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End-of-Season Clearance
Our new fall goods will begin heading this way about Au
gust 1st There remains on hand of the hot weather items
large enough supply to make a lively and interesting Clear
ance Sale which we begin Friday morning July 23rd 09
The following sensational prices foretell the doom of every
garment and item offered Read
Sun Bonnets
All 20c ones cut to 10c
All 25c ones cut to 15c
All 35c ones cut to 25c
About 10 dozen to pick from
Fancy Parasols
85c ones cut to 59c
135 ones cut to 89c
2 25 ones cut to 1 49
Everyone of them new this season
very tasty and stylish goods
Washable Dress Skirts
125 ones cut to 89c
150 ones cut to -119
175 ones cut to 129
White and colored
Mens Silk Coats and Vests
Cut from 700 to 4 50
Brown and white blue and while
stripes
Just
OneHaf
Ffo
tho money you blow in
foolishly if invested in a
bank account would soon
put you on easy street
You owo yourself the
protection a Savings Ac
count will afford you
If you are spending all
you earn it is unfair to
yourself and those who
may be dependent on you
You have noticed the
manner in which small
amounts expended count
up in a month a part of
such expenditures saved
will allow you to have an
account at this bank
Start with a dollar
have money in the bank
First
National
Bank of Mccook
mu
By F M KIMMELL
Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co
Subscription 1 a Year in Advance
The Holdrege Citizen announces that
it will appear August 2nd in daily
form
JUNIOR NORMAL NOTES
Last Friday morning Mrs Frances
Leiter lectured in assembly on the sub
ject Physical Education from the
Standpoint of the Teacher and the
Schoolroom In the evening Mrs
Leiter gave the closing number of the
junior normal lecture course in the aud
itorium Her subject was Machinery
Not Made With Hands
This morning Mrs Matie Welles ad
dressed the assembly on the subject
Patriotism in the Public Schools
The lastmusical program of the ses
sion will be given at assembly Friday
morning
Quite a number of pupils withdrew
end of last week after taking the exam
inations
Miss Bednar does institute work in
Hajes county after the closing of the
normal for one week
COURT HOUSE NEWS
COUNTY COURT
Licenses to marry issued by the coun
ty judge since our last report
James Frederick Premer 28 of Haig
ler and Lelah Fidler 24 of Bartley
Mrs J Jackson nurse Phone red 251
Rev ES Bickford of Indianola will
preach both morning and evening in
the Congregational church of our city
AH invited
McMjllen druggist is serving the
famous Franklin ice cream at his foun
tain Can furnish cream in quantity
oa take orders for brick ice cream
If you need help of any kind tell as
many people as possible There are
more than 40000 people who subscribe
for the Omaha Bee You can tell them
all for one cent a word per day Write
today
Mens Wash Vests
The 100 ones cut to 59c
The 150 ones cut to 99c
5 sizes 33 to 37
- Ladies Dress Skirts
This means our full line of mohair
panama voile sicillian and batiste
skirts as well as some heavier cloth
skirts Prices cut as follows
All 200 skirts cut to 1 29
All 250 skirts cut to 149
All 300 skirts cut to 1 99
All 400 skirts cut to 299
All 500 skirts cut to 399
AUG 00 skirts cut to 499
All 7 50 skirts cut to 5 99
All 1000 skirts cut to 749
All 12 50 skirts cut to 899
Alterations free just the same as
usual You cannot afford to neglect
this opportunity to make a saving
TWIN EARTHQUAKES
Two Distinct Series of Shocks Aro Felt
Almost Simultaneously
Among the most Interesting earth
tremors from a scientific polut of view
are those known as twin earth
quakes where two distinct series of
shocks are felt separated by an inter
val of two or three seconds In each
series the vibrations increase to a
maximum and die awav the whole
duration including the quiet interval
being eight to twelve seconds In some
parts of the earthquake zone the most
powerful shocks are nearly always ot
this kind When they occur how
ever there is always a strip of coun
try where only one shock is felL
Apparently there are two distinct
points of origin for these shocks and
