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By F M KIA1MELL
Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co
Subscription 1 a Year in Advance
Call Republican State Convention March
12 1908
Pursuant to tho call of the National
committee issued December 7 1907 the
Republican electors of tho stnto of Ne
braska are hereby called to meet in con
vention in tho city of Omaha on Thurs
day March 12 1908 at two oclock in
tho afternoon for tho purpose of select
ing four delegates at lnrgo and four al
ternates to the Republican National
convention to be held in the city of
Chicago June 16 1908 for tho nomina
tion of candidates for president and vice
president of the United States
Tho basis of representation of tho sev
eral counties in snid stato convention
shall bo the vote cast for Honorable II
11 Wilson for presidential elector at tho
general election hold for November 8
1904 giving one delegate for each one
hundred fifty votes and the major frac
tion thereof so cast for said H II Wil
son but each county to be entitled to at
least one dologate Slid npiKirtioonient
entities tho several coonties to tho fol
lowing representation Id the said con
vention
NUMREIt OF DELEGATES TO EACH COUNTY
1908
Adams 15
Antelope 12
Banner 1
Blaine 1
Boone 12
Box Butte i
Boyd 8
Brown 4
Buffalo 17
Burt 14
Butler 11
Cass 18
Cedar 12
Chase 2
Cherry 7
Cheyenne - 5
Clay 14
Colfax 8
Cuming 10
Custer 18
Dakato G
Dawes 5
Dawson 11
Deuel 3
Dixon 10
Dodo 19
Douglas 102
Dundy 3
Fillmore 13
Franklin 8
Frontier 7
Furnas 10
Gage 29
Garfield 3
Gosper 4
Grant 1
Greeley 6
Hall
Hamilton
Harlan
Hayes
Hitchcock
Holt
17
12
8
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4
12
Hooker 1
Howard S
Jefferson 14
It is recommended
allowed and that the
Jhuson 11
Kearney 8
Keith 2
K ya Pdia 3
Kimball 1
Knox 14
Lancaster 54
Lincoln 10
Logan 1
Loup 1
McPherhon 1
Madinon 15
Morrick 8
Nance 8
Nemaha 13
Nuckolls 11
Otort 17
Pawnee 12
Perkins 1
Phelps 10
Pierce 7
Platte 13
Polk 8
Rod Willow 9
Richardson 17
Rock 3
Saline 16
S irpy 7
Saunders 19
Scotts Bluff 4
Seward 15
Sheridan 4
Sherman 5
Sioux 2
Stanton 6
Thayer 13
Thomas 1
Thurston 5
Valley 8
Washington 12
Wayne 10
Webster 11
Wheeler 1
Yrk 17
Total 925
that no proxies be
delegates present
from each of the respective counties be
authorized to cast tho full vote of their
delegations
AttentiSn is called lo the method pro
vided for by tho resolution of tho state
committee giving tho Republican elect
ors in each county where desired an op
portunity to express their preference for
candidate for president of tho United
States which plan of expressing said
preference has been forwarded to each
county chairman
Attention is also called to Section 3 of
Rulo VI adopted by tho said stato com
mittee providing for the filing of cre
dentials and which rule is as follows
Credentials of delegates to conven
tions shall be filed with the secretary of
the state central committee at loast five
days before tho date of said convention
Pursuant to said call of the National
committee and the laws of Nebraska
tho several congressional committees
are instructed to proceed in the usual
manner to name a time and place for
holding their respective district conven
tions for the election of two delegates
and two alternates from each of said
congressional districts in conformity
with the requirements of the call of the
national committee tho same basis of
representation being used in tho several
counties as is herein provided for the
state convention It is recommended
thnt the same place and date be selected
by said congressional committees for
holding Mild district conventions as
havo been selocted by this committee
for tho state convention
Wm IIayward Chairman
K P Corrick Secretary
January 8 1908 Lincoln Nebraska
Duuing 1907 5000 employees and
passengers were killed on the railroads
of America During the same time
76286 were injured in the two classes
named Besides these taking the fig
ures of 1906 those of 1907 not being
available on this point fi330 other
persons were killed What an appall
ing indictment against the railroads of
our country W H Boardman editor
of the Railroad Gazette presumably an
expert on the subject states that for the
most part- these deaths and injuries
could be avoide I a least greatly reduc
ed by enfoicoiuent of present laws the
use of required appliances and the de
mand of managers of greater care on
part of employees Criminal prosecu
tions are suggested for criminal negli
gence on the part of managers and em
ployees The record is one of horror
and public sentiment should inexorably
demand an improvement Even Amer
ican self respect is at stake in face of
such criminal killings
That section of the anti trust act
awarding to the complainant three times
the amount of damage sustained by a
combination in restraint of interstate
trade can be invokpd to prevent aj boy
cott by organized labor was held Mon
day in a decision by the supreme court
of the United States in the case of Lowe
