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By F M KIMMELL
L ft Circulation in Red Willow Co
Entered at postoflicc McCook Nebraska as
second class matter Published weekly
ibscription i a Year in Advance
Reh Cloud will vote on the wet or
dry question at the coming spring elect
ion A petition signed by 240 voters of
that city was favorably received by their
city council at its last meeting and the
proposition will be incorporated in the
regular ballot at the spring election
GoVKRNOi SHALLKNIlHKGElt g VeS it 88
his free opinion that Congressman
Norris has only the shade nnd hue of an
insurgent without the genuine substance
compared with Senators Dolliver Cum
mins et al Now will some expert one
pass upon the competency of the gover
nors testimony in matters of Republi
can insurgency Methougbt the gover
mo ifca Democrat
from Washington D C
r n es that Representative Norris
will participate in the cer
vtiich will be held in the house
imo to eulogize Representative
f - Massachusetts who died
r - - overint was a member of
iliiHp and endeared
hiui lf r
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Our
Business
the Nebraska
bp was associated
In aa i u tt oe
announcemPt f uw 3
for County Ait -
Republican primi r i
elected he will njiirOMt h
F L Wolff as depu y ui
and in this way the colhm wii
found the
Ritchie
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the services of both withiuT u Uui
expense no salary or fees beir vd
a deputy county attorney in oim5
having the population of this Mr
Rttchie was born in 1879 He and Mr
Wolff graduated from the State Univer
sity Law Collpge and were admitted to
the bar of Supreme Court in 1905 and
1904 respectively and have ever siuce
been in tho active practice Mr Ritchie
commencing in W S Morlane law
office in July 1905 and Mr Wolff prac
ticing in Lincoln with Wilson Brown
until 190C when he came to the same
office Jan 1st 3908 they became
partners as Morlan Ritchie Wolff and
continued this arrangement until Jan
1st of this year when this firm was dis
solved Ritchie Wolff retaining the
former offices and library Adv
and mission in life is to show the
ladies how charming they are
minus superfluous epidermal de
fects Pictures taken by us do
not have that forced artificial
and over - retouched appearance
you so often meet with
A trial will convince you
Kimmell Studio
1st door north
Commercial Hotel
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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr Charles D llituhiu announces
his unndiriney for County Attorney
subject to th decision of tho Republican
I primaries If hit is Hprtect bin partnrr
I V L Wolff will assist hira as deputy
county attorney without additional
expense to the county
Do Editor Have a Duty
Evkicy community domiciles people
with similar ides about matters nnd
affairs This same type of citizenship is
found in Arapahoe McCook Omaha
and
Tim i ditr of the Arnpalme Pioneer is
evidently a crank like home other
good editors and cit z ns of our knowl
edge and acquaintance and hi recent
writings about Homo happenings in that
ourgdo notagreb with the digestion of
sjmo of the imral utand patters of
the place
To some recent severe criticisms of his
utterances he responds with this para
graph in closing a vigorous column
long article
Upon questions of politics religion
and even m to the question of the regu
latiun of the liquor trufiic many of our
good citizens and neighbors may hon
estly differ with us but as to the main
taining of common decency in our midst
and banishing crime acd immorality we
must all agree But whether wo do
ao agron or not while editor of this pa
per th i s writer both as editor and citi
Zn shall not on account of either fear
or favor hesitate to assail vice aud im
morality not for the purpose of injur
ing the cood name of our city but that
its ennd name may be deserved and
maintained and we do so in full confi
denco that in such warfnro the cood ppo
ple of Arapihon and vicinity will giveu
their unqualified approval and support
Think of Chicago voting wet or dry
Wouldnt that drown you
Holdregfe Provides For Special Election
The members of the city council of
Holdrege presumably want to be fair
and to avoid confusing the voters of that
city by raising more than one issue at
a time Consequently they hnve decid
ed to hold a special election on March
4th at which time they will determine
whether or not that city shall adopt the
initiative and referendum form of gov
ernment and on April 4th they will
vote on the wet or dry proposition
The ladies of the W C T U of our
city are now circulating a petition amor g
the voters of McCook to secure sufficient
petitioners to the city council asking
them to provide for a vote on the initiat
ive and referendum question at the com
ing city election
R F D NO 1
Tom Berger who has been visiting
his aunt Mrs J I Lee is making a
long visit with his grandmother Mrs
Kilgoro east of Indianola also with his
aunt Mrs Syl Vandervort I
Willis Stone came down Tuesday eve
ning from Sanborn and stopped off to
make his aunt Mrs J I Lee a visit of a
few days before going to Mankato Kan
sas to visit relatives
Charles Downs had a runaway Tues
