flRvnw 3i Wffcaa I Subscription & $1 a Year 1 in Advance THE RED CLOUD CHIEF VinVnVWM?wAvitefeA; Eight Pages All Home Print ajmKs!s!J FMwx.wwwxwxxwxxm VOLUME XXXII L '1 i n RED CLOUD, NEURASKA, FEBRUARY 18, 1JM5. N'UMJIEll 7 4 Miner Bros, i Miner Bros. 5 Advance Showing New Spring Goods "Magnificent showing new goods, lowest prices," and many such phrases are always heard at the be ginning of the season. We might add, "Never before have we been so well prepared." We take it for granted that the buying public of Red Cloud ex pect us to be better prepared with each succeeding season, evidenced by something more than mere words. We cordially invite an inspection. Kri -xvyw VM- Thoro'll bo very littlo homo sowing on Muslin Underwear in Red Cloud if you appreciate our as sortment as wo do And thoro is littlo occasion for homo sowing, too. When it was a choice of buying poorly mado, sweat-shop goods, or making thorn yoursolvcs, perhaps tho homo wok was tho cheapust; anyway, tho safest and host. In buying PEERLESS goods you tako no risk nothing is loft to chance. These Undor muslius are crisp from tho hands of woll paid workorr whoso busi ness hours aro spout in America's brightest and cleauest factories. All goods cut full and in good, gouorous sizes. Now Effects In Ginghams for Spring 1905. 75 patterns Toilo do Nord Ginghams just placed on sale. Stripes, Checks, broken Checks Fancies, a groir range of patterns For Sh it Waist Suits, Waists, Dresses, Men's Shirts, Boys' Waists. 12c. Corset Covers, tSc to SI. 7 5 Night Robes, SOc to 92.25 Skirts, St.OOto $3.75 Drawers, 25c to SI -75 EMBROIDERIES. Tho now Embroideries aro now ready and comprio tho daintiest originations wo havo evor shown. Wo havo gathered them with lavish hand, yet with a discriminating eyo as to their usefulness and prico worth. Kmbroidory dainties from 3C to $125 MINER BROS. Commissioners Proceedings Mod Cloud, Nob., Fob. 9, 1905. Board of county commissioners mot pursuant to adjournment, all mombors prosont 6n motion, Dr. Sticrs' claim for 818 wis reducod to 810. On motion tho road potition of Vanco B. McCall et al was laid over nntil next mooting. On motion tho oliloial bonds of tho following named ofllcors wero approv ed: B. E. Fogg, OHBD No. 11; J. A. Rood, O H R D No. 4 On motion board adjourned to moot Friday morning, February 10, 1905, at fl o'clock. February 10, 1905. Board mot pursuant to adjourn ment, members all prosent. f Motlou mado and socondod that tho ounty olork bo and is hereby author ised to instruct tho Nobraska Institute of Fooblo Miudod, at Beatrice, Nob , to refund tho balauco of account, 39,G0, hold in favor of Wobstor coun ty to G. R. McCrary, county treasurer of said Wobstor county. Motion car ried. In tho matter of tho application to havo tho south half of tho southwest quarter of section 14, town 1, rango 9, Wobstor county, Nobraska, appralsod i fo Hialo. tho chairman of tho board ap pointed tho following uamod ooinmis-, slonors, W. Riohard, F. II. Gorlach and , W R Andorson, as a committee to ap praise said abovo described laud for purposo of sale. Motion mado and socondod that tho following named persons bo and aro hereby appointed road ovorsoors for their rospoctivo districts, as follows: William MoCord, O II R D No .11; S. Boom, O H R D No 15; .1. Goll, O II R D No 50; J. Hubacek, O II R D No 40; R. Stout, O H R D No 89. Motion car rlod. On motion, ofllcial bond of A W. Brown as OH R D No 27 was up. proved. Motlou mado and seconded to ap. point Sam Shirloy justico of tho poaoo for Stillwater precinct. Motion car ried. Motion mado and seconded that Joo Fogol let tho contract for repairing tho railing on tho bridgo across Republi can river south of Rod Cloud, by using the old stufr, 1x12 plank, for bottom railing, placed 8 inches abovo lloor of bridge, and procuring now material as follows: Galvanized iron plpo 1J inches in diameter for second ralliug, placed 80 inohos abovo floor, aud a 2.G plank capped with a 2x0 plank for third railing, placed 42 inches abovo tho lloor, making a