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McCook Neb
EXCLUSIVE
DRY GOODS and LADIES FURNISHINGS
QUR ADVANCE SHOWING OF
ew Spring- Embroideries
New Spring Laces
Handsome
New Ginghams
and Madras Waistings
now open for your inspection and they represent the same
high quality and high standard of perfection which is always
giuen prominence throughout our entire stock
Call and make your selections early
NEEDING ANYTHING HORE IN
Winter Underwear
Gloves
Mittens or Hose
If so you need look no further We will sell you anything
in WINTER MERCHANDISE ten to fifteen percent lower
than you can find the same class of goods elsewhere
Dont buy until you learn our prices
H C Clapp
Exclusive Dry Goods and Ladies Furnishings
MAIN LINE EAST DEPART
Central Time 1035 r m
500 A
71 a
942 P
M
MAIN LINE WEST DEPAET
No 1 Mountain Time 950 a m
3 1142 p m
5 Arrives 830 P M
i 1025 am
5 S50 a m
IHIEEIAIi LINE
No 17G arrives Mountain Time 505 P M
No 175departs 645 A m
Sleeping dininff and reclining chair cars
seats free on through trains Tickets sold
and batwaco checked to any point in the United
States or Canada
For information timetables maps and tick
ets call on or write K E Foe Agent McCook
Nebraska or L W Wakeley General Passen
ger Agent Omaha Nebraska
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS
Division 93 Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers of Lincoln will banquet
in Walsh hall Lincoln January 22d
In the furtherance of economy tbe
Burlington will dispense with flagmen
on Omaha Kansas City trains and trains
west of Hastings
Conductor T E McCarl and family
returned Tuesday from their visit in
California and other Pacific coast points
covering several weeks
M R Swensen of the superintendents
office has decided to leave Alliance and
handed in his resignation and will leave
in the near future for his home at
drege Alliance Times
J N Redfern of Chicago head of the
Burlington Employment Bureau was at
McCook division headquarters Satur
day last inspecting the workings and
records of his department which is a
growing and expanding one in the Q
system
Twenty five thousand of the em
ployes of the Northwestern railroad
have signed a pledge to obstaiu from
intoxicating drinks As a matter of
prudence the management of the rail
way adopted a policy of discrimination
favoring sobriety on the part of em
ployes As a matter of self protection
the employes made a mutual compact
of abstention
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Burlington road held Friday in the
office of Auditor W P Durkee of the
Burlington in Omaha thirty seven
branch railroads parts of the Burlng
ton system were bought by the Burling
ton road This move was simply a
formality as the Burlington has pract
ically owned all the lines since they
were built As these branches were
V yVybuilt each was given a separate name
If and a separate list of officers and tho
rOaU WHO 1CODOU JW UD
They are now owned by the Burlington
Phone 56
Walsh Block
McCook
- Engineer Gates Severely Injured
Sunday night between two and three
oclock Engineer M R Gates of Repub
lican City fell off of his engine in the
roundhouse at this place and was se
verely injured sustaining a frnctura of
his collar bone and ugly gash in his
head The engine and tender were dis
connected and in the darkness Mr
Gates slipped off the engine into the
pit a distance of eight or ten feet prob
ably falling on his head and shoulders
The injuredman was removed to the
Commercial hotel where he is receiv
ing tho best of care and every attention
Mrs Gates is here from Republican
City andhis son Henry of our city and
they are assisting the doctors in mak
ing recovery as quick as possible He
is progressing favorably and the hope
is that time will make the same com
plete
The night force of round house ma
chinists has been reduced to two one
half
Jack White day operator at In-
dianola has been transferred to Akron
Colo
Mark Hullhorst was out from Omaha
early days of the week on a social visit
to dear old McCook
W E Keating chief boilermaker at
Sheridan spent Wednesday in the city
on his way home from the east
V T Kissinger of Lincoln supt of
telegraph having charge of the relay
offices was at McCook headquarters
Tuesday
Garry Dole has been transferred from
Coffe villa Ivans to Ossowatamie
Kas taking Mr Schultzs place as gen
eral foreman at that place
W F DeMay was out from Lincoln
