National
Bank
Protection
means a great deal to you as
a depositor In point of work
ing capital capital surplus
and undivided profits of 880
00000 The First National
Bank of McCook ranks first
among the banks of western
Nebraska
Our books aro examined by
National Bank examiners un
der the supervision of the
Comptroller of tbo Currency
at least twice a year There
is no better security than that
For Your
Savings
Thrift is a simple thing but
it means a great deal It is
the foundation of financial
success and contentment
Save money and put it away
safely for a rainy day De
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REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET
For President
WILLIAM H TAFT
of Ohio
For Vice President
JAMES S SHERMAN
of New York
Taft and Foraker have shaken hands
and now all is well on the Ohio
The average American citizen has
more opportunities and privileges than
he is entitled to concluding from the
poor and insufficient use he makes of
the primary election
The total of votes received by Friend
Hasty in McCook would indicate that
his endorsers hero expected and relied
upon the other fellows to do the voting
for him Perhaps it was only what it
was regarded by some a genial bluff
Tafts Religion
A lady subscriber at Newton writes us
asking whether or not Taft is a church
member We are informed on what we
presume is reliable authority that he is
a member of the Unitarian church and
a regular attendant at the services of
that church
However it occurs to us that the ques
tion as to whether he belongs to any
church or not is not of so much import
ance as the fact that he has demon
strated that in the broad sense of the
word he is a Christian gentleman
Some of the greatest presidents this
country ever had were not members of
any church but in the broad sense of
the term they were Christian gentle
men
Jefferson was even accused of being
an infidel That was probably not true
but no matter what his religious views
may have been he is acknowledged to
have been one of the greatest statesmen
and purest patriots who ever sat in the
presidential chair Bryan a strict Pres
byterian never makes a political speech
without lauding the name of Jefferson
Evidently his religion or the lack of
it didnt hinder him from being a great
president Jackson joined the church
before he died but was anything else
than a devout member of church while
he was occupying the presidential
chair At the same time there is hardly
any doubt that he was a believer in the
underlying principles of the Christian
religion
Lincoln never joined any church but
was really a religious man His mes
sages were remarkable for deep religious
sentiment and probably contained more
quotations from the Scriptures than the
messages of any other president It is
certain that Christian people had no
reason to complain because of the fact
that Abraham Lincoln did not hold a
membership in any church Grant was
not a member of any church but died
professing belief in the principles of
Christianity There is no doubt that
he had the belief long before he died
and while he was president
There is no occasion for Christian
people to worry any about Taft It may
bo that some of them object to the Uni
tarian church as not being sufficiently
orthodox but our observation of Unitar
ian leads us to tho conclusion that they
will average up along with the people of
other denominations Topeka Mail and
U razee
THE ST FRANCIS SCHEME A FAKE
That South Fork Railroad and
Francis Sugar Factory Go
In a Balloon
The arrest of W C Murphy alias M
K Dunbar in Kansas City a few days
since will delay his projected 81000000
sugar factory at St Francis KanBas as
woll as tie up a proposed 100 miles of
railroad from Beakolman up the South
Fork to St FranciB not to speak of
three national banks contemplated in
the fertile brain of the famous Murphy
Just now Murphy is in the county
jail at Clay Centor this state awaiting
trial on a charge of swindling John
Bieck of Harvard this state out of
83200 on forged deeds of trust and ab
stracts of property near Mt Vernon
Missouri
Murphy seems to have been the most
enterprising wind booster of recent
years in this section and tnere seems
to have been absolutely nothing back of
him with his nerve and gall as his chief
asset
The State Nominees
While official or complete returns are
not available it is practically conceded
that the following aro the Republican
state nominees
Governor Geo L Sheldon Nehawka
Lieutenant Governor M R Hope
well Tekamah
Secretary of State George C Junkin
Smithfield
Auditor S R Barton Grand Island
Treasurer Lawson GBrian Albion
State Superintendent E C Bishop
Lincoln
Attorney General W T Thompson
Central City
Land Commissioner E B Cowles
Fairbury
Railway Commissioner J A Will
iams Pierce
The probable winners in the Demo
cratic primaries are
Governor A C ShallenbergerAlma
Lieutenant Governor E O Garrett
Fremont
Treasurer Clarence Mackey Ansley
State Superintendent N C Abbott
Tekamah
Secretary of State A T Gatewood
Arapahoe
Auditor E H Luikhardt
Attorney General E B Quacken
bush Auburn
Land Commissioner V B Eastham
Railway Commissioner V H Cow
gill Holdrege
For Congressman Fifth Nebraska
district there was no contest in either
party The nominees are
G W Norris Republican McCook
Fred W Ashton Democrat Grand
Island
K of C Picnic
Wednesday August 26 was a day
long to be remembered by the K of C
and families as it being their second an
nual picnic which was held at Cam
bridge A special train carrying the pic
nicers left McCook at ten oclock and
stops were made at Red Willow Indian
ola and Bartley and reached Cambridge
at 10 43 Quite a number from Orleans
