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Rebekahs Surprise I 0 0
Last Friday night while dn rcg
ular session the Odd Felloiws
were startled by an alarm at tJie
door On investigaition it was
found tliat the Rebekahs were
there in full force demanding ad
mitiauce As they appeared ito
ihave lunch baskets with them of
course the boys hastened to ad
mit them After refreshments
had been served a social evening
enlivened by games and music
was enjoyed by all
Heard Several Motions
Judge Harry Dungan of Hast
ing was an the city for a few
ihours thdr morning hearing a
few imoitcoii in a brief session of
distract court for Judge Perry
He took No 13 for Trenton
-where die is holding court for
Judge Perry
Denver Property
6 room modern home 2 story
pressed brick fine location east
side- for sale or will trade for
McCook property 18 tf
F W BOSWORTH
524 Main Ave McCook
DeLaval Cream
separators get all the cream
They are not the cheapest but
tihe best to bin- McCook Hard
ware Co agents
Below Zero
The temperature reached 4 de
grees below zero early Saturday
morning and was almost as low
on Friday morning
Majestic ranges are made oi
char coal and malleable iron Yoi
settle the stove question when
yiou buy cue of thesa as they last
a tafe time
McCOOK nARDTVARE CO
Apron sale and dinner Satur
day Mairch 16th west B street
ladies of Oatiholic church Din
ner -at 6 oclock You cm e-or-
daallv -solicited - -
For Mackrel white Fish Salt
Salmon and Codfish come to
Magners Plione 14
Wedding Breakfast White Reck
and pure maple syrup at Mag
ners Phone 14
Get our rates on farm loans
DORWART BARGER
Everything in drugs
L TV McCONNELL Druggist
Classified Advertisements
FOR SALE D C Rhode Isl
and Red eggs at 50c a setting
902 West 3rd Phone red 418
M5 11
FOR RENT Two furnished
rooms for light ihouse keeping
Inquire 216 West B St Plione
black 271 4 tf
WANTED Pupils on the pianc
and organ Beginners preferred
Terms 50c per lesson Susie Mc
Bride Phone black 464
FOR RENT OR SALE The
Blue Front livery barn See M
O McClure at Bullard Lumber
Co office
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FOR SALE 9 room residence
modern 2 lots desirable loca
tion S09 2d E Plione black 267
FOR SALE 160 acres land
5 miles south miles east of
McCook Terms -1600 cash
Mary E Battershall owner
Okarche Old a 4tw
FORI RENT Cash or share
cro S E 34-2-30 Driftwood
precinct See D W Colson at
onee 4 tfw
FOR RENT Steam heated
rooms 4 tfw Inquire of L W
McConnell Druggist
FOR SALE A rcom residence
corner lot and half fruit trees
and good lawn Phone black 376
or call 301 E 6th st
I will pasture cows for 1 per
liead and will eaill for and de
liver same for 50c No extra
charge for delivering additional
For infor
corws -to same party
mation call up McCook Milling
Co Phone 29
J B AMSDEN
FOR RENT Fairnisihed room
507 E 2nd st Phone red 365 11
FOUND Place to have carpets
cleaned 5c yard Phone black 74
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Poultry People Notice
We will deliver free of charge
from one to three sables of straw
hb you wish along with your or
der for feed Please do not or
der straw until you order feed
so that we can take boiilh in one
delivery 4 2w
McCOOK MILLING CO
Good Returns
can be had by using poultry
food and egg prodlueeir We
carry a full line of all the stand
ard foods
A McMILLEN Druggist
Another Snow
Several -inches more of snow
fell lasit might and tliis morning
drafting considerably before a
wind from the north
Monday Evening Edition
McCOOK RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA MONDAY EVENING MARCH 11 1912
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Eight Weeks of Junior Normal 3
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111 a separate bulletin tlLe state
superant era dent gives full informa
tion in regard to the sessions of
the junior normals for the year
1912 State junior mormals are
to be held at Alliance Broken
Bow Geneva McCook Valentine
North Platte and ONeill June 3
July 26 a period of eight weeks
The principals of the various
junior normals are as follows
Alliance Superintendent W R
Pate Alliance
Alma Superintendent C W
McMieliael Iloldrege
Broken Bow Superintendent S
II Martin Broken Bow
Geneva Superintendent R W
Eaton Geneva
McCook Superintendent -AY T
Davis McCook
North Platte Superintendent
Wilson Tout North Platte
ONeill Superintendent
Mohrman Neligh
Valentine Superintendent
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W Eatcm Valentinie
Courses will be offered tin all
branches required for first sec
ond and third grade county cer
