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By F JVI KIMMELL
Judge Taft will not be charged by
the Democracy with lacking the cour
age of his convictions While a dip
lomat he is not a trimmer but a man
of amazing frankness and directness
He has never been afraid to express his
mature convictions even at the expense
of temporary unpopularity And his
conclusions are usually safe and the re
sult of more than superficial thought
Judge Taft needs no interpreter He
speaks for himself and not uncertainly
A Dirty Practice
Our attention has again been directed
to the fact that parties persist in haul
ing and dumping manure and rubbish
generally along side the road just below
the West McCook crossing of the rail
road This is an unlawful dirty prac
tice A farmer has just the same legal
and moral right to dump manure and
debris on the streets of McCook Let
us be clean and reasonably decent about
this garbage matter
Fruits of all kinds at all times at
Hubers
COURT HOUSE NEWS
Following are the marriage licenses is
sued since our last report
Lester T Pedley of Curtis and Ker
stin Stangland of McCook
George Theobald of Yuma Colo and
Bsrtha Shemp of Chicago 111
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Subscription 1 a Year in Advance
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Advertisements
FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY
At the very urgent request of many
Republicans I hereby announce myself
as a candidate for the nomination of
county attorney before the Republican
primary to be held September 1 1908
S R Smith Chairman
Republican Co Central Com
1 hereby announce myself as a candi
date for re nomination for the office of
County Attorney at the Republican
primary on September 1 1908
P E Reedeu
The political betting talent is already
getting busy
County option will be a live wire in
this falls campaign Prohibition is
only a few years remote
Trenton on Monday at a special elec
tion dpcided in no uncertain manner
that she does not want a saloon The
vote was SO to 37
What a large and juicy bit of jolly
rot i much of this personal liberty
stuff we hear and read Its license
such fellows usually want in fact
Most editors are reformers in the ab
stract It is the concrete operation that
requires four oclock - in - the - morning
courage and few there be who have it
Judge C C Kohlsaat in the United
States circuit court Chicago Wednes
day decided that the acceptance of
transportation in exchange for any ad
vertising space is unlawiul
J A Willtams of the railway com
mission deserves well of the people of
Nebraska He is a hard working earn
est fair servant of the people who will
do well to recognize the value of his
service in their behalf by reelecting
him this fall
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE
Harry Diamond is rusticating up in
Dundy county
John W Wkntz is about and improv
ing nicely after a long ilness
II Simons returned first of the week
from his journey to Chicago
Mrs Thomas Cain js visiting Hold
rogo relatives for a few weeks
Mr and Mlis W S Morlan are en
joying an outing in the northwest
C II Boyle returned first of the
week from his visit to the folks in Den
ver
Mrs W S Tomlinson and Nina went
in to Omaha this morning on a visit to
Guy
Mrs James Harris came down from
Haigler close of last week and has
been visiting friends here
Mr and Mrs C H Barrett spent
Saturday and Sunday with S M Rider
and family on Coon Creek
M S Jennings was summoned to
Missouri Wednesday night by news of
the serious illness of his mothor
Mrs L Lawritson and children
came over from Beaver City end-of-
week and visited McCook relatives
Mr and Mrs J O McArthur are
now located in the Frank Real residence
on East Dodge street corner of Monrob
Mr and Mrs C W Kelley return
ed Wednesday noon from a short visit
to his aunt at Orleans Mrs D E
Dodge
Mr and Mrs H C Clait will leave
Saturday night for Chicago to make
fall merchandise purchases and to be
absent a week or two
S A Warner who has been living in
Antigo Wisconsin returned to the
city last Friday Mesdames Warner
and Raino will follow lator in the fall
A Barnett went down to Kansas
City Wednesday night to consult with
Architect Boiler concerning the temple
opera house plans now making in his
offices
Miss Katherinb Higgins of Fort
Collins Colo guest of the publisher
left on Monday evening for Kansas City
for a few days with relatives and friends
in her old home
General Irving Hale secretary of
the electric light company who has
been in town for several days on busi
ness connected with their application
for a new franchise returned to Denver
Monday night
Frank Real returned home close of
last week from the eastern part of the
state among other points at York