the strip where a single shock is felt is
that where the two sets of vibrations
arrive simultaneously The fact that
this band is straight shows that the
twin shocks occur together and that
tuererore one is not a consequence oi
the other Probably there is an S
shaped bend in some interior layer of
rock and the twin foci are at the points
of greatest displacement namely the
bends of the S The movement that
causes such a twin earthquake there
fore results in accentuating the form
of the fold in rhe earths crust New
York Herald
The Fightiriq Maoris
Some 300 Maoris were shut up In in
trenchinems it a phu e ilet OhiKjiw
Without Hind except a tew riw jmta
toes without water miimlfri u ir
tiilery and under a h i fit rinv tinners
and hand grenades eiuiiv a
saulted no less than fixe time- ij
held out tor three clivs iu iti ici
surrounded Oncra sitm inti nil
manely sent n tin a of ttm e imiiin
them to surrtiiriei Ixuninlilx To rhis
they made the evei tammis n piv
Enough -We tight rlutu on forever
Then the general ottered to let the wo
men come cut nud the answei whs
The women will riant a we- ai
length on the afternoon of the third
day the garrison in a body rharged at
quick march right through the English
lines fairly jumping over the heads of
the men of the Fortieth regiment as
they lay behind a bank Half of them
fell the remainder got clear away
The earthworks and the victory re
mained with us but the glory was
theirs The Long White Cloud by
W P Reeves
Forgot Himself
Absentminded persons are not infre
quently met among the medical pro
fession who of all men should al
ways have their wits about them It
is related that a well known doctor
was once present in a public place
when an accident occurred and see
ing a wounded man went about call
ing A doctor A doctorl Somebody
go and fetch a doctor
A friend who was by his side ven
tured to inquire Well what about
yourself
Oh dear answered the doctor
suddeuly recalling the fact that he be
longed to the medical profession 1
didnt think of that
To Ferment
You know Elsie that ferment
means to work said the teacher
Now you may write a sentence on
the blackboard containing the word
ferment
After a moments thought Elsie
wrote as follows In summer 1 love
to ferment among the flowers in our
garden Chicago News
The Real Object
Indulgent Papa Why my dear you
had a party last month How often do
you wish to entertain your friends
She This one is not to entertain my
friends papa but to snub my enemies
-Life
He Struggles In Vain
The cynical bachelor rises to remark
that when a girl makes up her mind
to marry a struggling young man all
his struggles are useless Philadelphia
Record
Man must always In some sense cling
10 me belief that the unknowable Is
Knowaoie Goethe
itiUii fawn
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as
sea
ished suitings voiles pongees rough
siik suitings in fact the whole range
of our superb summer lino of washable
dress materials
Childrens Straw Hats
The 35c ones cut to 19c
The 50c ones cut to 35c
The 65c ones cut to 39c
The 75c ones cut to 49c
The 175 ones cut to 89c
No fooling about that
Washable Jacket Suits
500 ones cut to 333
750 ones cut to 499
These suits are well made of good
substantial linen finished suitings aro
trimmed with buttons and with lace
and cut away under lace very stylish
durable and washable
WINTER WOOD
It lakes the Best and Most Lasting
Kind of Timber
It has long been known that winter
was the best time of the year for cut
ting down trees for their timber but
until the American bureau of forestry
published the results of some experi
ments no ono was sure why The bu
reau of forestry selected four pine
trees or the same age and of equal
Vigor growing in the same soil and
felled them the first at the end of
December the second at the end of
January the third at the end of Feb
ruary and the fourth at the end ol
March They were hewn into logs of
the same size and dried at the same
place Then the logs were tested
The December log resisted a flexile
strain twice as strong as that which
the March log resisted It furnished
piles which were still perfect and un
