i i f I i wv 1 h J Our Great Army Regulars and Citizen Soldlera to Be Combined In One Force a Quarter of a Mil lion Strong A United States 13 to have an THE of 20000 men But it will uot be a standing army That is to say it will not bo composed altogether of regulars draw lug their entire support directly from the treasury of the United States Yet it will be an army of trained sol diers upon whom the people of the country could rely in case of any tiou Lie with a foreign nation The reg ular army of the United States num bers now about G0000 If recruited up to its full legal strength It would num ber 70000 According to the present plans of the war department the na tional guard troops will be added to this force to make an army of a quar ter of a million men A scheme of reorganization is being worked out un der the direction of General Ilobert Shaw Oliver assistant secretary of war which will eventually bring the state troops practically under the di rection of the president In case of an emergency arising necessitating their Immediate call to action Ten years ago -when war with Spain was de clared the regiments of militia In en tering the United States service were completely reorganized and enlisted as United States volunteer regiments This process took much time and the war did a good service in revealing the weakness of the military system then in vogue Since then new laws have gone into effect which put the land fighting forces of the country on quite 1 different basis It was the Dick law of 1903 which put the regular troops and the militia into direct relations It provided that the organized militia of the several states should receive financial assist ance from the United States provided it conformed in its organization to certain prescribed forms and that the men in enlisting obligate themselves to be subject at any time to the call of the president through the governors of the states and be ready to go Into bat tle at any time either In the United States or outside the country The Bum of 2000000 was at first appro priated annually for this purpose but by an amendment to the law passed at the last session of congress this sum Is to be doubled It is purposed to or ganize the state troops and the regulars Into eight army corps the first being t fsl W v V 1 - - - v i i - t V - irw iniiummw nnmfninmiir GENERALi EOBERT SHAW OLIVER the forces in New England and the eastern states The recent army ma neuvers at Pine Plain X Y were held in accordance with this scheme The perfection of the plan will bring the federal and state troops together in one great military organization trained and equipped for any emergency Speaking of the plan while inspecting the maneuvers at Pine Plain General Oliver said Two years from now we expect to have a force of 50000 men regulars and volunteers mobilized at this camp If the government purchases it Our plan is to establish eight great maneuver camps at different points throughout the country At these camps we will assemble all regulars not on foreign service and every regi ment of state volunteers There are no longer any militia men continued the general with a smile They are all United States volunteers In the event of war they are part of the regular army under the new law Up to this time the president has been powerless to direct the man agement of state troops It is so no longer Genera Oliver succeeded William Cary Sanger as assistant secretary of war That was in 1903 when Elihu Root was at the head of the depart ment He naturally takes a great in terest in the national guard since he was long identified with the militia regiments of New York state He was considered at the time of his appoint ment especially well fitted to put the Dick law in operation in respect to the development of the state troops be cause of his having served in the civil war as a volunteer then in the regu lar army in both the infantry and cav alry branches and afterward for near ly a quarter of a century as an officer of the national guard of the state of New York He held the rank of a brigadier general in the latter service when appointed assistant secretary of war General Oliver was a boy of sev enteen fresh from military school when in 1SG4 he enlisted in the Union army and began his career as a real soldier For nearly forty years he has been connected with some branch of the military service of the country A Place of Safety Wits which are serviceable only in fair weather are not of much use to the pioneer of a new country All sorts of vicissitudes present themselves to the dweller of the wild regions Mr Willcy In Mils History of the White Mountains gives an instance of a man whose ingenuity withstood a cy clone The incident took place in the early days of Jackson A terrible