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NOTICE OP ELECTION TO VOTE WATEK
BOifDS AND WATER TAX
To tho qualified electors of tho City of McCook
In lted Willow county Stiito of Nebraska
Notice in hereby given tlint an oloctiou will bo
hold in sniil city on Tuebdny tho 7th day of
April 1008 between the hours of nino ocl ck n
m and t oven oclock p in central standard
time for the purpoHonf submitting to the qual
ified electors of said city tho following propo
sition
Shall tho City of McCook in Rod Willow
county NebraHka borrow monoy and imbuo tho
bouda of mud city for tho purposo of erecting
constructing and maintaining n syntcm of water
works for aaid city in tho sum of eightj llve
thousand dollars 8V0O0 OO said bonds to bo
issued in sums of five thousand doliarsr00000
each to become duo in twenty jcurs from tho
date of issuanco and to bo payable at any time
after live j ears and drawing intoreht nt tho
rato of six jer cont ior anntiin payable semi
annually caid bonds to bo railed Water Honda
and shall said city of McCook annually at tho
time required by law for making tho levy for
taxes for city purposes and in addition thereto
levy n general tax upon all tho taxable property
within the limits of said city of McCook suillc
ientto pay tho interest on said bonds and to
create a sinking fund sufiiciont to pay said
bonds when they mature said tax to bo levied
and collected in the same manner as other mun
icipal taxcR are lovicd and collected uuil said
tax to bo known as a Water Fund tho proceeds
of said bonds when sold to be applied to tho
erection construction and maintenance ot a
system of water works for said city of McCook
Tho ballots used at said election shall havo
printed thereon mid submit said proposition in
the following form
For tho Wator Bonds and Water Tax
Against thoWater Bonds aiidWatorTax
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Voters desiring to vote for said proposition
will so indicate b making a cross X in the
square at the right of tho words For the Wat
er Bonds and Water Tax and voters desiring
to vote against said proposition t lml so indi
cate by making a cross X in tho square at tho
right of tho words Against tho Water Bonds
and Water Tax
The voting place at said election of the First
Ward of said citj will bo tho basement of tho
Commercial Hotel in s aid city and tho noting
place of the bccmitl Ward in said city will bo
at tho hose house in said city
Dated this 1th dnv of March 1SXJS
heal H W Coo Kit City Clerk
First publication March 1908 insertions
PUBLICATION NOTICE
Peter Holmes Updike plaintiff and Eli Titusj
Mrs Eli Titus first name unknown wife of Eli
Titus Charles F Lehn Mary A Lchn Anna
Helena Vreelaud and the Nebraska Mortgage
Company a corporal ion defendants will take
notice that Ira L Elliott and Alice Elliott de
fendants havo filed their answer and cross-petition
in the district court of Red Willow coun
ty Nebraskaagainst said plaintiff and said de
fendants the object and prajer of which cross
petition are that tho title of the said Ira L
Elliott in and to the southwest quarter of tho
southwest quarter of section twenty nine tho
west nail ot the northwest quarter and the
southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of
section thirty two all in township one north of
rango thirtj west of the sixth principal merid
ian in said Jcd Willow county bo quieted in
aid Ira L Elliott as against the plaintiff here
in and all and each of said defendants and thnt
the mortgage ghen on said premises by Andrew
N Allen to the Nebraska Mortgage Company
recorded in book 16 at pago 204 of the
mortgage records of said county and tho mort
gage given on said premises by Eli Titus to tho
Nebraska Mortgage Company recorded in book
24 at page371 of said mortgage records and
tho mortgage given by said Eli Titus to said Ne
braska Mortgage Company recorded in book
24 ntpage 374 of said mortgage records and
each of them be declared unenforcible and
ordered cancelled
You are required to answer said petition on
or before tho 27th day of April 1908
Ira L Elliott and Alice Elliott
Defendants
Hy Morlan Ritchie k Wolff their attornejs
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the county court w ithin and for Red Wil
low county Nebraska in tho matter of tho es
tate of Ella A Buck deceased
To the creditors of said estate You are here
by notified that 1 will sit at the county court
room in McCook in said county on the 15th
day of September 190S at nine oclock a m to
receive and examine all claims against said es
tate with a view to their adjustment and allow
ance Tho time limited for the presentation of
claims against said estate is six months from