Co hat manufacturers of Danbury
Conn vs Martin Lawler and 200 other
members of the United Hatters union
of that city The decision of the court
was announced by Chief Justice Fuller
and reversed the holding of the United
States circuit court of appeals for the
second circuit The opinion of the
court was unanimous
Not guilty but insaue This in
effect was the verdict of the jury in the
second trial of Harry Thaw for the kill
ing of Stanford White Thaw has
gone to the Mattewau asvlum for an in
definite stay
COPYRIGHT TOO O UNOCRWOOO A UNDERWOOD
A LATE PICTURE OF SECRETARY TAFT
William Howard Tnft secretary of war and leading Republican presiden
tial candidate was born in Cincinnati Sept 15 1S57 A graduate of Yale and
Cincinnati Law school he began work as a reporter In 18S7 he became judge
of the superior court of Cincinnati in 1S90 he was appointed United States
solicitor general in 1892 he became United States circuit judge In March
-1900 he went to the Philippines to organize the American government there
2Teb 1 1904 he was appointed secretary of war He has rendered conspicu
ous service in the Philippines in negotiations with Pope Leo in Cuba in
Panama and to American interests throughout the world
Alliance 5
Beaver 6
Bondville 6
Box Elder 3
Coleman 3
Danbury 6
Driftwood 4
East Valley 9
Fritsch 5
Gerver 3
Grant 3
Indianola 10
1st Wd 1st Pet
1st Wd 2nd Pet
2nd Wdlst Pet
2ndWd2nd Pet
Lebanon 7 Total 127
It is recommended thai no proxies be
allowed and that the delegates present
cast the full vote of their precinct It
is also recommended that the primary
or caucus for electing delegates to tho
county convention b held on Monday
March 2nd at such time as the several
precinct committeemen may designate
It is further recommended that the
several precinct committeemen furnish
a ballot to each voter at the said primary
or caucus requesting all voters to vote
their preference for president of the
United States and that a tally list of
such preference votb bo kept by each
committeeman and that return of the
same be made to S R Smith chairman
of the Republican county central com
mittee at Indianola immediately after
said primary Ballots for taking such
preference vote will be furnished by the
chairman cf the county central com
mittee S R Smith Chairman
W D Mackechnie Secretary
The Message
The president recommends actions by
congress as follows
First The amendment of the
ployers liability law to comply with
the requirements of the supreme court
decision
Second Provision for compensation
of government employes injured in the
government service
Third Amendment of the law re
lating to the issue of injunction in
labor cases
Fourth Empowering the Interstate
Commerce commission to pass on any
rate or practice upon its own initia
tive without waiting for complaint to
be made
Fifth Provision for physical valu
ation of interstate railways when need
ed to prevent stock watering and over
capitalization
Sixth Amendment of the Sherman
law so as to allow certain harmless
combinations to be made
Seventh Grant of power to Inter
state Commerce commission to control
certain shipments and regulate the
physical operations of interstate rail
roads
Senator Bukkett Monday introduc
ed a bill in the senate appropriating the
sum of 850000 for the establishment of
a bureau of postal savings in connection
with the postofiice depaitment The
measure provides for a chief at tho
salary of 5000 a year an assistant
chief at 83C00 chief clerk at2250 and
a sufficient quota of other clerks and em
ployes All classes of postmasters un
der the bill shall receive deposits from
the patron of their oflice to draw inter
est at the rate 26 per annum It lim
its deposits to 500 and deposits shall
not be recived for more than 31000 from
any one person Minors or married
women may make deposits in their own
name there being no restrictions against
depositors of any kind It also provides
that the funds shall be deposited
in United States depositories which
shall pay to the government 3 per cent
interest on the deposits The provis
ions of the statutes relating to enibez
zelment of postal funds are extended to
include deposits under this act
The presidents sizzling message suit
ed everybody worthwhile but Chancellor
Day of Syracuse university And it
wasnt intended to suit him at all The
chancellor needs a guardian or tho in
terference of the juvenile court
And now prophets are not lacking
that President Roosevelt will be renom
inated nolens volens on a stampede
More would bepleased to have it hap
pen so
It didnt cost much to get an anti
Hammond telegram Just so much a
word Peanuts
It 19 down and out for Foraker
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Fifth District Convention
Pursuant to the call of the national
committee issued December 7 1907 tho
Republican electors of tho Fifth congres
sional district of Nebraska aro hereby
called to meet in convention in the city
of Hastings on Monday March 9 1908
at 300 p m for tho purpose of select