tifiieaties with classes dn such of
the life eretifiicate subjects as tlo
cal conditions may require
Tuition fee is free but an en
rollment fee of two dollars will
be charged which will entitle the
student to all the privileges of
the junior normal county insti
tute and the lecture and enter
tainment course These wiho en
roll for the institute only will
be charged only the regular in
stitute fee of one dollar and will
have the privilege of such lectur
es and entertainments a come
during the institute period
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Progress in Irrigation Project
One of the questions often ask-
is is there an adequate wat
er supply This matter is cover
ed quto completely perhaps by
a telegram sent by the state en
gineer who promised to ibe pres
ent at the meeting two weeks
since but circumstances made it
impossible far ten to fill iliis ap
pointment He sent the follow
ing tL gram which speaks for it
a ll on this point and on other
paints which are also Gomatumes
iuquii d about
Lincoln Nebraska Feb 29th
1912 To Hon J F Cordeal iMe
Gctok Nel Unexpected work pre
vents my presence in McCook to
day Large quantity of unused
water in Frenchman -river which
woidd irrigate several thosuand
acres if properly conserved by
means of storage reservoir
Plans of storage reservoir must
be Approved by litis office and
constructed to our satisfaction be
fore application to irrigate the
lands can be allowed Land own
ers can be assured of proper pro
tection under present laws by
this office D D Price State
Engineer
Then again as to the water
supply the following figures tak
en from the government report
known as Water Supply Paper
No 230 of the United States Ge
ological Survey will be helpful
in settling the question The sta
tion at which these figures were
collected is Palisade at a point
just west of the Stinking Water
Creek and the date was the year
1895 and only ten months of the
year were taken into account
leaving the months of January
and February out of the total
and these months are the month
of the largest flow
The figures of the government
report are as follows
March 6460 acre feet
April 8150 acre feet
May 7930 acre feet
June 7850 acre feet
July 9720 acre feet
August 5900 acre feet
September -6-10 acre feet
October 6820 acre feet
November 6250 acre feet
December 5960 acre feet
Total acre feet 69680
Thes figures show almost a
flow of 70000 acre feet for the
ten months and the report of
the entire year would likely have
added between 15000 and 20000
more acre feet to this total
It should be emphasized too
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that of this total only 10000
acre feet have been appropriated
Mr Sandbergs filing covers all
the rest
While ib may be necessary to
secure other details and figures
on this subject we submit that
above figures make a splendid
showing of the water supply leav
ing between 70000 and S0000
oi Addns or unnnii Poj boob
reservoir which is contemplated
to be built to hold 40000 acre
feet
The figures we submit arc to
be found in the above named gov
eirnment report which can
m secured by application to
the interior department reclama
tion service
Signatures were secured Sat
urday of land owners of 1500
acres Over 12000 acres of land
are now represented on the peti
tion Several non resident hnd
own pis have bean heard from fav
orably
It is proposed to ask the Unit
ed States senators and Congress
man Norris to make an effort to
secure for the proposed district
a reclamation service engineer
to look over and make a report
oil the project
Letters are beginning to come
in from Nebraska and other
states impairing about lanels un
der the proposed ditch anel it
is rumored that one or two deals
have already been made en till
strength of prospects
DeRemer Olson expect to
conduct a nation wide campaign
advertising the country under the
proposed diiitclh They have mad
arrangements with the Swanson
Film Co and motion picture
will be exhibited all over the Ian
Maps surveys cross sections
etc must lie filed with the peti
tion to the county commissioner
asking for the calling of an
to vote on the question of
forming an irrigation district
These are being prepared and
will be completed as soon ns the
weather conditions permit and
will be filed with the county coan
missioneis and with the state
bciard for approval They will
show embankments all delsdl
It 5i3 expected that the prcporaxl
irrigation district will cover th
land known ns the big fK
northwest of McCook and the
dltch will be carried on cast ac
far as Red Willow creek
Chickens Pay
