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In 1920 A D the
Stingiest Man in String
town carted his House
hold Goods to the Depot
and bought a ticket for
Millionville the Metropo
lis
Why are you mov
ing to Millionville in
quired a Citizen
To save postage
replied the Stingiest
Man Whereat the Citi
zen marveled mightily
Now be it known
that the Stingiest Man
in Stringtown was wise
in his Day and Genera
tion for along back in
1907 A D or there
about it became the
Settled Habit of the
Stringtown people to
purchase Large Sheets
of Little Stickers bear
ing portraits of G
Washington B Frank
lin W McKinley and other Late Illustrious Ones which
Specimens of Art they straightway stuck on envelopes
and sent to a Large and Luring Mail Order Concern in
Millionville Wherefore it came about that the Seven
Stores in Stringtown Shut up Shop one after the other
until along in 1919 A D the Stingiest Man found it in
cumbent upon him to begin purchasing these Small
Specimens of Art to present to the Maw of the Monster
in Millionville and the Aforesaid was Simply too Stingy
to stand for the Same
MORAL If you cant see the Moral without
being Missourified look up the Ad of an Oculist
in this Paper and purchase a Pair of Specs
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Real Estate Filings
Tbo following real estate Clings have
been made in the county clerks office
since our last report
Lincoln Land Co to Hannah E
and Joseph S Lowley vd to
lot G blk 1 1st iMcCook 250 00
JE I Peterson sheriff to Jane E
Whitney sheriffs deed to lot
4 blk 10 West McCook 50 00
H I Peterson sheriff to Kate
Ryan shei iff s deed to w hf
sbqr 1-1-30 850 00
Winfield S Fasick and wife to
Jesse D Mallery wd to se qr
se qr ne qr 17-1-2 1500 00
Wiliiam Weber and wife to Ar
ley L Lacy wd to se qr 27-1-29
7300 00
Hiram C Eider and wife to Wm
Huber wd to lot 4 blk 25
Ri verview cemetery 10 00
John D Hare and wife and
Charles F Lehn and wife to
Joseph S Eryson wd to e hf
22-1-29 6100 00
James Kummer and wife to B
F Olcott wd to lot 8 blk 11
West McCook 1200 00
Lincoln Land Co to Adam
Fridk wd to lot 8 blk 6 6th
McCook 225 00
Conrad Amen and wife to
George Fahrenbruck wd to
pt se qr se qr 30-3-2 700 00
E C Lakin and wife to Joseph
H McKiver wd to lots 1 2
blk 23 Indianola 700 00
E G Malone and wife to Char
les Butter wd to se qr 4500 00
H Hoffman single to George
Shaffer wd to pt lot 3 32-1-29 600 00
Clark TLoperand wife to Frank
P Ratliff wd to lot 3 blk 27
2nd McCook 1850 00
Theodor H Colling et ux to
Joseph Downs wd to lots 16
17 Willow Grove 1475 00
County Treasurer to John Dun
ning tax deed to lot 10 blk 38
Indianola
Travis W Benjamin Admr to
A G Dole deed to ne qr 27-1-30
1090 00
J O Hammond to Mabel Ham
mondand N E Barger wd to
pt ne qr se qr 39 3 29 100
A Handy Receipt Book
Bound duplicate receipt books three
receipts to the page for sale at Thb
Tribune office
Advertising is strictly a business
proposition The Tribunes subscrip
tion book is open to any advertisers
inspection
County Commissioners Proceedings
continued fkom last week
McCook NobFebruary 11 1903
The following claims were audited and allow
ed and on motion dork was instructed to draw
warrants on the county general fund levy of
1907 in payment thereof as follows
McCook Republican printing for county
attorney 4 50
McCook Republican same for Co sheriff 2 50
McCook Republican same for clerk of
court G3 00
Klopp Bartlett Co statutes 1907 tax
receipts legal blanks and supplies 1G1 28
Klopp Bartlett Co legal blanks sup
plies record for clerk of court revenuo
laws and assessors books 190S 130 75
State Journal Co supplies blanks 27 35
Neb Tel Co toll for Nov Dec 11 70
Neb Tel Co toll for Dec additional 2 35
Neb Tel Co toll for January 3 55
Neb Tel Co claim of phono rent for
Jan Feb 2750 rejected
A D Beemer warden pen 22S 00
Commercial Hotel boarding jury Dec 35 75
Commercial hotel boarding jury Feb 19 50
Geo Fowler janitor service Nov Dec 90 00
R M Osborn jailor fees board of pris
oners 54 00
J M Ruff special deputy for sheriff 2 00
Mrs Nora Peterson matron fees board
for prisoners 14 00
H I Peterson postage money advanced 1 50
H I Peterson fees State vs Boyd 30 00
J M Henderson special deputy 22 00
V B Sexson guarding jail two nights 4 00
R W Devoe fees and attending court 9 50
R TV Devoe attending juvenile court 8 00