thellth day of March A D 1108 and the time
limited for payment of debts is ono year from
said 14th day of March 190S
seal J C Moore County Judge
Boyle Eldred Attorneys
SHERIFFS SALE
By virtue of an order of sale issued from the
district court of Red Willow county Nebraska
under a decree in an action wherein R W Do
voe is plaintiff and Edward F Newlon et al
are defendants to me directed and delivered I
shall offer at public sale and sell to the highest
bidder for cash at the east door of the court
house in McCook Red Willow county Nebras
ka on the 13th day of April 1908 at tho hour of
one oclock p m the following described real
estate to w it Lot number four 4 in block
number twenty one 21 in first addition to Mc
Cook Bed Willo county Nebraska
Dated this 13th day of March 1908
H I Peterson Sheriff
THE
CITIZENS
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APPLICATION FOR LICENSE
McCook Nob April 3 1908
Notice is hereby given that James Steimnnn
has filed in tho city clerks office his bond nnd
petition for a license to sell malt spirituous
and vinous liquors in tho building on lot IS
bloek 21 in the First ward of the city of Mc
Cook from May 1 1908 to April M 1009
Jameb Stkinman Applicant
APPLICATION FOR LICENSE
McCook Nebraska April t 1908
Notice is hereby given thnt Uendrick At La
throp a firm composed of E W Hondnck and
Walter Lathrop have filed in tho city clerk s
ollico their bond nnd petition for a license to
sell malt spirituous and vinous liquors nitho
Doylo building on lot 9 block 22 in tholirst
ward of the city of McCook from May 1 190S to
April 1909 1 JMts
Hundkick Applicants
APPLICATION FOR LICENSE
McCook Nebraska April 3 1908
Notice is hereby given thnt McFnnn Cox a
firm composed of J P Mcl ami nnd Harry J
DIRECTORS
JAS S DOYLE
fi ftliwl in Mm n1v nlnrlrt fifiirft tlitnr
No 103Muin avenue in tho first wardol tno
city of McCook from May 1 1908 to April 30
1909
McFann Cox Applicants
APPLICATION FOR LICENSE
McCook Nebraska April 3 1908
Notice is hereby given that W YJohnson hns
filed in tho city clerks oflico his bond and pe
tition for a license to sell mnlt spirituous ana
vinous liquors in tho building on lot IS block
27 in tho First ward of tho city of McCook
from May 1 1908 to April 30 1909
W Y Johnson Applicant
APPLICATION FOR PERMIT
McCook Nebraska April 3 1908
Notice is hereby given that L W McConuell
Ihil iliul in Mm nitv nlnrk s nllico his bond and
petition for a druggists permit to sell malt
spirituous and vinous liquors in me uuuuiiikuii
lot 7 block 21 in the Second ward of tho city of
McCook from May 1 1908 to April 30 1909
L W McConmil Applicant
APPLICATION FOR PERMIT
McCook Nebraska April 3 1908
Notice is hereby given that Albert McMillen
has filed in the city clerks office his bond and
petition for a druggists permit to sell malt
spirituous and vinous liquors in the building on
lot 11 block 22 in tho First ward of the cit of
McCook from May 1 1908 to April 30 1909
Albert McMillen Applicant
APPLICATION FOR PERMIT
McCook Nobrnska April 3 190S
Notice is hereby given that C H Woodworth
Cc havo filed in the city clerks oilire their
bond and petition for a permit to sell malt
spirituous and vinous liquors in tho brick
building on lot 11 block 16 in tho Second ward
of the city of McCook from May 1 1908 to April
30 1909
C R Woodworth Co Applicants
ADVERTISED LIST
The following letters cards and pack
ages remain uncalled for at the McCook
postoffice March 27 1908
LETTERS
Clifton Mr Jean
Dowd Mr Ed
Moline Mrs Anna
Prendergast Mr Jas
Vaughn Miss Lulu 2
Adams Mr Fred
Green John
Any time you find yourself in need of
Supplies for
Cadwell Mr Carl
Dearing T H
Marsa Mr E C
Sceely Mr Scott
Wright Mr C A
CARDS
Critchfield Mr W O
Hall Mr Orio
Strater Tillie
When calling for these please say
they were advertised
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Complios with the Pure
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CURES catarrh of the stomach
your Office
just drop in and see if we do not have
exactly what you want whether it
be a box of paper clips or the latest
improved filing system
The TRIBUNE Office
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V FKANKLIN f RESIDENT A U CBCm OASHIER
JAS S DOYLE Vice President
BANK
OF McCOOK NEB
Paid Up Capital 50000 Surplus 15000
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SAVED BY THE TYKE
INSTANCE OF QUICK THINKING
ON CRITICAL OCCASION
Probable Total Loss of Man-of-War
Averted by Mere Apprentice
His Warrant Officers Uni
form Well Merited
Quite a number of former appren
tices are wearing the uniforms of war
rant officers in our service because
they were quick thinking boys on
