ffte JBvSpak fHfon r Hv F M K1MMBLL Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co Subscription 1 a Year in Advance Fraternal Insurance Order Cards R O I P A -Lodge No 612 moats first and third Thursdays of each month McConnolls hall 830 p m E B UobEB President W S Gctku Secretary ROYAL HIGHLANDERS McCook lodgo No 307 moats on second and fourth Mon day OToninm of each month at eight oclock In McConnoll iinll 11 W Dkvoe Illustrious Pro tector J C Mitchell Secretary ROYAL NEIGHBORS Noblo camp No 802 moots second and fourth Thursday after noons nttU0 oclock In McConnolls hall Mbs Thad Shepherd Oracle Mhs Auodbta Anton Recorder NoncATun Kansas doubtless proper ly claims being the largest shipping sta tion for wheat in Northwestern Kansas and Southwestern Nebraska and The Tribune is not quito certain but that it can claim the marked distinction of be ing tho largest single shipping station for whoat in either or both of the states named So far this year the car ship ments from that small station exceed 500 cars The Jrquois theatre disaster in Chica go Wednesday afternoon at a matinee performance of Blue Beard is the most appalling in the history of this country Panic and fire did their per fect work and and as a result there are 5idead in tho morgues tho injured numbered 97 and about 150 others are missing The list of dead will reach 600 The panic is responsible for most of tho deaths Congressman Nokkis has secured a pension for Mrs Sarah Charter of Hast ings whose case had been pending for over 7 years and whose claim had been repeatedly rejected The ground for re jection was that her husband had been previously married and that his first wife was not dead at the time of the second marriage This presumption was based upon the assertion of Mr Charter and there was no record that he had been married to a former wife The Pension Bureau rejected the claim on the theory that the second marriage was invalid Mr Norris in his judicial experience had met the same proposition and he believed the decision to be erroneous He had the case reopened and then ap pealed to the law department for an opinion He secured a favorable ruling upon tho point involved and the pen sion has been granted accordingly The back pension which will be paid to Mrs Charter amounts to nearly 700 Mrs Charter had given up all hopes of hav ing a pension allowed She is an old woman and made her living by working out She and Mr Charter were pioneers of southwestern Nebraska Times-Tribune Beaver City Best Liniment on Earth Henry D -Baldwin supt city water works ShullsburgWis writes I have tried many kinds of liniment but have never received much benefit until I used Ballards Snow Liniment for rheumatism and pains I think it the best liniment on earth 25c 50c and SI bottles at A McMillens Consumption Salt pork is a famous old fashioned remedy for con sumption Eat plenty of pork was the advice to the consumptive 50 and 100 years ago Salt pork is good if a man can stomach it The idea behind it is that fat is the food the consumptive needs most ScottsEmulsionis the mod ern method of feeding fat to the consumptive Pork is too rough for sensitive stomachs Scotts Emulsion is the most refined of fats especially prepared for easy digestion Feeding him fat in this way which is often the only nvay is half the battle but Scotts Emulsion does more than that There is some thing about the combination of cod liver oil and hypophos phites in Scotts Emulsion that puts new life into the weak parts and has a special action on the diseased lungs MIIIPI 22SSrr A sample will be sentfreeupon request Ee sure that this picture ir the form of a labjl is on ths wrapper of every bottle cf Emulsion you buy SCOTT BOWNE CHEA1ISTS 409 Pearl St Y 50c and Si all druggists jciiv Fifty Years he Standard mfc msm POVDffi Improves ihe flavor and adds to ins healihfulness of ihe food PRICE BAKING POWDER CO CHICAGO x PUBLIC FREE LIBRARY NOTES It is customary for merchants at tho end of each year to take an invoice of the stock on hand and compute the prof it or loss on the business done So it is proper for us on this first day of the year to glance hurriedly as we must needs do in the limited space allotted to us at the literary output of the twelve month that is gone and to estimate our gain for a curious feature of this liter ary industry is that no matter how hard the times no matter how large or how small the production of books has been no matter how industrious or how indo lent the workmen have been there must be some profit There can be no loss Of first interest to lis is Mr Spear mans The Daughter of a Magnate Al though this book has been on the mar ket less than ten weeks it is already in its tenth edition It and John Foxs -Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come are today the best selling books in Chicago Because it appeared so late in the season it may perhaps properly beclassedwith next years books