J M Gilchrist agt Nat Fid Gas Co
premium on treasurers bond 495 00
E J Wilcox postage expenses 7 85
Hammond Stephens Co blanks for
superintendent A 25
Hammond Stephens Co supplies and
books for superintendent 47 65
Hammond Stephens Co same 11 10
Hammond Stephens Co samo 48 50
W M Welch Mfg Co records for supfc 20 30
Flora B Quick salary 4th quarter 250 00
Flora B Quick postage office expenses 4 10
And on the county bridge fund levy of 1907 as
follows
E G Caine Co bridgo lumber 61 35
E G Caiue Co same 4G 80
W A DeMay Lumber Co samo 140 75
W C Bullard samo 37 40
Perry Bee Co samo 13 70
Geo W Cramer repairing bridge 4 25
J B Goreloy same 7 50
And on the road fund of tho respective com
missioner districts levy of 1907 as follows
Frank Cain road work 88 95
Harvey Nelson same 4 75
W H Meyers samo 7 00
Claus Tjarks samo 3 00
Fred Boll samo 4 50
Ernest Woyeneth samo G 00
William Webber same 6 00
George Lewis samo 3 00
Chas Miller samo 3 00
Ira Neel samo 2 25
Karbach Mfg Co road drag 18 00
Tho semi annual statement of the condition
of the institute fund by Miss Quick county
superintendent was examined and on motion
approved and ordered placed on file
Tho annual report of James E Ryan justico
of tho peace Indianola precinct was examined
and on motion approved
On motion board abjourncd to meet February
12 1908 F S Lofton Chairman
Attest Charles Skalla Clerk
McCook Neb February 12 1908
Tho board of county commissioners mot pur
suant to adjournment present V S LoftonS
Premer and C B Gray commissioners P E
Reeder attorney and Charles Skalla clerk
Tho minutes of tho previous meeting wcro
road and on motion approved
Tho following claims wero audited and allow
ed and tho clerk wus instructed to draw war
rants on the county genoral fund levy of 1907as
follows
II I Peterson money advanced for re
ward in case State vs Crigger 25 00
F M Kimmell printing legal blanks and
stationery 47 35
Nob Institute for Feeble Minded Youth
keeping Ruby Boyd 15 54
Flora B Quick oflice expenses 1907 25 90
Flora B Quick expenses of ilrst R W
Co Corn Contest less 1000 needed for
completing tho two 2500 prizes and
taken from institute fund 24 00
C A Rogers fees State vs Grigger 7 45
H I Peter ion same 85
On motion board adjourned to meet February
13 1908 F S Lofton Chairman
Attest Chakles Skalla Clerk
McCook Neb February 13 1908
The board of county commissioners met pur
suant to adjournment present F S Lofton S
Premer and C B Gray commissioners and
Charles Skalla clerk
Tho minutes of previous meeting were read
and on motion approved
On motion tho meeting was postponed and
tho board adjourned to meet February 141908
F S Lofion Chairman
Attest Charles Skalla Clerk
McCook Neb February 14 1908
The board of county commissioners met pur
suant to adjournment present F S Lofton S
Premer and C B Gray commissioners and
Charles Skalla clerk
The minutes of previous meeting cu read
and on motion approved
Tho board having discovered that in tho an
ual settlement made with C H Harmau over
seer district No G a error has been made by
which a certificate on tho road fund of district
G had been issued for Y725 while it should
have been issued for 750 attention to this
fact being called to tho board by C H Barman
on motion instructs clerk to correct the record
in this case by stating these facts in tho com
missioner record and proceedings and that Mr
Harmau has refunded to tho county treasurer
the amount of 1975 to tho credit of district No
G being the amount overpaid him as per treas
urers receipt No 1G7
Tho ollicial bond of A C Crabtreo as con
stable of Indianola precinct was examined and
on motion approved
On motion tho county treasurer was instruct
ed to refund to E E Thompson the sum of 131
being the amount illegally aesessed to the sv qr
of section 7-4-27 in 1907 as a school district levy
for district 21 and paid by him under protest
for tho reason said land is in unorganized terri
tory and not subject to any school district levy
The following claims wcro audited and allow
ed and on motion clerk was instructed to draw-
warrants on the county general fund levy of
1907 as follows
Perry Bee Co coal for pauper
A Lord nails and supplies
HIPeterson telegrams
H I Peterson board for prisoners
E F Osborn jailor fees boarding pris
oners attending court claimed at 58
allowed at
II F Pade chairs and shades