Start now with an Old Trusty
or Cyphers Incubator We Boll
at factory prices We also have
food and supplies for you
McCOOK riARDWAKE CO
Ag a result of the sleet ilnnt
night all telephone lines north of
town are down Manager Kelloy
informs us tihat a gang of men
will arrive here tonight from
Grand Islanel and immediately
begin repairing the lines
The regular monthly Methodiut
church social will be held ThUrs
dar -evening of this week at the
parsonage Invitation is extend
eel to all
McConnell fills prescriptions
returning crops and industrial ae
tivity sliall justify a iresumptiion
of public improvements
We point to the acts of Mayor
McAdams administration as in
dicating care for the taxpayers
burdens 1st in the paying off
of 15000 of the water ibonels
thus cutting off an annual in
terest drain of 900 2nd in the
refunding of 50000 of tilie 6 per
cent water bonds into 5 per cent
bonds thus cutting off an inter
est drain of 500 for the year
and effecting a total saving of
five thousand dollars during the
life of the bonds By the refund
ing and by applying surplus earn
ings of the water plant to the
payment of bonds the tax levy
of 1912 will be only 4876 as
compared with 10400 the past
year a magnificent reduction
The surplus of the waiter plant
oyer actual operating xpenses
and interest paitl during the last
half of 1911 was 1210
We ask you to contrast the
old water fund levy of 3S3669
collected in 1910 and mostly
CASH ACCOUNT
Cash in water fund July 1 1911
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I Peoples Water Ticket Caucus
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The Peoples Water Ticket cau
cus was held in the court house
on Saturday evening about fifty
voters participating in its activ
ities
E IL Doan was chaiirman and
C G Bosworth secretary of the
caucus
Oliainmau Doan- announced the
platform committee composed of
G E Thompson TV A Mdddle
ton and A C Wiehe Whale
they prepared the platform the
caucus took a reeess
The platform committee made
the following report which was
adopted with out opposition
Peoples Water Party Platform
We declare for a reduction of
taxes in view of the reduced
earnings and incomes of all class
es of citizens We believe that
our city should pause in the mat
ter of municipal expenditures to
the limit of true economy until
paid to tlie water company with
the above water bond levy of
4S76 for 1912 of wMeli latter
levy 3676 will retire that man
of our water bonds and reduce
future tax levies and so on each
year ointil all the bonds are paid
We point to fthe competent
handling of the water plant dur
ing the drouth of 1911 the in
creasing of the yield of the wells
tJie maintenance of fire pres
sure the satisfactory supply for
house and lawn use and invito
comparison with the situation in
1910 or 1909 under private own
ersliip of the plant
We point to the economy and
success of the operation of tilie
water plant each epiarter show-
injr income covercnor operation
anel a surplus applicable to re
placements anel extensions be
sides provieling for payments on
bonds to the probable extent of
2o00 a year
The Peoples Water Party
while painting to the good faith
anel success witlh which lt has
carried out the specific measur
es commaneled by the voters
shows confidently the past years
record of good public order and
decency the absence of flagrant
disregard of laws by all people
based largely upon the recogniz
ed integrity and vigilance of a
mayor true to hi oath anel care
ful of all ithe interest of home
business and government
We protest against all efforts
to divide our citizens upon lines
of national or state politics in
city elections recognizing that
state anel national elections are
provided for the settlement of
those questions
G E Thompson
W A Middleton
A C Wiehe
A statement was also read mak
ing a shewing of the water works
undeir municipal management
The Iriffurc are as follows
2 329 00
Received ficim Co Tr aasurur fr Jin July 1 1911 tc
January 1 1912 761 00
Cash receipts from coni gunuers 3d quarter 1911 3 49S 00
Gash receipts from consumers 4th quarter 1911 1 853 00
Cash received from bonds sold to state 20 275 00
Total to account for 28 716 00
Bonds- pacd off 15 000 00
Interest on same 250 00
Improvements to plant 2 526 00
Operating exp 7-1-1911 to 1-1-1912 3 657 00
Cost of refunding 50000 bonels 20100
Salaries and plumbers bills anel labor on
mains pacd since Jan 1 1912 440 00 22 071 00
Cash in water fund March 1 1912 6 642 00
EARNINGS
From July 1st to January 1st
Water furnished private eonoumers 5 20S 00
Metiers furnished private consumers 133 00
