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By F M KIMMELJL
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co
Subscription 1 a Yer in Advance
Juki A PiiKK late receiver of the
McCook land oflicc now of Alma Har
lan county is a leading applicant for tho
position of state oil inspector with
strong endorsements Ijo is well quali
lhd from every point of view for tho
place
Tjik Tribune regrols to learn that
Judge Abbotts troubles up in Ilajes
county have culminated in tho seizure
of his printing plant by R May the
mortgagee who will it is stated run tho
Republican until tho outfit can bo sold
to satisfy tho mortgage
Tue so called independent mine oper
ators who were so anxious lo get into
tho anthracite investigation b tbo com
mission aro liablo to get more than they
looked for if much more testimony like
that drawn out this week comes to light
Such happenings in a free and enlighten
ed Christian land make uh wonder how
hot hell really is
Alliance now reminds us of McCook
fifteen years ago in the matter of its
advertising by its businessmen One of
the Alliance paperslast week contained
twenty eight columns of advertisements
and tho two other papers in the city
were equally well represented in that
lino Uoth of thi McCook papers last
week did not contain more than tbe Al
liance Ilerald alone The Tribune now
averages about one half of the advertis
ing spaco that the merchants of fifteen
years ago occupied And the popula
tian is hundreds and hundreds greater
than it was then Its true but it isnt
business
The most pathetic incident in the
Boer war is tho statement of General
Dewet that I ho failure of the war to the
Boers in chargeable to the lack of patri
otism and fidelity on the part of tho
Boers themselves and not tho super
iority of the British suldiers But
come to think of it it is lack of fidelity
that wrei ks about everything It de
stroys nations and homes and individ
uals alike It means loss of business
It is spiritual and material death The
home built on absolute fidelity is un
shakable Tho character constructed
with fidelity as its foundation with
stands tho assaults of the world tho
flesh and the devil A nation of faith
ful patriots has never been destroyed or
permanently overthrown never will bo
Fidelity to God and homo and native
land is a trinity that will outlast time
and when that or any one of them failed
among tho Boers it was tho beginning
of tho end The hitherto unconquerable
Boer was nearing his finale
An incident in the Lincoln-Northwestern
football game Thanksgiving in
which ono of the Northwestern men lost
the expansive bosom of his pantaloons
in a tandem stunt in his breeching
recalled to tbo writer a laughable oc
currence of his school days away back
in the rugged West Virginia panhandle
in the- early eighties A pick up game
of old fashioned football was in progress
on the college campus In an evil
moment tho dignified scholarly pro
fess r of Latin a Kentucky gentleman
of the old school became tho central
figure in a mix up tosecuio possession
of tho ball After the scrimmage wa3
over the professors raiment and ho
was always the pink of propiiety and
good form in dress was found to be in
a sadly disarranged state A number of
ladies were witnessing tho catastrophe
from the vantage of the college corridor
and the boys promptly gathered about
the professor until his garments could
be mud p r e s e n table Professor
Lengthy now known to fame as James
Lane Allen of the Choir Invisible
The Reign of Law etc never risked
another attempt at football
One of the early and important duties
which will come to Governor Mickey
will be the appointment of a successor to
Judge G W Norris of the Fourteenth
judicial district We write it one of
his most important duties because the
selection of a worthy and competent
successor to tho present incumient of
the otlicu is of the largest and first im
portance to the people of this judicial
district Few positions come nearer the
people than the district judgeship
Few places require higher character or
better legal ability Few positions offer
morn opportunities for both yood and ill
to the many To fill such place the
applicant should be above reproach in
his personal character and should bring
to the bench experience and knowledge of
the law with broad mindedness and