Oxford Arapahoe and Holbrook arrived
a few minutes later the crowd number
ing about 350 proceeded to McKinley
park where the merry making began
The amusement committee entertained
the crowd til noontime when a basket
dinner was spread to which all did
justice
The feature of the afternoon amuse
ment was a ball game between the Longs
and Shorts which resulted in a score of
five to seven in favor of the Shorts
Some amusing plays were made namely
Murphys crawl to third and Rices
score on a strike out After the game
the following races were run 100 yard
dash won by Pete Fosson Indianola
cigar roll Arthur Colfer McCook fifty
yard dash for married ladies Mrs J W
Spencer McCook fifty yard dash for
single ladies Miss Skalla McCook
lemon race for boys Tom McKiliin
Cambridge three yard race OConner
and McKillip Cambridge tug-of-war
between Cambridge and McCook re
sulted in a tie Swinging boat riding
and fishing were also indulged in
Ice cream lemonade and cigars were
served free all day At seven thirty all
departed for their home expressing their
appreciation to the K of C lodge for
the enjoyable day spent
Communicated
Fort Sumter of the Revolution
At the mouth of the Piscataqua riv
er three miles below the historic town
of Portsmouth N H nestles the only
seacoast fort in the United States
which includes within its confines a
combination of all the styles of for
tification from the colonial stone re
doubt to the present barbette battery
of concrete faced with earth More
over Fort Constitution as it is named
was the Fort Sumter of the Revolu
tion Army and Navy Life
There Are Others
Some women are foolish
convicted thug gets lots
-
of
That
flowers
from women I spose
Yes answered ihe warden But
the lady murderer on tho next tier has
had forty seven offers of marriage to
date St Louis Republic
See that your children be taught
not only the labors of the earth but
the loveliness of it John Ruskin
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE
R S Wood of Syracuse Neb is here
the St on business
UP ATioa TCwssrR Peterson is amonc the
visitors at the state fair
Postmaster McLean is at tho home
in Wisconsin on vacation
C F Lehn is seeking consolation at
the state fair in Lincoln this week
J E Kelley went into Lincoln Mon
day morning on matters of business
Sidney Viersen and sister witnessed
Tuesdays ball games at Cambridge
II A Graham of Danbury was at the
county seat Wednesday on business
Mr and Mrs John Schleich left
Thuniday morning for Ohio on a visit
R L Okerson went down to Hastings
Sunday accompanying the wife home
Tuesday night
Miss Medora Santee spent Sunday
in McCook on her way home to Orleans
from Colorado
Mrs F W Bosworth and Ralph are
down from Denver guests of Mr and
Mrs Robert Gunn
Mrs James Hatfield is in Kansas
this week having accompanied her
young nephew home
Mr and Mrs J G Schorel return
ed home Sunday night from a visit of
a few days in Denver
J J Baker visited the old homo at
Red Cloud Sunday to see his father
who is in failing health
W P Haworth and family took their
departure Wednesday for Washington
Kansas where he has a position
Miss Grace Lant of tho teacher
corps arrived homo close of last week
from a visit iu Gladstone Illinois
Harold Heckman left Tuesday for
Boulder Colorado to join his father
who has decided to locate there in
business
Mrs John Forbes who has been
visiting Mrs C A Fisher returned to
her home in Concordia Kas Monday
morning
Mrs Clara Knorbs who has been
visiting with her brothers in Grant re
turned to her home in Pueblo Colo
on No 3 Sunday
G W Burt and Frank Moore were
up from Indianola Wednesday on busi
ness and to learn the result of the prim
ary as far as possible
Mr and Mrs David Ritchie and
daughter Mabel of North Bend Ne
braska have been guests of their son C
D Ritchie this week
Mrs John Davis returned to her
home in Laramie Wyoming last Sun
day morning Mrs G W Snider to
Ogalalla end of last week
P W Ashton fusion nominee for
congress 5th district was in town yes
terday mixing up a little campaign
dope for his also ran campaign
Rev R Alan Russell of New York
City formerly rector of St Albans
expects to be in McCook September
17th while in the west on a visit
Miss Ethel Perktns of Lincoln visit
ed Mrs C D Ritchie and Miss Edna
Waite Uni and sorority chums first
of the week returning home Wednes
day
Mr and Mrs E A Tucker of
er this state parents of Thomas Tuck
er were his guests Saturday Sunday
on their homeward way from a Colorado
trip
Mis Elizabeth Thompson of Omaha
formerly of our city and teacher corps
spent early days of the week in the city
visiting friends and admirers of former
days
Mr and Mrs J K Gordon who
have been spending the summer in New
York state Illinois and Missouri re
turned home end of week past They
will reside in McCook this winter
Mrs T B Cajipbell went down to
Lincoln Wednesday night in response
to news of the more serious illness of
her grand daughter Baby Kates who
has been in precarious state for several
weeks
Mrs L R Hileman arrived in the
city Thursday morning from Los
Angeles Calif where she has been
visiting her parents for several months
She is a guest of her daughter Mrs C
A Rogers
Benj Meyers of Turkey River Iowa
arrived in the city Wednesday night
and will be a guest of his brother-in-law
Peter Foxen for a week or so and will
devote some of the time in looking over
the country
Mrs Ella Benson and Miss Essie
Benson are visiting Mrs Bensons sister
Mrs H H Berry Mrs Benson will be
better remembered as Miss Ella Mitch
ell who formerly lived here for some
time with her sister
Miss Ruth Stennett of Kearney
Nebraska who has been here for past
two weeks on a visit to her parents Mr