tornado passed over the little settlement It was so strong hardly anything could stand before It Houses and barns were leveled trees were whirled about in the air like sticks and men and women were caught up and carried along for rods One house was razed to the ground and chairs tables beds bedding and children went Hying about in the wind The father of the family snatching his babies from the rude grasp of the mon ster thrust the little folks heads through two rails of a fence and left them thus secured with their legs daugling in the wind He then went to look after his other property The five little children remained safe in their fastening and uninjured out rode the tempest Thought He Was In India As a consequence of the frequency with which venomous snakes are met with in India Anglo Indians spend their whole lives in thinking of their lives and watching out for snakes When Mr Kipling reached Loudon from In dia in his search for fame and fortune lie lodged in some small rooms on VII Hers street Strand up two nights of stairs One morning a friend called and when he found himself in Hudyard Kiplings sitting room lie was surprised to see a handsome mirror which stood over the fireplace smashed to smither eens Snakes said Kipling noticing the look of astonishment on his friends face I was dozinir in mv chair tlay evening and my foot slipped out of 1113 shoe which for comfort I had unlaced naif waking I foit with my foot for the shoe and began slipping it in when my toes touched the leather tongue Snake flashed across my sleepy brain I gave one desperate kick and when the shoe struck that mirror I realized that I was in London and not in India Closing His Mouth A very sensible bit of advice ex pressed in homely language was given by a man not long ago to an excitable and quarrelsome friend It was in a brickyard and two of the workmen had engaged in an angry dispute which culminated in a fierce encoun ter In the skirmish one of the com batants was nastily hurt on the head and the employer who happened to come on the scene of action when the fight was finishing and was a man of more temper than discretion advised the injured one to get a warrant for the others arrest While the matter was being discussed by a number of workmen who had gathered round a big burly fellow who had heard ev erything and seen the whole affair made his way to the man with the damaged cranium and said You dont want to get no warrant Bill You just go to the chemists shop and get yerself two pieces of plarster good big ones and put one piece on yer head an the other on yer mouth an youll be all right London Mail Queer Auctions A Dutch auction at Cape Town is frequently exciting If a house is to be sold the auctioneer offers 50 gold en sovereigns for the man who first bids 5000 Nobody bids A pause and then 50 golden sovereigns for the man who first bids 4900- This is kept up until a bid is secured But it by no means follows that the house is sold to this bidder No the auctioneer is then at it again Say that 4400 is the first bid The auctioneer cries There are 25 golden sovereigns for the first man who ias the courage to bid 4G00 Perhaps no one has it Then 25 is offered for a 4530 bid If there is eventually no bid above the 4400 the man who made that bid is saddled with the house Otherwise he pockets his bonus and gets off free of it all Westminster Gazette Gone to Hongkong Some time ago a large tea shop was opened in a town near London To at tract customers it was announced that each purchaser of a pound of tea would receive a check for a shilling to buy goods on a certain date The pro prietor did a flourishing trade till the day came for the checks to be present cd Crowds of customers came and were drearily disappointed to see the shutters down and on them a hi poster which read Our compliments to our customers and wo hoi to state that wo hao none to Ilongkotm for ninio tea London Express Wznrish Mr awfully mannish she is Miss Smart Sin K indeed Mr Ye- mid tiu funny part of it is she tiiiks perph admire her for hoiim that v ay Its queer she doesnt lealize that people are only laughim a her Miss Smart Well shes mannish even t that extent Philadelphia Pres Explicit One of ManehcsCer s sextons in niak Ing his report of burials is explicit to a commendable degree For instance such entries as this occur Died John Ireeu male aged three days unmarried London Tit Bits Taking the Count James I wish you hadnt told father to count ten when angry Mother Why James He has time to get the Switch He used to use his hand when ne licked me New York Journal STATUE OF LAFAYETTE Sculptural Work by Bartlctt Given to France by Americans In the unveiling of Paul Wayland Bartletts statue of Lafayette on July 4 on the IMace du Louvre Paris