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WILTON D PURDY
Noted Trust Buster Who Has Been
Nominated For Federal Bench
Milton D Purdy who lias been ap
pointed to the federal bench of the dis
trict of Minnesota by the president
has won a reputation while an assist
ant attorney general of the United
States as one of the principal trust
busters of the administration He
lias had chief charge of the prosecu
tion of cases under the anti trust laws
and has made a record which has
marked him as a lawyer of exceptional
ability lie is rather young for the po
sition to which he has been nominated
being but forty one and the two
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MILTON D TURDY
tors from Minnesota favored a man of
sixty three W E Hale of Minneapolis
The president has adopted a policy of
not appointing to the federal bench a
man over fifty years of age except un
der unusual circumstances hence his
determination to name Mr Purdy in
stead of the lawyer favored by the
Minnesota members of the senate The
rise of Mr Pufdy to his present posi
tion of influence in his profession was
not anticipated by those who watched
him as a boy In Summit county O He
Anally obtained a good education grad
uating from the University of Minne
sota and from the college of law of
that institution But as a youngster he
was considered rather lacking in ambi
tion His father had a pottery shop
and young Purdy worked in it He had
no desire at the time to be anything
but a maker of pots but his mother in
sisted that he should go to high school
and after that came college Speaking
of his work in the pot shop the jurist
of the future once told of his earnings
there as follows
I was employed on Saturdays and
during vacations as a ball maker In
those days each potter had a boy to
weigh his clay and to work out the air
bubbles by cutting it to pieces with a
wire and then kneading it into a com
pact mass I picked up the trade in
that fashion and my father gave me a
wheel and a journeymans wages If I
had jugs or crocks I would make about
2 a day One Saturday I earned 3
with tops for snuff jars That was so
exceptional however that I have never
forgotten It
A BOODLERS PUNISHMENT
The House of a San Francisco Grafter
Which Was Wrecked by a Bomb
It is often hard to administer ap
propriate punishment to persous guilty
of boodling or grafting and this
fact has sometimes led indignant citi
zens to impose on such malefactors
penalties not prescribed by the regular
courts An instance of this is the pun
ishment visited upon James L Gal-
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A san risANCisco nooDXirns wrecked
lagher chief of iho boadiug super
visors in San Francisco His house
was wrecked by a dynamite bomb
which shattered the front of the build
ing and cwjie near killing its occu
pants Many windows iu surround
ing buildings vcrt broken 1 the
shock The photojranh irpnviu
herewith tells the story of the ven
geance taken upon a recreant okii
in a graphic niauuer
A Tift Sicry
The Ksv Dr Lyman Abbott in writ
ing about Secretary Wiliiam II Taft
In the Outlook ays
He is not as quick in hi motion
either physically or intellectually as
the president but he is not le i a mas
ter workman The day he wi to start
for Cuba he was at his desk finishing
up some last details His assistant
gave him warning Train starts in
half an hour All right was the reply
Presently a second warning Only fif
teen minutes left sir All right
Finally Youve only three minutes
left sir All right came back as
serenely as before And in two min
utes the alert secretary of war came
out of the office door smiling calm
Imperturbable unhurried So the story
comes to me and I can well believe
It The legend seems probable
The
FOUND ITS SOUL
Story of a Violin That
Was
Wrecked In a Fire
After the Lucky Baldwin theater and
hotel Are in San Francisco years ago
there were nine feet of water In the
basement where the Instruments of
the orchestra were stored When a lit
tle of it had been pumped out August
Illnrlchs leader of the orchestra hired
a man to swim In and get out his fa
mous Amati violin
It was wrecked water soaked warp
ed twisted and broken up into sixty
eight pieces The hot water had soak
ed out all the old glue and every piece
had fallen away from its neighbor be
sides a good many patches of wood put
in when repairs had been done To all
appearance the thing was smashed be
yond recall
Nevertheless Herman Muller a local
violin repairer who knew and loved
the old fiddle took it in hand Twice
he carefully joined the time darkened
pieces of wood Twice he decided that
the Amati would not do
So once more he soaked the sixty
eight bits of wood apart Then he
carefully modeled out of clay an arch
such as he remembered that of the old
Amati to have had and for nine weeks
kept the bits of wood bound to it until
they had gained the proper shape
Once more he put the bits of wood