lofty honor
The Tribune believes it offers such a
man to the consideration of Governor
Mickey in Hon Charles E Eldred
mayor of McCook present judgn and
prosecuting attorney elect of Redwillow
county With but one exception no
lawyer in the district has had wider ex
perience in tho trial of cases in the gen
eral practice of law None occupy a
higher plane in character His appoint
ment would be a credit to tho governors
judgment and very satisfactory to the
people of the district to whom Mr
Eldred is well and most favorably known
Annis Furs at DeGroff s
Dvsoeosia Cure
Digests what you eat
This preparation contains all of the
digestants and digests all kinds ol
food It gives instant relief and neve
rails to cure It allows you to eat all
the food you want The most sensitive
stomachs can take it By its use many
thousands of dyspeptics have been
cared after everything else failed It
prevents formation of gason thestom
ach relieving all distress after eating
Dieting unnecessary Pleasant to take
it cast help
but fio yen good
Prepared onlj by EOIrtiWErTOajaiCM
TXfcfL toottic contains 2J timestheSQCBiie
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j Christmas GUfts
Plenty of them at
McMillens Drug Store
The New
The Novel and
-The Beautiful
We make it a point to have a great variety of goods at all
prices You are cordially invited to visit our store
Our prices are right Our line includes
Books Novels Juvenile and Gift Books
Calendars Bibles large assortment
Toys Games Dolls Medallions Vases
Albums Lamps Cups and Saucers
Toilet Sets Fancy Goods Novelties
Statuary Perfumes Atomizers Doll
Buggies Games etc
Come and see our goods and get prices
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Some Platters of City Business
There was a full houso at tho council
meetintr Monday evening and the fol
lowing business was transected covering
the allowance of bills for botn uctouer
and November expenses no meeting
having been held for October
John lk tedt 102 00
McCook Electric Light Co 292 43
W S Pern 12 50
R MOsborn 12 50
CJRyan 12 50
ACEbert 18 75
H P Waite 12 50
McConnell Berrv 144 76
Rache Herrv 44 00
C B Gray 120 00
Ed Piizererald 100 00
T Z Wallace 40 00
Millie Elbert 10 00
W C Bullard 6 40
M H Holmes 6 35
McCc k Loan and Trust Co 75 00
CI Hall 25 00
CEEIdred 18 75
WTColeman 22 62
The resignation of J A Bingham as
a member of the library board was ac
cepted and C H Boyle was appointed
as his successor
mat fler Book on the Big Horn Basin
is off the press and ready for distribu
tion It is a little bit the best publica
tion descriptive of this wonderful section
of Wyoming yet issued It gives brief
glimpses of its farms gardens cattle
ranches irrigation ditches oil fields and
a word about the golden opportunities
illustrated by thirty one splendid half
tones from photographs Free to any
address on request
J Francis G P A
Burlington Route Omaha Neb
Advertised Letters
The following letters were advertised
by the McCook postoffice Dec 8 1902
Mrs M OrMinflr
Lewis Edmonds
Jno TapTPn
WillT Hoar
Geo Kniffen
Mrs Ohrint Larson 3
Frank Maxfleld
Geo McCnlson
Mrs Nora Stewart
Dr D E Verm P j e
Mr Jv Williams
W C Walker
ifranii Liawsoa
When calling for these letters please
say they were advertised
F M Kimmell Postmaster
Geonro H Thomas a colored barbpr
of Wauneta was found dead in his bed I
November 29th
The Tribune is only SI 00 a year
THE OLD MZELmBLE
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POWDER
AbsoGugely Pure
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
Aid on National Commanders Staff
Justin A Wilcox has been appointed
and has accepted an aid-de-camp on
the Btaff of the national commander
G A R Nebraska is entitled to five
aides and the captain of course appre
ciates the honor thus conferred upon
him
Norman Horton of Arapahoe lost 15
Saturday evening and a smooth
stranger got it Horton had just ar
rived in the city He met the confi
dence man who pretended to be a
real estate man at Arapahoe He
wanted to borrow some money Horton
wasobliging When the latter got to
the police station he had a very inade
quate description of tho man and the
officers could not help him Lincoln
Star 8th
Wo have everything that is new in
books new novels childrens books
poems and gift books