an interesting episode reaches its culmina tion The statue represents the feel ings of friendship and good will cher ished by the American people toward Franco and Is In grateful remembrance of the gallant officer who tendered his services to Washington in the time of the Revolution The gift was made possible through the offerings of thou sands of American school children whose combined gifts reached a total of 50000 To this amount was added 30000 accruing from an appropriation of 25000 by congress This amount In bullion was coined into souvenir dollars which sold for 2 apiece mak ing 5000 for the fund and increasing the total amount available for the stat ue to 100000 Mr Bartlctt received the commission for the statue and lie modeled one which was set up in plas ter temporarily during the Paris expo sition of 1000 The years went by and v i i xti V - - - I l S 3 fM1 J l li 1 BMimiw 1 THE BARTIiETT STATUE OF LAFAYETTE no bronze work took the place of the crumbling plaster monument People began to ask what had become of the memorial for which the school chil dren paid their pennies It appears that Mr Bartlett had been working to get a satisfactory model He made figure after figure and destroyed them all Finally about a year ago he suc ceeded in producing one whicli gave satisfaction all around It is entirely different from the plaster work which was unveiled with considerable cere mony during the exposition of eight years ago It shows Lafayette at the age of nineteen when he joined the American army lie is clad in a colo nial uniform and holds aloft a sword J PIERP0NT MORGAN LL D Noted Financier In the Character of Scholar and Philanthropist It is J Pierpout Morgan LL D now At the recent Yale commence ment the honorary degree which is about the highest in the category of scholastic honors was conferred with due ceremony on the celebrated master of finance in recognition of his work in rolling back the tide of business disas ter last fall Dr Morgan marched in the procession of candidates for aca demic honors and wore his mortar board cap and flowing black silk gown with becoming composure and grace When asked how it felt to be a LL D he replied Bully bully with as much enthusiasm as even Pres ident Roosevelt could have put into the exclamation The Yale professor who presented Mr Morgan for the degree of doctor of laws to President nadley said in the course of his remarks There is an Alexander Magnus spir it in the financial achievements of Mr Morgan Great governments lean upon FT 1 J PIEKPOST MORGAN IN THE ACADEMIC COSTUME him in military and financial crises But his power is both honorable and beneficent It was recently given to Mr Morgan to stay the fury of a finan cial panic which threatened national disaster Mr Morgans ears rang with the deafening applause and cheers and bowing to Dr Hadley and then to the audience he returned to his chair wearing the blue lined doctors hood Mr Morgan sailed for Europe after the function at Yale expressing confi dence as he boarded the ship as to swift improvement in the financial sit uation A Bishop In Anger It Is popularly supposed that bishops possess the power of self control in a perfect degree but sometimes the best of them disclose the fact thut after all they are but men On one occasion a certain lord bish op eloquent and saintly whose name is almost a household word in Eng land was preaching at the opening of a new church and for a few days stayed at a country house in the neigh borhood This bishop was excessively fond of a game of billiards and could hold his own on the cloth against the majority of amateurs During this visit his lordship played several quiet games with his host but one morning hail a prolonged run of bad luck which so exasperated him that at last he entirely lost ills temper and in his rage snapped the cue in two across his knee This mad action seemed to bring the bishop to his senses and with profuse regrets lie apologized to his host for his conduct declaring that he would not have had it happen for the world But the host coolly replied I must beg you my lord to think no more about the matter I am really glad that it occurred as for many years I have been wishful to see what a bishop was like when he wanted to use bad language London Tit Bits Turner and the Doctor When Turner the famous painter was dying at Chelsea he sent in de spair for a Ramsgate doctor who had done him some good during his recent stay at that place and who he hoped might take a different view of his case from that whicli the London physicians had expressed The doctor arrived and confirmed the opinion that the artist had very little time longer to live Wait a bit said Turner to the doc tor You have had nothing to eat and drink yet have you No but