J C Moore oflice cxpeHsesclaimed5r t
allowcil at
G C Heckman laundry for prisoner
McCook Republican printing for county
supt
Hammond Stephens Co rejected claim
of 350 for pencil sharpener
H I Peterson serving road notices
18 SO
21 63
4 26
23 00
49 00
11 75
2 90
2 9S
20 90
II II Berry fees State vs Boyd 13 95
H I Peterson same G 25
R W Devoe samo 8 10
II n Berry fees State vs Coffee 5 15
II I Peterson same 4 20
Rufus Douglas same 1 10
J C Moore same I 10
C H Boyle same 110
Harry Leonard same 110
R W Devoe same 8 55
H I Peterson in re Spiker delinquent
children fees 155
R W Devoe samo G 05
H I Peterson fees in the matter of the
Fahrenbruck children delinquent 1 20
R W Devoe same 5 30
H L Hoagland fees State vs Gossard 1 00
E F Osborn same 85
E J Brailey same 1 20
J C McClorry same 1 05
JMGilchrist samo 30 10
E T Robinson samo 30 10
J W Tulleys same 30 10
W B Kern same 15 20
C A Rogers same 13 75
F S Lofton service as commissioner G5 SO
S Premer same 67 50
C B Gray same 76 70
And on the county bridge fuud levy of 1907 as
follows
Perry Bee Co bridgo lumber 184 80
The petition of Sidney Dodge et al asking
for the establishment of a public road was read
and considered Tho board iinds that all tho
requirements of tho law have been complied
with and the public good requires it on motion
petition was granted and road established as
follows
Commencing at tho north east corner of sec
tion 36 township 1 north rango 29 west of tho
6th P M in Red Willow county thenco west
one mile on section lino between sections 25 and
36 in said township to the southwest corner of
section 25 and also commencing at the north
west corner of the southwest quarter of section
25 township 2 rango 29 thenco west two miles
on quarter section line through sections 26 and
27 in said township and range and terminating
thereat and clerk was instructed to notify over
seer of highways to open said road
On motion damages wero allowed on above
road by reason of establishment of same as fol
lows
McKenna Boyle Eldred sw 25 claimed
120 allowed jo 00
J L Sims se 26 claimed 50 allowed 40 00
Martha J Connors sw 26 claimed 6000
allowed 40 00
Louiso W Randel shf nw 26 claimed 70
allowed 40 00
G F Randel s hf s hf 27 claimed 14000
allowed go 00
Road overseer of road district was directed
to pay tho same out of any funds belonging to
the district as the law provides
The board finds on tho records of Red Willow
county that part of the road as petitioned for
namely tho one half mile running north and
south between the southwest quarter of section
25 and tho south east quarter of section 26 is
and has been for long years a public road and
therefore uo reference was made to this part of
tho proposed road in abovo description and no
damages wero allowed on any land adjoining
this part of the road
Petition of George Cappel William Vogt and
others asking for the establishment of a public
road was read and considered and on motion
laid over until tho noxt meeting for the reason
that tho board wants to investigate as to tho
merits of some of the claims for damage on filo
on said road
On motion board adjourned to meet Fcbruary
25 1908 F S Lofton Chairman
Attest Charles Skalla Clerk
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TARPON TACTICS
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Wonderful Feats Flights and Leaps of
the Silver King
In the big pass tarpon can best be
cituglit from near the bottom of the
channel and should be llslied for with
fifty feet of Hue and a heavy sinker
lu shallow water the tarpon leaps
high in air the instant he feels the
hook but In the pass he often lights
for a minute or two before coining to
the surface More than once when I
had come to fear that my tarpon was
a shark he has suddenly shot above
the surface like a bullet from a gun
and in the first wild shake of his head
thrown hook and bait fifty feet in the
air and one even sent a four ounce
leaden sinker Hying over my head from
nearly twice that distance Other tar
pon when struck came straight up
from the bottom one grazing our gun
wale as he rose and another leaping
over the stern of the canoe As soon
as a tarpon was tired enough to let us
pull the canoe beside him we removed
the hook from his mouth and let him
swim home to his family It happened
once that a tarpon was less tired than
we had assumed On that occasion we
