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GEORGE S SCOTT
Ticket Agent McCook Neb
L W WAKELEY G P A Omaha Neb
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE
In the County Court of Red Willow county
fbraeka
In the matter of the estate of James W Lister
fceased
Notice is hereby given to all persons having
laims or demands against the estate of James
V Lister deceased that I have set and
July 19 1907 for the reception and pre
sentation of claims aud demands against said
and July 20 1907 for the examination
nd adjustment of said claims and demands as
quired by law at the county court room in
IcCook Red Willow county Nebraska And
11 persons so interested in said estate will ap
aar at said time and place and duly present
iieir said claims and demands in the manner
equired bylaw or show cause for not so doing
r the same shall be forever barred
Given under my band and the seal of the
ounty court this 17th day of January AD 1907
seal J C Mooee
County Judge
ORDINANCE NUMBER 130
An ordinance entitled an ordinance to assess
id levy a special tax upon all of the real estate
ing and being within sewer district number
ie of the McCook sewer system and in the city
f McCook Nebraska for the purpose of paying
tie cost of constructing district sewers and
hums therein
Be it ordained by the mayor and council of
iie city ofMcCook
Sec 1 The cost of constructing -districts
jwer drains within sewer district number one
f the McCook sewerage district and within
ie city of McCook Nebraska as it appears
rom the report of the special city engineer on
le in the city clerks office is the sum of twenty-
jven thousand eight hundred and sixty two
ollnrs
Sec 2 The mayor and council sitting as a
ioard of equalization have formed and deter-
nined that the benefits to the real estate within
- lid sewer district by reason of said improve-
1ients are equal and uniform as to each lot and
arcel of land therein
Sec 3 That there be and the same is hereby
levied upon all tho real estate lying and being
A ithin sower district number one of tho city of
McCook a special tax of fifty seven cents upon
ach front foot of ground abutting upon any
istrict sewer or drain within said sewerage
istrict said sums of money are appropriated
l i tho payment of the indebtedness sot forth in
one of this ordinance
Sec 4 This ordinanco shall take effect and
I e in force from and after passage approval
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Commissioners Proceedings1
McCook Nebraska January 18 1907
The board of countj commissioners met pur
suant to adjournment present C B Gray F
S Lofton and - Pr mer commifcsiouers aud E
J Wilcox clerk
The minutes of previous meeting were read
and approved
The board continued the examination of tho
accounts of the county treasurer throughout
the day
The petition of Susan C Hileman et al ask
ing for the establishment of a public road was
read and after due consideration sumo was re
jected for the reason of its impracticability
On moti u board adjourned to meet January
21 1907
Attest EJWilcox C B Gkay
County Clerk Chairman
McCook Nebraska January 21 1907
The board of comity commissioners met pur
suant to adjournment present C B Gray F S
Lofton and SPremor commissioners and E J
Wilcox clerk
J he minutes of nrevious mnntinrr wprn rend
and approved
On motion treasurer was instructed to refund
to Lewis Kern the sum of 5640 the amount of
taxes erroneously assessed to him in 1906 on beet
money aid paid by him u der protest for the
reason that 50 per cent reduction on the assess
men1 ordered by the board of equalization was
not deducted
On motion E B Nelson was appointed over
seer for road district No 30
The petition of C HHarman etal asking for
tho appointment of C E Eldred as additional
counsel in the case wherein the First National
Bank of McCook is nlaintiff and Red Willow
county is defendant was presented and on mo
tion pension was granted ana u a Jiiurea was
appointed
On motion treasurer was instructed to refund
to A E Petty the sum of 2400 the amount of
personal tax assessed to him in 1906 and paid by
him under protest for the reason of illegal as
sessment
Petitions of the countv officers askincr for den-
uty and clerk hire for the year 1907 were lead
and considered and on motion granted fixing
the number aud compensation as follows
County treasurer one deputy 570000
County clerk onedeputy 70000
County clerk extra clerk hire if any bo
needed tOOOO