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CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christian Subject f morning ser
mon Christian Privilege Evening
subject Opportunities The meet
ings will close Wednesday next
Catholic Order of services Mass
8 a m Mass and sermon 1030 a m
Sunday school 230 p m Every Sun
day J J Loughran Pastor
Baptist Sunday school 945 a m
Preaching 11 a m The young people
have prepared a missionary service to be
held at 7 oclock Union preaching ser
vice at the M E church at 8 oclock
Prayer meeting Wednesday 8 p m
Congregational Sunday school a t
10 Sermon by pastor at 11 YPSCE
at 7 No evening service The congre
gation will attend the union meeting at
tho Methodist church where Prof
Steidley will speak on Inter-Denominational
Sunday school Work in Nebras
ka Wednesday evening at 8 oclock
prayer and conference meeting All are
made welcome
Fkank W Dean Pastor
Rev George L White pastor Baptist
church has resigned and expects to go
east and resume his theological studies
Prof Steidley who will speak in the
Methodist church Sunday oveniug next
is field secretary for the Nebraska
association
Eov A G Axtell who has been 6top
ping at the Congregational parsonage
for a week or more made a run up to
Trenton Wednesday night returning
here today
Stops the Cough and
Works off the Cold
Laiativo Bromo Quininn Tablets enro a coM in
oneda No curt no pay Crier 25 ctMitst
M - WIIIIW
Consumption is a humas
weed flourishing best in weak
lungs Like other weeds its
easily destroyed while young
when old sometimes im
possible
Strengthen the lungs as you
would weak land and the
weeds will disappear
The best lung fertilizer is
Scotts Emulsion Salt pork
is good too but it is very hard
to digest
The time to treat consump
tion is when you begin trying
to hide it from yourself
Others see it you wont
Dont wait until you cant
deceive yourself any longer
Begin with the first thought
to take Scotts Emulsion If
it isnt really consumption so
much the better you will soon
forget it and be better for the
treatment If it is consump
tion you cant expect to be
cured at once but if you will
bejjin in time and will be
rigidly regular in your treat
ment you will win
Scotts Emulsion fresh air
rest all you can eat all you
can thats the treatment and
thats the best treatment
We will send you
a little of the Emul
sion free
Be sure that this picrare in
tlic form of a label is on the
wrapper of every bottle Ol
Ilmukioa you buy
SCOTT BOWNE
Chemists
409 Pearl St N Y
coc and i all druggists
An Epitome of History
Tho first settlement i n Redwillow
county was made in November 1871
by an exploring party sent out by the
Republican Valley Land and Townsito
company
Tho first claims located wero by some
of this party at that time and entered
at tho Beatrice land oflice during that
winter
The first claims jumped wero Mr
Sitters and parts each of Mr Bucks
and his daughter Ellas in tho spriug of
1872
Tho first townsito laid out into streets
and avenues was Redwillow in tho
spring of 1872 Tho first and only in
habitants of tho place as a town wero
owls prairie dogs rattlesnakes and fleas
First girl born Edna Bergor sum
mer of 1872 first h y born Edar
Young summer of 1872 and it was
always a dispute which was first
First death William Beryor struck by
lightning First child Lena Overaehor
whooping cough
First murder Mr Scott on Redwillow
creek Mr Aekerson accused never
proven
First
marriage Mr Fitch and Miss
Nettleton March 1874
First election spring of 1873 in the
tbe Morris house on river bottom
Fir t county seat fight spring of 187 J
between Indianola and Redwillow
First frame house built by William
Fitch
First postoffico at Redwillow
of 1872 first postmaster Mr
First mails brought by soldiers
trains during the summer of 1872
f pnng
Buck
supply
First school district organized No 1
at Redwillow December 1873
First school house built a sod one in
No 8
First teachers examination spring of
1874 First superintendent of schools
G B Nettleton
First teacher employed by school
board Mrs Towno in No 1-
First Sunday school union in the
homo of Mr Buck in the spring of 1872
First preaching by a U B missionary
Mr McDougal
First church organized Redwillow
church of Christ July 1873 in the
house of John Lontrnecker
Fir t citizen killed by railroad Mr
Duffy of Indianola
First store Mr Thomas 1872