swam home and he had n good man
story to tell his friends
It had been counted a poor year for
tarpon yet in fifteen consecutive days
of fishing we were fast to forty four
tarpon each of which had jumped for
us from one to twelve times This
high water mark of twelve jumps was
made by a tarpon which was stimu
lated to his later efforts by the pres
ence of a pursuing shark and the
twelfth jump was a double number
There was commotion in the crimsoned
water new vigor at the other end of
my line and it was an hour later when
I finally landed on a sand bar a shark
with an aldermanlc stomach A knife
drawn across this distended organ dis
closed the tarpon in sections with the
hook still fast in his jaw and enabled
the camera man to photograph to
gether the subjects he had recently
photographed separately Although
this shark was only one fifth the size
of our big hammerhead yet he made
but two bites of his victim
Our work at Boca Grande ended with
the red letter day of the season of nil
seasons I was fishing in the pass with
fifty feet of line and the bait was di
rectly under the canoe when a tarpon
struck fiercely quickly carried away a
hundred more feet of line and then
swam so swiftly toward us that I fear
ed from the loosened line that he had
escaped Then fifty feet from the ca
noe there shot into the air a giant tar
pon measuring as we learned after
ward an even seven feet Up up up
he rose until the camera seemed to be
pointed at the zenith and before the 1
rattled camera man could get his aim
the silver king had turned graceful j
in the air and was plunging downward
The captain swears that he saw swing
ing clear of the water the ribbon which
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it hung plumb down from the tarpon
Once I gave my own estimate of the 1
height of the jump to a group of j
friends and after a glance at their
grieved expressions appealed to the one
of most experience on the coast and
with the tarpon After a single mo
ment of hesitation he remarked firmly
We fishermen must stand together
I believe the story A W Dimock in
Appletons
When Drarrmcrs Come Easy
At the Players club in New York
one evening there was a guest from
out of town a playwright well known
for his extraordinary facility in turn
ing out the alleged drammers that
do the circuits It
Is no uncommon thing for this pro
ducer to grind out five or six of his
plays annually
Some ono innocently asked the play
wright if it was rather difficult to find
new ideas for his plays
Really I dont know was the frank
answer of the man who has made
thousands of dollars from his dram
mers 1 have never tried it New
York Tribune
Wooden Almanacs
An antiquary in Chicago took a curi
ously engraved block of wood from a
case
Here is an original almanac a Sax
on one he said The engraved fig
ures on it all concern the moon They
forecast the new moons and full moons
and lunar changes for the year hence
being devoted to lunar matters the
Saxon block was called an
or observation of all the moons
From our word alma
nac comes
Usual Result
Well asked the motorman did
you manage to collect your little bill
from that couductor
No answered the disgusted pas
senger I got tired trying to collect
it at his house and the other day 1
caught him ou his car
What did he do
The samo thing as usual put me
off
Real Genius
That artist is a real genius
re-
marked the admirer
No answered Miss Cayenne he
cant be a real genius or people
wouldnt be saying so many compli
mentary things about him before he is
dead Washington Star
Superstitious Golfers
The two chief golfing superstitions
are that two up and five to play never
won a match and that it is unlucky to
win the first hole It is hard to say
which is the sillier of the two London
Mail
One lie must be thatched with an
other or It will soon rain through
Owen
HUMAN STOMACH HAS
BECOME 0
Mr Cooper in speaking of the re
markable success of his medicine had
this to say on the subject My medi
cine regulates the stomach That Is
why it is successful The human stom
ach today has become degenerate and
is the cause for most ill health In
the horse the dog and the wild ani
mals generally you see no nerve ex
haustion no chronic debility They
are not shut up day after day with
practically no exercise and they are
not able to stuff themselves with food
when their bodies have not had enough
