Creating
a Reserve
is not difficult onco you
start tq save money sys
tematically But if you
ever expect to bo inde
pendent financially thru
your own efforts you must
MAKE A START
Money saved and put
away safely will protect
you from misfortune and
prepare you to take ad
vantage of opportunities
that will surely como to
you
Funding the capital of
your working years
Insures Your Future
But choose the right
place to put your capital
or the bard earned sav
ings of a life time may be
swept away in a day
THE
FIRST NATIONAL
BANK
of McCook
place
is the safe
By F M KIMMELL
Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co
Subscription 1 a Year in Advance
This modern world seems to have lost
all sense of conviction of sin Too
much love and emasculated Chris
tianity
Dr A T Gatewood of Arapahoe is
not much interested in the effort to
promote his candidacy for lieutenant
governor on the Democratic ticket but
would bo pleased to have his name on
the primary ballot for secretary of
state
The Fifth Congressional District is
fortunate in having a representative
who is a worker a man who does
things Hon G W Norris is not only
the biggest man in the Nebraska dele
gation but he is recgonized as one of the
progressive leaders of the lower house
of congress Cambridge Clarion
GENERAL BARRYS CAREER
Pacificator and Peace Maintainer
In
Cuba and Hero of the Orient
The presidents nomination of Thom
as H Barry to be a major general is
popular in Cuba where General Barry
is in command of what is called the
army of pacification He has been on
leave of absence in the United States
and one object of his visit at this time
was to confer with Secretary Taft of
the war department and Major Gen
eral J Franklin Bell chief of staff of
the army on the subject of reducing
the number of troops in Cuba It is
expected that there will be protests
against any withdrawal of troops es
pecially from the foreign interests Lit-
ilimimn mil ii I u l
GEXKBAIi THOMAS H HARRY
tie active work has recently been done
by the soldiers from the United States
the preservation of order in the island
being left for the most part to the
rurales but the presence of Uncle
Sams troops has constituted an impor
tant moral force and has it is believed
been valuable in preventing disturb
ances The soldiers are needed how
ever In other places and it is felt by
the government at Washington that a
beginning should be made in the proc
ess of reducing the forces in the island
General Barry reached the rank of
brigadier general in 1903 and was ap
pointed to the command of the Cuban
army of pacification in 1907 He was
born in New York in 1S55 and gradu
ated from the United States Military
academy at West Point in 1S77 He
served with distinction in the China
relief expedition during the Boxer In
surrection and later won credit in the
Philippines and be visited Manchuria
during the war between Russia and
Japan to observe the campaign there
General Barry went to Cuba to suc
ceed General Theodore J WInt who
died during the preparations for land
Jug troops In Cuba
TAFT NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT
The Secretary of War Named on the First Ballot Amid
Great Enthusiasm
SHERMAN OF NEW YORK GETS SECOND PLACE
The Congressman Also Nominated for Vice President on the First Ballot
-Both Nominations Are Then Made Unanimous-Re-
publicans Offer a Great Ticket
The suspense is over The National Republican convention
has said the word William H Taft secretary of war is the nom
inee for president Congressman Sherman of New York is the
nominee for vice president Both were named on the first ballot
and both were afterward given a unanimous nomination
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE
E G Standish returned from Oma
ha Monday night
P O Inspector Dutton was in town
in the line of his position Saturday eve
ning last
Mrs Fred Burton of West McCook
who has been sick for the past six weeks
is slowing recovering
H L Kennedy has purchased the
let north of C H Meeker and will build
a residence for himself
Mr and Mrs Harry Simons depart
ed Tuesday night for Chicago and
other points east on a visit
Mr and Mrs F D Burgess returned
home Wednpsday from their visit of a
few weeks in Phelps county
W H Ferguson was in town Satur
day last looking after his large and
varied interests in this vicinity
J H Korfs little girl has been pre
cariously ill part of the week but hap
pily at this printing is improving
Lewis Ludwick arrived home early
in the week from Nebraska City to be
