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In Pennsylvania the chances of
Ool Roose elt getting a goodly
portion of the delegates have in
creased ten fold in the last four
or five days Polls taken in Phil
adelphia and in practically every
county in state give Col Roose
velt nearly three times as many
-votes as polled by Taft Roose
velt candidates for delegates are
declaring -themselves almost daily
and the sentiment expressed by
the county papers shows- the for
mer president to rule strong
favorite
The progressive Republicans in
Colorado haAe gotten together
formed sin organization which in-
mittee of this organization onet
several days ago -and indorsed
Col declaring at tlie
iime their belief an 3iis ability -to
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ESTABLISHED 1882
F M KIMMELL Editor and Publisher
Largest Circulated Newspaper Published in Red Willow County
SUBSCRIPTION 150 A YEAR
Entered at postoffiee McCook Nebraska as second class
matter Published Semi Weekly on Mondays and Thursdays
Political Announcements
I hereby announce my candid
acy for County Commissioner 2d
district subject to decision of
Republican primary adv
F A IIODGKIN
The Democratic editors of the
Fifth district are for WoodroAV
Wilson They have been guilty
of more foolish conclusions
The plan lof escorting intoxi
cated men home to their families
has its drawbacks Sometimes the
wrivfcs and children are the suffer
ers Quite occasionally tthis prop--or
place for a drunk man lis the
coaler
An obscure long haired
from Texas Dica hy
patronymic lisi broken into fh
ealum by solemnly declaring
that Roosevelt Bryan and Berg
or Av re a trinity of saeialistsand
among the foremost enemies f
fjr M government in America to
dav If Ave had Dies cut here
in Rod Willow county for 21
hauis en en the watchdog ft
th county treasurer couldnt
k p the board cf insanity fr
inr cfullv sitting uron Irs ci
Minnenpolis Mai eh 7 1 am
r in the interest of the nom
ination and election cf a man
who can Avin for the Republican
party Theodore Rocsev sM 1
am here for a man who stand
for the principles for which th
-American people stand Theo
dore RciOseAclt
In lilirs manner Gifford Pinchot
AYiho Avas1 chief forester of the
Unite States us he termed it
tonight before some of our ever-polite
friends called for my
resignation from the service op
ened the speaking campaign in
Minnesota for the former presi
dent at a banquet here tonight
There are tAo -classes of peo
ple in the United States today
he declared the one believes
that the people can rule The
win the nomination and stating
that national convention Avould
h controlled by the progressive
element
A monster mass meeting held
in St Paul several days ago
showed tlie remarkable growth of
Boosev eifc sentiment in Minnesota
It is declared tliat former presi
dents following in the state has
grown largely smcc his Columbus
speeich
Many Roosevelt fclubs have he
-v
Always a gentleman La
opposes the usie of mud in
politics
C A Ready of IIayes Center
has filed for the Republican nom
ination for the legislature in the
TCtih district comiCsed of Hitch
cock Hayes- Dundy and Chase
counties
t
is it strange that the most
ious assaults being made upon
Colonel Roosevelt are from our
friends the enemy The Dc nno
era tie press will do well to siweep
befere their own doors and save
their ammunition They will not
he eoriHiiei in ine maicing or
the Republican nomination for
president
The Lincoln Star recently feat
uril tihei latest sorority stunt
frcm ihe slate university In tlrs
particular sorority house the
sweat but elarimgly unconvention
al co ed make a practice of eat
ing tbeir breakfast clad tin
nighties bathrobes kimev
nas or other inconsequential bit
of convenient lingerie And -tin
waiiter is asi unobs rving young
male man
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Col Believes in the People
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hjlers thcrcf say You trust us
h iriis Ave tiust von The
er h il lev us the people cannot ml 4
TlK lr leaders say Yon trust us
buif avc do -not trust ycu I am
licit here to advocate discord but
harmony a union of all peepl
who IWr eve in the oninciiples rf
pi nrenm r in M
Rcvt valts -Columbus speech
The AvhoLe new movement in
