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An Xmas Mistake
23K F RAJVK H SWEET
Copyright 1907 by Frank H Sweet
kT NICHOLAS was resting
From his Christmas work at last
The gifts had all been given
The holidays were past
And dozing in his armchair
With his cat upon his knees
The good saint smoked his honest pipe
And took his honest ease
But something roused him quickly
He started from his seat
A soldier bold a maiden fair
Were kneeling at his feet
St Nicholas the maiden cried
Behold my fearfuj plight
These woundfc have been inflicted
Since that dreadful dreadful night
When you left me in the stocking
Of a being I dare not name
She paused The soldier raised his
voice
And said I blush with shame
To stand before your saintship
n the dress you now behold
But the way I have been treated
Makes my very blood run cold
Ive been nursed and kissed and cod
dled
Ive been rocked and sung to sleep
A SOLDIER BOIiD A 3IAIDEN FAIB WERE
KNEELING AT HIS FEET
Oh were I not a soldier still
Id almost like to weep
Ah mused the good St Nicholas
I think I understand
And he smiled a merry little smile
And coughed behind his hand
Twas on that busy Christmas eve
When all was in a whirl
This doll was given to a boy
This soldier to a girl
And then aioud he gravely said
I grieve to see your pain
But if youll stay with me a year
All shall be well again
Next Christmas eve my children
When you are well and strong
I will put you in the stockings
Where you really do belonr
I wonder where my soldier is
Cried gentle little Moll
And Baby gazing round him sobbed
Where is my baby doll
But though they hunted high and low
And searched both far and near
The -maiden and the soldier bold 1
Ware seen -no -more that year
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Time Card
AlcCook Neb
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MAIN LINE EAST DEPaET
No 6 Central Timo 1034 P M
2 513 A M
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715 a M
942 p m
740 P M
MAIN LINE WEST DEPABT
No 1 Mountain Time 1000 A M
o XiIiK F 51
5 Arrives 830 p m
13 1025 AM
15 1228 AM
IMPEBtAl LINE
No 17G arrives Mountain Time 505 p M
No 175departs 645 am
Stooping dining and reclining chair cars
seats free on through traini Tickets sold
and bagpneo checked to any point in the United
States or Canada
For information timetables maps and tick
ets call on or write Georce Scott Agent Mc
Cook Nebraska or L W Wakeley General
Passenger Agent Omaha Nebraska
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS
W P Bass of the telegraph office
made n business trip to Denver Satur
day
DC Kuowles of the telegraph force
spent Christmas with home folks at
Culbertson
Mrs Will Hegenberger was over from
Herndon Kansas end of week on busi
ness matters
Extra Agent James is holding the
station at Culbertson until a regular
agent is appointed
Miss B E Wiley of the telegraph
office force is at home Kansas City for
a holiday vacation
Miss Blanch Wiley left for Kansas
City Saturday night to spend Christ
mas with home folk
Mrs Fred Jernborg was in town
close of last week having just returned
home from a trip to Washington City
Thos Haines has been transferred
from Culbertson to Arapahoe relieving
Agent Tomlinson who resigned some
time ago
E E White day operator at Arapa
hoe has accepted the agency at Mystic
S D and moved his family to that
place Monday
Extra Dispatcher A J Brown is
working third trick on the west end re
lieving Dispatcher Chambers who is off
on account of sickness in his family
Christmas holiday was observed in all
departments around division headquart
ers only enough of the office forces
working to do the regular routine work
George Fenney had a force of men
putting up semaphore signals at the
telegraph office first of the week This
will be used forblocking trains in and
out
