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By F M KIMMELL
-Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co
Subscription 1 a Year in Advance
The 39th annual grand lodge meeting
K of P wus held in Lincoln this week
The Holdrege Progress is now issuing
a neat five column daily edition the ini
tial number appearing Monday of last
week
The Republican state convention has
been called for Lincoln Wednesday
August 22 Rod Willow county is en
titled to seven delegates
Culbertson High School Won
Tho McCook high school base ball
team drove up to Culbertson Saturday
afternoon and lost a gamo to the Cul
bertson high school lads by a score of
10 to G
Tho locals did not get into the game
until about the middle of the game the
Culbertson lads having made nine runs
in the four innings to a nice row of
goose eggs for McCook In ttic suc
ceeding five innings Culbertson was
held down to one run but McCook only
succeeded in having six men cross the
home plate
This was the locals first game of the
season and they bad little or no team
practice which worked o their discom
fiture on more than occasion
Miss Storer and Miss Daigh of the
teacher corps accompanied the boys as
did a number of twelfth and eleventh
grade girls
Babe Campbell of McCook umpir
ed the game
Another game will be played on the
home diamond Saturday a week when
the locals hope to wipe out the stain and
sting of defeat and then some
The boys came home with a well
defined impression that Culbertsons
supply of calorized oxygen is quite in
exhaustible
Hocker Garllck
Mr Clarence M Hocker of Cedaredge
Colo and Miss Mamie G Garlick of
St Ann Frontier county were united
in marriage at the home of J M Somer
ville near this citySunday May 6th at
5 oclock p m Rev M B Carman
officiating Mr Hocker is a successful
stockman of western Colorado Miss
Garlick has been a valued school teachpr
in her neighborhood They departed for
their home in Colorado Monday night
on No 3 An elegant four course sup
per was served the guests at the Somer
ville home
The Proof of the Pudding
Well you know it is not in chewing
the string This holds good in meats as
well as in puddings The B M meat
market guarantees you the best the
market affords in the meat line in any
and all kinds of meats They throw in
liberal and courteous treatment and
prompt delivery Yon will find the
market at the old stand first door south
of the Walsh block We bespeak a liber
al portion of your patronage during the
new year David Magner Prop
Notice
To My Friends and Patrons
On account cf sickness I am unavoid
ably called away from McCook and
will therefor have to discontinue my
Veterinery Practice for at least a short
Time For the benefit of those wishing
to correspond with me while absent my
address will be Mountain Grove Mo
Hoping to be able to soon return lam
Very respectfully
5 4 3ts Wm B Hoag
Another Rehearing of Famous Case
The Nebraska supreme court has re
cently granted a motion for rehearing in
the damage case of James McAdams vs
The City of McCook This is the fourth
time the supreme court has passed on
this case reversing itself even The
district court of Red Willow county will
consequently take another crack at it
A First Class Plumber
John Hunt of tho new plumbing es
tablishment has secured the services
of a first class plumber this week Best
of work guaranteed
Have you weakness of any kind
stomach back or any organs of the
body Dont dope yourself with ordi
nary medicine Hollisters Rocky Moun
tain Tea is the supreme curative power
35 cents tea or tablets
LWMcConnell
BEGGS BLOOD PURIFIER
CURES catarrh of the stomach
The Only Food
-children never tire of
CALIFORNIA
WHEATO
f fPJakeci Wheat Food
f Cooks in twommutet
Jt never palls even on the
most fitful appetite
In tiro pound packages Sealed to protect J
purity and flavor All eood grocers
THE BLUEFISH BRIGADE
What Happen When the Bines Make
n Cliarse Upon Menhaden
When menhaden or herring are
driven upon the beach by blueflsh as
they often are so that they can be
carried off by the cart load said a
fisherman there Is very seldom found
among them one of their pursuers and
If one is found It is likely to be a fish
that Is diseased or that has been hurt
in some way The blueflsh follows to
the very verge of the water but there
it stops and it Is so powerful and
alert a swimmer that close as it is It
still easily keeps clear of the land