the Republiican party is simply a
method to get tlie Avill of the peo
ple into effect This movement
received uts impetus from Theo
dora Roosevelt The initiative
referendum and recall is simply
a gun in the hands of Davy
Crockett the people to bring
down the biggest political coc
those who do not serve the- peo
ple from the tallest tree he can
I Progress of Roosevelt Campaign
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Washington March 4 Spec- organized in North Carolina and
ial DeATelopments in the field in Virginia and West Virginia
of polities have come thick and sntiiment in favor of Col Roose
faat i n the last Aveek and every velt is groAving rapidly Tn Mary
diay liaB sIioaati a decided growth land the rank and file of Repub
in tflie sentiment for the licans are for the Colonel and
tion and election of Col from practically every southern
tstate have come assurances that
From every section assurances the people want Col Roosevelt
liarvie beon sent to the Roosevelt I a nd Avill have him regardless of
Juesadepiar ters in Washington re- j party off iliaitions
iterating the strength of Colone
In roads into the Taft strength
have been made in the states in
the New Englamd group and in
New Jersey and New York rapid
progress has been made by the
Roosevelt followers
Reports from the central group
including Ohio Indiana Illinois
Michigan and Wisconsin are such
as to cause the Roosevelt manag
ers to feel doubly confident of
winning the nomination for their
candidate Especially in Indiana
and Ohio lias the outcropping of
Jtoosevelt sentnnent
popular choice
OCen mani mnnnrnTiPrv Ar7nnlliiTYi tnfi
tested and the other states have g Qu wd to lot 11
shown in one way and another block 31 Indian ola 175 00
that tlie former president is tire Florence Watkins to V
Roosevelt sentiment in the
eludes thousands of votes soutlrwestern group of sitates has
out the state The executive com grown to such proportions tliat
j there seems small diance of manv
delegates -being instructed for the
President Several of itflie Avest
erni states have been productiAre
of news encoTiraging to the Roose
velt managers
lOutside of the letterst and tele
grams tliat are daily pouring into
the Washington headquantresen
timenfc may be judged by the at
titude of county newspapers from
practically every state- in the
union More than thneeKuartars
of fliese papeirs are eitiher openly
fighting or CbL Roosevelt or giv
ing mild enoOugetaient t o his
eajnpaagn -
The renominationi of Governor
jAldrich is ionei of the reasonable
certainties of -the April
iies And nothing but an unex
pected Democraitic landslide- in
November can defeait his reelec
tion The governor has vugorousi
ly endeavored to igive an admin
istration in which all intanests
are fairly and justly dealt with
Avit bout favoritism or special priv
ilege and business like and with
reasonable regard for economy
and conservation As politics go
io far as Ave can read the time si
he has -earned another term and
tiit ds the disposition of the people
to so reward him
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS
McCaok Nebraska March 5th
1912 The board of county com
missioners met pursuant to ad
journment Present Edward
Sughroue W N Rogers
and J W Randal county com
missioners Chas D Ritchie
county attorney and Chas K
Dutcher county clerk
The minutes of the meetings
held on the fcth 7th 8th and fth
of February 1912 Avere read and
corrected and approved
Ait 2 oclock p m a per ad
vertisement the bids for brddge
work were opened and after due
consideration it was mover by
Randal and seonded by Rogers
that all biels be rejected except
those oi the Standard Bnldgo
Company on wood bridges and
that they lie giAeiii the contract
for -all avooc bridges and Avc od
material that Avill cost over 500
Roll call Sughroue yes Ran
dal yes Rogers yes
The Standard Bridge
paiiA V lyiel for such Avork
Ccm
b oing
as folIcAvs
Wood bridges superstructure
per linoal foot 100
Fir caps and in place-
per thousand feet 3200
Fir lumber in place for repairs
per thousand feet 3200
Red cedar piles in place per
lineal foot 88 cents
Placing old lumber per thou
sand feet 1000
Fir lumber f o b any sfcatCon
in county per thoii nnd fo t
all fiizeG to 32 feet long 30