where he left his children with the sis
ters at the well known convent and
school in that little city
Fred Hamilton departed this week
for Norfolk Nebraska where he expects
to go to work on the News as a linotype
operator Fred recently spent several
months in Chicago studing and learn
ing the art of linotype operation
W H Cooper and family departed
this week from the city with Udall
Kansas as their ultimate destination
where his son Gilbert L is located
They will however visit in the country
south of McCook and a daughter in
Missouri before going to Kansas where
they will remain until November
Mexico Is the Subject
The Womans Missionary Society of
the Congregationat church will meet
with Mrs A C Wiehe Thursday after
noon June 23 3 oclock One who has
lived in Mexico will tell of life there
and an interesting program on that
country is in the hands of Mrs Wiehe
and Mrs Randel All cordially invited
Loves Young Dream
Another case of the bad boy rudely
interrupting loves young dream A
Malate girl and her Romeo sat in close
proximity on the couch in the draw
ing room lost to the world They were
brought back from Eden by her little
brother who like many of his kind
makes it a practice to butt in at the
wrong time LTe walked into the room
planted himself in front of the young
man and asked
Was you ever tied to a fish line
I certainly was not was the reply
Well responded the boy I heard
pa tell ma last night that youd make
a good sinker Manila Gossip
As to Quotations
How many persons can unhesitating
ly name the source of the familiar
quotations Many a man goes through
life without reading a single play of
Shakespeare but probably uo English
speaking man goes through life with
out quoting him If he sneers at a
womans reason he quotes Shake
speare If he refers to a trick worth
two of that he quotes Shakespeare
again
Goldsmiths She Stoops to Conquer
Is not a popular work but one line of
it Ask me no questions and I will
tell you no lies is known and used by
everybody
Made Him a Songster
Mr Stubb in astonishment Gra
cious Maria That tramp has been
singing in the back yard for the last
hour Mrs Stubb Yes John it is all
my fault Mr Stubb Your fault Mrs
Stubb Indeed it Is I thought I was
giving him a dish of boiled oatmeal
and instead of that I boiled up the
bird seed by mistake Chicago News
Wisdom is knowledge sound judg
ment and good conduct running togeth
er in harness and keeping step
Proceedings of City Council
There was a regular session of the
city council Monday evening with all
present
Minutes of previous meeting read and
approved
The matter of the judgment intei
e9t and costs secured by James Mc
Adanis against the city in bis water
damage suit was disposed of by order
ing the clerk to draw a warrant in Mr
McAdamB favor in the sum of 883051
Fees and costs of the clerk of the dis
trict court and sheriff was ordered paid
in the total sum of 10983 This makes
the total expense of this matter to the
city of S9403G
The McCook Electric Light Co pre
sented a new ordinance asking for a
renewal of its electric light franchise
The same was read and referred to the
light committee of the council for re
port
A resolution which appears elsewhere
in this issue wsa passed and approved
transferring S1000 from the road fund
to the general fund and 8500 from the
general fund to the fire fund
Reports of the druggists of the city
of the liquors sold by them during the
past six months were filed
Reports of the city marshal and city
weighmaster were alsorfiled The city
treasurers roport was referred to the
finauce committee
An ordinance was discussed changing
the names of the streets of the city and
providing for a complete changing of
the present style and system The
new ordinance will utilize the alphabet
in designating the streets running north
from Railroad street beginning with
that street as A street The streets of
the city running east and west will be
numbered from Main avenue both east
and west retaining the Main avenue
name that is Marshal street will be 1st
street east and Manchester street will
be 1st street west and so on both east
and west
Claims against the city as follows
were allowed on their respective funds
A C Ebert salary 5 12 30
A L Mickens work on street 8 00
Ed Fitzgerald salary 53 00
John Kern police duty 2 00
Geo M Jackson same 28 00
Jake Brenning same 6 00
T M Phillippi same 20 00
W C Allison same 3 00
John Brenning same 6 00
R M Osborn same 2 00
W T Clark work on street 2 00
B C Bowman same 24 00
C W Dewey same 8 00
John Ekstedt same 77 10
G W Godfrey salary 65 00
White Line Transfer Co hauling 21 75
J H Stephens Co meal tkts 16 00
McCook Loan Trust Co rent 75 00
L W McConnell drugs 27 07
Chas W Kelley sewer inspectn 8 00