ing two delegates and two alternates to
tho Republican national convention to be
held in the city of Chicago Juno 16
1908 for the nomination of candidates
for president and vice president of tho
United States
The basis of representation of tho sev
eral counties in said convention shall be
tho vote for Hon II II Wilson for pres
idential elector at the general election
held November 8 1904 giving one dele
gate for each ono hundred fifty votes
and the major fraction thereof so cast
for said Hon H II Wilson
Said apportionment entitles tho sever
al counties to the following reprasonta
tion in said convention
Adams 15
Chase 2
Clay 14
Dundy 3
Franklin 8
Frontier 7
Furnas 10
Gosper 4
HoU 17
Total
Harlan 8
Hayes 2
Hitchcock 4
Kearney 8
Nuckolls 11
Perkins 1
Phelps 10
Red Willow 9
Webster 11
144
It is recommended that no proxies bo
allowed and that the delegates present
from each of the respective counties be
authorized to cast the full vote of their
delegations
Geo A ALLENChairman
J R McCarl Secretary
If the plan of Dr Julian T Thomas
of New York for stamping out contag
ious diseases is adopted every city will
have to own a balloon or two Dr
Thomas who is an aeronaut and a phy
sician says a large percentage of the
opidemics of grip scarlet fever and
diphtheria are caused by drying clothes
in tho germ infected areas near the
earth So Dr Thomhs would fasten
the family washing to a balloon and
send it high up in tho air to dry The
clothing would remain antiseptic in that
way It is stated that disease microbes
cannot exist 2000 feet above the earth
Lincoln Star
The house of representatives Monday
took up and passed the Sulloway bill
granting a flatjjpension of 12 monthly
f to all widows of honorably discharged
soldiers Its provisions were first ex
plained by its author who said it invol
ved an additional expenditure of 12
711000 He described destitute wid
ows ot soldiers wno are unable to se
cure pensions because of some tech
nicality regarding their property hold
ings and received applause when he
said these technicalities should be
swept away
President JRoosevelts enemies are
making a most determined effort to in
crease his quite boundless popularity
with the masses Lay on McDuff and
damned be he who first cries enough
Roosevelts Achievements
The first and most undeniable fact in
the whole situation is that President
Roosevelt has brought about a radical
change and a most wholesome change
the attitude of the people of the United
States toward wealth as a political pow
er It is almost literally true that six
years ago no proposition to which tho
great corporation interests of the coun
try were strongly opposed was looked
upon as having any practical chance of
being realized so long at least as the
Republican party remained in power
and that seemed a practically endless
period The killing or maiming or stifl
ing of bills of this kind in committee
was a foregone conclusion and the only
answer to protests was Tweeds old
query What are you going to do
about it Mr Roosevelt has changed
all that He has driven into congress
the idea that measures behind which
can bo massed ajpowerful public senti
ment can be forced through congress by
a resolute president And tho moral
effect of this political emancipation has
been far more important than its polit
ical or economic effect it has through
out the country straightened the con
viction that the right or the wrong of a
proposition and not the power of the
purse is what must decide its fato in
the last resort For the courage and
power which Mr Roosevelt has mani
fested in bringing about this change he
is entitled to the profound gratitude of
the nation Baltimore News Ind
ADVERTISED LIST
The following letters cards and pack
ages remain uncalled for at the McCook
postofiice February 7 1907
LETTERS
Andrew Mrs Mary Boyd Mr William L
Bole Miss Mary Catherine
Bailey Mrs Annie W
Cooper Mr Leonard
Fields Fred II
Gilbert Mr J H
Hawkins Mrs R J
Knott M L
Lee Mrs Maggie
Moore Miss May
Mitchell Mrs W M
Marsh Mr Frank
ODonald Mrs Nora 3
Burke C A
Devere Vivian
Duland Mr Christopher
Humphrey Mr H H
Jones S J
Kock Mr Jacob
Morrison Miss Nellie
Middough H
McAchran Miss Gladys
Miller Paul M
Rhoads Miss Fannie
Sheldon Mrs Martin Van Buren
Stewart Mr W A Story M
Taunt Mr Chas E Wood C J
Wilson Mr Lester Whitmore Mr Fred
CARDS
Bung Mrs J Clayburg Miss Pearl
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Republican County Convention
Pursuant to tho call of the Republican
stato committee issued January 8 1903
and the Republican county central com
mittee issued January 29 1908 tho Re
publican electors of Rod Willow county
are hereby called to meet in county con
vention at Bartley in said county at
11 oclock a m on Wednesday March
4 1908 for the purpose of selecting del
egates to tho Republican stato conven
tion to bo hold in tho city of Omaha on
March 12 1908 and for tho transaction
of all other business that may properly
come before said convention
The basis of representation of tho sev