The following l erolurkmis av1
presented to the board by t
chnirman Edward Sughroue
Be at Resolved ly the bcaiI
of county ommissiionere af the
county of Reel Willow state of
Nebraska that said board deems
it necesi nry OAving to the large
Giinount of pauper claiims to levy
a tax for the purpose of creating
a fund Avith Avhich to purchase
land erect anel furnish huildings
thereon suitable for a poor farm
Said tax to be levied for the
years 1912 1913 and 1914 only
ami at the rate of one mill on
each dollar of the assessed val
uation of the taxable property of
Red WiQlow county which is two
cents on each 10000 of actual
Aaluation and said tax shall be
in addition to all other taxes
Avhich said board is authorized
to levy for county purposes
Be it further resolved That
an election be -called to be held
tine 19th day of April A D
1912 betAveen ithe hours -of 12 m
and 9 oclock ip m of said day
at the voting places of the sever
al voting precincts of said coun
ty Avhere the general primary
election for the year 1912 shall
be holdeni Said election to be
for the purpose of submitting to
the qualified voters of said coun
tAr a proposition to vote a special
tax Avhitth proposition and notice
ef said election shall be given
and published in the Avorels as
follows
Real Estate Pilings
The folloAving real estate filings
oave been made in the county
clerks office since our last re
port
Nels J Johnson to B E
Ridgway wd to part of
lot 1 block 9 South Mc
Cook 200 00
Franklin Avd to lat 10
blk 18 Hirst McCook 5500 00
George IT Watkins- to V
Franklin Avd to part north
of railroad of 25-3-30 1500 00
The Tribune doesi not practice
the questionable habit of making
purchases of merchants to com
pel or coerce them into using its
advertising columns1 or its job of
fice in order to collect tlie debt
We desire patronage on the hon
orable frasis of meniit
A man should quit dancing
Avhen he begins to figure tlie mile
age of such ai performance says
thef Atchison Globe-
Read The Tribune for the news ling good
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
J R McCarl had Business last
Aveek ini district court at Alma
Mrs Caroline Putman of Lin
coln is a guest lof Mrs Loittiio
Brewer
D W Oolson Avent in to Oma
ha Thursday night on a busi
ness visit
Miss Marion Thornton of Lin
coln is the guest oi Mr and Mis
R B Sheridan
Miss Florence Rosebush Avas a
guest of Bartley friends last
Aveek anel until over Sunday
Miss G raee McClelland of the
Cambridge schools viisited the
McCoak schools Thursday Last
Mr and Mrs Herb LudloAv left
Monday for a feAv days Arisit at
McCcok and lioldrege Red
Cloud Chief
Mi S3 Elva Barber departed thi
morning for her henna in York
after n visit of a 1oav days Avith
MeCciOik admirers and ifriends
alcmry Smith and Jclh n Cook
arriAeef f rom the Fairmont neigh
borhood a few days since to lo
cate upon Red Willow County
farms
Mr Jones from McCcok movem
ent Deputy County Treasurer
Eilzcr s farm one half mile Avet
of toAvn last Aveek Ad
A ertieer
Job Mullen cam over from Me
Cook Friday and will make liii
hciai with hi daughter and fami
ilv Mro Gto Sectt Oxford
Standard
John Sardl nr tlie diteh mm
came tlown from Denver end of
Aveek and is spending the Aveek
here in tlie interest of the great
enterprise
Mr and Mrs Ray Lyon Avho
recently returned from Colorado
the Trenton Leader states Avill
go onto the Lyon farm near there
this season
Mtd W II Dungan crme down
from D nver Fiiday on 10 -
fuiiilu the production c f Tlu
Pilgrims soon to be put on un
der O E S auspices
Albert SiigAving of McCook is
here thrs Aveek visiting hi parent-
Mr and Mis C W SigATmg
and agisting them in moving
from north of toAvn to -the old
Lew Blu t place Aveist of Vsrnon
Wray Gazeitte
Mr nd Mrs C II Meeker
v- been spending a few
m rV in California arrived on
N u Fridav morning having
had a most delightful visit on the
coast but glael to be back in Mc
Cook and Nebraska again
RAILWAY WAGES AND
RAILWAY EARNINGS
There aw re substantial increas
es in the Avages of railway em
ployees during the -fiscal year of
1911 Reports- filed Avith the In
terstate Commerce Commission
show that the total compensation
to the employees of railways ov
er 500 miles long Avas 1005277
249 The total wage cost to the