thats of no consequence But it is re plied the painter Go downstairs and you will find some refreshment and there is some fine brown sherry dont spare it and then come up and see me again The doctor refreshed himself aud then came back to the patient Now then said Turner what is it Do you still think so badly of my case The doctor regretfully said he could not alter his former opinion The artist shook his shoulders turned his face to the wall and never spoke again Dundee Advertiser A Rich Womans Closet The nearest approach to a Blue beards closet that I ever saw said a woman the other day was in the country house of one of New Yorks most fashionable women I didnt know her but in a queer roundabout way I was once shown over the house and saw Mrs Vs pri vate apartments I pretty nearly faint ed when I walked into a room where a dozen or more women were apparently hanging from the ceiling When I came to I found that what I had taken to be a choice collection of female corpses was really a lot of manikius Mrs V had them made after her own measurements and her choicest costumes were kept on them when not in use Her maid would fasten a gown on to a manikin put something over it to keep the dust off and then by means of a rope and pulley draw the whole thing to the ceiling It was a fine ar rangement but looked as if Bluebeard had been around New York Sun Born That Vay There is perhaps no point on which the librarian and child disagree so en tirely as that of the proper condition of the hands A child whose hands were black with dirt solemnly stated I was born that way Another de clared that the doctor said he must not wash his hands till the weather got warmer Another whispered Teacher thats the color of my skin A boy who brought back a book with its cover soiled and greasy refused to pay the fine and finally brought his mother in to speak in his behalf We had been very unjust and unkind to her boy she said for he is very care ful He puts his book in the icebox where the baby cant get it and noth ing but our food and Willies books ever goes in that icebox Library Journal A Few Sufficed Sir Tames Crichton Browne was sent on a mission to Jamaica in connection with the British colonial office While at Kingston he had an encounter with a colored hut very humble official Sir James a strenuous sanitarian and an ardent Scot was keenly interested in the Scottish population of the island Do 3ou have many Scotsmen in these parts he asked of the official The darky thought for a moment and then answered Not many just a few but enough Sir James collapsed A Diplomatic Tramp Why dont you vamoose I said no Ah madam a beautiful womans no ofting means yes He got the cold bite for which he was pleading and it was even warmed over for him Louisville Courier-Journal A Great Art In Little Is there really any art in convers ing Of course always say small things in a big way and big things in a small way Minneapolis Journal Outstripped It As I recall things you once had a future before you said the old friend Yes replied the fate tossed man but you see I lived so fast that I got ahead of it Human life is governed more by for tune than by reason Hume PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT The following- pronoted amendment t the constitution of the State of Ne braska as uerclnnftar set forth In full is submitted to the electors of the Btatr of Nobraska to ho voted upon at tat general election to ho hold Tuesday No vember 3rd A s 1908 A JOINT RESOLUTION to nmcntl Sec tions two Cl four -U five 5 six to ami thirteen IS of Article six li or the Constitution of the State of Nt bniHkn relating to Judicial Powers Be it Hcsolvcu by tho Legislature of the State of Uobrnfcka Section 1 Amondment proposed That Section two of Article fix fi of Constltution of the State of NebitsKJ be amended to read as follow Section 2 Supreme court judges jurisdiction The Supreme Court bliall consist of seven 7 and a ma jority of all elected and qualified judge shall be necessary to constitute J quorum or pronounce a decision Tin Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction in all cases relating to the revenue cli cases in which the state is a pam mandamus quo warranto habeas corpus and sucli appellate Jurisdiction as may be provided by law Section 2 Amendment proposed That Section four 4 of Article six G ut tli Constitution of the State of Nebraska h amended to read as follows Section -1 Supremo conrt judges election term residence The judges ol the Supieme Court shall be lecUd bv the electors of the state at law ami their terms of office except as lit leinafti r provided shall be six years Aud said Supieme Court judges shall during their term of office reside at the place w here the court is holden Section 3 Amendment