critical occasions
One of them was extraordinarily
bond nnd petition for a license to bell mult handy with his knife one day when
spirituous and vinous liquors in tno uuiiuuik i
the ship on board of which he was
serving as apprentice had a swell
chance to go to the bottom but for
him They were having heavy gun
and conning tower practice The skip
per was doing some firing from his
position in the conning tower by touch
ing the electric button alongside of
him The apprentice was acting as
the skippers messenger during that
practice
Projectile and charge had been
rammed Into one of the six inch guns
on the main deck Some confusion in
orders came about At any rate the
skipper had his finger within a couple
of inches of the electric button ready
to press it and thus discharge the six
inch gun when the apprentice was on
the job Standing just outside the
conning tower and having from that
position a view of the gun ahead to be
fired the youngster observed that the
been closed and there was the skipper
on the very pin point of touching the
button that would fire the gun with
the unlocked breech If the gun went
off in that condition there was the
finest kind of a chance for the recoil
of the immense piece to drive the gun
right through the ships bottom
The apprentice didnt have much
time to think but he didnt need much
He figured it all out in an instant that
If he yelled at the skipper that the
breech wasnt locked the suddenness
of the yell might so startle the skipper
that his finger would involuntarily
come down on the button and thus
discharge the gun The boys ships
knife with the big blade was in his
left hand shirt pocket hanging there
for its lanyard He had it out and
the blade open in an incredibly short
space of time and he made one cat
like dab with the sharp blade of the
knife at the electric wire belonging to
the button that led right alongside
where the boy was standing by the
conning tower The blade cut the
wire in two a fraction of a second be
fore the skippers finger reached the
button breaking the electric connec
tion and in every likelihood prevent
ing a tremendous calamity
The boy was only a tyke and not
very strong and just as soon as he
slashed the wire he fell forward on
his face in a dead faint an odd thing
too that for a boy serving on a
any ordinary one The skipper raised
his head the instant he touched the
button and saw what had happened
the loose ends of the cut electric
wire the prone boy and all the rest of
it Then he darted out of the conning
tower and saw the breech of the big
gun still unlocked He understood it
all long before the boy was brought
around to consciousness That boy
had no sooner finished his days of ap
prenticeship before he wore the war
rant officers uniform of a gunner
Remarkable Criminal Record
To day a remarkable execution has
taken place in this city the like of
which has never happened even in the
annals of Chinese executions
The man who was executed was
found guilty of highway robbery and
sentenced to be beheaded He is the
seventh of the family to suffer the
extreme penalty in this city
The parents gave birth to eight
boys and from whatever causes it is
impossible for me to say the whole
family have just given themselves up
body and soul to evil The poor old
mother escorted this her seventh son
to the execution ground wailing her
dreadful fate the whole way On ar
rival the magistrate fearing she might
cause trouble had her forcibly re
moved outside the crowd until all was
over when she ran back to the bleed
ing headless body of her poor boy
and again took up her wailing Sui
fnu correspondence Shanghai Mercury
a coat This is the strange garment
shown in the window of a downtown
shoe company The manager knows
little of the history of the coat except
what is told on the card exhibited in
the window
The company is sending the coat
around to be shown in its various
stores he said How it came into
its possession I do not know
The breast of a loon is about four
inches square and each bears a
white spot in its center The number
of pieces in the coat therefore can
be counted readily As these birds are
very difficult to shoot many years
must have been required to make the
collection Kansas City Star
Has Found Rivers Sources
Dr Sven Hedin the Swedish ex
plorer states that he has discovered
I the true sources of the Brahmaputra
and Indus The Brahmaputra he says
is the Kubitsampso which rises from
an enormous glacier on the northern
side of the northern most parallel
range of the Himalayas The
I chu which has hitherto been regarded
as the source is merely a small tribu
tary flowing in from the west
DOLL THAT CHILDREN LIKE
Home Made Article Is Frequently the