and Mrs C H Stennett returned to
Kearney last Saturday where she is
making her home with his parents
George W Hartwell who has been
visiting his mother and sister departed
on Wednesday evening for Lawrence
Kansas where he will be assistant pro
fessor of mathematics in the stato uni
versity of Kansas located in that city
Walter McCartv went up to Wal
lace Monday to take in a drugstore
proposition and go into business on his
own account It didnt look as good to
him as he expected and he returned
here later in the week and -resumed
his position in McConnells
HIS PASSPORT NO GOOD
Italy Holds That Onco an Italian Al
ways an Italian
When on my first visit to Italy after
an absence of twenty five years fur
nished though I was with a passport
from Washington with the great red
seal of state and with my naturaliza
tion papers I was amazed when I was
arrested and put in a den of a prison
reeking with filth and vermin because
I had paid no attention to the Italian
laws regarding tho matter of military
obligation I was under tho Impres
sion as I am sure many Americans
are that when once I had sworn off
my allegiance to the king of Italy and
had become an American citizen I
would bo recognized as such and not
be required to fulfill the obligations of
an Italian citizen
The experience was not amusing and
yet as I look back upon it there was a
ridiculous side to it When with great
dignity and pride I pulled from my
pocket my passport I expected to see
the little Italian official gasp for breath
and humbly beg my pardon Imagine
my feelings when glancing at the
American eagle on my papers and the
signature of the secretary of state 1
at the same time exclaiming Sono
citadino Americano I am an Amer
ican citizen he turned his back upon
me and said most indifferently Fa
niente fa niente Thats nothing
thats nothing I was led away by
two carabinieri and turned into a large
room where I found seven prisoners
who were to be my companions for
that day and night Tho next day I
was taken before the prefect of the
province an 1 then it was learned that
I was not obliged to serve the regular
tnree years in the Italian army not
because I was an American citizen
that was not recognized but because
I was the only male in my family
The Italian thsory is once an Italian
always an Italian The government
does not recognize the change of al
legiance on the part of any of its sub
jects Antonio Mangano in Charities
and the Commons
The
PAIN AND PLEASURE
Sensations That Come When a
Person Is Hanged
This is the way Rev J T Mann in
Spare Moments describes the way it
feels to be hanged
At Fort Barrancas Fla on April 4
1SGS I was hanged as a Confederate
spy I spout four minutes physically
and spiritually between earth and
heaven Then a Yankee sergeant be
lieving me to be the Avrong man cut
me down
My first sensation when the barrel
was kicked from under my feet was
that a steam boiler inside me was
about to explode Every vein and
blood vessel to and from my heart
seemed charged with an oppressive
fullness that must find an avenue of
escape The nervous system through
out its length was tingling with a
painful pricking sensation the like of
which I never felt before or since
Then followed the sense of an explo
sion as if a volcano had erupted This
seemed to give me relief and the pain
gave way to a pleasurable feeling one
very desirable could it be secured with
out death With this sensation a light
broke in upon my sight a light of
milky whiteness yet strange to say
so transparent that it was easier to
pierce with the eye than the light of
day Then came into my mouth a
taste of sweetness the like of which I
have never since known And I felt
myself moving on with a conscious
ness of leaving everything behind
Then I heard the sweetest music and
it seemed that more than a thousand
harps led in each part accompanied bj
myriads of voices
And the sensation of coming back to
lire alter l had been cut uown was
just as painful as the first feeling of
hanging It was acute torture Every
nerve seemed to have a pain of its
own My nose and fingers were seats
of the most excruciating agony In
half an hour the pain was all gone but
I would not go through the experience
again for the wealth of the Indies
Russian Marriages
The celebration of a Russian mar
riage sometimes extends over three
days At tho wedding festivities the
bride is expected to dance with the
men one after another until she drops
with sheer fatigue It is a matter of
pride with her to keep going as long
as possible and it is not unusual to
find a bride dancing gayly after three
days and nights of vigorous frolic
When a girl is dancing with a man she
always holds his pipe It would be
regarded as extremely rude if a man
should continue to smoke his pipe in
such circumstances London Tit Bits
Not So Bad
Mr Subbs after engagiug cook
Theres one other thing I suppose you
should know Miss Flaunigan my wife
is a chronic invalid confined to her
room
Miss Flannigan Thats fine I wor
afeerd she might be wan iv thim
chronic kickers that ar re confined t
th kitchen begobs Puck
She Hit Back
I told teacher pop that you sai 1
she taught you when you was a little
boy
What did she say
That stupidity must run in the fam
ily Baltimore American
And Some Hard Words
When a woman packs a trunk she
puts her soul into the task
And when a man packs a trunk he
puts his feet into it Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Ill founded enmities
most obstinate Retz
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Friday September 10th and
11th to inspect the pretty
creations in millinery we are
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