Conductor and Mrs H A Beale will
spend Christmas in Chicago with re
latives Mrs Bealewill be away about
a month visiting most of the time at
ElginIU
The McCook Burlington machine shop
closed at five oclock Christmas eve to
remain closed until the morning of Jan
uary 2nd 190S A similar order is etTect
ve in all the Burlington machineshops
over the great system and for the first
time ever in the history of the McCook
shop
It is reported that an order has been
sent out from Chicago headquarters
thatjfurtherpurchases of material will
not be made until the purchasing de
partmentjgives assent the idea being to
use afl the surplus material on the sys
tem It is said that an inventory was
recently taken of all material at hand
and that thesurplus will be distributed
as needed by thejpurchasing department
J W Chafo is on the sick list part of
tho week
Maurico Griffin is laid up for a few
dayn by sickness
Engino313 and 13 are in the bacUsbop
for an overhauling
Conductor H A Beale is off and
Pearco has his rim
Conductor Wyman has RuuUh car
while ho is relieving Morris
Thomas Gitting3 is enjoying his holi
day vacation at Pueblo Colo
A EStevonin is visitirig in Memphis
Tonu until after the holidays
Conductor T E McCarl in taking a
vacation and Ryan has his car
Engine G53 is just out of tho back
shop after a general overhauling
Mrs J W Line returned from a brief
Denver visit on 10 Christmas day
The roundhouso boys are giving tho
1940 some fnnt end repairs this week
Conductor Morris is laying off at d
Rank is a passenger conductor for a few
trips
Mrs J W Hasty entertained her
mother from Arapahoe at Christmas
time
Engineer and Mrs Will Dungan and
children are at Hastings for Christmas
week
Conductor Martin is laying oil and
his car has been pulled out of service
temporarily
Li A Knoehe of the tin shop force
with tho family are visiting at Osawa
tomie Kans
The wheel men have the machineshop
practically to thomsolves for tho week
ending January 1st 1908
GaryDole foreman of tho Mo P
shops at CofFeyville Kans was up to
spend Christmas with his parents
Tho McCook Holdrege local has been
taken off for a short time and Conductor
Neal Beelers crew has been placed in
tho pool
Mr and Mrs Frank Traver nnd chil
dren went down to Lincoln Monday
night on 6 to be with his parents over
Christmas
Conductor W A Cassell was called
from the Republican City Oberlin run
last Saturday by the severe accident to
his father-in-law A P Cathcart
Engineer Frederickson and Conductor
Martin got into a bunch of cattle with a
big extra between Robb and Wray last
Friday eveningand slaughtered about a
dozen of them
Joseph Kubicek of the roundhouse
force is off duty for a few days with an
injured hand received in getting off of
the switch engine the other day It is
the left hand and the damage was caus
ed by a hook on the cab
The local extra between Brush and
Wray ran over a crippled steer about
two miles west of Wray last Friday
evening witbj quite disastrous results
The engine passed over safely but five or
six cars following were derailed four of
them going down the embankment The
blocking car was sent down from Akron
to help clear the track and the wrecker
went up from here to pick up the
salvage The local was in charge of Con
ductor Baker Engineer Jones pulling
No 6 was just behind and was delayed
about four hours
The Wray Brush locl ran into some
cattle last Friday night and after drag
ging one of the animals about a mile
the animals body got under some empty
merchandise cars and four of them were
thrown off the track The cars were
burned as the quickest and cheapest
way of disposing of the wreck An
extra pulled by No 1991 ran into the
bunch of cattle some time before the
local and killed and maimed 15 or 20 of
them It is supposed that the animal
that went under tho local was one of the