First Thanksgiving dinner eaten by
exploring party November 1871 in
camp near mouth of Redwillow creek
First Christmas dinn r as a social
function given by Mrs Lawton and her
daughter Mrs Rowlev 1874
Communicated
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS -
Machinist George Paxton is off duty
Frank Purvis has gone to Lyons
Colorado
Round house extension is being
painted this week
Frank Purvis came up from Norcatur
Kansas Wednesday
Engine 41 is just out of the shop and
is replaced by No 266
Chief Coal Inspector Rugh was at
headquarters yesterday
Charles Evans entered the blacksmith
shop Tuesday as a helper
Engine 212 has been sent to Denver to
run out of that point regularly
M S Parks visited his parents at Red
Cloud foro part of the present week
Brakemen Geo Branscomb and C IT
Downey are on the sick list this week
Claim Agent Hanson took in tho grand
lodge meeting R A M in Omaha Wed
nesday
Sectionmen on the Orleans St Francis
line have been taken off leaving only
the foremen on duty
Switchman W W Webster has re
tun ed to headquarters after working at
Akron for a few months
Engineer H H Kingshury is at Ox
ford relieving Engineer J A Harris
who is absent on a vacation
Conductor OR Amick is still off duty
on account of his eyes and Conductor
Will Washburn has the 95 in his stead
Brakoman C R Liggett has married
and will go to houbeker ping in the resi
dence i orth of Conductor Morris home
Switchman R K Adams of Akron
has taken a ten das lay off and J W
Jones of headquarters is up relieving
him
Conductor and Mrs Neal Beelor have
tieen visiting her parents in Beaver City
this week Conductor L A Kurlburt
had the 55 meanwhile
The pay car will be in on No 5 next
Monday evening the 15th and will go
on west tho following morning as a
special at eight oclock
Dispatcher A Calhoun was down from
Denver Wednesday to attend tho fun
eral of Dispatcher Ed Cann He was
one of the pall bearers
Ed Montanye who was injured in tho
Holdrege w reck has resigned from tho
service Ho was in charge of engine
No 116 in that somewhat famous wreck
Frank Dobson who has been so sick
with inflammatory rheumatism for
weeks is sufficiently to be
able to be out and about some time each
day
Machinist C M Hollinger will leave
the service Monday expecting to go to
Missouri where he has recently come
into possession of valuable real estate by
inheritance
A warm storage room 20x24 feet is
being built in the Lincoln freight house
to prevent losses and damage by freez
ing In summer time ice will be used
and cold storage results secured
R B Pate who was formerly with
the Burlington at Oxford but has been
in the service of other roads for some
time is now back in tho Burlington
harness and a member of the operators
force in McCook
Conductor C W Bronson has been in
Omaha part of the week attending the
Nebraska grand lodge sessions R S M
and R A M Conductor L C Wolff
made his runs meanwhile and Conductor
J F Utter had the 98 while Wolff was
on passenger
Operator Frank Purvis who has been
over at Norcatur Kansas relieving
Agent Garnet Bach returned to head
quarters Wednesday Bach having re
turned to work Bach visited in Repub
lican City while recovering from his in
jured foot the result of a nail thrust
The Western division seems to have
had the mildest end of the cold wave
On Monday at eight oclock it was 21
degrees above zero at McCook 16 at
Holdrege 28 at Oxford 8 at Red Cloud
22 at Denver On the Southern division
it was cooler 5 above at Blue Hill 6 at J
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What Shall I Buy
For This One For That One
These are the questions asked a n d
considered by so many just now
Something Useful For Christmas Gifts
That is what your friends will
want and that is what you will
find in good quantities at
Honest Johns Store
See our Line of Mens Neckwear in
all the Up-to-date Shapes
See our Stock of Mens Shirts in those
new Patterns and Colors
See our complete Line of Purses and
Chatelains
See our Beautiful Shawls and Fas
cinators
See our Display of Table Linens and
Napkins
When looking for a good article dont forget
The Waterloo Underskirts
are the best skirt on themarket Those Mens
Trousers are going at io to 25 per ct discount
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For best values in Underwear Blankets