proposed That Section five a of Article six of tlit Constitution of the State of Nebraska hi amended to read as follows Section 5 Supreme court judges election term chief justice That at the general election to be hld in the state of Nebraska in the year IDOt a o each six year thereafter there shall it elected three judges of the Suprtin Court who shall hold their office fm th peiiod of six years that at the geneial election to be held in the state of Ne braska in the year 1911 and each years thereafter there shall be elected three CI judges of the Supreme Court who shall hold their oftice for the peiiou of six years and at the generul election to he held in the state of Nebraska in the vear lJK and each six years tin iiflcr ihpro shall be elected a hiof Ju tlcevpf tlie Supreme Court who shall hoIdWiis office for the period of si years Provided that the member of iht Supieme Court whose term of ex pires in January 1014 shall be Cni I Justic of the Supreme Court during thai time until the expiration of his term ol office And provided furr ir -hat upon the adoption of these amendments bv tnr electors of the State tho Governor shall immediately upon issuing his proclama tion declaring said amendments adopt d appoint four 1 judges of the Supienu Court two 2 of -whom shall be ap pointed to hold said office until thcii successors shall be elected at the general election In 1909 and have qualified and the other two 2 shall hold th offi until their successors shall be elected at the general election held In 1911 and have qualified Section 4 Amendment proposed That Section six C of Article six G of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska be amended to read as follows Section C Chief justice The Chid Justice shall serve as such during all the term for which he was elected Ie s iiail preside at all terms of the Supreme Court and in his absence the jiuiges present shall select one of their number to preside temporarily Section 5 Amendment proposed Thai Section thirteen 13 of Article six 0 01 the Constitution of Nebraska be amended to iead as follows Section 13 Judsres salaries That judges of the Supreme Court shall each receive a salary of 4300 and the Judge of the District Court shall each receive a salary of 3000 per annum payable quarterly Approved April S 1907 I Geo C lunkin Secretary of State of the State of Nebraska dt hereby certify that the foregoing propose amendment to the Constitution of tht State of Nebraska is a true and correct copv of the original enrolled and en grossed bill as passed by the Thirtietl session of the legislature of the State ot Nebraska as appears from said original bill on file in this office and that sad proposed amendment is submitted to the qualified voters of the state of Nebraska for their adoption or rejection at the general election to be held on Tuesday the 3d dav of November A D IOCS In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Sea of the State of Nebraska Done at Lin coln this 15th dav of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eight and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Thirtv third and of this State the Forty second GEO C J UN KIN Seal Secretary of State NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the county court of Red Willow county Nebraska In the matter of the estate of James H Short deceased Notice is hereby given that the creditor of the said deceased will meet the administratrix of said estate before me county judge of Ked Willow county Nebra ka at the county conrt room in said county on the lth da of Janu ary 1909 at one oclock p in each da for the purpose of presenting their claims for examina tion adjustment and allowance Six months are allowed for creditor- to present their claims and one ear for the administratrix to said estate from the 11th day of July IV This notice will be published in the SlcCook Tribune for four weeks ively prior to the 18th day of January lit Witness my hand and seal of -aid court thi 11th day of July A D IMJs seal J C Mooke County Judge NOTICi TO CltKDITOliS State of Nvlirnikn Hod Willow county m ko the mutter of the eitnteof Jacob Croclior Notice is hereby Khcntoull kii liiiiig claims mid dcmnm iiKuitifct Jtrafa Crocker Into of said count decerned tUtiLUr timo Used for tlliiiKclnhim iiKiiinst wild otte w mx inontliH fropi tint Itii du of Jul U All such person are required to prtxiiitrtCior cliiiiiii with voucher to the count jiKiatf snid county on or before the Jth day orjbuvtv nry JWW nrtlio Miimt hull Int forever hwwtti All cinimi Hied will bo xHiniii d sut u4 justed by the county Judge of snid conaltv InsolHco therein on tho ilth day or Jinmur 11H1 at one oclock p in It in ordered tlracafn iibovu notice bo published in tho McCook Tk buiie u