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THURSDAY MAY 18 1911
BURLINGTON TIME TABLE
WAGES ARE GETTING BETTER
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Main Line East Depart Central Time j
No 6 1110 P M
16 430 A M
2 520 A M
12 700 A M
14 920 P M
Main Line West Depart Mountain Time
No 1 1235 P M
3 1142 P M
5 arr S30 p m
13 945 A M
15 1230 A M
Imperial Line Mountiiu Time
No 176 arrives 345 P M
No 175 departs 645 A M
No 175 departs Wed 630 A M
Sleeping dining and reclining chair
cars seats free on through trains
Tickets sold and baggage checked to
iry point in the United States or
Canada
For information time tables maps
and tickets call on or write D F
Hostetter Agent McCook Nebraska
or L W Wakeley General Passen
ger Agent Omaha Nebraska
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS
New flues are being placed in the
2045
Some new flues are being given thi
1091 this week
The round house is being white
washed this week
Engine 133 is over drop this week
for customary repairs
Engine 2530 is receiving new flues
and drop pit repairs of usual sort
Foreman Claude Adams of the shop
is in Lincoln on a visit of a day or
two
Engineer Robert C Cole has purch
ased A L Knowlands residence on
1st street oast
The repair gang has been doing
some work at the depot at Danbury
on the platform etc
Miss Barbara Schlect left Wednes
day night for Excelsior Springs Mo
on a vsiit to her sister
It is stated that the Burlingtons
damage from the misfortune to fast
freight No 77 last week Tuesday
amounts to over 20000
Foreman George Kern of the round
house departed last evening on a va
cation cf two or three weeks
Henry Strolls infant baby died on
Wednesday morning Burial made
in Riverview cemetery the same day
G W Hartman and crew came in
from Haigler Tuesday night and left
on Wednesday morning for Long Isl
and Kansas to do some bridge work
The big Corliss engine in the shop
is being overhauled The electric
light plant engine is running the ma
chinery meanwhile
According to a recent bulletin the
tonnage rating of R 4 R o S l S 2
engines on the Burlington from Ak
ron to Oxfcrd and Red Cloud is 4000
tons
Mr and Mrs R T Riley and
children returned Saturday evening
from spending a fewdays with her
brother at Enders up the Imperial
line
Mrs Clara Roberts and children
went up to Trenton last Thursday on
a visit to her parents Mr and Mrs
E Racine who live south of that
town
Mrs Nina Harris Wade widow of
the late James B Wade of Gales
burg Illinois is in the city on mat
ters of business and will remain for
quite a length of time
Mr Corey head of the mechanical
department of the Q spent last
Friday night at MclCook headquarters
coming in on No 5 in private car
73 and going westward on 13 Sat
urday morning
Engineer Lee Egbert has been giv
en the freight run on the Oberlin
branch taking the place of Andy An
derson who will be transferred to
some other run Republican City
Ranger
The B M has put in two new
sidetracks and removed its switches
to the west end of the yards These
improvements will greatly facilitate
the handling of freight traffic Red
Cloud Argus
A number of changes have taken
place at the depot during the past
week O P Simon has resumed his
place as agent after a two months
lay off Charles Pfrimmer has gone
to Yuma and Operator Smith to Riv
erton Culbertson Banner
Increase of Many Millions for the
Trainmen of Country
Harrisburg Pa May 11 Wages
of the trainmen in the United States
and Canada have been increased 37
000000 in one year according to the
report made to the international con
vention of the brotherhood of rail
road trainmen by W G Lee presi
dent of the brotherhood This is the
first statement to be made of the
great wage increasing movement in
1910 and covered every section of
the country President Lees state
ment was one of the reports of the
grand lodge officers presented by
Peter OHearn It reviewed various
matters occurring last year and ad
vocated more safety devices
For Sale
Some cane seed No 1 and clean
1 bushel Address Hans Hanson
Box Elder ll 3ts
The Tribunes job department can
as usual handle your job printing
promptly and satisfactorily Prices
reasonable and right
LnywLm1 mimuiLrg
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE
F N Merwin of Beaver City was
in town on a mission Monday
D L McBride spent the day among
friends in Culbertson last Saturday
Father Nolan of Buffalo New York
was a guest of Father Patton end of
week
Tom Rowell has been on the relief
part of the week with a painful back
malady
Mrs Will Morris visited her folks
in Imperial last week returning homo
Saturday evening
Charlie Meeker of Imperial was
among the good roads boosters at
Holdrege Tuesday
A Earnett was a McCook repres
entative in the good roads meeting at
Holdrege Tuesday