and Outing Flannels examine our stock
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Phone No 16
Sam Bayles returned to work Wed
nesday after a short lay off with an in
jured back
Master Mechanic Archibald left las t
niglit for Chicago to attend a meeting
of master mechanics
Engines 70 and 171 have been sent to
Havelock for nn overhauling going on
80 yesterday Fir man F E JJngucr as
engineer
Way car No 8 is being overhauled
and will be given a new cupalo Under
new order all way cars hereafter will be
sheeted with paper under sitiing
Low Rates for the Holidays
Via Burliuyton Route To points
within 2UU miles round trip tickets will
bo sold at greatly reduced rate on De
cember 21 20 and 31 and January 1
Good returning until January 2 VJQi
IVor further particulars ask the Bur
lington agent 12 12 2ts
Death of Aged Danburyan
William It Starrow of Dinbury died
on Decembt r 2nd 1302 agi d 72 years
11 months and 4 da vs liis aged wife
ei iht tons and three daughters survive
him three children preceding him to
the spirit land
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MOTHERS DO YOU KNOW
the many so called birth medicines and
most remedies for women in the treatment
of her delicate organs contain more or
less opium morphine and strychnine
Do You Know that in most countries
druggists are not permitted to sell narcot
ics without labeling them poisons
Do You Know hat you should not
take internally any medicine lor the
pain accompanying pregnancy
Do You Know that Mothers Friend
is applied externally only
Do You Know that Mothers Friend
is a celebrated prescription and that it
has been in use over forty years and that
each bottle of the genuine bears the name
of The Bradfield Regulator Co
Do you know that when you use this
remedy during the period of gestation
that you will be free of pain and bear
healthy hearty and clever children
Well these things are worth knowing
They are facts Of druggists at fioo
Dont be persuaded to try a substitute
Our little book Motherhood free
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO AtlanU 6s
Time Card
McCook Neb
MAIN LINE EAST DUIAKT
No 0 Central Timo 1110 p
2 605 am
12 923 A u
No 5 arrives from east at 8 j in
MAIN LINK WEST DKPAET
No 1 Mountain Time 111- a m
11Wpm
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IMPERIAL LINE
No 170 arrives i Mountain Time 5tf pm
No 175 departs 7 -00 am
Sleeping diniim and roclininfj cliair cnrs
free on tlironli trainn Ticket i ofd
and bapKato checked to any jjointin the United
StatfH or Canada
For information time tallies maps and tick
ets call on or write A P Thoinpon Agent
McCook Nebraska or J FranciH General
as enjer AKunt Omaha Nebrat ka
GORED M LAST
Good News For all Who Suffer With
Rheumatism Free
To all who suffer with rheumatism J
will gladly send free tho wonderful story
of how raj mother was cured after years
of suffering together with the most
elaborate treatise on rheumatism ever
published
Xo matter what your form of rheuma
tism is whether acute chronic muscu
lar inflammatory deformant sciatic
neuralgia gout lumbago etc no mat
ter how many doctors have failed in
your case no matter how many socalled
sure cures you have tried 1 want you
to write to me and let me tell you how
my mother was cured
I am neither a doctor nor a profeFSor
simply a plain man of business but
I have a cure for rheumatism and 1
want to tell everyone who suffers with
rheumatism about it I wish to b
clearly understood and trust that all
who suffer with this terrible disease
however apparently beyond the reach
of cure will write to me this day and 3
will 6nd you by return mail this work
of mine I appeal especially to tho
chronically ill who are wearied and
discouraged with doctoring and to those
who have been cast aside as incurable
All you have thought about rheumatism
may be wrong Let me tell jou our ex
perience Surely if you have rheuma
tism or have a suffering frieDd it will
pay you to investigate my offer anyway
and prove for yourself the claims I make
Send me your address today a postal
card will do and I will mail you this
wonderful story If you have any
friends suffering with rheumatism no
matter where located send me their ad
dress and I will mail them a copy My
address in Victor Raisbolt Bloomfield
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