Most Popular
It often happens that a little inex
pensive or home made toy will please
a child much more than something
that we may buy in a shop and pay a
good price for and the doll from
which this sketch was made ranked
far above many of the other and more
valuable possessions of its juvenile
owner It can be easily made out of
any odd piece of material that we may
happen to have by us It is cut out
in two pieces one to form the back
and one the front and stitched to-
lirnnnti V10 ptvinnli on in Vinln vat
Many
at the edges and well stuffed
with cotton wool Two blue beads
form the eyes and the lines of the face
are worked on the cloth in colored
silks The hair consists of a small
piece of soft fur sewn on at the back
of the head and four beads sewn on
down the front suggested buttons
The apron is made separately and ties
round the waist The side view shows
the thickness the doll should be when
completed and about seven inches
in height is a good size in which it
may be made and of course it may be
dressed in any style liked
HATS FOR THE CHILDREN
Models from Which Selections
May Be Made
A combination of two or three
shades in the matter of childrens
hats is an important feature of the
moment A very popular alliance is
that of framboise and fawn in the
form of two large satin choux loosely
put together which are placed exact
ly in front of the mushroom shaped
hat
Another trimming consists of thick
cable cords fashioned of twists of
wide satin ribbon in three different
tones which are passed around the
crowns of the hats and terminate in
a large Turks head knot catching an
ostrich or marabout plume
For the tiny nursery people nothing
ic nrottioi tlmn n ivnifo Imiru
and yet the incident wasnt jfet
finisned with a of white
satin and a ruche of the same the
center of which is punctuated at in
tervals with market bunches of pink
tipped field daisies
For the Hostess
It is in small details that a hostess
makes her mark and it is hardly pos
sible to overdo the provision of extra
comforts
When the guest is an elderly person
or somewhat of an invalid a spirit
lamp and small saucepan will probably
prove invaluable during the night A
tin of biscuits represents also kindly
forethought while the housemaid
should always be instructed to in
quire of each guest if any other small
matters are required a hot water bot
tle at night and extra blankets mak
ing all the difference
A card giving the name of the postal
deliveries and departures should al
ways be placed in a photograph frame
on the writing table or hung on a
prominent spot on the wall the times
of meals being likewise included A
railroad time table should also be in
evidence
Lace Epaulette Draperies
Very pretty and graceful are the
lace draperies of epaulette shape which
replace the sleeve in its ordinary form
for ball and dinner dresses The lace
employed for the purpose is from six
to eight inches broad Gathered close
ly over the shoulders it falls in full
folds over the top of the arm
The widely opened armhole has be
come a generally observed fashion but
Coat Made from Loons Breasts I is more suited for day than evening
The breasts of 365 loons made into wear and is often a rather displeasing
feature with a low bodice The lace
drapery just described replaces it ad
vantageously and still preserves the
broad appearance across the shoul
ders which has been one of the char
acteristics of this winters fashions
For young girls the same sort of
drapery is made of Greek or point
desprit net with a narrow
ored crimped fringe as edging
The Tea Apron
I think the tea apron has come to
stay The clever woman has learned
that no article of apparel imparts such
a dainty homey domestic and alto
gether lovable air to the wearer as the
little tea apron and the clever
hostess at afternoon teas informal
veranda affairs and the welsh rare
bit repast in the late evening is rare
ly seen without one of these fascinat
ing little aprons The wild rose tea
apron can be embroidered in shadow
work or with the solid or half solid
embroidery done in wild rose shades
of embroidery cotton or silk The forget-me-not
apron is especially dainty
and the design is very easy to work
The natural shades of
blue and green should be used for
the dttfaigu Pittsburg Dispatch-
NAVYTHENANDNOW
THE
DAYS OF WOODEN SHIPS
AND SMOOTH BORES
Just as Strongly as In These Days
American Sailors Were Confi
dent They Could Whip
Any Other Nation
Lieut Commander E A Anderson
on recruiting duty recently described
his naval experiences to newspaper
men of Cincinnati and showed the
great change which has been made
within his experience Few of the
men in the navy to day realize tho