with the homefolks during vacation
Mrs C A Fisher and children and
Mrs Janio Forsythe and daughter are
spending part of the week in Wauneta
Mrs Marietta Hawley who has
been visiting Sheridan Wyoming
friends returned home Saturday night
IJ W Keyes W A McCool and W
A Dolan all of Indianola had business
before the board of equalization Wed
nesday
Mrs J E Kelley and Mrs J E
Morrissey departed last Friday night
for California to be absent about two
months
Miss Edith Ford left yesterday
morning for Superior where she will
enter the service of the Nebraska Tele
phone Co
Mrs HE MacKain came down from
the farm in Hitchcock county last Sat
urday evening and has been spending
the week here
John Jones who has been a student
at the state university the past session
arrived home on No 1 Tuesday for the
summer recess
Mrs T B Campbell and Miss
Ruth departed Wednesday morning on
2 for University Place on a visit to
Mrs E J Kates
Mrs M B Carman is visiting her
sister in Hastings this week and will
visit her mother in Hebron Nebraska
before returning home
Mrs C L Fahnestock and baby
took No U Saturday evening for
Staunton Illinois on a visit to relatives
to be absent two or three weeks
Miss Edna Waite returned Tuesday
night from Lincoln where she has been
a university student during the past
year beiug detained by a round of so
cial functions in the capital city
C L Twining and son Herschel of
Council Bluffs Iowa are guests of his
sister Mrs A C Wiehe They went up
to Denver yesterday in company with
Mr Wiehe and son Willie on a short
visit
Little Miss Helen Soliday enter
tained a large company of young friends
Tuesday from 3 to 5 it being the sixth
anniversary of her birth Game3 and
refreshments made merry the youthful
hearts
E J Scott of Goodland Kansas and
family moved to the city this week
and are now located at No 403 Madison
Btreet Mr Scott will assist his brother
George S in the White House grocery
where one of his sons is now employed
Miss Gladys Fuller of Sheridan
Wyoming is a guest of her sisters Mr3
Sam Pickard and Miss Stella Fuller ar
riving in the city Sunday night Miss
Gladys is quite in love with Sheridan
but is enjoying a visit with McCook
friends hugely
Mr and Mrs F A Hofer of Litch
field Illinois are visiting his brother
Barney Hofer of our city arriving Fri
day night last Mr Hofer is just re
covering from a long illness with fever
He is general io reman for the Burling
ton at Litchfield
George Burgert formerly science
teacher in the McCook high school
now superintendent of the public schools
of Kearney Nebraska was warmly
greeted by his many admirers and friends
here yesterday Mr Burgart is one of
the Nebraska young men in the teacher
ranks who has made good
Ainsworth Monks is entertaining a
brother from New England
Mrs C E Benedict is here in antic
ipation of the wedding of her sister Miss
Meyer
Mrs EI A Beale departed yester
day for Denver where they will make
their home in future
MrsW S Fitch departedlast night
for Colorado Springs on visit to ber fa
ther Deacon Nettleton
W A Mitchell came up from Lin
coln last Saturday on a visit to the
wife and daughter here
Leo Meeker of Lincoln a nephew
and his friend Mr Rose of Sutton are
guests of C 11 Meeker
LEITER WILLIAMS
An Engagement Announcement of In
ternational Interest
Them is special interest in the an
nouncement of the engagement of the
Washington belle Miss Juliette Wil
liams to Joseph LeUer because of the
fact that not long ago Mr Leiter paid
considerable attention to Miss Kather
iue Elkins who is generally supposed
now to be engaged to marry the Duke
of the Abrmzi An announcement of
an engagement between Miss Elkhia
Copyright 1903 by Harris Ewing
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traWsK SKSSSSSSk3
MISS JULIETTE WIIiIiIAMS AXD JOSEPH
IiElXER
and the handsome and popular son of
the late Levi Z Leiter would not have
surprised Washington society a short
time ago but if Miss Elkins ever fa
vored young Leiter the fascinations he
exerted were soon eclipsed by those of
the Italian nobleman and explorer who
sued for her hand
Miss Williams is the daughter of
Colonel and Mrs J R Williams of
Washington Mr Leiter was born in
Chicago in 18G8 and graduated from
Harvard in 1S91 He won fame in
1897 as the hero of one of the most
noted deals ever transacted on the
Chicago board of trade It was re
garded as the most daring feat ever
performed In the wheat pit Mr Lei
ters three sisters all married into the
British aristocracy one of them being
the late Lady Curzou wife of the for