decayed sixteen years later while the
piles made from the March log had
rotted within three or four years
Wood that is felled in December is
less porous than that cut at other
times It has been proved that oak
felled in the spring allowed water to
percolate through it in from two to
three hours while similar wood cut in
December was seemingly impermeable
There is a very simple method of as
three hours while similar wood cut in
winter or in spring The former con
tains floury particles which turn blue
when tincture of iodine is poured upon
them The latter preserves its natural
tint or merely becomes a little darker
at the contact of iodine New York
World
COPIED NAPOLEON
South American Dictators Who
a gray dressing gown and a cocked
hat which he fondly believed to be
th3 habitual garb of the French des
pot
Castros most distinguished predeces
sor was also a Napoleon devotee but
Bolivar had seen his idol and could
thus imitate him more faithfully He
managed to acquire the emperors
brusque speech and other manuerisms
pulled peoples ears when In a good
latner
Just a moment said he
aEisgss
humor and dictated dispatches to sev
eral secretaries at once He founded
an order closely modeled on the Le
gion of Honor surrounded himself
with a guard of negroes from Haiti
after the style of Napoleons mame
lukes and endeavored to codify the
laws of his country When he return
ed to America after witnessing Napo
leons coronation Bolivar entered Ca
racas standing In a Roman chariot
drawn by twelve maidens belonging to
the first families of the town London
Chronicle
A Barber and Poet
Jasmin the Gascon poet who was
also a barber was once visiting the
mayor of a French town and had
promised to give an Informal recita
tion to the townspeople The hour ar
rived but his host did not appear
Several important personages
assem
bled to accompany them to the hall
but the mayor remained invisible bus
ied wita his toilet Flnallv fearing
the Impatience of his guests he open
ed the door of his chamber to apolo
gize and showed his face covered with
I am
my shaving
Oh said Jasmin let me help
you
He at once doffed his coat gave a
finishing touch to the razor and shaved
the mayor in a twinkling with what
he called his hand of velvet In a
few minutes -he was in the hall receiv
ing tumultuous annlause for his sntoTi
did recitations
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Wash Goods
AH 5c lawns cut to 3c
All 10c 12Jc lawns out to 6c
All 15clGc1718c lawns cuttollc
All 20c kinds cut to 14c
All 25c kinds cut to 17c
All 35c kinds cut to 20c
All 45c kinds cut to 29c
All 50c kinds cut to 34c
All 65c kinds cut to 44c
All 75c kinds cut to 49c
The above list includes all remaining
of our elegant cotton crepes and foulards
besides embroidered Swisses linen-fin
tated the French Despot
The dictatorship of Castro in Vene
zuela has been compared with that of
President Francia who terrorized Par
aguay for over thirty years Francia
was a worshiper of Napoleon whom
he endeavored to Imitate in every pos
sible way He possesses only one por
trait of his idol a German caricature
which depicted the emperor wearing
an exaggerated version of the famous
gray overcoat Francia took this pic
ture seriously and for many years pa
raded the streets of Asuncion clad in
Shirt Waists
Everything in waists cut in the
following unmistakable manner It
means clearance
125 white waists cut to 89c
150 whito waists cut to 99c
175 whito waists cut to 129
200 white waists cut to 139
250 whito waists cut to 169
300 whito waists cut to 199
350 whito waists cut to 249
2 25 whito silk waists cut to 149
350 white silk waists out to 2 49
400 white silk waists cut to 269
5 00 whito silk waists cut to 3 39
225 cream not waists cut to 125
3 25 cream net waists cut to 199
400 cream net waists cut to 269
450 cream net waists cut to 299
The above scalo on whito waists will
apply to all colored cotton waists and
in addition we offer ono special lot of
colored waists worth at regular prices
from 85c to 175 each at tho ridiculous
price of 19c as they aro soilod and
mussed and only sizes 32 and 34 in
the lot I
Mens Straw Hats