among which it is safe to say it will rank with those that shall achieve huge success Lady Roses Daughter is credited with being the most successful novel of this year It has attained popularity not through merit but because of the repu tation of its author and the mediocrity of its competitors It is not even worthy of its author who in David Grieve one of her earlier works gave to the world at least in the opinion of one humble reader a story that outclasses everything she has done since Lady Roses Daugh ter was widely heralded but was disap pointing Few writers have had a great er opportunity than had Mrs Ward The veriest tyro could not have more miserably failed Henry James has published The Em bassadors Henry James writes for the few His books are rhetorical puzzles the principal source of pleasure deriv able from their perusal being the solu tion of his sentences He is always at least in later years extremely stupid He is called a realist If his characters are taken from nature he has had the misfortune to associate with some of the dullest members of the human family One cannot conceive of real men and women saying the things that Henry James people say And a peculiarity to be noted in regard to his people is that they confine their energies to talking They seem not to be able to find any possible excuse for doing anything It may be hearsay to say so but truth compels the admission that George Elliott-is not always entertaining At her dull moments however she discourses learnedly on history or art or philosophy Henry James discloses no erudition in his uncompromisingly dull and stupid pages Yet for all this The Embassa dors is one of the notable books of the year and should be read Then there is The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come which despite its mul tifarious short comings is a good story It is interesting to note the number of books by western authors and on west ern topics The Virginian while belong ing to last years crop has been a much read book this year One of the meri torious books of the western class is The Biography of a Western Girl an unpre tentious little volume but one that is entitled to a far wider circle of readers than it will have Will Paynes Mr Salt is attracting attention One critic said that she turned with relief to Judith of the Plains from Mrs Wards much vaunted tale It should be the source of gratification to us that western au thors are receiving recognition and we owe it to them as well as to ourselves to give them every encouragement Neither in the line of fiction nor in any other line has there been any re markable achievement during 1903 but there are bright spots that give us not a little hope for the future Whats In a Name Everything is in the name when it comes to Witch Hazel Salve E C De DeWitt Co of Chicago discovered some years ago how to make a salve from Witch Hazel that is a specific for piles For blind bleeding itching and protruding piles eczema cuts burns bruises and all skin diseases DeWitts Salve has no equal This has given rise to numerous worthless counterfeits Ask for DeWitts the genuine Sold by L W McConnell J Saved From Terrible- Death The family of Mrs M L Bobbitt of Bargoton Tenn saw her dying and wore powerless to save her Tho most skillful physicians and every remedy used failed while consumption was slowly but surely taking her life In this terrible hour Dr Kings New Dis covery for Consumption turned despaii into joy The first bottle brought im mediate relief and its continued use completely cured hqr Its the most certain cure in the world for all throat and lung troubles Guaranteed bottles 50c and 81 Trial bottles free at L W McConnolls drug store Rev Carlisle P B Martin IX D Waverly Texas writes Of a morning when first arising I often find a trouble some collection of phlegm which pro duces a cough and is very hard to dis lodge but a small guantity of Ballards Horehound Syrup will at once dislodge it and the trouble is over I know of no medicino that is equal to it and it is so pleasant to take I can most cordially recommend it to all persons needing a medicine for throat or lung trouble 25c 50c 81 bottles at A McMillens Found a Cure for Indigestion I use Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets for indigestion and find that they suit my case better than any dyspepsia remedy I have ever tried and I have used many different remedies I am nearly 51 years of age and have suf fered a great deal from indigestion I can eat almost anything I want to now GeoWEmoryRock MillsMiss For sale by all druggists Sick Headache Food doesnt digest well Appetite poor Bowels constipated Tongue coated Its your liver Ayers Pills are liver pills they cure dys pepsia biliousness 25c All druggists Want your moustache or beard a beautiful brown or rich black Then use DimiminuAnfie nveforthe DUUMUnttM O UI L Whiskers BO CT8 OF DRUGGISTS OR K P HALL A CO NASHUA n H wsmxva 2825 