early days of the week renewing old
time friendships and acquaintances
among the boys at McCook headquart
ers
The friends of H K Marvin will note
with regret that he is to take his depart
ure sometime next week for Deadwood
having been transferred to the office
there to take a place as dispatcher Al
liance Times
Mrs Anna Hicks formerly of this
place but now a telegraph operator at
Denton has been in the city a portion of
this week incident to her divorce case
in district court divorce from John R
Hicks formerly of McCook Alliance
Times
Engineer C L Wickwire came home
close of last week with a severe attack
of pneumonia and has been in a serious
condition but at this -writing hope is
entertained for his recovery his numer
ous friends on rofldand in city will be
greatly pleased to learn
Regular Session of City Council
lne city council met Monday evening
in regular sossion with all members
present except Councilman Eldred and
City Attorney McCnrl
Minutes of previous meeting read and
approved
Dr J A Gunn having resigned as
city physician the mayor appointed Dr
S C Beach which appointment whs
confirmed by the council
City weighmastera report for Decem
ber read and placed on file
Police judges report for December
read nnd referred to the city attorney
Liquor reports for tho last half of tho
year 1807 received from L W McCon
noll A McMillen and C It Wood win th
Co
Two very extensive petitions signed
by most of the influential business num
anil residents of the city were filed
asking that the city council call an elec
tion to vote bonds for an electric light
plant and water plant
The following bills were allowed and
warrants ordered for their payment
JR Pencefumiguting supplies 3918
J It McCarl expense acct 20 66
J L Fahnestock salary 1875
Osborn Wontz draying I 7o
L W McConnell salary 12 f0
Frank Real salary J 1250
C B Gray same 1250
A C Ehert same 12 50
1 1 W I onover same 37 50
H W Conover expense acct 100
S C Beach medical services 26 00
The McCook Republican printing 550
J It Pence salary bo 00
Rrl Fitzgerald same 5500
John Ekstedt work on street 5430
G F Kinghorn police duty 9 75
W C Bullard coal and book for
scale office 3 10
M B Hogan painting 650
Henry Gale salary 2700
McCook Water Works Co hy
drant ipntal 475 00
McCook Water Works Co mot
ors for flush tanks 17400
McCook Electric Light Cn Dec
lights 12870
Tho following fire claims left from the
last fire
R Cathcart 84 00 Wm Gathercole
52 00 M F Stoner 450 W C Allison
2 00 W M Stoner 400 L W Jen
nings 2 00 E F Osborn 300 I N
Biggs 400
Adjourned
Some Public School Items
Tho public schools resumed Monday
morning with very satisfactory attend
ance in the several grades
Two new teachers go in with the re
sumption of school after the holidays
Miss Virginia Bowlby succeeds Miss
Templeton in the seventh -B Miss
Templeton being forced to retire on
account of ill health Miss Bowlby is a
graduate of Doane College nnd has
taught in the Crete schools Returning
home from a trip abroad last fall too
late to teach in the schools of her home
town she was happily available for the
position she occupies in the McCook
schools
Miss Rachel Bayard of Lincoln has
the 6th A grade in the library base
ment which Miss Hatcher taught up to
Christmas holidays and relinquished
to assume the duties of tho county
superinteudency of public instruction
Miss Bayard has been a Nebraska uni
versity student and up to Christmas
was principal of the school at
The first semester will close February
7th at which time the annual promo
tions will occur And at this interval
the high school grades will move into
the new high school building
Miss Nina Kenagy has bean held at
her home in Milford by the severe ill
ness of her mother and Mrs C T
Loper has been substituting for her this
week
Later Mrs Kenagy died yesterday
morning Miss Gertrude failed to reach
home before she passed away
Stratton Man Injured
Stratton Nebr Jan 11 Yesterday
morning Job Davis proprietor of the
West Side Livery barn met with a
serious accident which it is feared
may cost him his life He was cross
ing the railroad track when a switched
car of wheat struck him throwing him
to the ground aud causing both lgs to
be cut off by the wheels A strong
wind was blowing and seemed to obscure
the sound of the on coming cars from
the west end of tho track while several
stationary cars used by some section
laborers hid the view of the cars until
they were upon him Mr Davis was