together Then for five weeks more he
patiently varnished and polished the
more than 200 year old fiddle until it
shone Then Hlnrichs once more drew
his bow across the vibrating strings
and the violin spoke It sank wept
bubbled with life and joy
The Amati had found its soul San
Francisco Examiner
The
JOHN AND HIS IDOLS
Chinaman Is Utterly Devoid
of
Reverence In His Religion
now the Chinaman regards his idol
Is told by the Key John MacGowan
The Chinese is a person utterly de
void of reference sentiment or devo
tion in his religion With him it isra
matter either of fear or of business
but mainly the latter A house is
plagued with sickness which is put
down not to bad sanitation or other
natural causes but to the presence of
evil spirits This leads to a visit to the
nearest temple to get the idol to drive
them away A new business is going
to be commenced but before doing so
it is deemed essential to get the sup
port of the idols If one idol says it
will not succeed another is appealed to
for its opinion and if it is favorable it
is at once accepted as the correct one
Should the venture turn out a fail
ure no reproach of any kind is uttered
against the god whose prediction has
been falsified The man takes the
blame upon himself His character has
not been pure he says or he was born
under an evil star or he was naturally
unlucky and so was bound to fail in
anything that he undertook
Men never dream of thinking about
their idols as we do about God No
affection Is shown for them It is most
amusing to watch the faces of the Chi
nese when you ask them If the idols
love them The eyes gleam the face
broadens into a wide grin and soon
hearty laughter is heard at this most
facetious and side splitting
Chicago News
joke
A Remarkable Church
At Stivichall near Coventry Eng
land 1here is a unique place of wor
ship In 1S10 John Green a stonema
son of a strongly religious turn of
mind laid the first stone of the edifice
and seven years later he completed the
building In all that time he had as
sistance from no one doing all the
Avork with his own hands until the
church was ready for its interior fit
tings Wooden and even brick build
ings erected by one or two men are
not uncommon but this is the only
structure in England and probably in
the world of which every stone was
laid by one man The building accom
modates quite a largo congregation
and the church derives a considerable
revenue from the contributions of
sightseers who are drawn to the place
through curiosity
The Equinox Storm Fable
The United Slates weather bureau
has denied that the coming of the equi
nox brings Avith it a storm The be
lief it says that the old fashioned peo
ple put in this theory is all misplaced
Any big storm that happens to occur
within a week or two of the time that
the sun is crossing the line say the
weather men is dignified by the name
of equinoctial storm when as a
matter of fact there is generally some
atmospheric disturbance every week or
two and those that occur about the
time of the equinox are just taking
their turn and are not the result of tho
crossing of the sun
A Fine Pair
What do you think of the two can
didates asked one elector of another
during a recent contest
What do I think of them was the
reply Well when 1 look at them
Im thankful only one of them can get
in London Telegraph
Through Her Head
Bugby gets out of all patience with
his wife He says she cant get a thing
through her head
Thats funny lie told me every
thing he said to her went in one ear
and out of the other
Hot Water
Hyker Troubled with indigestion
eh You should drink a cup of hot wa
ter every morning Pyker I do but
they cal it coffee at my boarding
house London Express
The collection of coins and medals In
the British museum consists of over
250000 specimens
Remembered the Dead Veterans
The members of J K Barnes postthe
ladies of the circle and reliefs corps and
tho citizens of McCook and vicinity
paused last Saturday from tho ordi
nary avocations and duties of life to
pay a fitting tribute to tho memory and
deeds of the old soldiers bivouacked in
our cities of tho dead
In the morning at ton oclock a pro
cession was formed and the post and
auxiliaries marched to Itiverview ceme
tery wherein mobt of tho old soldiers
repose and here the formal ritualistic
services were held at tho monument
erected in this burial place Tho G A
R and W R C in charge at tho monu
ment and the Ladies Circle at tho
monument to tho unknown dead
Committees of four from each of the
organizations performed tho oflico of
decorating the graves
In Riverview cemetery tho following
graves wero decorated
David Keithley
Marion H Drown
Chester Ward
H S Cooley
Charles Fox
J U McCabo
John D Gerver
Peter Groves
Moses Hattershall
William M Irwin
Elias II Conrad
Charles Walker
Henry Walker
A P Welles
John Williams
Daniel Clemmons
Smith Gordon
Charles Turner
Thomas A Scott
J 15 Farnsworth
XV X Johnson
Lyman Millur
Josiah B ItoshoiiB
