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BEST RAIN IN A YEAR
Almost an Inch of Rain Friday
Night With a Strong Wind
Last Friday nights rain was
the heaviest recorded in McCook
for practically a year The reg
ister indicated 91 of an inch
There -was a strong -wind with th
rain and trees and sign boards
suffered some on that account
The precipitation of the even
ing before tota1 od 31 of an inch
This makes the last four rains
figure 47 51 31 and 91 or a
total of 220 inches
The mess and cook tent of coil- They
pany Ms camp went down in the land Mr
storm of last Friday evening and
both were somewhat damaged
Contractor Rosebush reports a
amateurs in the state having met
with but few defeats this season
Important Meeting
The W C T TT will hold a
meeting in the3brotherhood room
in the Methodist church on next
Friday afternoon August 18th at
3 oclock All persons interested
in the coming state W C T U
convention of September 26 29
Avill please be present
O E S Kensington
The O E S Kensington will
be held on Wednesday afternoci
August 23rd at the home of Mrs
W D Dungan The hostesses
will be Mrs Dungan and Mrs C
L Fahnestock
Restore and protect your com-
i t i 11
piexion that sun ana wma nave
injured by applications of Mc
Connells Cold Cream Be sure
the cream is pure and right in
every way Nowadays Cold
Cream may mean preparations
of various compositions Some
are good others should be avoid
ed Buy
McCONNELLS COLD CREAM
and you have something just
Tgiht Splendid for sunburn
windburn and tan and all rough
and irritated conditions of the
skin It is also a true skin food
Price 35e
If Yoii Have
houses to rent list them with Whit
taker Gray They have several
applications on file now for hous
es Phone black 2S3 Office in Tem
ple block
The Trans Continental
Mr and Mrs M E Freeland
and Miss Edna Freeland of this
city and Mr and Mrs J N
Freeland of Brockton returned
home Friday ivom their automo
bile trip through the west They
spent two weeks visiting a broth
er and three sisters at Imperial
Neb and a train of five automo
biles carrying a party of Freeland
relatives made the trip from that
place They went first to Denver
Colo which city was made head
quarters while visits were made
to Colorado Springs Manitou and
various other places of interest
traveled about 2000 miles
Freeland came home
with increased pride in his ma
chine Mr Freeland was enthus
iastic over the good roads About
loss of perhaps 200 in the storm twenty miles out of Nebraska
of Friday night He had just put City they struck the
a large amount of cement woik nental highway which is marked
all the from Omaha to Den
on bridges on the road between way
McCook and the Willow and the ver It is a dirt road from Oma
heavv rain of Fridav night ear- ha to Ft Morgan but from that
Tied out the frames and much of city to Denver a great deal of
the materials permanent road is being built a
seven per cent grade lias been
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Tuesday Evening Edition
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I Co Commissioners Proceedings I
McCook Nebraska August 3
1911 The Board of County Com
missioners met pursuant to ad
journment Present F S Lof
ton Edward Sughroue and W
N Eogers county commissioners
Chas Skalla county clerk Ab
sent Chas D Ritchie county
attorney
The ffij lowing claims were aud
ited and allowed and the county
Clerk was instructed to draw
warrants on the county general
fund levy of 1910 in payment
thereof as follows
Perry Bee Co coal
E R Moon 20 50
S G Bastian Son mdse
C Tjarks error on for
mer bill
Jacob Frank house rent
June and Julv Mrs
Weintz 20
Dr C L Fahnestock prof
services Mrs Jeffers G 00
in r t ini ii
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Entertained at Whist -established and the lulls are
r Ttpo
r - i it f i nni vnk 1 services Mrs Jerrers
lower and when the machines Monarch Typewriter Co
reached the proper altitude they
negotiated without difficulty It
was a great trip and the party re
turned feeling fine and glad t
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applied to State Engineer D D jget iiome lt Avr la Record
Price for aid for the construction I ews
of bridge to be 300 feet long oveii
the Republican river the estimat jCK
ed cost to be 9000 Lincoln
Journal
Beatrice Too Many
The Ueatrice Business boiiese
boys proved too many for the lo
cal aiririviration last Thursdav jf
ternoon and when the score was
revealed McCook had the small
end of the score of 20 to 4 The
Beatrice bows are among the best
3 v V V V V V V
ICE CREAM SOCIAL
An ice cream social will
be held on the lawn of Mrs
Mary Mullens residence
corner of 1st street east and
