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TWENTY THIRD YEAR
The Teacher Corps to Date
At a meeting of tho board of educa
tion held last week tho following teach
ers were formally chosen Miss Celia A
Gorby high school principal Miss Ger
trude Storer of Nelson assistant W E
llellelbowor assistant Miss Mary Pow
ers Miss Myrtle Jones of Brownville
Ernini Rathbun Medora Santeo Miss
Laura McMillen Miss Hnnnah Stang
land Miss Minnie Rowell Miss Mabel
Wilcox Miss Gertrude Colvin Miss Cor
al White Miss Carrie Budlong Miss
Efjlo Abbott Miss Millicent Slaby
The Tribune understands that Mrs
West Mrs Schobel and Mrs Douglass
were not applicants The old teachers
will likely nave their old positions al
though no assignments other than the
high school positions havo been made
It is understood that Miss Slaby will
havo tho South McCook school The
now teachers are Miss Jones Miss Storer
Miss Slaby of whom more in due time
Will Picnic at Cambridge
Tho Knights of Pythias will hold a
picnic at Cambridge Thursday of next
week July 21st to which all Knights
their families and friends are invited
They will go down to Cambridge on No
12 at 920 in the morning and return on
No 5 at 8 in the evening The Knights
havo made every arrangement for a de
lightful time There will be music by
the Cambridge band boating on tho
lake picnic in tho fine grove at that
place sports in plenty In fine the boys
and their friends will be out for a good
timo and they will havo it
A New Star Mall Route
August 1st a new star mail route will
be established between Indianola and
Danbury leaving Indianola at 8 in the
forenoon and arriving at Danbury at 11
oclock Return ng tho mail will leave
Danbury at 2 in tbo afternoon arriving
at Indianola at 6 oclock The route
will be covered every week day There
will be the usual service to patrons
along the line who will place suitable
boxes in convenient places for the driver
This will greatly improve service be
tween these two points and with Mc
Cook
Proposed Rural Free Delivery Route
A free rural delivery route is in pros
pect running out of McCook on the
south side The proposed route runs as
far east as the North Star school house
south to the German Lutheran church
and west to tho Fitch school house
There aro over one hundred occupied
homes along or within a mile of propos
ed route An inspector went over the
proposed line Tuesday and there seems
to be a fair prospect that the route may
be established
A Sure Thing Good Time
The A O U W and D of H second
annual basket picnic will be held at the
Water Works park in McCook Thurs
day July 21 1901 You are invited to
bring your family and friends Sports
of different kinds A good time a sure
thing Committee
Douglas Umstead Wedding
Fred Douglas of Traer Kansas and
Blanche Umstead of McCook Neb
were united in marriage Tuesday July
otb 1901 by County Judge Norris in
Oberlin Kansas They are well known
to many Tribune readers and have their
best wishes
Water Tax Notice
Third quarters water tax becomes
delinquent July 15th Ten per cent
penalty will be added to all amounts not
paid by the evening of the 19th Oflice
open from S a in to S p m July 16th
18th and 19th JEKelley Supt
New Methodist Church
The second payment on subscription
is now due It would be an appreciated
favor to the committee if the same
would be left with D C Marsh or A C
Ebert Building Committee
Missouri Apples
MrRundel will have a car of Missouri
apples on track McCook Monday July
lSth Come and sample them
Specially Low Prices
on wall paper at McMillens drug store
The census of school district 17 Mc
Cook recently completed gives the
number of inhabitants of school age as
956 Last year the total was 967
Try one of McConnells chocolate ice
cream sodas or a chocolate sundae when
dry and thirsty and youll find it reaches
the spot
Supply your customers with a drink
of cold water Coleman sells the coolers
at a very reasonable price
Best table oil cloth 15c yard including
whites and marbles at the Thompson
Dry Goods Cos
Silk gloves in black white grey tans
at the Thompson Dry Goods Cos
Coleman for fruit jars The right
kind and the right price
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE
Miss Ella Dunlap is a guest of Mrs
Clara Snyder
Mns Nellie Hulse is a guest of Mrs
E E Stnyner
Mrs R C Knox left for her home in
Alliance close of last week
Mrs C M Kent and children wont
to Red Cloud on 2 Saturday
Mrs L S Sage of Alliance is a guest
of her sister Mrs W S Morlan
Mr and Mrs Mark H Griggs will
leave next week for Finoy Mo
Mrs E O Scott returned to Repub
lican City on 2Saturdaj morning