mer viceroy of India
For Emergencies
A banking reserve Is for use not
merely for show It is for use In times
of emergency Yet some bankers look
upon their reserves very much as the
superintendent of a hospital regarded
its emergency bed A patient all bang
ed up in an accident was brought to
the hospital one night and was told
that there was no room for him Why
not put him In the emergency bed it
was suggested If we put him In the
emergency bed it was replied thn
we would have no emergency bed
Wall Street Journal
A Clever Scheme
Mother examining school report
How did you come to have such good
marks in arithmetic this week Tom
myWell you see it was this way
We had ten examples a day and I got
the teacher to help me to do five and
Eric Jones got her to help him on the
other five Then we swapped helps
Bee Harpers
HUBBY A GREAT HELP TO HER
Wife Found Him a Careful Adviser as
to Womans Dress
It was pleasant to hear Mrs Ham
mond speak of her husbands helpful
ness in domestic matters and also of
his great taste in regard to womans
dress Nobody could guess what a
help he is to me in choosing my new
gowns each year Mrs Hammond
said earnestly without really hear
ing our conversations
A graceless cousin to whom fell the
privilege of hearing one of these il
luminating conversations said that
ever after the peculiar fitness of Mr
Hammond for the position of censor
remained in her mind
William said Mrs Hammond on
this memorable occasion I am unde
cided between a green and a brown
for my winter suit Now I know what
youre thinking Youre thinking that
I said I was tired to death of brown
and so I was and am You think Id
better have the green
Still said Mr Hammond
Certainly said his wife It spots
and is more apt to fade perhaps while
brown is a more trustworthy color
Of course began Mr Hammond
Yes of course brown makes me
look older assented his wife
But how ventured Mr Ham
mond
But how much smaller I look in
brown than in any other color and
Mrs Hammond nodded approval And
as Im really gaining flesh all the
time perhaps Id better not consider
the green
You dont began the careful ad
viser
I know I dont look stout to you
cried Mrs Hammond but youll feel
more at home with me in brown and
so its decided just as I thought it
would be When one has a husband
who is really interested and takes
thought about ones dress and sho
turned a bright gaze to the visitor it
does simplify things so Youths
Companion
Put End to Volubility
Abernethy was supposed to influence
people by a brusqueness amounting to
absolute rudeness It is related that
one day a very voluble lady took her
daughter who was ill to see him
Which of you two wants to consult
me said Abernethy
My daughter replied the woman
Abernethy then put a question to
the girl Before she had a chance to
reply her mother began a long story
Abernethy told her to be quiet and re
peated his question to the girl A
second time the Avoman began a story
and a second time he told her to be
quiet then she interrupted him a third
time
Put your tongue out he said to the
mother
But theres nothing the matter with
me she- exclaimed
Nsver mind put your tongue out
he commanded
Thoroughly overawed the woman
obeyed
Now keep it out said Abernethy
and he proceeded to examine the girl
Grand Magazine
Burning Up Old Letters
What more distressing occupation
can one hit upon than to burn up old
letters on a rainy day It is always a
wet day one chooses for this feeling
rather like a Judas one minute and
like Hercules in the Augean stable the
next It is positively surnrisinsr tho
way letters accumulate especially
witn people who are either not
methodical enough or too sentimental
to ruthlessly destroy letters not of
any really permanent value as they
are read and answered The gloom
and pathos of this occupation are en
hanced when it is our painful office
to look over and weed out the corre
spondence of one dear to us who has
journeyed to the bourne whence no
traveler returns Certain letters are
sacred and should I think if kept be
labeled Strictly Private This is a
matter which must be considered with
reference to the importance of the
letters to the happiness of the
writers where the disclosure of the
contents of a letter would work sor
row or wrong to another it had better
be destroyed at once So much harm
has been done through the careless
handling of personal letters so many
friends have been estranged that to
neglect to destroy a letter is some
times almost criminal
He Grasped the Idea
Tommy said his teacher the