Keeley St Chicago III Oct 2 1902 I suffered with fallincr and con gestion of the womb with severe oains throueh the eroins I suf fered terribly at the time of men struation had blinding headaches and rushing of blood to the brain What to try I knew not for- it seemed that I had tried all and failed but I had never tried Wine of Cardui that blessed remedy for sick women I found it pleasant to take and soon knew that I had the right medicine New blood seemed to course through my veins and after using eleven bottles I was a well woman Mrs Bush health because CJMAJW is now in perfect she took Wine of Cardui for menstrual disorders bearing down pains and blinding j headaches when all other remedies failed to bring her relief Any sufferer may secure health by tak ing Wine of Cardui in her home The first bottle convinces the pa tient she is on the road to health For advice in cases requiring special directions address giving symptoms The Ladies Advisory Department The Chattanooga Medicine Co Chattanooga Tenn IINEIGARDUI A Very Close Call I stuck to my engine although every joint ached and every nerve was racked with pain writes C W Bellamy a lo comotive fireman of Burlington Iowa I was weak and pale without any ap petite and all run down As I was about to give up I got a bottle of Elec tric Bitters and after taking it I felt as well as I ever did in my life Weak sickly run down people always gain new life strength and vigor from their use Try them Satisfaction guaranteed by L W McConnell Prica 50 cents If Unwell try a 50c bottle of Herbine notice the improvement speedily effected in your appetite energy strength and vigor Watch how it brightens the spirits gives freedom from indigestion and debility Isaac Story Ava Mo writes SeptlOth 1900 I was in bad health 1 had stom ach trouble for 12 months also dumb chills Dr JW Morey prescribed Her bine it cured me in two weeks I can not recommend it too highly it will do all you claim for it Sold by A Mc Millen Indianas Gold and Silver Excitement of the wildest character prevails in Warwick county Indiana over the discovery of gold and silver near Lynnville The land where the ore has been found is of the poorest but owners are paying up back taxes in the hope of realizing handsomely Hotels and restaurants are crowded with strangers and many more are ar riving daily 222i A hundred Thousand or More - That McCook has made a solid sub stantial growth during tho year just closing is fully attested by tho following exhibit which only includes improve ments amounting to 10000 or more The aggregate of smaller improvements is nfco ouito laree Another season or two like 1902 1903 would boost McCook into the 5000 class easily VFranklin residence 7000 00 Court House improvements 2500 00 M TJ Clyde residence 2500 00 P C Fuller residence 2500 00 D NV Colson residence 2500 00 J G Inglis residence 2500 00 G H Smith residonce 2500 00 Dullard Lumber Yards improvements 2000 00 C E Emerson residence and barn 1600 00 W B Fearn residenco 1500 00 Ernest Neuman residence 1500 00 Advontist Church 1500 00 J WEastman residonce 1400 00 I N Biggs residence 1400 00 Jnmes Hatfield ranch barn 1400 00 Leroy Kleven residonce 100 00 LMBost residence 1200 00 Ed Reed residence 1200 00 W F Everist residenco 1200 00 Arthur Richardreson sidonco 1200 00 GiW Norris improvements 1000 00 John F Calkins residence 800 00 McCook Brick Co improvements SOO 00 William Lewis addition 700 00 S E Callen addition C00 00 Bobinmoyer residenco C00 00 John Amen residenco 550 00 J G Schobel improvements 500 00 W S Fitch addition 450 00 Ben King barn 500 00 Roark residence 450 00 Jacob Wackor residenco 45000 C M Kent addition 400 00 Casper Frank residenco 400 00 John Amen resideuco IXX 00 Jacob Hein residenco 10 00 JF Kenyon addition 300 00 Samuel Simmons addition 00 00 William Long addition i00 00 I D Long addition 300 00 Henry Conyers residonce 300 00 Agnes Freeman barn 300 00 EJBaker addition 250 00 Charles Ebert granary 250 00 Eva Selby addition 250 00 Fred Wagner barn 250 00 F H Billings addition 250 00 C G Budig barn 200 00 Robert Moore barn 200 00 J C Ball farm house 200 00 HCJacobs barn 175 00 C It Price residenco 150 00 G C Boatman improvements 150 00 John Fahrenbruck addition 15000 Jacob Lesser addition f25 00 Roy Zint addition 100 00 Gus Markwad shop 100 00 Conrad Amen barn 100 CO G F Randol addition 100 00 Catholic Church 10000 00 McCook Brick Co improvements 5000 00 RBArchibald residenco 3500 00 James I Lee residenco and ice house 3500 00 A P Welles residenco and oilice 3500 00 Baptist Parsonage 2000 00 George E Thompson store building Ib00 00 A R Clark residenco 1 GOO 00 Marion Plummer residenco and barn 1500 00 G Hoffman residence 1300 00 John Eisenach residenco 1300 00 Ellis Ford residence 1300 00 W B Mills residence 1200 00 Jacob Schmer residence 1200 00 Mrs Adolia Hoag residonce 1100 00 I George Amen residenco 1000 00 E G Polk residenco 1000 00 TT n filnnn