Tapis 10 00
Hydrant service water for paries fountains sprinklers
seiwore ceimcticay etc furnished to the city 1 366 Of
Total earnings 6 717 00
Operating expenses for same period T3 657 00
3 060 00
Interest on 70000 bonds for same period 1 850 00
Surplus earnings for1 saime period
Nominations for vaifmra etyi
offices were announced m ordj
and 11 A Green pieced in ivm
dnaitfon fcr rjocetcn M v in
s rIcAtlrimD wth i c cd by J
E 1hevrpon Th n inijniii3r
wais made unanimcu
Mayer McAdamo 1m
thanks for the honor a mond
time bectewed up en licn In a
brKf op xxih he rcsoinmuKi 1 1 the
extension of water to
South McCcok that new wells
be completed much of needed
material bciing now on ground
the improvement of sanfjaqy con
elitioni in- the wells zone and tihe
purohaer cif 18 additional fire
hydranta
Clifford Naden was unanimously
ohcDn tor the city clerkship nom
inatiion
Louis Thcirgrimson was oimdl
arly named for reelection io the
city treasurership
C G Buddg was unanimously
named for city engineer
For rail art in wall papers see
McConnell s stock
A McMillen prescription drug
glSt
1 210 00
Albcint Barnatt and E D Per
cn3 wore clucsen as nonrincies for
mi mbcfr of -board of eidueaitoon
R A Green received tilie
for councilman in- First
AWrd tind F J Rolfe for council
man of the Second ward
W A Middleton was named as
eennmiiitteem2n for folic Furct ward
and J E Nelms in the Saoond
ward
David Diaanonel who was re
cently succe aded as water eofln
liuridoncir by James Gollehon en
livened blue preliminary program
with remarks which were not
finished when the regular cau
cus business was taken up
In ihas speech renominating
Mayor McAdams It A Green
sat forth at some length the mer
its of the present administiratiron
and made a strong plea for unity
anel harmony on the part of the
people of McCook a worthy ef
fort on a worth while tiopic
Kodaks and kodak supplies
McCONNELL Druggist
McConnells wall papers will
please so will his prices
NUMBER 83
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Apron Sale
Saturday Harch 16th
The ladies of the
lie church will hold an
V
ron sale in the store room on
west B street formerly
pied by the White House
grocery Your patronage is
solicited At 6 oclock the
ladies will also serve a
IDINNER
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t Saturday March 16th
WANT TO STAY SICK
Have your prescription filled at
any
Olel drug store
Any old grade drugs
By any drug clerk
And youll stay sick all right
Then come to McConnell where
you get fresh potent drugs com
pounded as your physician ex
pected thorn to ibe when he gave
you tihe prescription
Land Bargains
Small farm close McCook also
160 acres eight miles McCook
115 acres in wheat for sale on
small cash payment down bal
ance long time low rate of inter
est tihe former it fine beet farm
or would exchange for MeCcoJc
property Apply to owner
F S WILCOX
CHURCH NOTES
Episcopal Wednesday even
ing service ait 7 30 choir rehears
al at S Thursday afternoon
guild will meet with Mrs iW F
Jones Sunday Holy Communion
at 8 a m Sunday school at 10
morning service at 11 evening
service at S
Where to Pay
Parties owing for city hospital
stock can pay for same at the
MeCook National Bank or to Mis
C L Falhnestieek ait residence on
Main avenue It is especially de
sired that these payments be made
promptly in oreler that the work
can be prosecuted with vigor
Wall Paper
As olieiap as you want or OS
good as you want
L W McCONNELL Druggist
Just like Canada
McConnell for drugs
Ued Cloud Avail vote on the liei
uor question at the city election
The McCook Irrigation Ditch
movement is placing McCook on
the map wiitih emphasis
Dont put letters for the east
in the letter box ait the west end
of the railroael platform
Hastings is to have a now hotel
six stories 66x122 feet and to
cost 125000
Orville Wade has moved from
the Tra eir Kansas neighbor hcod
to a farm -near McCook on the
south siiele
Iloldrege is figuring on purch
asing senne small size cliemical
muCiliineG for use in interior anel
in incipient fires
Strength and energy wanted
Rexall Emulsion of Gcd Liver Oil
is full of it Price 100
T W McCONNELL Druggist
At the Friday morning assem
bly the following brief program
was enjoyed A vocal solo by
Nellie Schwab reading by Pearl
Marshall piano solo by Mabel
Jennings
If you mail your letters at -the
deoot see to it that letters for
Uie east are placed in the box at
the east end of the platform ana
that letters for the west are put
in the oox at tihe toot o the vaa
duet stepsr on the west end Oth
erwise there will be dciay