words circumstantial evidence occur
in the lesson Do you know what cir
cumstantial evidence is Tommy re
plied that he did not
Well I will explain to you by an
illustration You know we have a rule
against eating apples in school Sup
pose some morning I should see you
in your seat with a book held up in
front of your face I say nothing but
presently I go round to where you are
sitting You are busily studying your
lesson but I find that your face is
smeared while under the edge of your
slate I see the core of a freshly eaten
apple
I should know just as well as if I
had caught you at it that you had
been eating an apple although of
course I did not see you do it That
is a case in which circumstantial evi
dence convicts you Do you know
what it is now
Yes maam said Tommy Its
eating apples in school Youths
Companion
Still Who Knows7
In the old days in England they
slit noses and cropped ears
My my I could never go in for
such styles
F
Corn is Looking Fine
In fact the best stand we ever saw and potatoes are
equally as good It is certainly a pleasure to see
the corn fields free from weeds and the
John Deere Horse Lift Cultivator
keeps them clean and the
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New Elk Cultivator
which you can use as a rider or walker that we positively
guarantee to do as good work andxrobably better than any
other walking cultivator gives youa tool to suit all conditions
The moisture now in the ground
Insures a Big- Corn Crop
if properly cultivated so it is up to you now and we have the
tools for vou
The Sharpies Separator
insures the profit from your cows
and are so easily worked and clean
ed that it is a pleasure to use them
same as it is for us to sell you good
things which we can recommend
like those we have mentioned
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w b mills Phone 31 R- B- summons
Molly Coddled
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Hubby bought the
milliners store
i I ruiy he was
rightly model
ed
OLLY kicked for
things she craved
Just as soon as she
could toddle
Never fancy she be
haved
Like a mollycod
dle
When she grew
maidenhood
She became a milliners model
Bonnets looked exceeding good
On her pretty
When she married Molly cried
Same as when she used to toddle
How was MolIy5
mollified
By her hubby
model
TSTv 3
Sf J cftJ
jiir
Hats has Molly by hats has jiolly
the score by the scoke
Thus shes Molly coddled
T SAPP JR
The Roman Forum
The Forum Romanum the first that
was erected in Rome served equally
for the purposes of trade and all pub
lic meetings as well as for the admin
istration of justice by the consuls and
other Roman magistrates Later on
when the fora numbered some eight
een or twenty they were divided into
two classes some for public meetings
and the proceedings of the law courts
and others for the various require
ments of trade The Roman forum
corresponded to the agora or market
place of the Greeks and no Roman
city was without this Important center
of judicial political and commercial
life New York American
Time She Began
It was on a Sixth avenue surface
car A woman sat with her little
daughter who to all appearances was
seven or eight years old The conduct
or came for the fares and the woman
gave him a five cent piece
Is the little girl with you madam
asked the conductor
Yes assented the woman
Her fare please said the man
But I never have paid for her be
gan the woman
And does that prove that youre
never going to asbed the conductor
taking the fare reluctantly tendered
New York Press
Art
Was that picture you just sold a
genuine work of art
No answered the dealer but tha
story I told about it was Washing
ton Star
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McCook Markets
Merchants and dealers in McCook at
noon today Friday are paying the fol
lowing prices
Corn 5 G6
Wheat SO
Oats 40
Rye CO
Barley CO
Hogs 5 00
Butter good IS
Eggs 12
Big Cut In Flour
9 1 Patent sack
Anchor sack
Pride of McCook sack
SI 30
120
1 10
All other Goods at Lowest Pos
sible Market Prices
Whole Wheat Rye and Graham
Flour Special prices on lots of
ten sacks or more
SEMOLIA A fine breakfast food un-
excelled in 2 lb packages
All kinds of Mill Feed
Corn Barley Chop Bran Shorts etc
Orders Promptly Delivered
McCook Milling
Company
E H DOAN Proprietor
Phone 29 AlcCOOK
THINK OF IT
Sanitary Couch 475
DRESSERS COMMODES
SPRINGS MATTRESSES
and other furniture at equally
LOW PRICES
FINCHS
West
Dennison
Street
LOW PRICE LEADER
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