The menhaden or herring are no mean
swimmers They could come as close
and keep off the shore aseasily as the
blueflsh do but not when the blueflsh
are after them Then they are like
men pursued to the edge of a preci
pice It is almost certain death to
jump but they must do that or turn
and take the chances of breaking
through the pursuing line
When the blueflsh there may be
3000 or 4000 of them together sight
a school of menhaden they go for it
like a brigade of heavy cavalry cut-
ting and slashing snapping and bitin
right and left The menhaden are sim
ply overborne by superior weight and
there is nothing for them to do but
flee If they are driven toward the
shore the land is to them what the
precipice would be to the man They
must take it or they must turn and try
to fight their way through Many do
turn and try to swim under or over
or around the savage blueflsh and
some escape in this way and some are
snapped up and some are maimed and
then cast ashore and many of them
crowding together are so closely press
ed that they are practically forced
ashore
Sometimes fish that are not cast up
very far flop down into the water
again A high wave may set some
free A fish thus liberated may find
its fins so damaged that it cant swim
and it is cast up again Weakened by
its rough experience it may fall a prey
to some
offshore
News
One of
of the blueflsh yet lingering
It niaj escape New York
SERIES OF SHIPWRECKS
T he Mont Singular Chain of Marine
Accidents on Record
The most singular series of ship
wrecks on record began with the loss
of the English merchantman Mermaid
which was driven on the rocks of Tor
res strait in Octobar 1S29 The officers
and crew cluug to the shattered vessel
which was held fast upon a sunken
ledge until a few minutes before the
doomed ship went to pieces a passim
frigate picked them up
The Swiftsure as the latter craft
was called resumed her northward
course to be foundered in a terrific
gale three days later
Her combined crews were saved bj
the warship Governor Ready en voy
age to India May IS 1S30 The last
named overtaken Ty a storm was
stranded on a barren coast her threa
crews to a man succeeding in reach
ing the shore
After staying a week on the inhos
pitable island they were taken off by
the revenue cutter Comet which a few
days later sprang a leak and sank in
spite of all efforts to save her
Fortunately a rescue ship was again
on hand the four crews baing saved
by the Jupiter
Even then however the chain of dis
asters was not broken for the Jupiter
just as she was entering the harbor of
Port Raffle turned turtle and went
down with scarcely a moments warn
ing Her crews barely escaped witn
their lives to be picked up by boat
sent to their aid
Thus the crew of the Mermaid was
wrecked five times in one vojage that
of the Swiftsure four times of the
Governor Ready three times and the
Comet twice
The rescues had been purely acciden
tal in every case none of the ships
having bean sailing as a consort or
even to the same port
Though the weather had been tem
pestuous and the escapes barely made
not a life had been lost
Safe
In a mediaeval German tale it says
that the parish council of a small vil
lage met one evening to discuss cer
tain improvements in the water sup
ply In this debate the towns one
watchman entered the room quietly
placed in a corner his lantern and
spear and sat down to listen to the ar
gument Suddenly a councilman turn
ed to him fiercely
Fritz he cried what are you doing
here Who is to watch that nothing is
stolen In the village
Fritz with an easy smile answered
Who is there to steal anything We
are all -here
An
the
Odd
best
House
known
houses in
Northamptonshire England was de
signed to represent the days weeks
and quarters of the year It has four
wings facing the four quarters of the
heavens to represent the four quarters
of the year 3G5 windows one for each
day fifty two chimneys one for each
week and seven entrances to repre
sent the seven days of the week
Pretension
The world is his who can see through
Its pretension What deafness what
stone blind custom what overgrown
error you behold is there only by your
sufferance See it to be a lie and you
have already dealt it its mortal blow
Emerson
In England under the Tudors the
man who gave to a beggar was fined
and the recipient of the gift was pun
ished
THE PALACE OF DOOM
STRANGE LEGEND OF A MYSTERIOU3
STATUE IN ROME