E street on Wednesday eve
nine August 16th under
auspices of the ladies of the
Catholic guild All are cor
dially invited
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Youll lie delighted with Mc
Connells new handkerchief ex
tracts Theyre the choicest the
world affords exrmisite floral 1
odors of refined character for re
fined people
Hon James Wilson secretary
of Agriculture will address the
farmers of Nebraska on Recip
rocity at the state fair Septem
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1 00
Mrs Albert ucunien ana Mrs b wwwi im o xwowi
W P Jones entertained the lad- to conform to the grade He was M Lee care ot Mrs
ies of the clubs at bridge whist very much impressed with thel viuigley 2
TirW flftornnon it the home booster spirit that is in a uiuaieton registrar
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Will Camp at Edison
Adiutant General Phelps has
The countv commissioners have
nf the former Mrs Georcre aeuce m an tne western towns
Paup of Harlan Iowa and Miss visited especially at Ft Morgan
Sadie M Burke of Joliet Illinois
were out of city guests Mrs
Paup won the honors of the oc
casion Dainty refreshments were
served following the completion
of the series of games
No serious accident happened and
Mr Freeland said his ear behav
ed beautifully under ordinary
conditions but he began to won
der what was wrong when the
trip was made from Monument to
Palmer lake a distance of three
miles The difference in altitude
of the two towns is 400 feet and
given leave to company B sec- Avhen the cars reached the latter
ond regiment Nebraska national lon tney were merely crawling
guards to make a practice march
to Edison Neb and return
Ned confesses that he was just a
little worried for fear something
ust 15 to 18 The company williAvas wrong with tne car but
I learned that all have the
camp near an old settlers picnic cars
at Edison and show the people
how the soldiers of the Nebraska
national guard live in camp Lin
coin Journal
9000 County Bridge
The county of Red Willow is
the latest to ask for a slice of
the state aid for bridge building
same trouble Like some people
the high altitude doesnt agree
with their breathing apparatuses
as adjusted The next nineteen-
mile run brought them 1200 feet
00
6 00
00
fees 2nd quarter 11 00
W 1 1 Smith registrar fees
2nd quarter 3 25
E J Ilaehenberger registrar
fees 2nd quarter 1 00
L E Naden registrar fees
2nd quarter 1 75
Dr Z L Kay fees Howard
Jones insanity ease 8 00
C A Rodgers fees Howard
Jones insanity case 6 25
A J Crawmer fees Howard
Jones insanity case wit
ness 4 00
Nebraska Telephone Co
rentals July 19 25
L G Etherton publishing
notice of bids and Equal
ization notice claimed at -1570
allowed at 14 85
Marion Enterprise printing
Equalization notice 1 65
er clerk of district
court 78 50
Monarch Typewriter Co 1
ribbon coupon book 3 50
I E Cobbey 5 sets Anno
tated 1911 statutes 60 00
Hammond Stephens Co
supplies county superin
tendent 6305
Hammond Stephens Co
supplies county superin
tendent 24 00
Hammond Stephens Co
supplies county superin
tendent 26 50
University Publishing Co
supplies county superin
tendent 7 50
W M Welch Mfg Co sup
plies county superintend
i 0
Klopp Bartlett Co
2 books county treasurer 8 24
Klopp Bartlett Co 2
doz 1911 road laws 3 50
Klopp Bartlett Co mar-
i riage record uo nidge ZZ VI
Klopp Bartlett Co auto
mobile registration record 4 00
KI0l p Bartlett Co rul
g loose leaf record
KlMe Journal Co 1911 as
essors supplies ioiks
nd justic dockets
ber 5 Owiner to the fact thatQuitn fmivn r c i
this is a subject of moment in the vvalt fixt i c s treasurer
affairs of the nation and will be office
nnn n4 litt lnnlinrr lppuflp Ci j t y
You will profit by and enjoy
the travel talk by Mrs Welles in
the Methodist church next Thurs
day evening
Pipe the new felt lids Arent
they just too cuteously cute and
humorously hued for anything
trirls V
Hear Mrs Welles in her travel
talk in the Methodist church on
Thursday evening of this week
Flavoring extracts and spices
for your preserves and pickling
L W MiCONNELL Druggist
W C T U meeting Friday
August 18th 3 oclock Methodist
church brotherhood room
Kodaks and kodak supplies
L W McCONNELL Druggist
3 00
168 50
j iv b hij ioohw ouue journal lo eiaim
in the coming campaign a great files blanks and supplies 71 4S
juuiui iug may ue expccLcu KCd Willow Countv Arimil
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tural society 1911 countv
s
337 50
fair appropriation 318 15
On motion the board adjourn
ed to meet August 4th 1911
F S LOFTON Chairman
Attest
Chas Skalla County Clerk
McCook Nebraska August 4
1911 The Board of County Com
missioners met pursuant to ad