railing about 48 inches in height; to uso a sulliciont number of posts placed about 8 foot apart for supports to said railing, and to uso clamps and bolts to fasten said railing to said posts. Motion carried. Moved aud seconded that $80 bo and is hereby appropriated to pay trans portation expenses of county suporin toudont to attend tho meeting of tho National Educational association hold at Milwaukee February 28, March 1 and 2, 1005, and that tho county clerk is hereby instructed and authorized to draw a warrant on tho general fund forthosamo. Motion carried. Motion made and seconded that tho county treasurer bo aud is horoby. au thorized to transfer $81(52 from gen oral fund to insane fund. Motion oar riod. Wo, tho committoo appointed to audit tho books of tho county clerk, clerk of the district court, county su- porintondont, county judge andshoriir, Hud tho books to correspond with their reports. II. G. Sawyer, W. R. Ani:rson, Commit too. On motion, tho abovo and foregoing report was accepted and approved. To tho Honorablo Hoard of County Commissioners: Wo, your committee appointed to audit the books and ac counts of tho county treasurer, Hud upon a thorough examination of said books and accounts, that thoy corre spond with tho roport as fllod by tho county treasurer. F II. Gkrlacii, W. Riciiakd, Jon Foam,, l ommittcc. Ou motion, tho abovo and foregoing report was accepted and approved. Tho reports as filed by tho several ofllcors and audited and approved by tho several committees, aro as follows; INSTITUTE FUND. Semi-annual report of tho instituto fund for tho half year closing January 1G, 1905: RECEIPTS. Amount on linud Jul) 1, 11) 1 $ 81 35 Instltut. feeH uioo Appropriation by county board. . 75 00 Itccclvcd from examination fren 01 iU .'ill M t EXPENDITURES. Infitltute cxpeiine. 2.t; (O Pnld Junior normal fees 6 (0 232 00 lliilimce on timid January 1C, 1005 H'i K I hereby certify that tho foregoing roport is correct Eliza hetii Marker, County Superintendent. vApproved February 8. 11. G. Sawyer, W. R. Anderson, Committee. sheriff's report. Report of J. A. McArthur, shoriff of Wobstor county, for term ending De cember 81, 1904: Keen earned tl mouth cndliiK December 31. 1114 ...v 170 88 Mileage ciirned 0 months ending Decern eembtr III 10 1 U0 R0 KccN and mlleiigu unco lectcd Juno 30, 1001 150 35 Feesc Heeled during term cud iiiK Decomber 31. 10)1 J525 63 Mileage collected during term ending December 31, 11M 121 ft.-, I'tos and mileage uncalled for December Bl, 1004 00 74 TOOll FARM. Tho following is ho annual report of tho superintendent of tho poor farm: I submit M10 following annual report for thoy. ar 1901: Total rcrelplN for the year 1001, 111 per report on Hie fillU 74 Total expenillinrcH for tho jear 1001, iih per report on (lie 21.10 00 HhIiiiicc on lintnl, en per raporl on file, f I 74 (Then follows tho semi annual state ment of tho county treasurer, its pub lished two weeks ago ) Ou motion tho bond of tho Omaha Printing Co. was approved On motion tho following claims wore allowed and tho clerk ord rod to draw warrants on their respective funds In payment of same: (1ENERAI. nisi). Dr A I. Sticrs. for inidlial attendance and medicine. $18, reduced to f 10 00 John KoMcr Janitor work 18 (10 l)r Henry Cook. pro regional nervlco and dlHlnfectant for smallpox 30 05 I. U Tall, printing legal in ticca and olll- cer' Hiippllot n 7h Chief I'nli Co. printing lgul blanks and pnlillnhlng trcaHiiroT'a Mahmeiit 23 Ufi Ell abelli Marker, olllec expenHiM 3.1 00 Statu .hutiihl Co. MipplleH for clerk iIIn- t trlct court tn C) A I! Kceticy. court fccMUid otllcoexpeiiM'H It 75 KIi7iiIihi Marker, fur Institute fund 75 00 A II Itltehey. offlec xponpL' 'JOO Henry Harm, onal for poor Ill 3D Oeo W llinclilon, olllco cxpciiH'j .. 