It Pointed the Way to a Scene of
Silent and Dazzling Splendor The
Fate ot the Mun Who Solved the
Enigrma of the Finger 3Ieftuffc
There stood In Rome many ages ago
a beautiful marble statue the mystery
of which attracted the attention of all
the wise men from far and near No
body could remember when it had been
erected and nobody knew what it
meant
It was the figure of a woman tall
strong and supple She stood erect
with her right arm outstretched her
mantle falling in graceful folds about
her figure on her face a look half
smile half frown luring yet appeal
ing but always holding the observer
by a strange feeling that it roused of
mystery glory and horror
But even all that written so clearly
in the mystic signs that art uses might
have been overlooked by the people
had it not been for a more material
puzzle presented by the statue On the
third finger of the outstretched hand
was written in unfading letters Strike
here And therein lay the mystery
Years came and went and wise men
puzzled their brains to find the secret
Seers from faroff lands came to Rome
attracted by the statue and still it
stood mute cold inexplicable
One day a young man stood before
it He had grown up with the idea of
solving the mystery uud each day
since he was a little child he had como
for a few moments and stood silently
gazing at the strange countenance
lie had learned to love the face the
wise lips that looked as if they might
part and tell the secret that ages had
yearned to know but through these
ages only he had been sincere in his
search Faithful through all disap
pointments he had gained strength and
wisdom and now as he stood before the
statue the sun halfway up the eastern
sky shone full upon the image
A strange thrill passed through the
man and looking in the direction in
dicated by the pointing finger he saw
some yards away the shadow of the
outstretched hand on the ground He
gave a low cry and after noting tho
spot well he departed
That night at midnight he went to
the place and began to dig in tho
ground where the shadow of the hand
had fallen A long time he worked
never ceasing his digging when sud
denly his spade struck something hard
Then his zeal increased and clear
ing a space he saw beneath him a trap
door with a great stone ring Grasp
ing the ring he pulled open the door
and started back dazzled for a flood
of light burst upon him from out of
the depths
Quickly recovering the young man
looked again and beheld a wide mar
ble staircase descending from the trap
door Throwing down his spade he
passed through the door down tho
steps and found himself in a vast hall
The floor of this room was of marble
pure white while the walls and ceiling
were of the same material in many
colors The huge pillars upholding the
vast dome shone like alabaster Rare
paintiugs hung upon the walls and
rich rugs lay strewn upon the floor
In the center of the room a fountain
stood The water in its basin was as
pure as crystal but not a ripple stirred
its surface and no pleasant lapping
charmed the ear as it does when water
falls from on high for though the
fountain was apparently perfect no
water rose from it to fall again
On seats running around this silent
fountain were many men in rich bro
cades and costly fur robes Lifelike
they looked but to the touch they were
as marble It was as if in the midst of
life death had come and petrified these
beings in mockery
Around on tables and benches were
scattered piles of gold and precioas
gems Delicate enameled vases and
swords inlaid with gems added their
wealth to the place
But rarest of all the gems was a
great carbuncle which stood in a cor
ner of the room and from which came
the sole light by which the place was
relieved from darkness In the corner
opposite to this stone stood an archer
his bow bent his arrow on the string
aimed at the carbuncle On his bow
shining with reflected light were the
words
I am that I am My shaft is in
evitable Yon glittering jewel cannot
escape its stroke
As he looked on all this in silent won
der the young Roman heard a voice ut
ter one word Beware
Then he passed into the next room
and found it fitted up as magnificently
as the one he had just left All man
ner of couches were about this room
and reclining on them were wonder
fully beautiful women But their lips
were sealed in this place of silence
From there he passed on finding
many more wonders rooms filled with