A V SchaolTer
C L Nettleton
Willard Matthews
V If Itanjuiiiiii
Edwin Farnsworth
Thomas J Pato
Andrew Phillips
Dr A J Thomas
William Huber Sr
Albert Hamilton son of etcraI
Leroy Rolfe US navy
B R Stewart confederate
This tender ceremony over the
cession returned to the city and
banded until after dinner
Alter dinner the ranks wero reformed
and the line of march taken up to the
Methodist church where the following
program was had
Song by the public school children
Im or by Rev G B Hnwkcs
Reading of orders by the adjutant
Reports from decorating committee
Song by public school children
Reading of Lincolns address at ipttjsburg
by Mrs W S Morlan
General address by Elder R M AinsAortli
Song America led by public school
children
Benediction by Rev Edker Burton
The church was well filled and the
Bervices were marked by deep interest
and attention Elder R M Ainsworth
of the Christian church appeared as
orator of the occasion by substitution
at a late date but gave a good account
of himself especially pleasing the old
soldiers by the patriotism of his address
Thus bringing to a close another
Memorial Day
During the formal program of the day
business was quite generally suspended
There were some decorations but this
feature might easily be improved upon
Obituary
Nora Tirrill Kennedy aged 28 years
G months 28 days died at the home of
her parents in McCook Neb on May
29th 1S08 at seven oclock a m altera
lingering illness Deceased was born at
LaHogue 111 August 31 1879 living
there until 1SSG when she moved with
her parents to McCook Neb
She was united in marriage to Ira L
Kennedy on September 19th 1S98 To
this union were born three children one
dying in infancy two with the faithful
husband mourns her death the children
are Vurnice age 7 years Munice age 4
years
She united with the United Brethren
church in 1S99 and has lived a faithful
member until death She leaves to
mourn her death a faithful husband
two children father mother three sis
ters and five brothers The sisters are
Mrs Alma Overman Mrs Cora Swain
and Mrs Ola Dinnel all of McCook
The brothers are Haskell of McCook
William of Pekinjll Arthur of Pisgah
la Thomas of Basehor Kan and
Daniel of McCook all being present at
the funeral except Thomas
The funeral was held at the home at
twelve oclock May 30th conducted by
Rev Smith The funeral being largely
nrtpnrled bv sorrowing friends and
neighbors Interment was made in
Fair view cemetery Com
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our heartfelt
thanks to all those who assisted in the
sickness and after the death of our be
loved one Nora Tirrill Kennedy
Ira L Kennedy and Children
Mr and Mrs J E Tirrill and
Family
Correspondence Wanted
The Tribune wants correspondence
from Perry and Coleman precinct in
fact from any part of the country where
the paper is not now represented Write
the publisher to day
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HECKMANS BAKERY
FOR
CIGARS AND STATIONERY
McCook Markets
Merchants and dealers in McCook at
noon today Friday are paying the fol
lowing prices
Corn S 70
Wheat
Oats 5
Rye W
Barley 9
Hogs 4 80
Butter good
Eggs -
Real Estate Filings
The following real estate tilings have
been made in the county clerks office
since our last report
Con Miller and wife to Irving
R Andrews wd to pt blk 42
Indianola 300 CO
Irving R Andrews aud wife to
Fred Chesmore wd to w hf
blk 42 Indianola 100 00
Christian G Orman and wife to
John Fahrenbruch wd to lots
50 blk 3 Willow Grove add
McCook 1323 00
Adam Frick and wife to Chas
F Lehn wd to lot 8 blk G
Gth McCook 1000 00
Isaac M Smith to Mary J Green
wd to sw qr 8-1-29 4000 00
Mary J Green and hus to Isaac
M Smith wd to lots 3 G blk
27 2nd McCook 2900 00
F M Guy and wife to William
II Meester wd to e hf ne qr
sw qr no qr so qr nw qr5 l 30 1000 00
COURT HOUSE NEWS
Following are tho marriage licenses is
sued siuce our last report
Joseph M Skinner 41 and Mrs Min
nio OCampbell 33 both of Cambridgo
Charles E Thomas 30 of Lebanon
and Mary Mabel Greenway 22 of Dan
bury
William C Downs 21 and Junio
Waters 21 both of McCook
William E McDivitt29 and Jeannette
M Dutton 24 both of McCook
Ivan B Clark 22 and Florence Z
Clement 22 both of Bartley
Harrison N Bortner 21 of Quick and
Mrs Gertrude Wray 20 of Box Elder
Married by county judge
Henry G Lowery 27 of Conway la
and Katie E Miller 25 of Bedford la
Married by county judgo
ADVERTISED LIST
The following lotters cards and pack
ages remain uncalled for at the McCook
postofiice June 5 1908
LKTTERS
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Greenis Griso Hansen Mr Walter C
Jensen Mr and Mrs liecder Earl
Raunels Mr Guy
Stearns Miss Mary
Salmon Miss Ethel
Ellis Mr J B
Korns Mrs Mary E
Sheley Geo 2
Stone Mr W S
Scott Mr CP
Wolf Win B
CARDS
Eiler Mr Floyd
Hyan Jack
Scott Cal
Smith I B
When calling for these please say
they were advertised
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