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PUBLICATION NOTICE
E S Hrown receiver of the Northwestern
Manufacturing and Car Company defendant
will take notice that Joseph II king plaintiff
heroin has tiled his petition in the district
court of Red Willow countv Stato of Nebraska
nqainst the above named defendant the object
and prayer of which are that a certain indenture
of mortgage executed on the seventeenth day of
August 1887 by one John F Clark and Mary
Clark his wife to the said h B Brown receiver
of the North western manufacturing and Cur
Company purporting to convey to tho said E
S Brown receiver of the Northwestern Manu
facturing and Car Company the following do
scribed renl estate situated in Red Willow
county State of Nebraska to wit Tho south
half of tho northeast quarter and tho south
half of tho northwest quarter ofsection fifteen in
township three north in range twonty six west
of the sixth Principal Meridian to secure tho
payment of the sum of ono thousand four hun
dred and fifteen dollars recorded in book 9 at
page 407 of tho mortgage record of said county
bo adjudged to be no lien upon said promises
and that plaintiffs titlo to said premises bo
quieted against said defendant
You uro required to answer said petition on or
Monday tho 26th duy of Fobruary 1906
Dated this 18th day of January 1906
John H King Plaintiff
By W S Morlan his attorney
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of tho Interior land office at Lin
coln Nebraska December 20 1905 Notice is
hereby given that the following named settler
has filed notice of his intention to make final
proof in support of his claim and that said
proof will be made before register and receiver
at Lincoln Nebraska on January 27 1906 viz
Thomas McQuay who filed D S No 314 for the
northeast quarter of the southeast quarter and
lot 2 section 23 and the northwest quarter ot
the southwest quarter and southwest quarter
of tho northwest quarter of section 24 township
3 north range 29 west of the 6th P M Ho
names tho following witnesses to prove his con
tinuous residence upon and cultivation of said
land viz Isaac J Starbuck of McCook Nob
Jacob Harshbergor of McCook Nebraska Will
iam Hyatt of McCook Nebraska Richard John
ston of McCook Nebraska
W A Gbeen Register
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your past favors and solicits your
future patronage
And quit wondering what that
new house barn or granary would
cost but come in and let us figure
it for you and you will be sur
prised to learn that you have been
making a monntain out of a mole
hill
M O McCLURE
Phone No 1 Manager
NOTICE OF A SPECIAL ELECTION
Tho qualified electors of tho city of McCook
Red Willow county Nebraska are notified Mint
u special election will bo held in said city on
Tuesday Fobruary 27 1906 between tho hours
of nine oclock a in and seven oclock p in
central standard time for the purpose of sub
mitting to tho qualified electors of said city the
following proposition
Jsliall the city of McCook Red Willow county
Nebraska borrow money and itsuo the bonds of
said city in tho sum of ten thousand dollars on
thofiistdiiy of May 1906 in a series of 50JOU
each bearing interest at five per cent por annum
payable on tho flrt day of May of each jear
after tho issue thuroof tho principal and inter
est payable nt the fiscal agency of the state of
Nebraska in the city of New York Said bonds
to mature on tho first day of May 1926 provided
that any or all of said bonds may bo redeemed
at any tinio after tho first day of May 1911 ut
the option of the city of McCook Shall the
mayor and council of tho city of McCook an
nually ut tho time required bv law for making
estimates for the levy of taxes for city purposes
und in addition thereto levy n tax of two mills
on the dollar valuation of the taxable property
within the limits of the city of McCook both
real nnd personal to pay the interest on said
bonds and to create a sinking fund to pay said
bonds to bo known as the sewer tax Said bonds
to be sold at not less than par or face value
and the proceeds applied to the construction of
the main sewer of McCook sewer sstem The
proposition to bo submitted upon tho ballots to
be For Sewer Bonds and Sewer Tax Against
Sewer Bonds and Sewer Tax The votinu
place of tho first ward will be the basement of
the Commercial hotel and the second ward at
tho hose house
Authorized by the mayor and council of tho
city of McCook
W A Middleton City Clerk
NOTICE
In tho matter of the application of Melissa
Porter formerly Malissa Pelton guardian of
Edward N Pelton minor heir of Charles H
Pelton deceased for leave to sell real estate
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance with
the order of the Hon R C Orr judge of tho
district court of Red Willow county Nebraska
made on the 15th day of January 1906 for tho
sale of tho real estate hereinafter described