railways for the y eaa was greater
by 418G822 than it Avould have
been af the rates of pay in effect
during 1910 and greater by 69
29767S than it would have been
ait the rates -of pay in effect dur
ing 1909
Natwathst ainding an increase of
2108 in the miles of raiUway op
erated there AA ere feAver employ
es on the payrolls June -30 1911
-than on June 30 1910 by 31037
yet the total compensation paid
to employes in 1911 was great
er than that paid during 1910 hy
19970216 This is greater than
the increase in the gross earnings
of the railways by 22595121
The net revenues of the railways
Avliich are Avhat is left after pay
ing -operating expenses fell off
by 10988539 during this same
period in AAhiich compensation in
creased nearly fifty million dol
lars
These figures arc summarized
from Bulletin No 2S of the Bur
eau of Railway Economics aaiMcIi
is based on official reports made
iby the railways to the Interstate
Commerce Commission and AAhieh
exhibits in detail a camparison of
-the aererresrate comuensation to
different classes of the
number of lemployejs of different
classes and the relation to trail
way traffic for the fiscal years
1909 1910 and 1911
The summary of revenueis and
expenses of the steam railways
over fifty miles- dn length for tlie
month of December just issued
by this Bureau sIioaais that for
tire calendar year 1911 the total
operating revenues were less thanj
for the caLeaidar year 1910 by
27698580 and the net revenues
less by 22286784
David Diamond is Convinced
that tliere are drawbacks- to let
ter writirg At the same tune he
declares the municipal Avater
plant a success and the
trationox Mayor MeAaamsas
SOCIAL AND LITERARY
Mrs Albert McMillen entctr
taineel oi company of lady friends
Saturday afternoon at bridge
Avhist six tables engaging in the
games Mrs Albert Barn etit Avon
the honois A tAvo course luneh
eon Avas served Mrs Walter
Stokes assisted
The An Faits -enjoyed tine hos
pitality of Mrs E II Doan
afternoon A tAvo course
luncheon Aas served Out of city
guests Mrs Elizabeth Walker of
Webster City IoAA a and Mrs Car
oline Putman of Lincoln Assist
ants were Miss Addie Doan Mrs
Arthur Wood Mrs Leroy Kiev
en
The concluding regular session
of the J O C club Avas held at
the home of Mr and Mrs C
II BoAle Thursday evening Avith
a large company of members anel
guePts present Mr and Mrs II
P Waite C L Fahnestoek J G
Sehobel A Galusha Sr O M
Knipple A Galusha Jr II D
Stewart II C Clapp C D Ritah
ie J R McCarl W F Jones F
M Kimmell W E MeDivitt F
W BosAVorth II A Beale Mrs
iG L Bunney Mrs A Barnett A
serven oclock dinner AAas served
Mrs Bovle Avas assisted by Mrs
M A Northrup Mrs O M Ivnip
pie Miss Oleo Rector and Miss
Nina Tomlinson the latter pre
siding at the piano Avitih pleading
results
Democratie City Caucus
lhe Democratic electors ot
the city of McCook are hereby
called to meet in caucus- at the
count a- court house Wednesdav
March 13 1912 at 830 p m for
tiie purpose of placing in noani
nation candidates for Mayor City
Clerk City Treasurer Cc ry Engi
neer members of the board of
Education Councilmen and to
transact such other business as
may properly come before tlu
meeting
C J Ryan
S S Garvey
Barney Ilofer
F L Schwab
City Committee
D J Killen of Beatrice Aisiit
ed Ihis B Ilofer lie
hveen trains on his Avay horn
from a Denver trip
If you Avant THE NEWS read
The Tribune
INDIANOLA
Mrs Neal Quick was a McCook
visitor Wednesday
The Sun Bonnet Club met at
the home of Velma McWilliams
Tuesday afternoon
Charlie Dutcher from McCook
Avas in Indianola Friday on busi
ness
Mrs Colegan traded her farm
to Joseph Kavalic for his town
property and will soon move to
toAvn
Elbie Hotze left for St Joe
Wednesday on business
Mr Quick is now located in
his new store block east of
hotel
Ed Sughroue was a county
seat visitor Friday
Mable Dutcher of McCook visi
ted friends and relatives in India
nola on Sunday
Quite a number of Lyle Will
iams little friends helped him to
celebrate his seventh birthday
Saturday afternoon
Mr and Mrs Henry Crabtree
Jr took dinner with Mrs Shoe
maker on Wednesday
RED WDLLOW
The Merry Ten Club had an
enjoyable surprise on Mr and
Mrs Frank McNeil on Thursday
evening
Mr and Mrs Harris of Indian
a old time friends of Mrs Frank