All 35c kinds cut to 19c
All 50c kinds cut to 3oc
All 75c kinds cut to 45c
The 2 00 kinds cut to 1 19
Triflf lrulnrlnq f Tin ennimnr olnfTi nnrl
crash hats J
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE
A L Cochran was up from Bartley
on business Monday
Mrs Ear est Shuktlhfk who lives
west of the city is quite ill
Miss Ruth Camimikll arrived home
Sunday night from her visit in Kansas
Mrs Clara Dutt was the guest of
Mrs F S Cowgill of Oxford all last
week
Miss Nkllie Smith arrived home
Monday morning from her vacation in
Wiaconsin
William Tkavkrs returned homelast
week from spending severul weeks wait
ing in Denver
John Brittain was down from Haig
ler last week to see the races and to
visit oldtime friends
Dr and Mrs C L Fahnestock ar
rivedh ome Sunday night from their
outing in Wisconsin
Mrs Dean of Lincoln a relative of
Mrs Sarah Scbneffer is in the city for
a few days on a visit
Matt McCormick of Green Top Mo
was the euest of his cousin William
Jeffries close of last week
J Vv Cole one of Hitchcock coun
tys political war horses of the old
school was at Leadquaiters Monday
C D Custer formerly of our city
but now of Lyons Iowa sends regards
to his many oldtime friends in McCook
Mrs J O Mc Arthur and Edna will
leave Saturday for Colorado to be
absent in the mountains for a month or
two
Mr3 F M Kimmell went down to
Aurora this state Wednesday morning
to visit her parents and sisters a few
days
Mrs E M Day departed today for
Salt Lake City Utah to be absent
several months for her health A son
lives there
Oscar Yarger of Boulder Colo
visited his parents close of last week
He is now in business for himself there
and doing nicely
Mrs H P Sutton departed Wed
nesday for Ainsworth Brown county
her old homo to seek relief from her
old enemy hay fe6r
Miss Florence Anderson departed
Sunday for Chicago to be absent
about a month buying and preparing
for the fall millinery trade
Miss Anna Morris will leave Satur
day for Salem Nebraska to spend her
vacation at home She will be absent
until the first of September
Mr and Mrs R O Light took No
9 last Saturday morning for Santa
Ana California where they expect to
locate Heres happiness and prosrifiritv
for them
Mrs J A Wilcox entertained a
company of ladies last Saturday eve
ning at a four course dinner in honor
of Mrs George C Paup of Harlan
lawa who is visiting McCook friends
Mr and Mrs John Jeffries of Pali
sade were guests of his brother and
wife Mr and Mrs William Jeffries dur
ing the races end of week Also Miss
Catherine Wilson and Miss Lou
nell of Stratton
Mrs J D Young and Harriett spent
Monday night and part of Wednesday in
the city on their way from visiting the
old home in Pennsylvania to their new
borne in Alamosa Colorado having
some matters of business to transact
hero
L Fleischman and family took their
departure Saturday last on train 9 for
California The change is made in the
hope of improving Mrs Fleischmans
health but they may conclude to locate
and make their future home on the
coast They are among the early set
tlers in western Red Willow county and
have made their home for years in Mc
Cook Many friends will join us in
wishing them success and contentment
in their new home
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Short Kimonas
3oc lawn ones cut to 23
Mado of nico lawns in small figures
on light ground with edge and sleovos
bordered with material to match
Cool Light
Ladies Petticoats
65c mercerized cut to 44c
50c striped madras cut to 39c
About 2 dozen
Shirt Waist Suits
A fow lawn shirt waist suits black
ground with whito pin dot reduced
from 200 to 1 29
The Til
Main Ave
Great
Reduction
u31C on all
Millinery
We have a large assortment
of very pretty hats that we
are selling at 50 per cent
discount to reduce the stock
baturaay and nled for the office of
sheriff on tho Democratic ticket
Mrs A R Scott departed last Fri
day morning for eastern Nebraska on a
visit to her old home Geneva and other
points
Mrs I J Staruuck arrived from Salt
Lake City Utah Wednesday morning
00 No 2 and will visit her parents Mr
and Mrs William Weygint for some
time
Dofhg Double Duty