journment Present F S Lof
ton Edward Sughroue and W
N Rogers county commissioners
Chas Skalla county clerk Ah-
ed to meet August 5 1911
F S LOFTON Chairman
Attest
Chas Skalla County Clerk
McCook Nebraska August 5
1911 The Board of County Com
missioners met pursuant to ad
journment Present F S Lof
ton Edward Sughroue and W
N Rogers county commissioners
Chas Skalla county clerk Ab
sent Chas D Ritchie county
attorney
The board continued the exam
ination of the accounts of C Na
den county treasurer and after
a careiul examination iind tne
following to be a true and cor
rect statement of all monies re
ceived and disbursed by him as
jueh treasurer from Januarv 1
1911 to July 30 1911 both inclu
sive and the amount on hand in
the several funds at the close of
business on June 30th 1911
On hand Januarv 1st
1911 53552 45
Total collections in the
G months 91200 83
Total collections 144753 28
Total disbursements 84185 73
Balance on hand in all
I funds on June 30th
1911 60567 55
I Itemized statement was publish
ed by the treasurer in official
I paper on July 13 1911
The following claims were aud
ited and allowed and the count
clerk was instructed to draw
warrants on the county general
fund levy of 1911 as follows
A J Mark wad
ing 19 50
A J Markwad sharpening
road scraper 3 50
II P Waite Co hardware
and supplies 64 94
McCook Hardware Co sup
plies and hardware 10 95
McCook Electric Co light
July 4 18
Lee Arnett 1 Little West
ern grader road district
13 130 00
McCookCement Stone Co
cement wall steps walk
and vases court hous
grounds 286 5
J II Wade hauling iron
bars 3 00
II P Sutton care of adding
machines 2 years 56 00
Elizabeth Bettcher salary
Co superintendent July 100 00
L M Higgms salary sher
iff July 100 00
L M Iliggins mileage post
ing primary notices 6- 50
Li M Iliggins telephone tolls
June and July 2 15
E Benjamin salary deputy
sheriff July 30 00
E Benjamin mileage post
ing primary notices 2 00
E Benjamin boarding pris
oners claimed at 700
allowed at 2 00
M Mathes janitor work
July 40 00
C L DeGroff Co mdse
Peter Balius Mrs Jeffers
Mrs Ilenkel claimed at
2609 allowed at 24 64
Bullard Lumber Co coal
Mrs Jeffers George W
Dillon MeBrien John
Pfeif Mrs Weintz Scott 55 25
C R Woodworth mdse Chris
Hoffman 5 55
J A Wilcox Son mdse
Mrs Weintz 7 15
State Bank Indianola
house rent Mrs Vander
voort 3 months 12 00
Red Willow Co Gazette le
gal blanks S 00
State Journal Co Farm
registration book and cer
tificates 20 00
Klopp Bartlett Co sup
plies Co superintendent 17 40
Klopp Bartlett Co sup
plies county clerkmv 3 00
University Publishing to
supplies Co superintend
ent
KhaS D Ritdlie Cnnty at W M Welch Mfg Co sup-
mi plies county superintend
Ljki Muuru commenced the ex
amination of the accounts and
books of C Naden county treas
urer and continued the same
throughout the day
On motion the board adjourned
net
C A Rodgers attendance
district court and mak
ing trial docket
Srtbntie
McCOOK RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA TUESDAY EVENING AUGUST 15 1911
7 50
17 69
2 25
Continued on page 4 j
Buried Here This Morning
A telegram Saturday last from
Kansas City Mo announced the
death of Earl Kelly brother of
Hugh Kelly of our city Hugh
took train 14 the same night for
Kansas City and returned here
Monday night on train 15 with
the remains lor burial here
Earl Kelly was born in Norton
Kansas January 11th 1SS1 His
parents located in McCook when
he was one year old and he liv
ed here until he was grown at
tending public school during his
boyhood days He died in Kan
sas City Mo August 12th 1911
of typhoid fever
from
this division
of
Brief services were conducted
this morning at 11 oclock at the
home of Hugh Kelly by Rev
R T Bayne of the Congregation
al church burial in Longview
cemetery following
Earl Kelly spent his boyhood
days in McCook but for years
has lived in the west Typhoir
fever is the given cause of death
and his illness was not known to
relatives here
It seems that Earl had been
notified of his mothers inten
tion to visit in McCook and was
on his way here when he became
ill It is said that he spent a
day or two in the hospital in Kan
sas City and feeling some better
had left the hospital But a re
lapse returned him to the hospit
al and he soon became delirious
and remained so until the end
His mother Mrs George C
Paup of Harlan Iowa who hap
pened to be here on a visit at the
time of the sons death and the
remaining brother of the family
Hugh Kelly of our city have the
sympathy of many oldtime friend
in this sorrow
- - Vandalism
Last Sunday some party or pa
ties trespassed on the farm of
William Lewis adjoining the city
and accomnlished considerahl
damage and wanton destruction