Mrs J E Kelley arrived home end
of week from visiting her sister in
Orleans this state
William Travers went up to Den
ver Tuesday to be absent about a
month on a vacation
W A Dolan of the State Bank
Indianola drove up in his auto Sat
urday evening on business
Mrs H A Beale arrived home on
Saturday night last from her absence
in Illinois of a few weeks
Mrs Harry Jones arrived from Kear
ney last Saturday noon on a visit to
her parents Mr and Mrs Tom Row
ell
Ilev Cram of Arapahoe son-in-law
of R Lewfc attended the mens
banquet in the Methodist church last
evening
Mr and Mrs Neal Quick of Indian
aid were guests of her parents over
Sunday coming up to the city Sat
urday afternoon
Mrs Bora Hasty and niece Miss
Alice Otter of Arapahoe have been j
visiting McCook relatives since last
Thursday night They returned homo
Tuesday night j
Mr and Mrs Thomas Moore j
rived home on last Friday morning j
from visiting in Hastings Riverton
Red Cloud and other neighboring
towns for a few weeks
Cashier Pennell of the First Nation
al attended the bankers meeting in
Oxford Tuesday and made a flying
trip to the good roads mseting in
Holdrege the same day
Mr Teagarden of the Western Red
path Chautauqua System was with
us part of last week doing some in
troductory advertising for the appear
ance of system talent here this sum
mer
Dr Comings of the Commercial
hotel received a letter from a brother
in Tampico Mexico end of week in
which the brother reports the situa
tion in Mexico as being very chaotic
and uncertain
Mr J Donald president
Donald Porter Co of Grand
was a city business visitor
of the
Island
end of
the week He was decidedly pleased
with what he saw of Mcook and vicin
ity especially interested in the Mor
lan ranch near the city
C C Porter of the Holdrege and
MjCook bottling works spent clos
ing days of last week in the city
looking after his plant and business
here While here he provided for
an advertising campaign of some
length The first announcement ap
pears in this issue of The Tribune
Mrs H J Oox and daughter Irma
who have been spending the winter
in Benkelman with relatives have re
turned to their home at MclCook Mr
Cox is now home from his extended
New York trip to remain for a while
and was in Benkelman Friday last
Miss Hazel will remain here with Mc
Dermotts millinery department
Benkelman News Chronicle
S D Clark of Boulder Colo is vis
iting at the tome of Mr and Mrs J
W Wimer of this city Mr Clark is
the inventor and patentee ofa uniqua
and useful invention to all household
ersi n the form of an insect trap that
can be placed -upon all screen doors
and windows to aid in the extermina
tion of the much dreaded house fly
and mosquitoes
Aubrey Hotchkin left Monday af
ternoon for McCook tc assume charge
of the McCook mills an institution
which his father G E Hotchkin
of this city recently purchased from
E H Doan of McCook The McCook
milling concern is one of the most
prosperous of its class in west Ne
braska and felicitations are cordially
extended to Mr Hotchkin on having
secured so valuable a property and
equally McCook is to be congratulat
ed in having an experienced miller
of Mr Hotchkins ability and enter
prise succeed Mr Doan who is a
pioneer in Red Willow county Min
den News
Succeeds Bishop Bonacum
Rome May 11 Announcement was
made at the Vatican today that the
Right Rt -Mgr J H Tihen chancel
lor of hte diocese of Wichita Kas
had been appointed bishop of Lincoln
Neb in succession to the late Right
Rev Thomas Bonacum
If you feel you want to be shown
In the matter of quality go to the
McCook Flour and Feed Store
oner
THE McCOOK TRIBUNE
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SPECIAL
The new summer schedule of the
Burlington will become effective on
May 2S at which time the Burling
ton will extend the runs of Ncs
9 and 10 to Denver while they now
run only to Oxford On the new
schedule No 10 will leave Lincoln
for the east about 1215 a m and
will run over the old main line avoid
ing Omaha No 0 will leave Lincoln
for the west earlier than at present
probably about 105am
The preliminary but official an
nouncement of the changes from Gen
eral Passenger Agent Wakeley says
The following will give you an ap
proximate description of new train
service effective May 2S
Train No 9 will be extended to
Denver running on last years sched
ule arriving in Denver at 100 p
m This train will make only the
slops that were made last summer
No 10 This train will leave Den
ver and run through on the same
schedule as last year arriving Chi
cago at 225 p m It will not run
through Omaha and it will make only
the stops that were made last sum
mer in order to connect with the
Pennsylvania Limited train at 245
p m
No 152 will run as last year con
necting at Sterling with 04 and at
Holdrege with No 10