treasures of art stables filled with fine
horses granaries filled with forage
Everything that could make a palace
complete was there
The young Roman returned to the
hall
I have here seen he said what
no man will believe I know that of
this wealth I should take nothing but
to prove to them that I speak truth can
be no harm
Then he took In his arms a jeweled
sword and some rare vases but sud
denly all was dark
The charm was broken The arrow
had left the bow and shattered the car
buncle into a thousand pieces Pitch
darkness overspread the place
Theilihe young man reriiembered tlie
warning ijnt too late And there he
probabljj jadfjs one more to the silent
watcherffla the magic chamber
Has this story a moral Let those
answer who have eyes to see
or
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Great display of almost every kind of goods for summer wear and we can fit
you out in everything to wear except ladies hats or bonnets and call your especial
attention lto the following lines which we believe we lead all other merchants in
Underskirts
Silks in black and colors Black Sateen all styles and prices
Our stock of Summer Wash Goods is now in consists of a great variety
of beautiful patterns at very moderate prices Also a large and desir
able line of Silks Summer Suitings Many pretty patterns for waists
and shirt waist suits
Underwear
Light weights in great variety of styles plain and trimmed with laces and
and embroidery in single garments and suits all grades and prices
Knit Underwear union suits with long sleeves or sleeveless A large
assortment to select from
Corset Covers
In a variety of styles both muslin and knit
Our lines are complets for men women and children almost anything
one could wish for plain and fancy and most desirable styles
For ladies and misses an unusually large line and in the latest styles in
mixed suitings plain colors and panance mohair black silk batiste
serges cravenette etc
By the yard Matting Rugs Curtain Oil Cloth See them and get our prices
Our Grocery Department
Is always up todate with fresh clean goods and our prices in every
department always as low if not lower than others
JHGRANNI
ciy church announcements
Christian Sunday school at 1 and
Christian Endeavor at il oclock every
Sunday morning All are welcome
Episcopal Services on Sunday at 11
a in and 8 p m Evening prayer at
730 oclock Wednesday All are wel
come to these services
E R Eakle Rector
Catholic Order of services Mass
8 a m Mass and sermon 1000 a m
Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday
school 230 p m Every Sunday
J J Lodghban Pastor
Congregational Sunday school at
10 am Preaching at 11 a m with ser
mon by the pastor Christian Endeavor
at 7 p m Union evening service at the
Methodist church All are cordially
invited to attend these services
Geo B Hawkes Pastor
Baptist Sunday school at 10 a m
Preaching next Sunday at 11am There
will be no preaching in the evening on
account of the Union meeting in the
M E church B Y P U will meet
at 7 p m Prayer service every Wed
nesday evening at 8 p m
A A Holmes Pastor
Methodist Sunday school at 10 am
Lesson Mark 51 20 Preaching at 11
a m Class at 12 Howe Smith leader
Junior League at 3 p m Y M C A
mens meeting Epworth League at 7
Union meeting at 8 p m State Secre
tary of the Y M C A speaker Prayer
meeting Wednesday night at 8 oclock
Sunday school and preaching in South
McCook next Sunday
M B Carman Pastor
To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take laxative bromo quinine tablets
All druggists refund the money if it fails
to cure E W Groves signature is on
each box 25c
Depredations of Tex o ot
Citizen oi JIcuea and adjoining
counties of Texas are in a state of ter
ror because of the depredations of
coyotes which are killing scores of
cattle Worse than that the slinking
brutes are spreading hydrophobia
ara ig the stock A man living in Til
den was bitten by an Infected colt and
died in a few days Ways and means
of getting rid of the peats are being
considered
Corn Stubble Cut Throat
L T Davis a farmer living near
West Union W Va had his throat
cut -by a corn stubble and almost bled
to death before assistance reached him
While hauling fodder he fell from his
wagon his throat striking the sharp
pointed stubble A tearing gash waa
the result
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PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES
There are some good books in the
Traveling Library
Squirrels and other fur beavers
Habits of chipmonk wood chuck hare
muskrat skunk fox weasel mink rac
coon porcupine opossum and wild mice
I Fifteen colored illustrations
Canoemates Adventures of two
boys who take their canoes through the
Florida waters and learn many interest
ing things
Midshipman Farragut Story of
two years of Admiral Farraguts boy
life on Commodore Porters ship during
war of 1812
Famous painters and paintings
with designs after works by Raj haei
Correggio Titian and other masters
Catalogue of important paintings and
their locations Discussion of the
merits and peculiarities of these men and
the circumstances of their times
Historical tales E n c 1 i s h True
stories of heroic and romantic events in
English history from Saxon times to
present century
Last of the Mohicans Second of
Leatherstocking tales Story of
adventures among New York Indians
during the French and Indian war
COURT HOUSE NEWS
MARRIAGE licenses
Alfred B Greenleaf McCook Xeb
Gortrude L Holt
Married by Rev A A Holmes
Samuel McGooden Wauneta Neb
Viva L Denny Eureka Xeb
Charlie McCollmn i Hartley Xeb
Dora B Porter Indianola Xeb
Married by Rev M B Carman
Clarence M Hocker Cedar Edge Colo
Mamie G Garlick i St Ann Xeb
Married by Rev M B Carman
Edward SBj field Indianola Xeb
Ethel M Middleton McCook Xeb
Henry T Williams l Danbury Xeb
uauae i wiuaieton J McCook Xeb 22
COUNTY COURT
May 5th final hearing was had in the
Alexander Campbell estate A decree of
distribution was rendered and discharge
of executrix
May 7th the will of August Droll was
probated and allowed and Edward Droll
was made executor of the estate
CASH TALKS
Our currency is sound and honest
why shouldnt it talk You
wont find a better audience for
your money than we can give you
for we appreciate your wants val
ue your patronage and will give
you the whole worth of your mon
ey Of course yon can guess the
place
The Ideal Bargain Depot
Opposite P O McCook
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Phone 16
McCOOK NEB
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Real Estate Transfers
The following real estate filings have
been made in the county clerks office
since last Thursday evening
J W Fawcett to J M Brush wd se qr
3400 00
J Wall to W Wall
wd nw qr ne qr ne
nwqr 29 228 j oq
Wall to J Wall wd und hf inst in ne
qr 28 328 x W
C F Lehn to L Dixon wd se qr 6-3-29 2000 00
D S Farnham to A C Holcomb dn
hfneqr 7-4-28 400 000
F J Zajicek to H C Shriner wd lot 12
blk 5 lsc McCook 1650 00
W C Schenck to T J Pate wd lot 4
blk 32 2nd McCook 1700 00
L L Co H Kennedy wd lot 8 blk
242nd McCook i 00
U S to W J
Hills pat s hf sw qr 12
w hf nw qr 13-3-30
U S to L A Ketch pat ne or sv or
4-4-29
L S to H T Church pat se qr nw qr
1-4-30
W H Sullivan to C E Wells wd se qr
J420 4030 00
D L Tallmage et al to C E Wells wd
s hf se qr nw qr ne qr s hf sw qr ne qr
4 130 CO
CEPope to S Vanderhoff wd lot 1 blk
122nd McCook 1600 00
J Cunningham to ES Spencer d lots
43 and 44 blk 2 So McCook 50 000
S C Dragoo to L Bock wd sw 3000 00
S J McCord to W J Parrott wd se or
3500 CO
RV Land Asso to CW and AH Bar
nes wd und hf int lot3 45and 6blk 3
Indianola
cq jq
L L Co to CW and A- TT Tio -
und hf int lots 4 5 and 6 blk 3 Ind
ianola
F E Hamilton to J Heinlein wd se or
- 0 2300 00
C Renner to J W McClung wd n hf
lots 8 and 9 blk lb Indianola 223 00
W R Turner to J X McClung wd lots
3 and 4 blk
6 Lebanon 1 200 CO
A W Devoll to J X- McClung wd lots 13
and 14 blk 22 Indianola
23 CO
G W Billings to D Cashen wd lots 2
and 4 blk 9 Danbury -20 00
J T Banghan to M L Keeler wd 9 hf
whf 6-2-27
300O0O
Li l co 10 iu torwin wd lots 7 8
11 and 12 blk 52nd McCook 500 CO
R Hamilton to Viola Hamilton wd lots
2 ana 3 blk 9 2nd McCook
US to WHBrown pat e hf w hf 31 227
U S to W Relph pat w hf e
U S to E Ackerman
pat ne qr 22-1-20
H C Rider to D J Devine wd lot 13
blk 17 Riverview
A C Harlan to R Koebel wd lots 11 and
1 00
20 CO
12 blk 5 McCook
1 SCO CO
Souvenir Postal Cards
The McCook Souvenir Postal Cards
printed by The Tribune are on sale at
A McMillens
The Ideal Store
The Tribune Office
Ii W McConnells
The Post Office Lobby
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Other designs are in preparation
Price Two for five cents
Cream in sealed 10c
an 20c bottles
for sale at Marshs meat market
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