great difference of every day condi
tions of naval life
With our old wooden ships and our
smooth bore guns we felt we could
lick tho whole world when I entered
the navy said Lieut Commander
Anderson All the ships in our navy
were wooden at that time with tho
exception of a few monitors The Eu
ropean squadron consisted of the Pen
sacola Kearsarge and the Quinnc
baug Admiral Dewey was captain of
tho Pensacola at that time It makes
me feel like I am an old salt to call
to mind the kind of ships and guns we
had In those days There were 25
men to a gun crew then and it re
quired all of them to haul the old
smooth bores about
After they had been fired the men
had to haul them hack inside the ship
to reload Then they had to push
them out again so the guns could be
fired It required about five minutes
to pivot a gun from one side to the
other when training it on some ob
ject and I dont know how long it re
quired to load one of them Well do
I remember our broadside batteries of
old nine inch smooth bores Why
when we got our first rifled guns two
six pounders we again thought we
could lick anything afloat We used
them for some time for firing salutes
only Our old ships were rotten In
those days we used large hemp ropes
to counteract the recoil of the guns
after they had been fired but to day
we havtt the most modern recoil ap
paratus known to naval experts
I can remember very well that
when the navy department prepared
to construct what was known as The
White Squadron consisting of the
Chicago the Atlanta and the Dolphin
now the secretary of the navys yacht
there was the greatest protest from
some authorities because they were to
be made of steel instead of wood
With our old vessels we thought we
were fairly flying when we steamed
iour knots an hour on speed tests
Our engines were forced to their ut
most capacity to make that speed I
gues s for our decks danced up and
down at a frightful rate And our am
munition it makes me laugh when I
think of it We used to fire away at
targets with our old nine inch smooth
bores over what are now short ranges
We could hit the mark all right and
we were proud of it But it is amus
ing now to think how our shells
would turn and twist and roll while
making their flight They didnt look
anything like our modern shells which
make their flight in the same position
as that in which they lie in the gun
business end foremost But those were
good old days The Blue Jacket
Dartmouth Tale Revived
Awhile ago an item started the
rounds of the college papers begin
ning it appeared with the Daily Hlini
at the University of Illinois and
working like a soft nosed bullet both
ways through the college publications
The story was about what was called
a recent happening at Dartmouth It
detailed how the tax assessor of the
district of Hanover N H decided re
cently that the students of Dartmouth
college ought to pay taxes There
upon the students decided that if they
could be taxed they also could vote
So at a town meeting the students
who far outnumbered the other resi
dents united in support of two proj
ects One was to have erected a
schoolhouse 500 feet long and one
foot wide and the other to have laid
a boardwalk from Hanover to Leb
anon about five miles away Immedi
ately thereafter the tax assessor made
up his mind that the students need not
be taxed
Progress in China
No feature of modern China is more
remarkable than the growth of the na
tive press Dr Morrison who is per
haps the best authority on this sub
ject says that every city now of any
importance nas its newspaper there
being about 200 journals boldly con
ducted and publishing Renter tele
grams and other messages from Euro
pean agencies so that tens of thou
sands of Chinese could now read
every day of the progress and reforms
of Europe and of all the most stirring
events in distant parts of the world
They een have their political car
toons showing considerable ingenuity
and invention
Couldnt Be Snobbish
Mrs De Style Ive been sending
Mary to a fashionable academy but
she doesnt seem to get on very woll
Uncle Jerry Xo Shes a prettj
blight girl
Mrs De Style Ohl shes bright and
very sensible but
Uncle Jerry Ah I guess thats it
Shes too sensible to be affected by it
Catholic Standard and Times
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One time customers
invariably become
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Large stocks of
building material and
coal on hand
stantly
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Contractors and Builders
Plans drawn and ostimntes furn
ished on application
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High Class Goods
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