No 43 can leave Lincoln earlier
as No 0 will arrive Lincoln earlier
There will be no change in the
present schedule of No 13
NEW CHICAGO OFFICE BUILDING
Burlington is to Construct a Great
Office Home
Chicago May 13 Announcement
has been made by the management ol
thu Burlington of plans for the erec
tion of the largest building in the
United States devoted exclusively by
one railroad to office purposes It
wiV be at the southwest corner of
lackson boulevard and Clinton street
and will cost 1380000
The building will be a modern fire
proof structure fourteen stories in
height and will have two and one
half times the amount of square feet
available for occupancy that is con
tained in the companys present of
fice building at 209 Adams street
It will have a frontage of 152 feet on
Jackson boulevard and 175 feet on
Clinton street a total of 24000 squar
feet of ground space
Amount paid for site was 380000
making the total investment 1760
000 The site is occupied by the
building of the Stromburg Carlson
telephone manufacturing company
which will be wrecked in order to
make way for the new structure
The proposed building will have
200000 square feet of available office
space as compared with 75000
square feet in the present headquart
ers of the company
It is expected that the task of tear
ing down the Stromburg Carlson
building will begin about July 1 and
that the new office home of the Bur
lington wil ae ready for occupancy
next spring
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There will be no change in the
present schedule of No 14 but this
train may have to make some addi
tioral stops west of McCook since
present local train No 1G from Den
ver is to come off
Local No 1G from Denver will be
discontinued
No 1G will leave Denver at 900
p m tor St Louis the same as last
summer
No 2 will leave Denver at 945
p an the same as last year
Trains No 7 and S from Oxford
to Wray will net be run westbound
the work of No 7 will have to be
done by 13 eastbound the local work
west of Oxford will be done by No
14
There will be no changes in the
present schedules of trains No 1
and 6
Morning train from Lyons will
leave at 9 oclock arriving at Denver
at 11 oclock Afternoon train will
leave Denver at 3 oclock and arrive
at Lyons at 5 oclock This train
will be daily except Sunday
The Sunday train service from
Denver in the morning and back in
the afternoon will be inaugurated
Recent changes in train times of
Reck l3alnd trains have been an
nounced A new fsature of the card
soon to become effective is that No
10 the Iowa local train will be held
in Omaha for a time so that Nebras
ka connections may be made for
Ioa local points Journal
THE BROTHERHOOD ORGANIZED
Good Will Chapter Starts With a
Strong Charter Membership
About a hundred men enjoyed the
banquet for men in the Methodist
church basement last evening The
j banquet was spread by the ladies of
the church and was a splendid ex-
ample of their gastronomic skill and
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We will sell one lot of Boys Straight Knee Pant Suits all sizes
good patterns and neatly made during this sale at
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We have an immense line of Boys Suits and in order to reduce the stock we
are going to offer some special inducements to the people of McCook and vicinity
One half price
Boys Norfolk and Knicker Suits the all wool kind rain proof perspiration proof fast colors preshrunk extra good linings
and trimmings doubly reinforced at vital points evey seam reinforced button holes silk sewed and buttons securely
sewed with best linen thread waist bands of elastic webbing Thats the way
HERCULES CLOTHES FOR BOYS
are made tnQn snappy models that cannot fail to please During this sale at 10 percent off the regular price Bringthe
boys in and fit them out and let us show what a saving this sae really means to you n
MAY 19 3
EVERYTHING A MAN OR BOY WEARS
C L DeQROFF COMPANY
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Exclusive Agent Exclusive Coffee
Huber is exclusive agent in McCoo
for the unexcelled Barrington Hall
coffees Priced at 20c 25c and 35c
per pound
aesthetic taste in the charming man
ner in which it was served the dec
orations napery etc
After the banquet Dr Day of St
Joseph Mo presented the matter of
organizing a chapter of The Metho
dist Brotherhood in an appealing
stirring manner
At the conclusion o f his earn
est talk a chapter was organized in
the brotherhood room of the church
twenty five charter members signing
up in a few minutes and the ritualis
tic work of the chapter was then ex
emplified
The election of officers resulted
as f ollpws President W B Whit
taker Vice President H E Culbert
son Secretary F M KimmelL
Treasurer E S Howell Watchman
E D Perkins Chaplain Rev L E