weekly newspaper publihed in Ba county for four weeks ien under my html mid Mlil of tho count court this Int dnyjJt Julviuu3 j c Moouu Count Hiij 7MtK SHKKlFrSSALK Hy virtue ofnn order of sale isniied frdw i district court of Hed Willow county Nnhrrnfax under ii decree in an action wherein Aiuptift NothiuiRel is plaintiir and the unknown iro of George H Cnstle etnl are defendant to s directed and delivered I shall olTer at puURa Mile and sell to the highest bidder for rnrluat the east door of tho court hoitso in JlrCXwIfc Jfed Willow- county Nebraska on the 27th duy of July 11 tit the hour of one oclock jinu tho following described real iHinte to wiu1B n rihwest quarter of section twelve intone ship two north i f range twent uiuu wen A the sixth P ii in lied Willow count Nelrm kn Dated this 20th da of June rws iVJOSth H I Piikkm Shonil RKFEHKES SALIC Hy virtue of mi order of Mile to mo dirnevjE b the clerk of tho district court of Ked HHlwi county in the State of Nebraska on jcitar muiit rendered in -aid court in the caiiMt3iir in Iudwig Sues was plaintiff and Sn4T DcGrolTet at were defendant- on the tiriwg ninth day of June IHW for the partition mm sale of the following di scribed real uMatu to wit Lot seventeen in block twenty seven df the original town of McCook lied Willowtte t Nebraska I will offer for to the Imtr est bidder for ca h on the fourth day oT Jtk gust IWis nt the east front door of tlie Jint hou e in -aid county at two o clock in fo afternoon the above described real estattt Dated thiM thirtieth day of June 1JOs P K 1iihik Hofiwea LKGAL NOTICE In justice court before II II Perry justinsaiff the peace O W Dewev defendant will tfcs notice that on the 22nd da or June VjOS ILKL Ilerry u jm tice of the peace n Ked Willow county Nebraska issued nn order of atlriifc uient for the -inn of lSII in an anion eudii before him wherein Koell A Harirer are idaiar tilTs and O W Dewc is defendant and tbtfc propert of the defendant const ting of uteuw due and owing in the hands of the Chicfn liurtington and ninoy Kailwav Couqiup garnishee as wages Tor work and labor rw formed by said defendant for -aid ltnile Compaii has been attached under -aid oic of attachment Suid ruii e litis Ix cu continur for hearing to the Sth da of iiKiist 1SXK1 U oclock si hi L E Uaimhk REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF TI1U McCook National Bank ihCooK Nkiiraska Charter No SK In the State of Nebraska at the clo e of hsi nesss July 15 llOrf uesoukces Loans and Discounts Overdrafts secured and unsecured U S Honds t secire circulation Premium on U S Honds Bonds securities etc Hanking house furniture and fixtures Due from National Hanks not reserve agents Due from State Hanks and Hankers Due from approved reserve agents Checks and other cash items 12112132 Notes of other National Hanks Fractional paper currency nickels and cents Lawful Monet Reserve in Rank viz UK 28500 1PKS3 ifeS3a 2XS ri73r ltMCSB 2I1SQUS 2SJTf VfS Specie S St71 20 Legal tender notes 13D5 00 97iJf Redemption fund with US Treasurer 1 percent of circulation v 11251V Total SiOSi22K LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in ri00ufttt Surplus fund 200309 Undivided proiits less expenses and taxes paid National Honk nnte outstanding 2SJi0ltW Due to State Hanks aud Hankers 71 US if Individual deposits subject to check XiiAiZ Demand certificates of deposit t10 MS Time certificates of deposit jlfrJOB Certified checks HAiOt SbG2 Total State of Nebraska County of Red Willow J ss I CJ OBrien cabier of the above nanwY bank do solemnly swear that the above stafct ment is true to the be t of my knowledge atP belief C J OHpi EN Cashier Correct Attest P Wvlsii Director C F Leiin Director P F McKENNA Director Subscribed and sworn to before mo tlilsJSst da of Julv 1908 J E Kellet f iEALJ Notary Public M commission expires February 13 1910 BEGGS5 BLOOD PURIFIED CURES catarrh of the stomach A Guaranteed Cure For Piles Itching Blind Bleeding or Protrud ing Piles Druggists refund money it Pazo Ointment fails to cure any case no matter of how long standing in QUfA days First application gives ease aat Hard and Soft Paper rest 30c If your druggist hasnt a in convenient sizes for desk use in fig send 50c in stamps and it will be foe- tiring and making notes at the Tribune office Very reasonable price t iim car 1 niaLX hi -1 - iii warded postpaid by Paris Medicine C St Louis ilo Ilnuiiisg jiiu i m - i t N mu i i lll i iiM i i inn V See Bullard Before uying Elsewhere sETsaSBSENSTsSS ESSsas3SSitaS Attention Builders If JgPBgryftgSgigSregj If you want a 4 FOUNDATION CURBSTONE i SIDEWALK i or anything pertaining to Cement V ork see r J B MOLUND Or at Yard Two Blocks East of Main It O Olll 8 Between Dodsre and Dennison ftfcVVWVfc Walsh Block