residenco 1C0O 00 ConEckhart residence 1000 00 j Georgo Hoffman residence 900 00 j John Wagner residenco 850 00 i Mrs La vina Finch addition 800 00 1 N McDougal residenco 800 00 John Schmidt barns 750 00 Ed Flitcraft addition 650 00 Joe Dudek residence 600 00 John Schlcct residence 500 00 F F Garlick store building 500 00 FSWilcox addition 500 00 Henry Hesterworth barn 450 00 R H Harrison residence 400 00 John Morris residenco 100 00 GAmen residenco 3G0 00 George Snyder addition 350 00 George Walker residence 350 00 Con Bauer residence 300 00 ME Knipple addition 300 00 Julius Heinz barn 275 00 Fred Wagner barn 275 00 P L Zimmer barn 275 00 Mrs Sly addition 250 00 TJSmith residence 250 00 R D Rogers residence 250 00 Frank Stillman cattlo sheds 250 00 Standard Sugar Beet Co office 250 00 John Schauerman addition 200 00 GWWatkins barn 200 00 C T Eller barn 200 00 J M Smith addition- 200 00 Jake Kline addition 200 00 Barney Lewis barn 200 00 R C Boles addition 150 00 Grinding Your Teeth on tough beefsteak is certainly annoy ing but have you tried ours Our meats are selected by careful and com petent judges of quality and we use every effort to furnish none but fresh tender and nutritious meats for our trade This is the way it is at Marshs meat market all the time Congratulations Mr John H Cullom editor of the Garland Texas News has written a letter of congratulations to the manu facturers of Chamberlains Cough Rem edy as follows Sixteen years ago when our first child was a baby he was subject to croupy spells and we would be very uneasy about him We began using Chamberlains Cough Remedy in 1887 and finding it such a reliable remedy for colds and croup we have never been without it in the house since that time We have 5 children and have given it to all of them with good results One good feature of this remedy is that it is not disagreeable to take and our babies I really like it Another is that it is not dangerous and there is no risk from giving an overdose I congratulate you upon the success of your remedy For sale bv all druggists Wm S Crane of California Md suffered for years from rheumatism and lumbago He was finally advised to try Chamberlains Pain Balm which he did and it effected a complete cure For sale by all druggists Please note The Tribunes unequalled Chicago Inter Ocean offer ends with Jan uary loth IE -4 1 H1TU PRODUCE COMPANY WAISTS YOUR Turkeys Ducks Geese Chickens and Eggs HIGHEST PRICES PAID Come in and talk with us One door south of the Tribune Office flcCOOK NEBRASKA Blue Front ifCSgg Fine Turnouts Either Single or Double Phone 36 Eear Palmer House McCook Xebraska W H ACKERMAX Prop J - S i - r V f i To the People of McCook and vi cinity I desire to express to you my ap preciation of your patronage during the year 1903 and to wish to each and every one you a Happy and Prosperous New Year H P SUTTON A specialty of office supplies The Tribune Mike Walsh DEAIER IN POULTRY and EGGS Old Rubber Copper and Brass Highest Market Price Paid in Cash Block West of Citizens Bank ricCook Nebraska SHiCSOTERS ENGLISH R0YAL PILLS Safe Always reliable Lndicx ask Drucclst Tor CIIICIIKSTKirS EXULIMi lu KeU and ioII metallic boxes sealed with blue ribbon Take no other ICcAihc dansernus iuiinanu mutation J5uvoryourDniiist or send in stamps for Iartirtilarn and Keller for B nUie in inter by return Mall 10000 Testimonials Sold by all Druggists CHICHESTER CHEMICAL CO 2200 SlsxaiHoa Square IJIIXA PA -Mention thii paper Confession is Sweet to the Soul There are difficulties in the treat ment of germ diseases Perhaps you have been the victim of the inevitable disappointments of trying so called guaranteed remndies Your Hogs Are Full Of Worms Try a quart of Liquid Koal and see what it will do Take notice how it increases the appetite- We will tell you what we want you to do Take a can of Liquid Koal and give it a fair impartial trial in the treatment of hog cholera swine plague pink eye black log or any of the other germ diseases of animals use accord ing to directions and if it is not sat isfactory when you have used a can Come Back and Get Your Money Read what others say Kearney County Nursery G A Strand Prop Grower of choice nurery stock Minden Neb- Dec 5 1902 National Medical Co York Neb About two week aco many or the farmers around here Iot very heavily by bogcholera 1 do not wish to write you a long flattering statement about your medicine but will say that I bought a quart can of Liquid Koal and the improvement was so marked that I bought a gallon can and nsed it with the re sult that my hogs all recovered and I did not lose one My herd of over 200 are in fine condition and you may put me down as a constant user of Liquid Koal U- A bTEAND He who hesitates goes back For Sale by James Cain Up-to-Date Flour and Feed Store Phone No 20 McCook Neb ad a j g j do ip MANUFACTURED BY NATIONAL MEDICAL COMPANY Sheldon Iowa York Nebraska Oklahoma City O T I In FJi h 9