Mrs J M Trammell went down to
Hastings yesterday morning on No 2
S E Solomon was down from Cul
bertson Wednesday evening on busi
ness
Mrs Sam Cook and Mrs Frank
Rank went to Holdrege Saturday to see
tho circus
Mrs Jacob Matz and sister returned
Saturday nightfrom visiting home folks
at Franklin
Samuel Randolph Smith of Indian
ola had legal business in the city he
loves Monday
Mrs J G Schouel and Marjory ar
rived home Monday night from their
visit in Minden
Mrs A E Pettv entertained Wed
nesday afternoon in honor of her sister
Mrs H II Miller of Denver
Ruth Warren is down from Fort
Morgan Colo guest of her grandpa
rents Mr and Mrs C B Rowell
Miss Josephine Mullen resumed the
duties of cashier and bookkeeper in tho
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Cash Bargain Store first of week
Mrs Alonzo Cone and children ar
rived home Monday from visiting a
number of weeks in eastern Nebraska
Mrs Fred S Harris and children
are here from Trenton Mo guests of her
parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Menard
Dr S C Beach went to Denver on 3
Monday night to assist in an operation
for appendicitis on Charles Beardslee
Mrs H C Clapp entertained a com
pany of lady friends at her home Tues
day afternoon with her usual cleverness
County Attorney Eldred will rep
resent Redwillow county before the state
equalization board in Lincoln next Mon
day
Fred S Harris is now connected with
the commission firm of Peycke Bros of
Kansas City Mo where the family will
now make its home
W C Miller is here from Kansas
City with an ailing daughter They are
making their home with M V Sheldon
on North Monroe street
Mrs Anna Sayers left for Omaha
Sunday night Mrs L W Stayner
went on Monday night They will go
together to Indiana and Kentucky
Mrs Barney Hofer was hostess at
the meeting of the Ladies club Wed
nesday afternoon when the club mem
bers and friends were hospitably enter
tained
RevW B Pope of Pueblo Colo state
secretary of Colorado for the Baptist
church was in the city Friday last to
consult with Rev Betts tho new mis
sionary for the Centennial state
Mrs S L Green and Mrs Cora
Kelly will entertain a company of lady
friends tomorrow at the home of the
former Mrs Kelly arrived from Iowa
close of last week on a visit to the old
home folks
Steve Bolles Jr came in from the
farm near Box Elder Wednesday even
ing to secure surgical attention A fel
low workman on the farmaccidentallycut
him in the right knee with an old rusty
scythe He is getting along o k and
expects to be back at work in a few days
L W McConnell and L C Stoll
drove over to Curtis last Thursday
to indulge briefly in the delight of fish
ing in Lake Curtis They arrived
home Sunday Dr C L Fahnestock
and C L Walker went over Saturday
on a like mission returning home on
Sunday also
V Franklin Charlie Weintz and G
B Berry were over between Danbury
and Lebanon Monday appraising sec
tion 36 in school district 36 township 1
range 27 They report crops looking
more promising as you drive near Mc
Cook than they are over in tho Beaver
valley Section 36 is on the Nebraska
Kansas states line
Gasoline stoves are a summer neces
sity Coleman has the best makes the
American market affords
McMillen druggist makes a specialty
of fine stationery writing and pencil
tablets
Use McConnells foot powder for tired
inflamed or sweaty feet in 25c boxes
40 inch canvas for 20c yard at the
Thompson Dry Goods Cos
Edgar M Rhodes Is Dead
Edgar Milton Rhodes died at 11 oclock
Wednesday morning at the Delta Upsilon
house 1436 S street after an illness of
less than four days and a half Death
was caused by typhoid malaria His
mother was at the bedside at tho time
of his death His fatherMilton Rhodes
arrived in Lincoln this afternoon from
Hebron Nob Walter Rhodes an older
brother lives at St Joseph Mo
Rhodes had been rooming and board
ing at tho Delta Upsilon house this sum
mer with a number of other members of
the fraternity He attended the Lincoln
Business College for a time and had
been playing on tho Creamery baseball
team Ho participated in the contest
between the Creamery and Ord teams
Friday afternoon and Friday evening
complained of not feeling well Ho be
came delirious Monday morning and
from then on until his death he had
only a few rational intervals
Dr F L Wilmeth was called first and
later he brought in several other physi
cians for consultation During Monday
and Tuesday the patient lived with a
fever temperature of nearly 105 and this
varied little up to tho time of his death
Edgar Rhodes was born in Hebron
December 21 1878 He graduated from
the high school there in the spring of