McNeil are visiting Avith them
Buying and hauling seed corn
is an active business at this time
Mrs Will Meyers is now con
valescent to the joy of her anx
ious friends
Stock seems to be greatly af
fected by this last cold snoAV
Mr and Mrs Roscoe Korns
Avent from the party Thursday
evening with Louis Longneckers
and gtayed until the next day
When moving his household
to the neAv house on the Buck
place Mf Isaacs had a runaway
resulting in damage to furniture
and Avagon
RAILROAD NEWS NOTES
4 N Biggs returned home
Friday
Brake man B 0 Dickey is on
duty cigain
Heavy snoAvfall between Ak
ron anel Wray
SAvitehman L W Meyers is
on the sick list
Fireman Freel A Monks Ayas
off eluty Saturday
Tlie pay ear is seheeluled for
next Thursday the 14tih
Brakeman A II McCreath is
off duty Avith a bad fcold
Fireman L E Weaver was a
passenger for DenArer Saturday
Operator anel Mrs E A Van
Caanp Avere Denver Abators on
Sunday
Brakeman C J Strauser has
severed hi conneeition Avith the
company
Brakeman G C Childers is
serving in the yards Avhile Mey
ers lis off
Mrs F II Trimble AA as a
Denver passenger Sunday to be
gone about a week
-Mrs Robert Burns Aisited her
sister Mrs A W Murphy of Ar
apahoe end of week
Engineer L E Ilanford laid
off Saturday to indulge in some
MajDKie preliminaries
Brakeman anel Mrs R- C
Warner cf Hastings wer e Mc
Cook visitora Saiturelay
The yard masters office is
being enlarged to better
the Avork of that office
-Charles Joyces the com pain-
agent at Inavale has returned
t o Avork after n layoff of 15 elavs
ill
Engineer Will Archibald and
Mrs II M Tyler came up from
Orleans Saturday morning on
train 13
Engineer John C Marshall
laid off Sahwrdav to rediree ithe
stock in- sijrht of ducks in this
Aicinity
Conductor and Mrs William
llegenberger and the tAvins Aiisit
ed Avith relatives in Hastings on
Sunday
Agent Kefctler is on the job
again at Bart lev and Relief
Agent Ellis is supplying a want
elsewhere-
II A Yaughan superintend
ent of telegraph Avas cut from
Lincoln Thursday on business
at McCook headquarters
Foreman R E Love Avail leaA
tomorroAv morning for his home
at Pendeir to be absent a week
or ten days duck hunting
J W SImv has resumed his
duties as telegraph operator in
the Hastings yarel office Mr
Dodger returning to Lincoln end
of Aveek
Conductor Worth Humphries
Aventi up to Denver tliis morning
on No 9 to serve as a AAitness in
one of the company s eases uoav
up for trial
Mrs M J SulliA an came up
from McCook Tuesday afternoon
to visit a couple of days with
her friend Mrs Lynda Arnold
and family of this place She is
Brakeman Frank Sullivan s moth
er Wray Rattler
T B Campbell -and D F
Ilostetter of McCook attended
the funeral of late Geo
in thi3 eity Wednesday af
ternoon Both are pioneer rail
road men in the employ of the
Burlington and had knoAAin Mr
Ilartsough for the past twenty
years Mr Campbell is a train
dispatcher at McCook division
headquarters and Mr Hostetter
is- agent at McCook Minden Ga
zette Sth
George II Hartsough dieel on
Saturday afternoon at 5 oclock
at liis home in this eity His ill
ness dates back several years but
it Avas only tAo montlis ago tliat
he gave up iris Avork as station
agent for the C B Q railroad
at -this place and gradually the
sinews of life and strength fail
ed him Mr nartsough has serv
ed the Burlington as station
agent for twenty eight years and
Avas one of the best known rail
road men in their employ Hie
Avas Minden s first station agent
and remained here until death
signed the final pay cheek an
eloquent commentary on faithful
perservering service tliat young
er men may Avell emulate He is
survived by his wife one daugh
ter Mrs R J Slater of Bertrand
and one son Geo H Hartsough
Jr Minden Gazette Sth
WAIT FIXES THE LIMIT
FOR PRIMARY FIXINGS
Lincoln Neb March 7 Secre
tary of State Wait has1 dejeided
he Avill accept- filings for the pri
mary ballot wliich reach his of
fice at anv time before 6 oclock
Hearing of snow Tn drifts frnm March 19 The law specifies they
25 ft to 40 ft in the mountains Slu1e e tliirty days before
near Rollins Colorado and 8 ft JfS 11
- as April 19 and he takes this to
in that town makes our trouble-
mea date of fe
some ones seem like ant hills m afeh 19 t3le olo otf lie
comparison business day
im