day and his dray wagon suffered consid
erably as the result
Jim Lee has begun filling the butcher
shops with the finest ice McCook has
ever seen
The patrons of route one are glad to
that Charles By field the old reliable has
been appointed again on this route
The Junior Literary society of district
SI s holding enthusiastic meetings each
Fi Jay afternoon The subject for de
ate next Friday is Resolved that
very American child should cot stop
u until he has completed at least
r i h h lade
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actment of tempt ra
fur the public schoi o
n
EirSRANCE COLUMN
Conducici b re uci ook W C T U I
SW VKfc
The W C T
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scoured the en
edu ntion laws
tti btateand
territory
The W C T U has been h chef
factor in the state
prohibition constitution l anina
ments reform laws in general nni th -e
for the protection of women and ehi
ren in particular and in securing a ifi
gambing and anti cigarette laws
The crusade of the medical temperance
department against concealed alcohol
in proprietary and patent medicines re
sulted in agitation for legislation requir
ing the publication of the ingredients
used and awaked the church and secu
lar press to the daDger of lurking in
medicines
Chief Special Officer Wm E Johnson
of the United States Indian Service has
just secured his one thousandth convic
tion since opening his office in Salt Lake
City nineteen months ago If men who
sell liquor to Indians or to anyone else
can be fully convinced that conviction is
certain to follow offense prohibition will
prohibit
McCook Markets
Merchants and dealers in McCook
today Thursday are paying the follow
ing prices
Corn 70
Wheat 96
Oats
Rye
Barley
Hogs
45
65
7 50
Butter good 25
Eggs 25
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE
L R Milkman is in tho city on u
visit
J E Corukal wns in Lincoln Mon
day on law bueinnm
C R Living ton has been in Chicago
fjr tho past few days on business
W B Millm biib been called to Mich
igan by the illness of his mother
Miss Gkktrudk Miliitan visited Red
Cloud friends part of last week
Mkb N G Inofrsoll of Denver is
the guest of her daughter Mrs II L
Kennedy
Mrs Dora Young Kpht part of last
week at Holdrege visiting her father
Isaac Lefller
Mrs Ona Rush is with the folks in
the city at present returning end of the
week from visiting in Trenton
D E Eikknijkrry of Monto Vista
Colorado has been visiting in the city
nndvicinit this week on business
Mrs D B Dovlk has moved from
Box Elder and joined her husband the
nnv proprietor of The Bee Hive Store
Mrs Charlks Rhdfifld and the
children of Stratton joined tho husband
father here end of week Ho is employ
ed heie
Rkv R T Baynb of ihe Congregat
ional church entertained his mother
Mrp Rev J S Bayno of Holdrege fir6t
of the week
Mr and Mrs Charlks Ritchie of
McCook Neb are spending Sunday
with Mr and Mrs Robert Le Gore
Lincoln Journal
Miss Cora Higgins who is teaching
school near Bartley spent Saturday
Sunday with her parents Sheriff and
Mrs L M Higgins
Mrs Bradford who has been in
charge of the rendy to wear department
at 0 L DeGroff Cos has gone to
Cripple Creek Colorado to remain
Mitd T B Campbell was called to
Lincoln Monday morning to be with
her daughter Mrs E J Kates who
will undergo an operation this week
Mr aND Mrs J E Kellky went
down to Excelsior Springs Missouri
Sunday night to remain about two
weeks taking the baths and treatment
Rev W J Kirwin departed this
morning on No 2 for Buffalo New York
to take up the duties of his appointment
to the parish of Holy Angels of thnt
city
Miss Jennie Kubick and brother
Frank departed Wednesday night on
No 14 for their farm down near Idana
Clay county Kansas to look after mat
ters and things until the arrival of the
rest of the family shortly after March
1st
ADVERTISED LIST
Tho following letters cards and pack-
ages remain uncalled for at the McCook
postofnce Feb 4 1910
LETTER
Badkin Rev James A
Mandusen A D
Remington Mr John
Strack Mr J L
Wade Mrs Christina
CARDS
Bennett F A
Bennett Miss Nettie
Cahill Mr F P
Curran Mr Frank
Hall Mr Orie
Jones Mr James
Kelso Mr Bert
Lunkwitz Mrs Wilhelmine
Norris Miss May
Osterbuhr Herman J
Stiner Mr Earl
Vanderpool Miss M L
When calling for these please say
they were advertised
Lon Cone P M
Becomes Independent
Bellevue Neb Feb 2 1910
The recent decision reached by the
Synods Commission on Colleges that
Bellevue College shall be released from
synodical control and become an inde
pendent Presbyterian College co-operating
with the College Board has given
great satisfaction to the friends of that
institution An aggressive campaign is
being made for the endowment of the
c -liege and a considerable sum has al
ready been subscribed toward the sum of
OlW which is first to be raised
h x oeir t by the College Board in New
York f liigo conations for educational
purpose 1 UU14 Le past year makes the
co opirati in th at body with Bellevue
College a vety significant fact The
college now falls into line for recognition
by the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching Trustees
faculty alumni and students all are
enthusiastic over theprospect of enlarged
opportunity for Bellevue College