mained ones which managed to drag
itself back onto the track Jones was
engineer of the local and Baker con
ductor
BOX ELDER
Kev Miller is hauling out his furni
ture
D B Doyle had a shooting match last
Friday afternoon Soma were lucky
enough to carry three turkeys home
Orin Wilson returned last Saturday
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from his visit with his aunt Mrs D N
Dichey of Wymore and his uncle Rob- J
ert Campbell of Tobias
Married sometime someplace and by
somebody J H Mundy and Mrs Rosa
M Morey Edith now says papa Con-
gratulations Edith
The tin pan banc serenaded C U
Mundy and bride last Friday night
The members of the band report a fine
treat and a very pleasant evening
The first quarterly meeting was held
at the church Sunday and Monday
lGth and 17th Elder C C Wilson
preached Sunday evening and adminis
tered the sacrament and on Monday
morning held conference
Only two worthful items enter into
the value of advertising namely quant
ity and quality that is how many and
how good The McCook Tribune is in
a field by itself locally on these two
points We challenge and invite in
spection and comparison We can give
you from two to three times the value
for your money that any other Red
Willow county publication can offer
you
County Commissioners iTocwCdlugs
McCook Neural a Dec 10 1W7
Tho board of county commissioners met
pursuant to adjournment Piesent C BGray
F S Lofton and K Tremor county com
missioners I K Itetder uitonio ard IS J
Vilcos clerk
The minutes of previous meeting were read
and approved
On motion Mrs Nora Peterson was appointed
matron of thu lted Willow county jnil
The following olicial bonds were examined
and on motion approved
f Iaudia 15 Hatcher county Miporinteiulenl
W A DeMny coroner
H If Uerry jusvico of the peace Willow
Grove precinct
Id Hetiicuie miikc louver precinct
Charles Weint constable Willow Grove pre
cinct
K M Jennings overseer road district So 1
G W Wj rick same dist No 2
It fi liivine Mime di t No 5
A L Handel same dist No 7
Lulioy Jones same dist No S
PN Tough same dkt No II
John He iervvorth same dist No IB
J 1 Black same dkt t
C 11 Kiiicuid same di t No 1
On motion the county treasurer was instructed
to refund to the following named persons the
amount set opjtositu their names it e amount of
poll tax illegally to them in 107 and
paid by them under protest for they were over
iifty jears of age and exempt from poll tax
W II Cooper Kbert - W M dams
2 1 R Plessinger 250 RJ Hranscom 2 W
J Avails MJ Clark J C Dedmau
John Tines 2 D O If not 2 W II Ackerman
2 J If Jackson 2 II C Shouse 2 V J Until
qrcolo 2 John R Neel 2 F E Utter 2
On motion tho county treasurer as instruct
ed to refund to Wm Y JohnsO i tin bum of 3
the amount of poll tax illegally assessed to him
in Kox Elder precinct nnd paid by him under
protet for the reason that he was assessed in
the city of McCook
On motion the county treasurer was instruct
cd to refund to J K Gordon the sum of the
amount of poll tax illegally to him in
the city of McCook 1107 and paid by him under
protest for the reason that he v as assessed to
poll tax in Uox Elder precinct
On motion the treasurer vns lstructed to re
fund to I k Smith the sum f t the nmoiiit c
poll tax illegally nses ed to I iiu in tho eity of
McCook 1W7 and paid by him under protest
T o petition of B F Rohrcr ef nl asking for
a public road was read and considered the
board finds that all owners of land along lino of
proposed road have given their consent thereto
in writing on motion same was granted estab
lishing a road as follows Commencing at the
Republican river and running south along sec
tion lino between sections fifteen and sixteen
town 3 range 27 to public road near bluffs and
clerk was instructed to notify overseer of high
ways to open said road
On motion the county treasurer was instruct