there will be sold at public vendue to the high
est bidder for cash at the front door of tho
court house at McCook Red Willow county Ne
braska on tho 17th day of February A D 1906
at the hour of oue oclock p m of said day tho
interest of said minor being the undivided one
third interest in the following described real
esrate to wit The northeast quarter of section
thirty ono 31 township one lnorth of range
twenty six 26 Red Willow county Nebraska
The interest of said minor will be sold for cash
and said sale will remain open one hour
Dated this 15th day of January 1906
Malissa Poetek
Formerly Malissa Pelton guardian of the
estate of Edward N Pelton a minor
By J E Kelley her attorney
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Notice is hereby given that the county com
missioners of Red Willow county will receive
sealed bids for tho printing of commissioners
proceedings legal notices and delinquent taxes
for the year 1906 parties receiving contract to
furnish good and sufficient bond for the faith
ful performance of said contract Said bids to
be filed with the county clerk on or before noon
February 5th 1906 and to be endorsed thereon
Bids for county printing for the year 1906 The
commissioners reserve the right to reject any
and all bids
Dated this 9th day of January 1906
E J Wilcox County Clerk
ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES OF BED WILLOW COUNTY
FOB 1906
County general fund 18000 00
Bridgo fund 9000 00
Roadfund 5000 00
Soldiers relief 500 no
Willow Grovo precinct bonds 1100 00
North Valley precinct bond 300 00
Bartley village bonds 500 00
McCookCity bond S00 00
School district bonds 9000 00
E J Wilcox County Clerk
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still of human hair The rock scalers
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cliffs during the rock scalers descent
A curiosity collector wanted to buy
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THE ESKIMO SMOKER
lie Dearly Lovcn Tolmcco nnd Rot a
Mite of It Ih Wonted
No man Is fonder of tobacco than an
Eskimo said an arctic traveler The
Eskimo depends for his tobacco solely
on the white man For a pound of it
he would sell his oldest son
It is odd to see an Eskimo smoke
He chops his tobacco fine and mixes It
with chopped willow twigs so as to
make it go further Then he cleans out
with a picker of bone the small stone
bowl of his pipe and then he plucks a
lock of hair from his deerskin suit and
rams it down in the bottom of the pipe
bowl so as to prevent any of the finely
chopped tobacco from escaping into the
stem
Finally he lights the pipe and smokes
it In a swift series of long strong puffs
so that there may be no waste Each
puff is inhaled deep down into the
lungs and the first puffs smoke Is still
streaming from the nostrils long after
another puff has been started There
must be you see no waste There
must be none of that vain combustion
of tobacco without benefit to the smok
er which goes on continually among us
Often the most experienced Eskimo
will smoke so hard and fast that tears
will stream from his eyes he will cough
violently and sometimes vertigo and
nausea will seize him New York
Press
Animals That Are Alwnys Enemies
Many animals are born with an in
herent antipathy for other animals
The excessive fear shown by young
rabbits which for the first time smell a
ferret and of young turkeys which
hear the shrill cry of a hawk they
have never heard or seen before are
proved examples of the strength of
these instinctive antipathies But the
case of the weasel and rat is perhaps
more to be noticed because of the great
er equality of the antagonists The
feud is so bitter that a meeting be
tween them almost certainly means
death to one or both Friendships are
not uncommon between the cat and
dog and have been known between a
dog and wolf but the mutual attitude
of the weasel and rat is invariably Avar
war that is waged to the death
The Word NnprKet
Nugget was formerly used to sig
nify a bit or lump of anything as a
nugget of tobacco Nowadays how
ever it is used principally of gold as it
comes from the mine This use Is Aus
tralian Governor Sir William Deni
son of Australia wrote in 1852 In
many Instances the gold is brought to
market in lumps or nuggets as they
are called In Queensland there is
a peculiar use of the word unknown in
the rest of Australia There when a
man appropriates unbranded calves he
Is said to be nuggeting
He Understood
Paul Louis Courier when bitterly as
sailed by a French professor quietly
remarked I fancy he must be vexed
He calls me Jacobin rebel plagiarist
thief poisoner forger leper madman
Impostor calumniator llbeler a hor
rible filthy grimacing ragpicker I
gather what he wants to say He
means that he and I are not of the
same opinion and this Is his only way
of putting It
The Kind She Wanted
Husband Anything you want in