1S97 and matriculated in the literary
department of the state university in the
fall of that year He studied at the
university until the second semester in
1902
Dusty as ho was called by baseball
followers was well known and admired
throughout Nebraska for his athletic
skill While in the university he played
several years on the baseball teams and
was captain of the squad one year This
spring he joined one of the teams in the
All Iowa league He injured his shoul
der early in the season and was forced
to quit playing several weeks Then he
came to Lincoln and joined tho Cream
ery team
The body probably will bo taken to
Hebron Thursday and funeral services
will be held there Several of the fra
ternity men will accompany the parents
to Hebron Lincoln Star
Becomes Missionary for Colorado
Rev C R Betts pastor of the Bap
tist church of our city has been appoint
ed missionary for the state of Colorado
and has resigned the pnstorate of tho
local church Rev Betts will assume
charge of his new work about August
15th and will have his headquarters and
home in Pueblo The new position will
bring him larger duties and a wider field
with commensurate remuneration and
coming altogether unexpectedly and un
sought is particularly gratifying to the
revered gentleman and his many friends
and admirers among his pari3honers and
the people of McCook
Dr Betts zealous and energetic work
since his residence here is in evidence in
the largely incceased membership of the
First Baptist church and in the efficient
organization His energy administra
tive capacity ability as an organizer and
zeal and earnestness in the great work
are a guarantee that he will give a good
account of himself in the new and larger
field of Christian endeavor We con
gratulate him
Corrected County Valuation
The total assessed valuation of Red-
willow as corrected and as now sent in
to the state is 171021819 The total
assessment for last year was 125792943
This is an increase of 15231876 or a
fraction over 37 per cent Of the total
the railroad valuation is 38990132 or a
fraction over 22 per cent of the entire
valuation of the county There are pre
cincts in Redwillow county in which the
railroad assessment and consequently its
taxes will be double that of the real and
personal property of the entire precinct
Dwelling for Rent
The 10 room dwelling just vacated by
County Treasurer Gossard See W T
Coleman
The county treasurer is getting out
notices to all delinquents in personal
taxes for past years and as provided by
law will proceed legally against all who
fail to respond to his notice
A petition is being circulated for a
free rural delivery route out of Indianola
running northwest in the direction of
Box Elder and supplying the country
north of Red Willow
Girl Wanted To do general house
work good wages
Mrs R B Archibald
Best values in mens hats at 250
150 1 and 50c at the Thompson Dry
Goods Cos
Come and see our stock if you want
something nice in harness of any kind
Coleman
Harvest toweling 7J to 12Jc at tho
Thompson Dry Goods Cos
Sun bonnets 15 to 35c at the Thomp
son Dry Goods Cos
JUNIOR NORMAL NOTES
Miss C Estolla Goodwin supt of
Dundy county was with us Thursday
and Friday
Mrs Martin and baby joined tho pro
fessor last week and life has taken on a
more roseate huo for the professor
Frank Graves was taken sick and left
for home Palisade Wednesday He
will resume his studies on next Monday
The model school will open next Mon
day with pupils in tho second and third
gradescontinuing with them two weeks
The examination in botany is being
hold today and on next Monday morn
ing physiology will bo taken up in its
place
Rev E R Earle of St Albans church
addressed tho teachers briefly but in
happy lines during Tuesdays chapel
period
Prof Martin had two periods this
week with Edgar Allen Poo as his sub
ject much to the pleasure and profit of
tho teachers
Todays sessions close the first half of
the term Tho first half has been quite
satisfactory and it is expected that the
closing half will show even more gratify
ing results
K J Hoonshel author of a grammar
and other text books and representing
a school book publishing house spoke
to the teachers Wednesday giving one
of the best talks of tho session
Prof George Aller of the music do
partment of the Franklin academy was
here Tuesday and gave the teachers
two vocal efforts at the assembly which
were enjoyed and appreciated fully
Miss Edna Barr of Holdrege who was
accompanist at tho Holdrege normal
last year was in the city Thursday
She contemplates giving music lessons
in the city and a recital in the near fu