at once carried to tbe hospital where
everything possible is being done for
him but as ne is a man advauced in
years his recovery seems doubtful
Organized Agriculture
Tho nineteen societies of Organized
Agriculture meet at Lincoln during the
week of January 20th Discussions will
be had on every subject of importance
to the farmer The evening session will
be occupied with addresses from very
prominent men and on Friday night
Governor and Mrs Sheldon will hold a
reception at the Governors mansion to
which every one in attendance is invit
ed These winter meetings will be at
tended by more than three thousand of
our progressive farmers and we are
glad that such an opportunity is given
for our farmers to meet with the men
who have the most advanced ideas for
the advancement of agriculture
Have You Houses To Rent
Then you should be supplied with
rent receipt books The Tribune has
just what you want compact and com
plete
Assistant State Veterinarians
Governor Sheldon having recived
information that tin bureau of aninial
industry department of agriculture
had agreed that its inpetors would
act as inspectors for tho state of Ne
braska without pay from tho state
yesterday issued a cattle quarantine
proclamation which ho said he would
promulgate several months ago It
is a proclamation that tho government
department and catth men d Nehia Ua
have been asking for The nhjcct is
to prevent tho t preail of ycibbiei in
cattle and to work no unnecehMirv hard
ship on shippers an owner in No
brnski Provision made for the sli p
ment of uninspected clean cattle unin
spected exposed call lis and free cattle
and each will bo inspected at tho South
Omaha stock yard if the shipment is
to that place and if found diseased will
be dipped at i cost of 15 ci nts a bead
At present all tiltl iniit t be loaded
into the quarantine division of tho tck
yards and this woiks a hardship upon
the shipper whose cattle are clean
To carry out the rovisions of this
order in this section of Nebraska the
governor has designated as assistatit
state veterinaiiatis Dr V F Jones and
Dr E It ONeil of tho bureau of
animal industry who make McCook
their Home
Obituary
Mary Cogan was bin in county Sligo
Ireland Aug 1st 1623 and died at tho
home of her son John i Farroll at
Lebanon Neb on Jm 2 S 190S While
living in Ireland -he u mimed tn
John Farroll aud with li i family mowd
to Canada and from there in 1831 he
with Jit husbiud and f nv d i
a homestiuf six mil- n rth of L bannt
Neb win re she raided uiiJ I th uno
of her death except a few pi spen
in McCook Neb where she had munv
friends
She leaves to mourn her deatii three
sons and two daughters and a wide
circle of friends At her bedside at the
time of her death were James and John
M Farrell Edward Farreil lives in
California Mrs Ed Fitzgerald a daugh
ter lives at McCook and Mrs P Carty
another daughter living at BeariWey
Kansas
She lived a faithful and conscientious
Christian life and died a Cnristians
death beloved by every one who knew
her Communicated
By Literary Department
The W C T U met with Mrs E S
Howell Friday afternoon The meeting
was under the leadership of Mrs Ed
Callen president of theliterary depart
ment Interesting pieces were read from
leading publications Miss Bessie Smith
favoredAthe ladies with a recitation
which wju1 greatly appreciated
The next meeting will be held at Mrs
Howe Smiths Friday January 24 at 3
p m This will be a IJihle reading and
Mrs Hove Smith will lead
Good Ink but No Bread
Sweynheym and Pannartz the two
Germans who were the first to print
books in Rome used paper and types
of excellent quality Their ink on
pages printed more than 400 years ago
can vie in blackness with the best of
the present day Yet with all their la
bors they often lacked bread In a pe
tition to the pope they informed his
holiness that their house was full of
proof sheets but that they had noth
ing to eat Argonaut
To Her Credit
Miss Diggs Yes he said you didnt
show your age
Miss Passay The idea The impu
dence of him
Miss Diggs Why Id call that a
compliment It simply proves how
skillful youve been in concealing it
Philadelphia Press
Important to Him
An old lady was telling her grand
children about some trouble in Scot
land in the course of which the chief
of her clan was beheaded It was nae
great thing of a head to be sure said
the good old lady but it was a sad
loss to him
Soft
Should a man shave up or down