town today my dear Shall I order
some more of that self rising flour
Wife We have plenty left but I wish
you would stop at a registry office and
order me a self rising servant girl
Illustrated Bits
Preparing the Soil
I notice the young Widow Pretty
man doesnt have her widows weeds
so much in evidence now
No shes clearing those weeds away
I believe she sees signs of a second crop
Df orange blossoms Philadelphia
Ledger
Thats Why
You say you conceal nothing from
your wife
Absolutely nothing
And why do you not
It is evident that you do not know
my wife Houston Post
Nothing can bring you peace but
yourself nothing can bring you peace
but the triumph of principles Emer
New Men and
New Methods
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Dip
omacy
MONG the Important subjects be
fore congress Is that of reform
and reorganization in the diplo
matic and consular service It
happens that at the time this subject Is
under consideration important changes
are pending in the personnel of our
diplomatic force New men and new
methods and promotions for faithful
service will it is hoped tend to Increase
the prestige of the United States abroad
and develop nnd strengthen Internation
al friendship and business relations
Among the diplomats who are sched
uled for promotion are the ambassador
to Brazil David E Thompson the min
ister to Japan Lloyd C Griscoin the
minister to Turkey John G A Leish
man the minister to Switzerland Da
vid Jayne Hill and the third assistant
secretary of suite Herbert II D Peirce
Mr Peirce will be the first minister of
the United States to Norway and Mr
Thompson it is expected will be pro
moted from the Brazilian embassy to
that of Mexico a post which the growth
of the Mexican republic and our in
creased relations with it have rendered
a most responsible one Mr Griscoms
services at the court of the mikado will
be rewarded it is thought by promo
tion to the Brazilian embassy and It
is supposed to be the presidents plan
that Mr Leishman shall be the first
ambassador to Japan
The post of ambassador to Brazil will
be of especial importance in the near
future in view of the fact that the pan
American congress Is to assemble at
Bio Janeiro for Its next session It is
tho earnest desire that the good work
of cementing friendship between the
different countries of pan America shall
go on and to that end it is highly de
sirable that diplomatic and consular
posts in countries to the north and
south of us shall be suitably filled
The subject of consular reform is one
that is engaging the especial attention
of the new secretary of state Elihu
Root The bill providing for reform
and reorganization of the consular
service known as the Lodge bill aims
to classify the service and abolish
many abuses now connected with it
Its effect would it is believed be to
provide greater incentives to good
work on the part of our consular agents
than now exist and thus increase our
foreign trade
In the diplomatic service the most
pressing need is said to be that of
JOHN G A IiEISHMAK
homes for our diplomatic representa
tives in the great capitals of the world
Uncle Sam pays Whitelaw Reid 17
500 a year for representing him at the
court of St James and Mr Held pays
17000 a year rent for his house in
London That leaves 500 for keeping
up the establishment entertaining the
numerous guests and paying the gro
cery meat and wine bills Besides the
embassy home in London Mr Reid
has a country house Wrest Park
where he goes to enjoy the seclusion
and rest which even an ambassador
occasionally needs Conditions some
what similar exist at the other leading
European capitals The dignity of the
great American nation has to be sup
ported abroad somehow and under the
circumstances only rich Americans can
do it This state of things is held to
be inconsistent with the genius of our
republican institutions
It is maintained that if the bill Intro
duced in the house of representatives
by Representative Nicholas Longworth
of Ohio were to become a law it would
be possible to appoint comparatively
poor men to important diplomatic posts
if desired The bill authorizes an ex
penditure of not to exceed 5000000 in
building homes for American represent
atives abroad In introducing it Con
gressman Longworth said
It Is an open and notorious fact that
with the very small salaries paid our
diplomatic envoys in comparison with
those of other countries none but very
rich men can aspire to these offices
that no marof however great learning
experience or ability can represent this
country abroad unless he be a man of
great wealth No matter how much
salaries might be Increased there would
always be an evidence of the wealth
of each particular Incumbent according
to the style of residence he occupied
If however a suitable and dignified
official residence be given to each of
our diplomatic envoys then at least so
far as external appearances are con
