen dozen White Metal Knives and Forks A good common every day article which has been regularly sold low at 1 Till Feb ist at only 75 We will also sell at correspondingly low prices all our Silverware both hollow and flat Cold Meat Forks Pie Forks Butter Knives Sugar Shells Gravey Ladles Berry Spoons Jelly Spoons Bon Bon Spoons Olive Spoons and all kinds of Table and Tea Spoons Sugars and Creamers Syrup Pitchers Tea Sets etc etc iiMTuinnfTargn Also the Following Matchless Prices in K ansces and Stoves LOT 1 Climax Steel Range former ly sold at 50 until Feb ist at 47 5 LOT 2 New Advance Steel Range formerly sold cheap at 35 in this Clearance Sale they will go at 32 00 LOT 3 Jewel Steel Ranges a 1 1 aluminium painted except top good range well known to every body Former price 4950 In this sale they will go at 45 00 LOT 4 Triumph Economy Steel Ranges Have sold many in McCook and vicinity and can give best of references Cheap est ever sold heretofore 35 Until Feb 1st only 31 00 LOT 5 St Louis Steel Ranges large size 15 gallon reservoir top closet large oven Hitherto sold for the extremely low price of 25 but will go at until Feb ist 22 00 LOT 6 Belleville Steel Ranges A 26 article regularly In this Clearance Sale just 24 00 LOT 7 Gold Coin Steel Ranges high shelf large reservoir fully guaranteed Former price very reasonable 45 Till Feb ist 40 00 LOT 8 Malleable Steel Ranges made to imitate the Great Ma jestic Look like it and priced like it Formerly sold at 53 In this great Clearance Sale only o 00 LOT 9 The Quick Meal Ranges in the gasolines are a household word and the Steel Ranges are just as good and as well known to many McCook people The former price was 47 but in this sale they go at 44 00 LOT 10 Four Hole Ranges extra large guaranteed to do good work without high closet or shelf Former price 1650 but this sale takes them at 1 5 00 LOT 1 1 Cast Iron Cook Stoves 30 to select from Prices ranging from 30 to 1 2 50 Will make great reductions on any of these stoves during this sale and any of them is a fine bargain Will sell new Heating Stoves at Second Hand Prices We as well have about 100 Kegs of Nails of assorted sizes damaged by the flood of last spring and somewhat rusty will be sold in this Clearance Sale at 5JAC AH the above goods are firstclass marketable articles in every partic ularnothing cheap shoddy or inferiorand are offered at these sureto movethem prices in order to reduce our over stock in these lines The gain is all yours If you are a bargainhunter dont pass up this opportunity VV T COLEMAN McCook Nebraska 00 J TZS h 4 ri