Middleton Ruby plumbing 1 60
W A Gold sexton cemetery 40 00
Henrv Gale salary 27 00
McCook Hdw Co hardware
3 55
McCook El Lt Co lights June 128 70
McCook Water Wks Co water 500 00
Council then adjourned to meet this
evening
The Chautauqua
is the next big attraction coming to
McCook for our entertainment and in
struction August 22 30 are the dates
Bringing to our very door the very best
musical and lecture talent on the road
Nine days 18 programs 15 different at
tractions 34 different persons including
Champ Clark Rt Rev Mgr Tihen Dr
Peter MacQueen and others as lectur
ers and The Kirksmith Sisters Hun
garian Orchestra Hesperian Quartette
and the Famous Sterling Jubilee Sing
ers A large cool and comfortable ta
bernacle seating with settees aad chairs
2000 people Single admission will be
25 35 and 50c cheaper to children
but you can hear and see all of the 18
varied and different programs of this
great Chautauqua for less then 12Jc a
program by securing a season ticket now
for only 82 later season tickets will be
2 50 Childrens season tickets 81
Tickets now on sale at nearly every
business place in the city Get your
ticket at once while they last and are
cheap A free souvenir program for
every one that applies now Let every
one patronize and boost the Chautau
qua
May Go to Berlin Germany
Congressman G W Norris of our city
received his credentials as a member of
the Inter Parliamentary Union which
meets in Berlin Germany September
10 next The Congressman is a mem
ber of the executive committee of the
American group which has a short ses
sion in Berlin September 8th two days
in advance of the meeting of the union
The regular sessions of the union will
be held in the reichstag building
President Roosevelts arbitration ideas
are one of the important measures con
sidered by the union This session will
be an important one and Mr Norris
feels it is very urgent upon him to at
tend notwithstanding the importance
of the coming campaign However he
will be able to attend and take active
part in the activities of the closing and
a large part of the fall campaign as
well
Got the Beer After Nit
Lee Morgan and family also Jim Mor
gan and family left last Thursday in
the night for parts unknown They
were quite successful in getting gener
ous donations from the boys to get beer
from McCook for the 4th of July It
is needless to say the boys did not get
their beer but the Morgans got about
85000 from the boys Marion cor
J Danbury News
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THE FISH IN HIS BED
Funny Climax to an Angling Experi
ence of General Gallifet
Long ago in the days of the second
mplre General Gallifet was the
of Napoleon III At St Cloud
his quarters were just over the im
perial bedroom Everything arouud
him was very grand and very gloomy
The window of his room looked upon
the pond that washed the walls of the
chateau The water was clear and
the surrounding scenery was beautiful
but the young lieutenant felt like a
prisoner Early one morning while
seated at his window trying to drive
away the blues with a cigar he espied
below in the crystal water an enor
mous carp The instinct of the angler
strong in Gallifet made the youug
mans eyes snap and set his heart
throbbing
The big fish was the private property
of the emperor Consequently for Gal
lifet it was forbidden fish But it was
such a fine fellow The resistance of
the soldiers conscience was useless It
surrendered unconditionally The re
maining part of the campaign against
the carp was simple enough Gallifet
went to his trunk brought out his
trusty line to which he fastened a
hook and an artificial bait With his
accustomed skill he cast his line The
carp was hooked and hauled in through
the window
Here the lieutenants fun ended and
his trouble began The fish landed
upon a table overturned a large globe
filled with water and caromed from
that to a magnificent vase which it
also upset and smashed to pieces upon
the floor Then it began to execute a
genuine pas de carpe among the smith
ereens
The emperor hearing the strange
racket overhead and seeing the water
trickling through the ceiling was as
tonished He rushed upstairs to find
out what was the matter Gallifet
heard him coining and endeavored to
grab the carp and throw it out of the
window and thus destroy the evidence
of his poaching in the imperial pond
But the slippery thing was hard to
hold so he tossed it into a bed and
covered it up with the bedclothes
When the emperor entered the room
he noticed immediately the quivering
bedclothes He pulled them down and
uncovered the floundering fish His
majestys face assumed an almost jira
jamlc expression which gradually
faded into a faint smile He took in