cerned the rich man and the poor man
will appear alike
THE BACKBONE
Its Hlntorr Linked With a Theory of
Animal Evolution
The history of the backbone like that
Of hiost life Is not altogether a majes
tic upward evolution It has its trage
dies and its setbacks its hopes and fail
ures In the waters along our seashor
are creatures some sponge or lichen
like others with strange bulhlik
bodies growing on the end of lonr
stalks But they hold a secret from
the crabs and snails which crawl about
and when the fishes brush against them
If their poor dull sense only knew
it they might claim a blood brother
hood When they were young for a lit
tle while a gristly cord was theirs also
but this with all the hopes that such u
beginning brings of fish of bird of
man even soon melted away and there
they nod and sway In the watery cur
rents never to know of the opportunity
which nature has snatched from them
why who can tell
In sharks the backbone has become
jointed and flexible and a rude kind of
skull Is present but still more impor
tant is the presence of four fins which
correspond to the four legs of lizards
and to the wings and legs of birds A
curious basket like skeleton protects the
delicate gills and it is probable that
this existed long before the limbs ap
peared All is still of gristly cartilage
In the higher fishes bone replaces the
cartilage and when the lowly tadpole
flshlike at first swimming about by
means of the fin around his tail pushes
forth his legs and climbs upon the land
our skeleton Is well on Its way back
ward Reptiles of old took to trees
Their backbone grew less flexible so
that they might safely sail through the
air feathers replaced scales two fin
gers of each hand were lost and one
from each foot teeth disappeared a
beak of horn proved best Intelligence
increased and the forehead rose high
and behold a bird Outing Magazine
BATTLE OF MARATHON
The Most Decisive Day In the His
tory ot the World
The single day In the worlds history
which was fraught with the most tre
mendous consequences to mankind was
the day on which the battle of Mara
thon was fought The handful of tiny
states that Inhabited Greece had devel
oped faculties which indicated that
man had advanced another stage to
ward the highest Ideals
Foremost among those little nations
was Athens which state too contained
the germs of human freedom It was
the forerunner of the democracies of
the world But the very existence of
Athens and Greece was threatened by
the huge barbaric empire of Persia
Darius had sent out his hordes of war
riors to add the Grecian states to his
vast dominions Face to face his forces
met the Athenians on the plains of
Marathon
Hitherto invincible in the field the
Persians looked upon the little army
opposed to them with contempt The
Greeks themselves hesitated to hazard
a battle with the conquerors of the
world Their generals debated the
question and the decision to fight the
Persians was caused by the eloquence
of the immortal Miltiades He led his
10000 Greeks against the Persian host
and gained a decisive victory The glo
rious day of Marathon beat back the
advancing tide of eastern despotism
and barbarism and saved the freedom
and civilization of the western world
Pearsons Weekly
A Kings Ruse
Alfonso king of Aragon was one
day examining the different articles in
his jewelers shop in company with
many ladles of his court He had
scarcely left the house when the jew
eler missed a diamond of great value
and ran after him complaining of the
theft The king not willing publicly
to disgrace any of his attendants com
manded a large basin full of sand to
be brought him into which he directed
each person to put In the hand clinched
and to draw it out flat By this means
the diamond was left In the sand un
known by whom
Calclnm
Calcium was first made in minute
quantities by Humphry Davy In the
new process chloride of calcium is
placed in a receptacle and fused by
electrolysis An iron cathode forms a
basis upon which the molten calcium
deposits Itself and the once rare metal
builds itself up into an irregular rod
resembling a cabbage stalk When the
stalk has grown to the right length It
is chipped off and dipped in paraffin
wax to preserve it from the action of
the air
Three Strange nnd Remarkable Men
As Dumas the grandfather prided
himself more upon his wonderful
strength and skill in athletics than
his generalship as Dumas the second
prided himself more upon his knowl
edge of cookery than the authorship of
The Three Musketeers so Dumas
the third prided himself more upon his
knowledge of art than upon the writ
ing of La Dame aux Camelias They
were three strange and remarkable
men
At Their Own Expense
Do you joke writers ever make jokes
at your own expense
For the first few years all our jokes
are made that way After that If
were lucky we get paid for em
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