It was one of those sleepy one
horse back water towns like Squash
bum a congressman describing at a
Hot Springs dinner a town that he dis
liked
Squash is the limit A gentleman
arrived there the other day and want
ed a hair cut He found the barber
shop and after shaking the barber
vigorously managed to awaken him
How long will it take you to cut
my hair barber he asked
Not long boss said the barber
And he rose yawned and stretched
himself Then he called upstairs to
his wife
Hey send the kid down to the
newspaper omce to tell the editor I
want my scissors just as soon as hes
flone editln the paper Theres a gent
here waitin for a hair cut Wash
ington Star
WILD ANIMALS
OF AMERICA
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What Do You Know of
Them
Will Tell You
AT CHAUTAUQUA
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Long Kimonas
75c lawn kimonas cut to 44o
This is tho weathor and tho articlel
Jumper Suits
Eight styles remaining from our largo
and varied line Wo treat them as
follows
The 1 25 styles cut to 79o
Tho 150 stylos cut to 89c
Tho 2 00 styles cut to 139
Tho 300 stylos cut to 189
Tho 400 stylos cut to 269
Wo mako any necessary alterations
free and can fit anyone from 15 year3 up
Tho best hot weathor dress
M i We feel it scarcely necessary to remind you that
ru jj our method of business offers plump benefits to
every consumer in Red Willow county Occupying our own
building selling absolutely for cash securing every discount and advant
age in our buy ng that cash money can secure using the experience of
over 25 years active practice in buying and selling we submit that our
regular prices are below competition The above reductions speak for
themselves and must appeal to every careful consumer to whose notice
they come We invite your participation
ompson Dry Goods Co
Per G E Thompson
McCook Neb
Now is the tune to get your mid summer hat
Miss Anderson
Mrs J A Gunn came in from Ben
son end of week and has been visiting
Miss Nell and Robert
L M IIiggins of Bartley was in town
217 Main Ave
McCook Neb
ANNOUNCEMENT
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date for renomination to the office of
County Clerk subject to the Republican
primary election August 17th
I invite a thorough investigation in
to the manner in which tho office of
County Clerk has been conducted
during the past two years and pledgo
myself to a continuance of this policy
of fair and square dealing to all if
favored with a re election
Chas Skalla
ANNOUNCEMENT
I hereby annonco myself a candidate
for re nomination to the office of County
Treasurer subject to the decision of tho
Republican voters at the primary elec
tion August 17th
During my present term of office I
have endeavored to treat each and
everyone fairly in all matters pertaining
to the records and business of this office
and have made it a point to keep the
work up to date If re elected my
present record will continue and any
support extended in my behalf I trust
you will have no occasion to regret
Your vote will be much appreciated
C Naden
COUNTY JUDGE
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date for re nomination to the office of
County Judge subject to the Republic
an primary election to be held August
17th
If re elected I shall continue to devote
all my time to this office will endeavor
to maintain the high standard of effi
ciency set by my predecessors and any
support given me will be greatly appre
ciated
J C Moore
announcement
I wish to announce to the voter3 of
Red Willow county that I am a candi
date forSheriff subject to tho Demo
cratic Primary election to be held at
the regular voting places on August
17th 1S09
J L Sims Danbury Neb
We are authorized to announce the
candidacy of Norman J Campbell of
McCook for the Republican nomination
for county judge of Red Willow county
Nebraska at the primary election on
August 17 1909
county clerk
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date for the office of county clerk sub
ject to the decision of tho Republican
primary election August 17th 1909
C W McMillin
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