Lewis
Committees were also announced
by the official board of the chapter
covering the real work of the chap
ter
The chapter adopted the name of
Good Will and regular meetings
will be on the first Monday evenings
of each month
Among the attractive particualrs
of the evening was the music by the
Rogers orchestra of nine instru
ments which offered several accep
table orchestral numbers before hte
banquet in the church audience room
Dr Day delivers his address in
the church this evening on At the
Gate of the Golden Age
Typewriter papers typewriter rib
bons carbon papers manifolding pa
per mimeograph paper a large se
lection to cnoose from at The
Huber handles the Carhartt gloves
and caps also and a full line of
other make3
MARION
90 in the shade one day last week
Mrs Bartholomew and daughter
Lois visited relatives at Lebanon a
faw days lace week
N K Rhoades had a phone install
ed in his restaurant and grocery as
his increase in trade demanded it for
the benefit of his customers
Wim Eifert has been considerably
under the weather the past week
with a severe cold and lung trouble
H A Reed Co put in a machine
repair rack of large proportion last
week
Nearly all of our citizens attended
the band doings in Danbury last Wed
nesday
N R Rhoades made a business trii
to Orleans last week
Ethel Redfern of Fairview is clerk
ing for F M McFadden
1 Curry Bros of Oberlin were thru
here recently with several loads of
tombstones for Lebanon and Danbury
cemeteries
JC W Cunningham who has been
superintending the sheep feeding on
the Ranch here the past winter quit
work and left last week for Omaha
Miss Florence Middleton and Miss
Mable Tuttle of McCook were visit
ors at N R Rhoades one day re
cently
Mrs J M Schlect and daughter
Christina of McCook visited at the
home of her daughter Mrs John Husj
a few days recently
Ray Van Pelt went to Bird City
Kansas one day last week to play
ball with the Cedar Bluffs team
against the Bird City team
Ray Lewis from west of town who
was so badly injured by having a
horse step on him some time ago
fully recovered
E T Godfrey of Beaver View Kan
was down recently for a visit with
old friends here
Lyonel Bacon of Bloomington was
in town a few days last week visit
ing hi 3 brother Elmer and wife and
shaking hands with old friends
The Misses Whittaker closed their
schools here on the 5th and left the
next day for their home at Shelbina
Mo via McCook
Geo Bull and family visited at
G R Havens of Fairview Sunday
This community was shocked Fri
day afternoon on hearing Clarence
D Brysen who lives with his par
ents 7 miles northwest of town was
instantly killed by having a wagon
loaded with sod run over him Ser
vices were held in the school house
here and conducted by Rev Dick of
Cedar Bluffs Interment in the Dan
bury cemetery
Rev Anderson of Danbury was in
town between trains Saturday
Grace Rodabaugn went to Cedar
t
Bluffs Monday to work for Mrs J
W Havens
Geo Bull went to Fiagler Colo to
look after his land interests and visit
his father the middle of the week
Fred Furman and wife were init
io red into the mysteries of the 1L
B A lode Monday night
L H Stilgebouer attended the
bankers association at Oxford this
week
Painting Season
is here Dont make the mistake cf
using cheap mixed paint when von
can get a guaranteed paint the Lin
coln absolutely pure at a small ad
vance in price
A McMILLEN Druggist
FOR SALE FOR RENT ETC
FOR SALE Fence posts 5c to- lC c
each Stove wood 150 per rick A
R Olark on the Willow 9 miles SL
E of McCook Phone No 1 on -S
Havanna lS 4ts
FOR SALE Household goods
Phone black 109 Mrs A L Knois
land
FOR SALE No 1 fresh milch coir
at a bargain A R Clark phone Har
vana exchange
FOR RENT A 4 room cottage al
most new by W H Ackerman
FOR SALE A top piano box bugs
nearly new cheap Call at the Mo
el Shoe 18 2ts
FOR RENT Modern 7 room resr
deice with bath and furnace 602
Main avenue Phone black 149 1S
FOR RENT 4 room cottage A -room
dwelling with bath will be va
cant first week in June N J John
sen 519 Main avenue 11 2
FOR RENT Three desirable dwel
lings Whittaker Gray phone
Black 2S3 Room 3 Temple building
WANTED Pupils on piano and or
gan beginners preferred Terms 5c
per lesson Susie McBride phone
black 464
WANTED A married man to worfc
on farm G W Trimpey Culbertson
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Two Complete Surprises
Are in store for all who visit our store
FIRSTThe splendid quality of our large
stock SECONDThe reasonableness of
our prices
Some Special Bargains In
Brass Beds
Library Tables
Refrigerators
Sealey Mattresses
made where the cotton grows
Baby Buggies
Collapsible etc
Call at our establishment on
West B street and be shown
and convinced We are here
to do it
Drew Furniture and Carpet Co
LEADERS IN LOW PRICES
MOST FOR YOUR MONEY