On motion the county cleric was allowed the
sum of 500 per annum to bo paid quarterly for
performing the duties of clerk to the board of
county commissioners and attending to the busi
ness oi tne county
On motion C BGray was allowed the sum of
S58for car faro in attendance at the state
meeting of county commissioners
On motion the following claims were audited
aud allowed and clerk was instructed to draw
warrants on the county general fund in pay
ment thereof as follows
J H Grannis mdse forpauper S 1600
Jones Finnegan Co same 2010
CLDeGroff Co same 2724
CHBoyle abstract 47n
FMKimmell radiator 1800
McCook Water Work Co water tax 1600
State Journal Co supplies 18900
LWMcConnell supplies 415
J L Sargent same 236
HEWaughsame 1000
CBGray commissioners services 2780
FSLofton same 3620
S Premer same 4670
And on the county road fund of 1906 as follows
BGGotchel road work 300
JJColeman same 300
Clarence Bush same 1100
WTHarris same 300
Frank Cain same 9275
GR Havens same 800
And on the bridge fand levy of 19C6 as follows
CGCoglizer bridge work 1025
Annual settlements of the followiug overseers
of highways were examined and on motion
clerk was instructed to draw certificates on road
districts as follows
S Y Vandervort overseer districtNo 20 3000
John Haag overseer district No 23 2400
J J Ooleman overseer district No 33 3000
The following official bonds were examined
and on motion approved
Sidney Dodge justice of the peace Danbury
precinct William Hiersekorn justice of the
peace in Beaver precinct J H Rice constable
in Beaver precinct George W Wyrick over
seer road district No 4 Martin Riuck over
seer road district No 31
The board having made a careful examination
of the accounts of Ben G Gossard county
treasurer find that ho has received as fees from
January 4th 1906 to January 2nd 1907 both
inclusive 254097
The board havinc made a careful examin
ation of the accounts of Ben G Gossard county
treasurer find the following to be a true and
correctstatement of all monies received and
disbursed by him as treasurer from July 1 1906
to January 2 1907 both inclusive
see statement elsewhere
In the matter of the necessary expensos dur
ing the year on motion the estimate for tho
same for the Near 1907 whr firpd b tVillnvru
County general fund 2000000
County bridge fuud 90U0C0
County road fund 500000
Soldiers relief fund 50000
North Valley precinct bonds 50000
Bartley village bond 50000
McCook city bond S0000
McCook city sewer bond 80000
School district bonds 1200000
On motion board adjourned to meet February
13 1907
Attest EJ Wilcox C B Ghat
County Clerk Chairman
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER AGISTERS LIEN
Notice is hereby given thnt by virtue of an
agisters lien for pasturing and keeping of one
bay mare nbout years old aud one brown mare
Vth blaze face and one white hind foot about 9
years old from the 11th dny of November 1903
until this date und r a contract with one John
Hawkins owner of said stock on which thero
is now due the sum of S11G00 an affidavit set
ting forth tho description or said stock and tho
amount due for tho pasturing and keeping of
said stock having been filed in tho oflico of tho
county clerk of this county being tho county
where said stock was fed and kept on the 18th
dayof October 1D0G I will sell the property
above described at public auction in front of
tho Citizens Bank in McCook Red Willow coun
ty Nebraska on the 18th day of February 1907
The Bcdoaln of Socotra
The Bedouin is decidedly a hand
some Individual lithe of limb like hia
goats and with a cafe au Iait colored
skin lie has a sharp profile excellent
teeth He often -wears a stubby black
beard and has beautifully penciled eye
brows and though differing entirely
In language in physique and type he
closely resembles the Betouin found in
the Mauri and Gara mountains Fur
thermore the mode of life is the same
dwelling in caves -when necessary
but having permanent abodes on the
lower lands and they have severai
other striking points in common Greet
ings take place between the Arabian
Bedouins and the Socotran Bedouins
in similar fashion by touching each
cheek and then rubbing the nose
We found the Bedouin of Mount
Haghier fond of dancing and playing
his teherane and also peculiarly lax
in his religious observances and
though ostensibly conforming to Mo
hammedan practice he observes next
to none of their precepts and it is pre
cisely the same with the Bedouins