ture
Fred Eggert who recently quit school
to go to work has returned and taken
up the work of the normal It is a
source of satisfaction to note that a num
ber of others who withdrew some time
since have also returned
The date for the production of Queen
Etcher is still undetermined How
ever tho practices are going on with
very satisfactory results The regular
practices are held on Tuesday and Fri
day evenings of each week The can
tata is working out finely
The music program last Friday was a
very enjoyable and worthy one Prof
W J McGillin played two violin num
bers Prof Martin sang three vocal num
bers Mrs W B Mills and Mrs G H
Thomas were on for a piano duet be
sides the acceptable efforts of the nor
mal chorus
The total enrollment of the McCook
Junior Normal up to yesterday evening
was 163 The new enrollment during
this week is as follows Indianola
Earl Allen Roxie Gentry Azubah Mc
Donald Jennie Loomis Bartley Ida
Bush Benkelman Julia Huntley Dan
bury Mrs E B Young Roxy Brown
Mary Greenway Dora Greenway Leb
anon Rosa Slutt3 McCook Nettie
Endsley Winnie Brown Winnie Gordon
Trenton Frances JonesBridgetCurran
Stratton Delia Graham Palisade
Wilma Walbridge Cambridge Kath
ern Peyton
The following music prog am was ren
dered this morning at the Junior Nor-
rmal school chapel exercise and apprecia
ted by the teachers and many visitors
who were present
Chant School
Song School
Vocal solo a Two Grenadiers
b The Skinner
Mr Miller
Piano solo Spring Rustle Mrs Thomas
Song School
Vocal solo a Daddy
b The Devoted AddIo
Mrs Miller
Song School
Vocal solo fa The Bandolero
b A Stein Song
Mr Miller
Song School
March Mrs Mills
Plenty of 5c prints at the Thompson
Dry Goods Cos
Best apron check ginghams 6c at the
Thompson Dry Goods Cos
Ladies 26 inch sun and rain umbrellas
from 50c to 250 at the Thompson Dry
Goods Cos
The work of painting the Advent
church the old Methodist church is
progressing this week
Sunday July 17th there will be a cel
ebration of the Holy Commu nion at the
St Albans church at 730 a m
See W C Bullard before you let your
contract for concrete walks He has an
expert to put them down and furnishes
everything
It is said that E E DeLong will en
gage in the confectionery business in
the Strasser Stern building south of
The Tribune office
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McCOOK RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA FRIDAY EVENING JULY 15 1904
A Coming Legal Mill
T A Desmond the sporty tailor who
recently jumped tho city leaving several
unsatisfied claims and people is the
anthor of a lively legal mill to bo pulled
off next Tuesday Ho owed Mrs J T
Kondlon for board and money advanced
to the amount of 15 After his depar
ture she attached some goods and fix
tures in the Kapkeshop which Desmond
had been running Mr Kapko came in
and replevined tho goods and the matter
will be settled next Tuesday
Music Program Sunday Evening
Next Sunday evenings service in tho
Congregational church will consist
largely of music Tho chief numbers
on the program of tho evening aro the
following
Duet Martha Stiess Lota Monks
Solo H C Clapp
Duet J R McCarl S B McLean
Solo Mrs C W Britt
Anthem Choir
Public cordially invited to this servico
of song
A New Law Firm
C II Boyle and C E Eldred recently
formed a partnership in tho practice of
the law Both aro successful practition
ers in their special departments and tho
combination will make one of the lead
ing law firms in this part of the state
Tho firm will occupy the Boyle rooms
in the postofflco building
The Matter Was Settled
William Lewis was before Justice
Berry Thursday charged with selling
intoxicants to the 11-year-old son of J
W Shirley July 4th Tho case was
settled however and dismissed It is
said that the youth became quite in
toxicated on the occasion citod
Spices and Flavoring Extracts
We handle only tho best grade of
spices and as we make our own extracts
we can guarantee them strictly pure
McConnell druggist
Tho state executive committee of the
Young Mens Christian Association has
been very fortunate in securing MrLII
Lindermann as corresponding member
for McCook and community His du
ties are to interest himself as far as pos
sible in the young men of the commun
ity and those leaving home will do well
to call upon him and get from him an
introductory card which will introduce
this person to any association wherever
ho may present it He also has the
possibility of notifying any other asso
ciation in Nebraska or any part of the
world of the incoming to their commun
ity of this young man This notifica