asked a youthful city clerk and the
barber replied with a igriu
That depends When I shave you
for instance I always shave down
The silent mouth Is melodious
Irish Proverb
Reformed
Did she marry her husband to re
form him
I guess so She reformed him all
right
Why he drinks like a fish
I know it but he didnt use to be
fore she married him Houston Post
Impossible Combination
The time the place and the girl
How seldom we find them together
Bah The combination that we sel
dom find together is the man the
shower and the umbrella Louisville
Courier Journal
By Right of Birth
Hunter Are you an American citi
zen Pat Pat Faith an I am that
I was horn iu Donegal but twas on
the Fourth iv July Harpers Weekly
When a man wears long chin whisk
ers It may be because his wife In
sists upon buying his neckties Phil
adelphia Record
2y We acre smashing pnees now
eup bonnet Rabies
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CopjnM lle by
our price 5 are on the anvil now anp
we are -smashing them because we wi 5h
to jell thiis winter tock of goods
it s yet a long time until spring anp
at the price 5 we are jelling winter
things you can afford to uy and carry
them until next winter
tuese are 5ome of the we
are making ladie 5 coat 5 and jacket 5
at one half price overcoats at 2 5 per
cent le5 5 than we have jold them
before closing out priced on dre5 5
good 5 underwear etc
when we lower our alwayj low
priced the lowered priced are very
LoW
CORDIALLY
C L DeGROFF CO
I WERE JUST I
AS
For a small package as a large one Each will
receive the same thorough and careful attention
If we get the former it may in time grow to
the latter by the satisfaction you will derive
in wearing our laundered work
We Do AH Kinds of Laundry Work
Family Washing 5c Per Pound
CCOOK STEAM LAUNDRY
PHONE 35
W C BLAIR Proprietor
Successor to G C Hcckmanj
Public Sale
Having decided to move to Colorado
I will sell at public auction at my home
sixteen miles north of McCook at Quick
P O Frontier county Nebraska on
Thursday Jan 30 1908
commencine at ten oclock a rr the
following described property
14 HEAD OF HORSES
One Percheron stallion Prince of Pil
sen No 3G39 pedigree goes with horse
weight 1800 pounds color dapple
grey dark age 5 years Terms to suit
on stallion One gray mare 4 years old
weight 900 1 gray mare 3 years old 1
black horse 3 years old 1 saddle horse
bay 1 gray horse weight 1300 1 gray
mare 2 years old 1 brown horse 2 years
old 1 bay colt 1 year old 5 weanling
colts
U HEAD OF CATTLE
Six young cows fresh soon 2 2 year
old heifers six calves
i MALE DUROC HOG
FARM IMPLEMENTS ETC
Two riding listers nearly new 2 riding
cultivators nearly new 1 top buggy 2
saddles 1 cream separator guaranteed
good one new union churn
Free lunch at noon
TERMS Sums under 10 cash on
sums of 10 and over a credit of eight
months will be given purchasers to give
note drawing ten percent interest from
date with approved security A dis
count of five percent for cash on sums of
810 and over No property to be remov
ed until settled for
I F BARGER Owner
J H Woaaell Auct V Franklin Clerk
Closing Out Sale
Having decided to move to Eastern
Kansas 1 will sell at public auction ofc
the Almond Church farm in Frontier
county 12 miles north of McCook six
miles south of Quick on
WEDNESDAY JAN 22 OB
commencing at 10 oclock a m
following described property k
ELEVEN HEAD OF HORSES
One bay mare 7 years old weight
1300 lhs 1 gray mare 8 years od
weight 1200 lbs 1 gray gelding 3 years
old weight 1100 1 roan gelding 1 years
old weight 1100 lbs 1 span black horse
colt 1 and 2 ears old 1 bay mare com
ing 2 years old 1 roan cok coming two
years old 1 bay gelding years old
weight 10C0 lbs 1 Shire stallion six
years old weight 170C lb
NINE HEAD OF CATTLE
consisting of 7 good milch cows two
fresh now one yearling bull 1 two year
old heifer
SEVEN SHOATS
FARM IMPLEMENTS ETC
One top buggy 1 lumber wagon 1
2 row cultivator new 1 riding cultiva
tor 2 3 section harrows 1 walking cul
tivator 1 McCormick binder 1 McCor
mick mower 1 riding lister 1 disc 1
stirring plow 3 sets double harness
household goods and other articles too
numerous to mention
Free lunch at noon
Terms of Sale A credit of 8 months
will be given on all sums of S10 and over
purchaser giving note with approved
security all sums under 10 cash A
5 per cent discount for cash for all sums
of 810 and over
A J SCHOONOVER
J HWoddell Auct W S CollettCIerk