eral voting precincts of said county shall
be the vote cast for Charles Skalla for
county clerk at tho general election
held November 5 1907 giving one del
egate for every fifteen 15 votes or frac
tion thereof and two delegates at large
for each voting precinct
Said apportionment gives the sev
eral precincts in said county the fol
lowing representation in said convention
Missouri Ridge 5
North Valley 5
Perry 4
Red Willow 6
Tyrone 5
Valley Grange 4
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Rules Adopted Governing Expression of Choice for a Republican
Candidate for President
First The chairman and secretary of the stato committee aro hereby in
structed to have printed a sufficient number of official ballots which ballots shall
contain the names of all announced candidates for the Republican nomination for
President of tho United States and two blank lines immediately under tho names
of the candidates where any elector may write in the name of any person for
whom he desires to vote whose namo does not appear on tho ballot Said ballot
shall contain the words Official Ballot and tho words Preference for candi
date for President of the United States with a square opposite each name and
opposite each blank line and shall contain the words Vote for Ono and bo
arranged as the official ballots in the elections are arranged except as to tho
position of the names on tho ticket In printing ballots the position of the names
of the candidates thereon shall be changed on each 500 ballots so that the candi
dates shall alternate as to the first position on said ballot
Second The vote for preference for a candidate for President shall be taken
in each precinct at the time of holding the caucus or primary for tho selection of
delegates to the county convention which shall elect delegates to the stato conven
tion to be held in the city of Omaha on March 12 190S
Third Upon the request of the central committee of any county official
ballots shall be sont by the secretary of the state committee to the chairman of
such county committee who shall send the precinct committeeman at least five
days before the caucus or primary is held in snid precinct the ballots for such
precinct
Fourth At the time of holding tho caucus or primary in each precinct a
separate ballot box shall be furnished for said ballots
Fifth All qualified Republican electors shall have the right to vote their
preference for President at said caucus or primary
bixth LSefore any ballot is delivered to the voter the chairman and clerk of
the caucus or tho judges of the primary shall write their name3 across the back of
said ballot
Seventh Tho clerk of the primary or caucus shall make a list of the namea
of the voters voting their preference for candidates for president which list to
gether with the ballots cast and the tally sheet showing tho tallied vote cast
shall within 24 hours after said caucus or primary bo transmitted to the chair
man of the Republican county committee of the county wherein said precinct is
located
Eighth Within five days of the time of holding such caucus or primary tha
chairman of the county committee shall appoint two Republican electors of said
county to canvass the vote on said preference and the result of said canvass with
the certificate of said canvassers shall beat at once transmitted by mail to tho
chairman of the state central committee at Lincoln Nebraska
Ninth The chairman of tho state central committee shall at once tabulate
the vote so received and transmit by mail to the chairman of the congressional
committee in each district a statement showing the vote on presidential candi
dates in each county in his congressional district and the chairman of tho stato
committee shall deliver to tho chairman of the state convention to be held in che
city of Omaha on March 12 1908 a statement snowing the vote received by him
on presidential candidates from all the counties in the state
We certify that the foregoing rules were adopted by the Republican state
central committee at Lincoln Nebraska January S 1908
F P Corrick Secretary William IIayward Chairman
Carter Mr Henry
Fo ter Mr Leo
Field Miss Edith Bell
Gould Mr Chas E
Klinger Mr Howard
McMullen Henry
Quick Merritt 2
Riley Mr James
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Wagner Mrs W F
When calling
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Farman Mr Frank
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McNeil Thomas
Rhode Henry
Riley Mr Clyde
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Real Estate Filings
-The following real estate filings have
been made in the county clerks office
since our last report
Marion Powell and wife and
Martin Nilsson and wife to
Charles II Angell deed to pt
nw qr 2050 CO
W II Harmon and wife to Ger
ney L Harmon wd to lot 3blk
3 Gth McCook 200 CO
Anton Peterson and wife to Les
lie Hanshow wd to e hf ne hf
and e hf se qr 28-2-29 2000 00
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