tion will be gladly received by any as
sociation whether it bo railroad city
college army or navy Possibly no ap
pointment has been made which will
aid young men so much as this one
Tho Perry stone horses have been re
covered They were stolen and ridden
down into the Beaver valley somewhere
and the saddles and bridles removed and
the horses turned loose They were fin
ally secured at Ellis over on the south
side the animals having started home
ward No cite to the thieves
This week Zint Menard disposed of
their millinery store to ODonnell Col
fer who on Wednesday night assumed
charge of the business The Misses
ODonnell are from Stratton The other
member of the firm Mrs Mary Colfer
was too well known to require an intro
duction
Two male pilgrims were placed in the
city jail last evening charged with
stealing several pairs of pants from CL
DeGroff Cos clothing department
Some of the stolen goods were in the
possession of one of the prisoners when
the arrest was made
Either the city jail ought to be prompt
ly rendered habitable for human prison
ers or arrangements should be made
with the county authorities for use of
the county jail at the expense of the
lessors of the city hall
The Trenton telephone exchange is
now in working order with fifty names
on the exchange The line comes in
from the west
Hammocks spacious restful and com
fortableat 100 and up
A McMillen Druggist
No excuse for sewing in July Ideal
shirt waists for 50c to 6 at the Thomp
son Dry Goods Cos
Just the time of year to plant turnip
seed Colemans is the place to buy the
kind thatll grow
Concrete walks improve your property
W C Bullard is the man to let your
contract to
Gauze corsets and girdles 35c up at
the Thompson Dry Goods Cos
Gauze underwear for all people at the
Thompson Dry Goods Cos
Chop suey at McConnells fountain
Girl wanted at the Palmer hotel
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MINOR ITEMS OF NEWS
McConnells for drugs
Picnic day next Thursday
Coleman sells beet cultivators
Ripe cherries for sale Phone 53
Everything in drugs McConnell
Horse covers and fly nets at Waitos
See tho Ocean Wave washer before
buying
I guarantee my concrete walks W C
Bullard
Room for rent over tho market See
D C Marsh
If you need a hay stacker see tho one
Coleman sells
Tho Great Majestic Rango is tho
greatest stove made
Dont scald your fingers buy a fruit
funnel at Colemans
When you need fly nets try Coleman
and see what will happen
Childrens gauze union suits at tho
Thompson Dry Goods Cos
Local news of importance on every
homo page of The Tkihune
High grade organ for sale cheap Must
be sold Inquire at this office
Tho Deering hay rakes aro all made
from steel Light and strong
Refrigerators a nice variety of the
best in the market Coleman
Cool and airy dressing sacque3 50c to
1 at the Thompson Dry Goods Cos
A specialty of office supplies
The Tribune
The new stock of single harness is all
right for those driving wagons at W T
Colemans
The gathering of the cherry crop still
calls for more sun bonnets 15 to 35c at
the Thompson Dry Goods Cos
Lost Pair of gold rimmed spectacles
Case has name of C A Leach on same
Reward for return to this oflice
Can you spare time to make wrappers
this time of year Buy them ready
made at the Thompson Dry Goods Cos
The small grain harvest is now well
on Rust is reported in some localities
as having quite severely damaged the
crop
The operation of C G Coglizers
artificial stonemaking plant has been
delayed by inability to secure the neces
sary moulds
See W C Bullard before you let your
contract for concrete walks He has an
expert to put them down and furnishes
everything
This i3 the cholera morbus season
Keep a bottle of McConnells black
berry balsam in the house and be pre
pared for it
The law in Nebraska requires a man to
wear clothes Mens suit3 3350 to 1350
Boys suits 85c to 4 at the Thompson
Dry Goods Cos
Dont these hot days remind you of
ce cream Well it takes a good freezer
to make a good article of cream CoIes
man dont sell any other kind
When using Lincoln Absolutely Pure
Paint you have a guarantee as to dura
bility and general satisfaction
A McMillen
The total revenues of Indianola city
for the year ending April 30 1901 were
150114 which includes 500 liquor
license The estimate of expenses for
the year ending April 30 1905 i3 1500
Among the attractions and diversions
of the A O U W picnic July 21stwill
be maneuvers by the drill teams of the
two orders a goat parade music by a
band addresses a drill by twenty uni
formed young girls etc It will all be
worthwhile
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