whom we met in the Gara mountains
There is certainly nothing African
about the Socotran Bedouin There
fore I am inclined to consider him as
a branch of that aboriginal race which
inhabited Arabia with a language of
its own Nineteenth Century
Order or E Ji Titles
They had been talci r about an Eng
lish marquis and the position he held
among his titled aristocracy
I didnt know a marquis ranked so
high said the girl in white
Dear me said an Englishman
Didnt you Why a marquis ranks
next to a duke
lie paused to sip his tea and take a
foie gras sandwich
Marquess not marquis he went
on is the more accurate use of the
word It is so spelled and pronounced
in Burke Shall I tell you the degrees
or the English aristocracy The knowl
edge may ue userui to you wnen vou
A Daring Vi
Some wasps live In part upon honey
which they collect from the most open
petaled flowers and thus to a very
moderate extent they may be regarded
in the light of flower fertilizers Klrk
Iand says in the first volume of the
American Naturalist that the paper
hornet Vespa maculata often enters
my nucleus hives when I am rearing
Italian queen bees and captures the
young queen in the midst of her little
colony usually just after she has com
menced her first laying I have seen
this depredator enter the small hive
drag out the queen and fly away with
her to the woods page 52 Some of
the species of the genus polistes store
up honey which Is poisonous from the
fadt that it hsj been collected from
poisonous flowers They are found in
South America where also species of
the genus chartergus occur wasps
that make a very remarkable and
tough nest with funnel shaped combs
inside arranged one inside of another
nest fashion but not in contact ex
cept at their points of suspension At
the apexes of these cones occur the
apertures of entrance for the inmates
to pass up among the conical tiers
Steering the Ship
The work of steering a great ship
even with the aid of modern machin
ery Is much more delicate than one
would imagine The larger and faster
the ship the greater is the difficulty
It is not enough to hold the wheel in
the same position to keep the ship on
her course for the wind and waves
and the currents of the ocean tend
constantly co knock the ship off her
course The great wall of steel for
the hull may be 700 feet long and sixty
feet hieh offers a broad target for
the wind and waves The art in steer
ing is to humor the ship to these forces
and when she is deflected bring her
back quickly to her course If you
cbuld watch the binnacle especially
In bad weather you would see the
necdIe of th compass constantly shift
come to contract an international al-
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Q oll l inS from side to side which means
llUUV
After royalty come dukes After
dukes come marquises then earls vis
counts barons baronets and knights
I dont mention lords A lord is an
earl the Earl of Craven for instance
Is often called Lord Craven or else
the title is only the courtesy one ac
corded to the younger sons of dukes
Philadelphia Bulletin
The Parrot Fish
There are water parrots as well as
land parrots The parrot fish come
from the tropics are brilliantly colored
and have beaks something like those
of the parrot for use in breaking off
the coral shell In order to get at the
living polyp Not all of them how
ever live on aninial food some species
being herbivorous One species is
found in the Mediterranean sea where
It has been known for thousands of
years xne ureeiis anu liomans re
garded it for a time as the first of
fishes and Pliny tells us how it was
introduced Into the Italian sea in the
course of the reign of Claudius It
was known as the scarus by the an
cients who told some wonderful sto
ries about its love Its wisdom and its
rumination Some having a length of
sixteen inches have been captured
alive
Dnbnqncs Senl
On the city seal of Dubuque la ap
pear the words La petite nuit and
strangers are always puzzled by them
Why should Dubuque be called the
little night It is explained that the
place originally was settled by an old
miner named Dubuque When the In
dians granted certain lands to Dubuque
the document was drawn up in French
in Prairie du Chien The clerk -who
did the work believed that la petite
nuit meant the old miner and his
mistake has perpetuated a phrase
which however pretty has no signifi
cance in its present connection
Blew His Own Horn
A certain colonel who was in com