ci to refund to tho following named persons the
amounts set opposite their names tho amount of
poll tax illegally assessed to them in 1907 and
paid by them under protest for the renson that
they arc members of the lire department and
therefore exempt E Ward 2 1 L Rodstrom
2
On motion tho county treasurer was instruct
ed to refund to P II Callan tho sum of 13 50
the amount of school tax erroneously assessed
to him in 1907 and paid by him under protest
for the reason that he was assessed in school
district 21 whereas he resides in unorganized
territory
On motion board adjourned to meet Decem
ber 17 1W7 C B Gray Chairman
Attest E J WnroxCounty Clerk
McCookJNebraska December 17 1907
Board of county commissioners met pursuant
t adjournment present CBGray FSLofton
S Premer commissioners P E ReederJ at
torney and E J Wilcox clerk
The minutes of previous meeting were read
and approved
The oflicial bond of J C Moore county judge
was examined and on motion approved
The annual settlements of road overseers were
examined nnd on motion clerk was instructed
to draw certificates on road districts as follows
G W Wyrick overseer road district No 2
Claude Spaulding same No -1
Harvey Springer same No 12
J F Black same No 18
The following claims were audited and allow
ed and on motion clerk was instructed to draw
warrants on the county general fund levy of
1907 as follows
Nebraska School Supply House supplies C 00
Klopp Bartlett Co supplies 52 20
McCook Republican printing 17 00
Claude Spaulding nails CO
L W Staner insurance on court house
circular letters claimed 15325 allowed 150 00
S Premer scraper 9 00
McCook EI Lt Co lights for Nov and
renewals 20 10
W 15 Downs ueof building forelection
East Valley precinct 3 50
Indianola Cornet Band same Inilianola 10 00
C B Hoag distributing ballots 4 00
J H Wade balance mileage election
returns 50
WO Russell iewing Vogt fc Dodge road S 40
W O Russell same in Mo Ridge 5 50
E A Sexson viewing Shouse road 3 00
A E Reeves nursing pauper 10 50
C G Bosworth hotel bill pauper 1 25
C G Bosworth lodging for insane 50
W C Bullard coal for pauper C 75
W C Bullard coal for court house 140 80
Eikenbcrry Clark milk for pauper G 30
D C Marsh meat for paupers 33 00
N J Uerling riidse for paupers Go 23
Jones Finnegan Craw mersame 29 27
C B Hoag serving jurors 10 00
J R Pence special deputy sheriff State
vs Boyer 18 04
H I Peterson mileage expense in same 49 29
H I Peterson serving jurors IS 00
J L White defending Dev ere it Bojerin
dist court for felony claimed JS3 al
lowed 200 00
R W DeVoe fees State vs Boyer 55
H I Peterson same 9 40
R M Osborn same 3 90
W II Ackerman same 19 25
C B Gray same 4 10
RM Osborn S 10
W II Harman same 8 10
Geo Jackson same S 10
HPSutton same S 10
W E McDivitt same 8 10
Ed Fitzgerald same 8 10
J R Pence same 8 10
Ernest Osborn same S 10
Herman Pade same 8 10
L W McConnell same 4 10
J E Ludwick same 4 10
A E Reeves same claimed 810allowed 7 30
And on tho county road fund levy of 1907 as
follows
A E Allen road word 52 50
H Springer same 5S 50
John Weskamp same 12 00
Elmer Cecil same 18 00
Ben Grafcon same 9 00
James McCuin same 6 00
Gottleib Fiechtner same 4 50
Albert Axtell same 12 00
O C Thomas same j 0 00
William Brinkman same 10 50
WesShoop same 15 00
E E Ervin same 6 00
Claus J Tjarks same 3 00
Wm Kamp same 15 10
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Julius Hinz same 12 00
Jacob Unger same 9 00
R Pydolski same 9 00
Henry Kisker same 3 00
John Breitling same 1 50
C O Stuck same 18 00
H Buettgenback same 3 00
I M Beeson same 3 00
P N Foughsame 7 50
Arthur Rozell same 15 75
Rea Ormausame 0 CO
J W Rozell same 4 50
Herman Klamp same 3 00
Will Miller same 3 00
C E Fough same 23 00
TJ Sammons same 11 00
H D Tredway same 37 50
J E Logue same 3 00
J A Rozell same 2 25