the entire situation saluted and left
the future war minister to meditate
upon the mysteries or a nsuerman b
luck
The Wrong Bird
One of the well known magicians
not along ago had a queer experience
but the people in the theater had more
fun out of it than he did One of his
tricks was to shake a sack to show
that it was empty and then to draw
out of it an egg after which he would
always reach in again and bring out
the hen that laid the egg Of course
he had to have help in this and one
night he had a new man who did
everything just as he had been told
until it came to this act Reaching
Into the bag he drew forth the fowl
at the usual time but instead of the
hen an old rooster hopped down on to
the stage ruffled its feathers and
strutted around crowing with all its
might while the audience laughed
and the magician went out to hunt his
new helper London Opiuion
Had Experience
Not long ago there entered the office
of the superintendent of a trolley line
in Detroit an angry citizen demanding
justice in no uncertain terms
In response to the officials gentle in
quiry touching the cause of the demand
the angry citizen explained that on the
day previous as his wife was boarding
one of the companys cars the conductor
thereof had stepped on his spouses
dress tearing from it more than a yard
of material
I cant see that we are to blame for
that protested the superintendent
What do you expect us to do get her
a new dress
No sir I do not rejoined the angry
citizen brandishing a piece of cloth
What I propose is that you people
shall match this material Harpers
Vhy Indeed
The five-year-old son was asking his
father some severe questions about a
recent addition to the family
That baby likes ma said the
youngster sharply
Oh yes he likes your ma said his
father but he likes me too
Thereupon the five-year-old from
whom great things were expected ex
claimed
Likes you Then why does he cry
when he looks at you Chicago Record-Herald
Necessity the Mother
Who got up those hanging gardens
of Babylon
Some king
For what purpose
I judge he wanted to outwit the
neighbors chickens Louisville Courier-Journal
Always Tired
Political Candidate Which way do
the farm hands lean around here
Farmer Ryetop Well stranger around
plowing and planting time you will see
them leaning against the barn or fence
every time your back is turned Des
eret News
Expensive
I should never have
thought
studving would have cost
so
that
much
money
Yes father and If you only knew
how little I have studied Judge
Everything
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ated
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HASTINGS COLLEGE HASTINGS NEBRASKA
Founded in 1882
Location
Hastings is the fourth city of Nebraska having a population of over
12000 and is supplied with handsome public buildings elegant resi
dfices metropolitan stores and beautiful churches It is also an import
ant reilroad center being located on the C B Q St J G I C and
M W and M P railways There are also three branch lines of the
Burlington route so that access is easy from any quarter
Faculty
It consists of twelve cultured men and women representing eight
different universities and colleges Post graduate work at Harvard Chi
cago Princeton Yale Berlin and Heidelberg gives their teaching and
scholarship unusual breadth and thoroughness
Departments
I The College offering two courses for degrees with many electives
II The Academy offering high school training under college pro
fessors
III The Normal School issuing teachers certificates under state
authority
IV The Conservatory of Music with courses in voice piano pipe or
gan violin and musical theory
Equipment
There are four buildings Eingland Hall a mens dormitory and
refectory McCormick Hall the principal recitation building Alexander
Hall a womens dormitory Carnegie building the library and scientific
work are unsurpassed and all buildings have steam heat and electric light
Next year begins Sept 8 1908 Handsome catalogue and illustrat
ed souvenir free upon application to
A E TUKNER LL D President
IASH IN
OXFORD PRICE
We have cut every pair of Oxfords in ourstore Simply
had to do it to move our unusually large stock Tan Oxfords
for men and women are cut with the rest only they are odd
sizes r Splendid black calf and gun metal Oxfords Mens
and Womens
Your size Mens from
Ladies from
150 to 450
100 to 350
You cant buy such shoes anywhere else in the state for
less than 350 to 500
For women particularly this sale means an opportunitv
to get a handsome comfortable pair of Oxfords for street and
everyday wear at 200
Buy a pair for this and next summer
genuine shoe investment
Thev will be a
The Model Shoe Store
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