mand of the Perthshire yeomanry was
at an evening party in Edinburgh com
plaining loudly of his officers alleging
that all the duties of the regiment de
volved upon him I am he said to
all intents and purposes my own major
my own captain my own lieutenant
my own cornet To say nothing of
being your ain trumpeter too remark
ed a grim old Scottish lady sotto voce
Quick Wit
There is no more effective weapon to
defend us from impertinence or rude
ness than quick sharp -wit But few
men have it and It Is born with them
If we try to imitate it we end in ill
nature and scurrility Wit cannot be
forced into growth But courtesy and
good temper can These weapons are
sure and grow brighter and stronger
with age
Didnt Iiike Taxes
Cases against George Washington ap
pear here and there in old documents
No less than three claims were entered
against him during the year 17S7 to
compel him to pay taxes The hu
morous clerk commenting on these ac
tions remarked George Washington
Esq appeareth not to like taxes
Modem Life
All the accessories of modern life in
crease so rapidly that there Is little
likelihood of its expenditure diminish
ing or of life becoming more simple
and less costly Black and White
Clmnsred
Maude You wouldnt know my
fiance now if you met him Nell
Why has he changed so much as that
ifaude That isnt It exactly Ive
changed him
that the great steel prow is not goinj
forward in a perfectly straight line
Francis Arnold Collins in St Nicholas
New Yorlcs Cub Drivers
A driver has to have a license That
mysterious official the mayors mar
shal grants one upon the payment of
25 cents and two written testimonials
of honest A man may come out of
Sing Sing whither he has been sent
for highway robbery or stoning the
ministers cat or any other crime if
he presents two greasy letters one of
any Jones and the other of any Smith
stating that he is an honest fellow he
will get a license No inquiry is made
His references are never looked up
Indeed if you are a desperate criminal
guilty of murder or failure to pay
alimony you can do no better than
take out a license and hide on top of a
cab So Into the business drift all
sorts and conditions of rogues Under
the aegis of the law the aegis being a
twenty five cent badge they rob you
and me Vance Thompson in Outing
Magazine
The Hessians Played
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xl is a matter or recoru mat upon 4
Lim iirst oiuenu ceieuranon or inde
pendence day by the Continental con
gress music was secured for the occa
sion by forcing the Hessian band
which had been captured by George
Washington at Trenton in the previous
December to play in the public square
all day to the great delight and amuse-
VyL io awu aiaicu
that these involuntary celebrants were
obliged to practice appropriate airs for
three- weeks previously in order that
they could not plead ignorance as an
excuse
Curious Colneldences
When the Siting theater in Vienna
was burned with great loss of life
one of the other playhouses of the
Austrian capital was playing Paille
rons Le Monde ou Ton SEnnuie
when the Stadt theater in Vienna was
burned another theater in that city
was playing Le Jlonde ou Ton SEn
nuie and on the evening of the day
when the fire in the charity bazaar in
Paris took place the Theatre Trancais
was announced to play Le Monde ou
lon SEnnuie
Jealousy
That word communist my dear
observed the young husband correct
ing her has the accent on the first
syllable
How do you know
The dictionary says so
I never saw a man as prejudiced
in favor of dictionaries as you are
exclaimed the young wife I -wish
you had married a dictionary
Too Much at Stake to Forget
When you are absorbed In your
business cares downtown today Her
bert you will forget your little wife
entirely
No darling That steak you cooked
for me with your own sweet hands this
morning for breakfast will keep you
in my memory every minute of the
day
Overdoing the Exercise
Footpad with revolver Hold up
yer hands Victim You can go
through me if you want to but Ill be
dad dinged if Im going to hold up my
hands any more Im tired of doing it
Youre the third since I left the lodge
Chicago Tribune
According to Circumstances
A man never talks much about the
sweetness of a cob pipe so long as
he has money to buy cigars Topeka
Capital
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to pick up the latest up-to-date novelties which are just
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