of property Practically all of the
screening and window glass on
the farm house and large chicken
house were destroyed The house
was entered and things scattered
ibout and damaged Indeed
much devilment and wanton de
struction done on all sides
Another Milestone Passed
Such was the case with Mrs L
E Lewis last Saturday and upon
that evening a goodly company
of her friends assembled at the
Methodist parsonage and surpris
ed her Simple refreshments were
served to all and Mrs Lewis was
remembered with a handsome cut
glass dish by her church friends
W B Whittaker made the br
presentation talk to which Mrs
Lewis made feeling and appropri
ate reply
Eagles Versus Moose
The members of the Moose and
Eagles lodges of McCook will try
eonclusicns on the base ball dia
mond Wednesday of next week
Charlie Graves announces that
will be a parade just befor
I lie massacre commences forming
on upper Main avenue Beware
the Moose
On the Back Track
Benj F Young and Thos Gar
rett of Washington Pa cycling
to Denver were in the city this
morning They were returning
home
The C AY Kelley residence on
north Main avenue is being con
siderably enlarged and modern
ized
Paper hanging and- light car
penter work Wall paper clean
ed L Cairn McCook Neb Phone
red 124
Vocal and instrumental solos at
the Methodist church on next
Thursday evening
Magners groceries meet fully
the pure food law requirements
Everything in drugs
nell
Freshest fruits
McCi
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NUMBER 23
A TRAVEL TALK
Mrs Welles WiL Deliver One in
the Methodist Church
Next Thursday evening in the
Methodist church Mrs Matie G
Welles will deliver a talk on her
recent travels in the Old World
Mrs Welles has during her ab
sence of six months visited three
continents and on many islands
She has been in the land of the
Pharaohs in the valley of the
Nile has viewed the pyramids
and the sphinx Has seen the
Holy Land making the trip from
Joppa
to Jerusalem to
The pall bearers were selected hem Jericho beyond the Jordan
amonjr
the
enginemen
and the Dead Sea Made the
camping trip from Jerusalem to
Galilee ner journey extended
into the land of the unspeakable
Turk the land of the Star and
the Crescent saw Constantinople
and the Bosphorus Went thru
historic Greece Sunny Italv and
rugged Scotland were in her itin
erary With a visit to Oberam
mergau to witness the famous
Passion PlaA From these world-
famous scenes she will speak It
will be worth while The church
should be filled on that occasion
The proceeds will go to assist
m defraying the expenses of the
coming W C T U state con
vention in McCook September
fb to 29 and this cause should
inspire a large attendance Ad
mission 15 cents for adults chil
dren under 15 3 ears 10 cents
Sinking More Points
The city is already moving to
ward increasing the supply of
water at the pumping station A
six inch pipe line is being laid
and onueeled with the present
wilj h um which the supply is di
rectly pumped from this six inch
pine line Mui e points are to be
put down and siphoned to the
system These points are expeet
i to mate s jjr iner ase the sup
ply but in ease they do not the
pipe lii e can be irilized for con
necting with a regular well
Three points now be complet
ed and perhaps two more later
on this new line If this idea
proves satisfactory other lines
can be similarly attached to oth
er wells on the sysVm
Old Settlers Picnic
The Old Settlers Association of
Red Willow countv will hold its
ninth annual picnic September 14
1911 at Brookside farm one mile
north of the Red Willow depot
Watch for program later
W S FITCH Pres
MRS KATE THOMAS See
Building Beet Dump
The Great Western Sugar Beet
Co is building its sugar beet
damp at this place The dump
i located just east of the wagon
viaduct and is now well under
way The structure will cost
when completed about 2000
The McCook Bloomers and the
South McCook Bloomers played a
neck and neck game of base ball
Sunday last with the South Mc
Cook Bloomers a nose ahead at
the finish 13 to 12
Classified Advertisements
LOST A seven eighth carat
diamond stud between Commer
cial hotel and the base ball park
Finder will be liberally rewarded
by returning same to this office
or to The Barnett Lumber Co
office
LOST A small gold pin Find
er will be suitably rewarded upon
leaving same at the McCook Na
tional Bank
FOR RENT 320 acres five
miles northwest of McCook 200
acres in pasture For particulars
see Jake Zimmer McCook Neb
FOR RENT My residence
Folding bed wardrobe and few
other useful articles for sale
Delia Jordan Phone red 173
LOST Brooch set with
tnysts Return to Mrs Thos
an Ill 2nd st
rewards
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