work to justify it The human race
has been doing this for years and
look at the result half the people are
complaining of poor health not real
illness just a half sick tired droopy
feeling They dont really know what
is the matter with them
I know that all the trouble is
caused by weak overworked stom
achs I have proved this with my
medicine to many thousands of peo
ple in most of the leading cities of
this country I expect to do the same
thing in Europe next year This is
the real reason for the demand for
my preparation
Among those who have recently
been converted to Coopers theory is
Mr Monroe Brown of 8 Hancock
Street Winchester Mass Mr Brown
has this to say of his experience with
GENERA I
Animals Are Healthier Because of Strong
Digestive Apparatus
An IntoroRtlnEr Interview was re
cently obtained with L T Cooper tae
younc man whose theory and mecu
cines have created such a sensation
during the past year
tho new medicine For over seven
years I suffered with catarrh of tho
stomach and for the past year I was
lame with rheumatism I attributed
this to my stomach trouble as my cir
culation was very poor What food I
ate would turn to gas almost at once
I would have a sensation of bloating
and would have to belch frequently
to relieve this My heart also becamo
affected and I would suddenly become
dizzy and have palpitations I was
tired and dull and despondent at all
times I lost a great deal of flesh and
was nervous and depressed This went
on for over seven years although I
spent hundreds of dollars trying to
get relief
When Cooper was in Boston I
heard a good deal about his ideas on
stomach trouble Next one or two
friends told mo that his medicines had
greatly helped them I purchased
some of the New Discovery medicine
Today I am perfectly well I sleep liko
a boy can eat anything and have no
rheumatism or heart trouble I no
longer havo any gas on my stomach
and feel as I did years ago No ono
could bo more astonished by theso
facts than myself They aro remark
able but true This is indeed a won
derful medicine
The Cooper preparations havo been
more widely sold and discussed sinco
being introduced than anything of tho
kind ever before sold by druggists Wo
sell them and explain their nature
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DANGER SIGNAL NO 1 conies
from the kidney secretions They will
warn you when the kidneys pre sick
Well kidneys excrete a cl nr amber
fluid Sick kidneys send out a thin
pale ai d foamy or n thick red ill smell
ing urine full of sediment and irregular
of passage
DANGER SIGNAL NO 5 comes
from the back Back pains dull and
heavy or sharp and acute tell you of
tho approach of dropsy diebetes and
Brights disease Doans Kidney Pills
cure sick kidneys and cure them per
manently Heres McCook proof
Mrs J C Predmore living in tho
northwestern part of McCook Neb
says I have been more or less annoy
ed from kidney trouble for a number of
years Tho first sympton of this disease
was a sharp pain that caught me in the
small of my back while stooping over
Shortly after I noticed an occasional
dull aching across the small of my back
I gave but little attention to the trouble
at first thinking it would soon disap
pear It increased however and I real
ized by the frequency of my kidney se
cretions that my kidneys were disorder
ed I grew worse became nervous
restless and was all unstrung I suffer
ed from severe headaches and upon aris
ing from a chair would frequently be so
dizzy that 1 would be forced to sit down
again When I saw Doans Kidney
Pills advertised I purchased a box at
McConnells drug store They helped
me from the start I continued taking
them and soon received a complete
cure
For sale by all dealers Price 50
cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo
New York sole agents for the United
States
Remember the name Doans
take no other
and
Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture says that the unbounded
prosperity of the agriculturist is not due
to chance but is the result of intelli
gent scientific business methods A
reader of The Weekly Inter Ocean has
placed before him each week the prac
tical and approved methods to which
Secretary Wilson refers It is a good
investment Only 125 for The Weekly
Inter Ocean and this paper one year
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