1 PT W S Ash by. printing olllce supplies for clerk dlstrlctcouit 111. d count) treasurer 111 IX) CIiiih Murphy, rcpHlilngtjpcwrlter for ok .'too J A McArthur sherlfT fees, etc it) 00 J () Caidwill. coal futnlOied poor iil 'St A II Ki ei. cy. court fees and recording of flclsl bonds 0 Wl II O Suwy r, cominlssloncr services 10 50 V II (Jcrlach, commissioner scrvlcca 10 70 Joo Fovel, commissioner hotvIccn at jy, V It Anderson. cuiiuiiIh loner services !U 85 W Klelmrd. comiilssioicr services Hi U) IlItlDQK FUND A J Ouy, labor 011 bildgo.... 15 f0 J O llutlcr, brld 0 hardware 1 M C A Waldo, bridge hardware BO ROAD FUND. W A Focloy, repairing roml tools 0 00 No further business appearing bo foro tho board, minutes wero road and approved On 11 otion, board adjourned to moot March 20. 1905. 174" 03 707 03 Rospectfully submitted. J. A. McArthur, ShorifT. COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT To tho Honorablo Board of County Commissioners of Webster County: Gentlemen I herewith submit my an nual roport for tho year 1901. January 1, amount on hand. ..... 31 55 First quarter fees 516 15 Second quarter foes ... 370 40 Third quarter ftes 303 25 Fourth quarter fees 320 85 Making tax list 600 00 Clerk county commissioners 300 00 Amount due, mo on Jan. 1, 1005... Hie 65 Clerk'H salary for the year.......... 1500 00 Deputes salary for the year 700 00 Extra help for tho year 265 00 AEsetsors' hooks.- pjo 00 Ofllco expenses for the year 1804 111 St $2670 85 12070 85 I, E. S Garbor, county clerk of Web ster county, Nebraska, do hereby cer tify that tho abovo is a truo statement of fees received aud disbursements thoroof for tho year 1904, ending Do cembor 81, 1001. Wituess my hand and seal of my olUeo at Rod Cloud, Nobraska. E. S, Garher, County Clerk. Approved February 8, 1905. II. G. Sawyer, W. R. Anderson, Committoo. Plumb tho feed man will pay you tho highest piit-o for poultry, eggs and hides Kansas Cltv Market. Spt-fhil to l iik CiMKF. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 11 Tho ship pers who havo been able to got their cattle 011 tho market yesterday and to day havo been ropald partly In tho ad vanco in prico from last week, for thoir previous discouragements this soason, bad weather and failure of cattlo mar ket to ad vanco this mouth aud last as expected. Railroads aro getting in shape again, howovor, and tho cattlo run today is 7,(XK) head, almost normal for Wednesday. Run at all points yes terday and latter part of last week was insignilleanr, aud prices jumped up 1.1 to 25 cents ou all kinds of killing cat tlo. Market hold nearly steady today, closing easior. Cows aud helfors mado thoir expected gain last weok aud aro higher this weok, strong today, but havo now reached a point whoro fur ther gains will mako their position unsafe, and subject to broaks. Tilth tttiwllii.ti t.li.l.. til......, !...- ......... . . ..u nvtiiiiiii I'lllll! OIUU-IO llllll. wure 'soiling last wook at 8125 now bring 81 15 to I 50, aud light runs lately have not included very many droves of steors good enough to bring 5. Best helfors lately havo sold at 81 40. hoavy cows $1 15, bulk of tho sho stuir 88 25 to 8 75, and market, is about 25 cents j higher than a weok ago. Connors soil at l 75 to 2 50, fat bulls 18 25 to 3 75, j veals up to $7. Tho stockor and feodor trado has boon quiet for several weeks without much change in prices. 8om heavy steors wero taken to feed lota lately, 1200 to 1810 pounds, at $1 50 to 4 75, for a short fend, but salos of stoekors and feedors run along at it t to 4 15, somoliiuos a littlo higher. Stock cows and heifers bring 82 to $3, stock steer calves 88 21 to 4 25, heifer 50 to 75c lower thuti steors. Tho hog market took a big drop last wook, but it has climbed back up, and. top both yesterday and today is $5 12. Pigs soil at $1 20 to 4 80, modium light hogs on up to 81 85. host under 200 Iba. 1 15. Bad weather has atfectod hog ship ments moro than cattlo, aud big rutin aro oxpectod aftor tho presOnt stato of tho weather breaks up, and lowor prices can also bo looked for when the (Continued on Last Pago.) torn Cream I Baking Powder Used in Millions of Homes. 1 40 Years the Standard. A Pure Cream of Tartar Pow der. Superior to every other known. 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