His Idea of Economy
Its all very well for you to preach
economy said his wife but I notice
whenever I cut down expenses that
you smoke better cigars and spend
more money for your own pleasure
than at any other time
Well confound it what do you sup
pose I want you to economize for any
way Chicago Record Herald
Up and Down
Mistress Heres the man
clock to be repaired Get It
Nora And shure where is
for
for
It
that
him
tress Upstairs of course Nora
Faith an I thought it had run down
New York Press
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NOTABLE CHURCH SOCIAL EVEMT
Banquet In Honor of Rev W J Klrwtn
Pastor of St Patricks
On Monday evening February 7th
the parishioners o St Iatiitks Church
in lUClUtiK iifeiiiiiii in ijjiiui oriaviu
mill to pay thoir respects to Rev W J
Kirwin O M 1 who has been the pin
ion f St Patrick m for th last two jears
snd who now leaves McCook to taXi
charge of Holy Angels ptii di Buffalo
Xiw York
The crowded hull gave unmistakable
evidence of tho love and esteem in which
Father Kirwin in held by his former
parishioners It was the bug t uather
ing of Catholics ever seen in McCook
friends and former parishioners c mine
even from Denver to jjin in tho celebra
tion
That the untiring zeal tho unstinted i
devotion the self miurificint labors of
Father Kirwin lnve i en Hppreeihted b
I ftaiclitinui j tl it if na til til nf ia n I 1
spontaneous expression of reg et at his
dopirture bore stiik ng teslimo i
The relations between him and his
flock have been cordial and intimate
As one of thespaUers trulj said the
coming of the Oolato Fathers into our
midst has been a great blessing inoesd
The union and harmony so evident be
tween Fr Kirwin aid the members of
his flock are due largely t his tact his
unfailing courtesy and his broad minded
sympathy We the parishioners of St
Patricks feel that in losing Fr Kirwin
we aie losing a priest of rare ability and
sterlirg worth
While the sorrow at his departure was
keen and heartfelt the bitterness was
softened by the knowledge that the Ob
late Fathers will always remain in Mc
Cook Individual ppstors may be trans
ferred yet the Oblate methods and tra
ditions which the people of St Patricks
parish hnve learned to love will continue
as a blessed and inspiring influence in
their midst
Mr Frank Real presided as chairman
for the occasion The banquet was pre
ceded by a beautiful and excellently
rendered program A bountiful nnd ex
quisite repast had been provided by the
Ladies Guild After the guests had
done justice to the abundance of good
things set before them the chairman
rose and in felicitous language intro
duced the speakers of the evening
Mr Francis Colfer paid a clowing tri
bute to Fr Kirwin and the Oblate Order
He was followed by Mr C J Ryan who
offered to Father Kirwin as a token of
esteem from the parish a beautiful
watch On behalf of the Ladies Guild
Mrs Haley then pressnted the reverend
gentleman with an elegant brass-mounted
suit case
Father Kirwin in rising to reply was
deeply moved He thanked the parish
ioners for their generous co operation du
ring his short stay in McCook Their un
animous support he said had ever been
his consolation and while he was soon to
depart for a larger field of labor the
memory of the pltasaut dajs spent in
St Patricks parish would always re
main as one of the gladdest memories of
his life
The chairman then introducd the
new pastor Father Wm Patton O M
I and in the name of the parishioners
extended to him a warm welcome Fr
Patton thanked the people for the good
wishes and kindly reception extended to
him and expressed the hope that the
happy relations which hnd existed be
tween the former pastor and his parish
ioners would continue during the new
administration of the parish
Rev Fr Paquelte O MI who has
so ably assisted Fr Kirwin for the last
two years and the return of the Rev
Fr Haggerty O M I was hailed with
joy by those who had learned to know
and love him during the few months he
spent last year in McCook
At the close of the banquet tho peo
ple came forward t o bid farewell to the
former pastor Almost without an ex
ception Father Kirwin was able to meet
the members of the parish and to ex
change a parting word
The affair was a great success and
tho credit for it is due to the efforts of
the members of the Ladies Guild who
have always been such efficient and
faithful workers for the interests of St
Patricks parish
The program was as follows
Duet instrumental The Misses Albert
Solo vocal Mr KeidMcKenna
Recitation Miss Vera Fitzgerald
Solo vocal MissMarcella Ryan
Solo vocal Mr Thomas OConnell
Solo instrumental Miss Claire McKenna
Solo vocal Miss Alice McKenna
Duet vocal DrandF M Colfer
Toast Francis Colfer
Toast Frank Real
Toast CJ Ryan
Response Father Kirwin
Remarks Father Patton
Communicated
Had Him Fast
Cynicus It is impossible for a wo
man to keen a secret nenpecke I
dont know about that My wife and
I were engaged for several weeks be
fore she said anything to me about it
Philadelphia Record
Not Merely Fractured
Does your new baby break
your
rest much
Break it He pulverizes it Ex
change
Opium Is used as a medium of ex
change In some parts of China
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