Roy Albrecht same 9 00
P N Fough same 9 00
Hari Meyers same WOO
John Styer same 3 00
Albert Ster same 3 00
C T Randel same 0 00
W Olmstead same 9 00
Ellsworth Hillpot same 3 00
Otto Weber same 10 50
Henry Martin same 7 50
Gottlieb Unger same 7 51
Gilbert Cooper same 7 50
Frank Schamel same 3 CO
Will Cooper same 3 00
Lon Olmstead same 3 CO
Jim Wood same 3 00
Dan Hawkins same S 50
Chas Olmstead same 10 00
Chas Colson same 3 00
Win Tuttle same 7 50
Wm Berndt same COO
Joe Relph same G CO
Gus Berndt same 3 00
Chas Meeks same 4 50
Wm J Karpsame 3 00
August Lehn same 3 CO
Ed Ball same 3 00
Chas Colling same 3 CO
C E Walker same 3 00
HN Colling same 4 50
Peter Gilleu same 2 00
Harvey Springer same 30 00
Albert Anderson same 3 00
William Springer same 3 75
F G LatTerty same 3 00
R F Lafferty same 3 CO
J A Lafferty same 11 25
F C Rittenhouse same 2 25
LA Sheldon same 3 00
Wm Sullivan same t 3 00
John W Randel same 10 50
A Handy Receipt Bock
Bound duplicate receipt books three
receiptB to the page for sale at The
Tribute office
Dill pickles at the White House
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WE FEEL THAT WE CAN LOOK OUR
PATPwON S IN THE FACE AND WI SH
THEM A HAPPY NEW YEAR BECAUSE WITHIN
OVR5ELVE S WE ARE CoHSCloUS OF HAVING
TREATED OUR PATRoN 5 RIGHT IN THE PA ST
OUR PATRONAGE PRoVE 5 THI5
IN THE YEAR To COME WE CAN PRoMLSE
TO DO NO MORE THAN IN THE YEAR 5 THAT
HAVE PARSED
WE NEED NOT WE KNOW EXTEND ANY
THING V3UT THANK 5 To OUR OLD PATRONS
WE KNOW THEY NEED No INVITATION To
COME To OUR
To THO SE WHO HAVE NOT YET COME OUR
WAY TO THE STRANGER IN OUR TOWN
WE EXTEND HOWEVER AN INVITATION To
COME AND EE US
DeGROFF CO
McCOOK NEBRASKA
MattDroll same 4 50
Charles Doyle same 3 00
Ted Cain same 1 l0
Charles Mundy same 15 10
Will Stone same 3 00
Dan Doyle same 100
A B Kinzer same 9 00
H J Bortner same 9 00
Mansfield Braning same 9 00
Ben Doyle same 3 00
G W Wyrick same 17 50
Henry Hull same 3 00
J R Neel Son same 1 00
C M Calhoun same 24 00
H S Keith same 42 00
John U Smith same C 00
GustavSchultz same 18 00
Fred Wagner Jr same 18 00
Herman Reiners same 11 00
McCook Markets
Merchants and dealers in McCook at
noon today Friday are paying tho fol
lowing prices
Corn S a
Wheat 83
Oats 35
Eye W
Barley 50
Hogs 3 75
Butter good 29
Eggs 24
RED WILLOW
Mrs lien Kings many friends are
glad to hear that she is recovering front
her recent serious illness
Mr Thomas ishelping Messrs Young
er and Foy in finishing Owens Long
neckers house
Mr and Mrs Glassburn of Valparaiso
spent Christmas with her sister Mrs
F C Smith
Mrs Sexsons son and family front
Iowa are visiting at the Sex on home
Mr Aman and family moved from the
Buck house Rather cold for so many
little children to travel in a wagon
Cleo the fine bull dog at John Long
neckers died on Friday presumably of
the prevailing epidemic as the other
dogs have it
Elmer Lewis and family were at Louis
Longneckers on Sunday
Real Estate Filings
Tne following real estate filings hav
been made in the county clerks office
since our last report
United State- to James A Scott
r r toseqr32 3 30
Otto Weber and wife to Ella T
Webber wd to lots 3 4 C
Esther Park addn 8 G9 0C
Oren W Pendarvis and wife to
Augusta S Anton wd to sw
qr8129 2000 0C
Augusta S Anton to Isaac M
Smith wd to sw qr S 1 29 32C0 0
William H Pate and wife to Wil
ber B McClain wd to lots 1
2 blk 8 1st McCook 2000 0G
Judge District Court to Lillian
C Snyder decree to lot 12blk
101st McCook
A Guaranteed Cure For Plies
Itching blind Bleeding or Protrud
ing Piles Druggists refund money if
Pazo Ointment fails to cure any case
no matter of how long standing in 6tolr
days First application gives ease and
rest 50c If your druggist hasnt it
send 50c in 6tamps and it will be for
warded postpaid by Paris Medicine Co
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