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XRtlitfflaBmmfBtCxailGllvEt&f HftfcwthwmP THE RED GLOID CHIEF tjira I Subscription I, SI a Year I in Advance Eight Pages AH Home Print I sK7mesme&8el5P: ITO VOLUME XXXV. RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, JULY 5, 1907, NUMBER 27 K 'Z i i- I y 1Mi. am f .fjaf r ? k tfi I yv kj. fcffitt ' . . RMfiOK foss: THE SINKING FUND. The Blue Hill Leader Has Again Begun Its Misrepresentations. Lust week's Blue Hill Leader con tains mi article in which it states that the people of Hcd Cloud are opposing the sinking fund proposition as out lined in the petition being favored by Fred 5und of ltlue Hill, and claiming that we are working for a proposition that will give us a 8125,000 court house if it is left to the commissioners to de cide the matter. Mr. (tiind's proposition would limit the county to a 850,000 court house, yet those who have made a study of the matter' assert tint lifty thousand dollars would build a very inadequate building for the needs of this county. In the tlrst place, the people of lied Cloud are taking no hand in the circu lation of either petition. During the fight on the bond question the people of the northern part of the county chimed that they were willing to build a 875,000 court house if the matter were submitted in the shape of a sink ing fund instead of a bond proposition, and many residents of the south part of the county took the same position. Captain F. llouchin of liartield pre cinct, who was one of the strongest opponents of the bond proposition, takes the responsibility for the peti tion which is now being circulated by him in this part of the county, anil has the following to say in regard to the matter: "The Leader is either mistaken or wrongly informed. The petition that 1 am circulating to build a court house does not call for uSMO.OOO court house. The petition is'drawn up in the statu tory form and calls for a levy not to exceed tlvc mills on the dollar. This means that the levy cannot be more than five mills, but it can be less. Not U exceed live year.s means that the levy can be made for tivj. year.s, of for a less time if it is found that a sulllcieut hum can be raised In less time. We cannot tell what the court lions, will cost until the contract is let. Neither can we tell what amount the levy will raise until we are ussfsseu. .ir.iiunn s petition calls for a court house approx imately 850,000, the money to berated by a five mill levy running three years. The taxpayers on the farm say they are in favor of a good court hou.se, not one like the Nuckolls eounty court house at Nelson, which cost, the county $.'15,000 a few year.s ago and which is u) inadequate that they are already asking for fireproof vaults to be placed in the basement to accommodate the records. I have been down and in spected it, and 1 tlnd that the condi tions are as stated. I believe if we build we ought to build a suitable house. F am In favor of voting on a proposition to build and furnish a court house to cost, when completed, not to exceed 875,000. That means not more than $75,000. It also means that it may cost less. Let us have, a good court house. If not, we had better keep the old rattletrap we have now. A five mill tax will not burden the farmers.'' The District Judgeship. nv .ioiix'm. ciiakkix. Under the constitution, the district courts have, both chancery and common law jurisdiction, and sucj other as the legislature may provide. With almost unlimited jurisdiction, is it not true that the district judge is more nearly in touch with the people of his district than any other person living within Its bounds? As touching the qualifications of the district judge, he should be; First A man of unimpeachable char acter. Second A gentleman, whether on or off the bench. Third A dignified iu.ui Sr:'!l:nu"L abreast of the times, following the hg. Islature and keeping in touch with the supreme court decisions. Sixth A man wliose social qualities j re his passport Into the governor's '"ce and the poor man's cabin, alike. ' vseventh A man wliose heart is in sympathy with the people, and who would not sacrifice their good will for all the olllecs in the world. FJghth A man in love with the prin ciples of Kternal Justice. Ninth A judge who will not listen to the clamor of the populace, nor bend to the will of the mighty. Tenth A judge In whose eyes all are equal before the law. Anacharsis, after having seen an as sembly of the people of Athens, re marked that he was surprised at this, that in (Sreece wise men pleaded causes, while fools determined them. That was a pretty hard rap at the Athenian judges, to be sure, but was doubtless a correct view of the situa lion. Let no man cast a single "compli mentary" vote atthe primary, lest that vote turn the scales In behalf of an in competent. We should not forget that the inter ests of the peopleof the Tenth .Indicia! District are our interests; that their prosperity is our prosperity, an that their homes are our homes. WAR STORIES. C. C. MeConkey Tells of His Experience at Snodgrass Hill, Chlckamauga. ('. C. MeConkey this week showed us a opy of the llryan (().) Press, con taining an account of a reunion of his former comrades in arms near that place. .Mr. MeConkey attended the re union there last year. Among the ex periences, related ny tlie veterans was the story of the hardships at Andcr sonville prison, related by Alexander MeConkey, a brother of C. C. Their regiment, the Twenty-llrst Ohio, were the last troops to leave Snodgrass Hill, Chickamaiiga. and all but sixty-six of them were finally taken prisoners and landed In Andersonville prison. C. (.'. with great ova McConkey was among the fortunate i tions. His "Coin few to escape, after having been cap-! ing .Man" should til red three times, and finally succcded be heard by every in joining (Seneral Thoinas'Jforees.who young man In the were covering the retreat from Chicle-. land. Mr. (Scar aiuauga. Only eleven members of hart will be with i Company K.Mr. McConkey's company, succeeded in making their getaway. i Mr. MeConkey savs that some day he hopes to be able to entertain the sur vivors of his company at his home in this city, as they make a practice of meeting at the home of one of the mem bers at least once a year. We can give assurance that they will receive a hearty welcome If they decide to be come Mr. McConkey's guests. Stoiiaok One roon in the MetSuire building. Jas. McGillitK. tSSi J' -s.. mmm When you buy a Mower, buy a STANDARD, for the following reasons: You can line up the cutter bar when it droos back or out of line. You can make the sections register in the J center of the guards. PQOT LIFT that ever was made. I have them over. "THE KILTIES." Crack Cananlan Band to Open the Chautauqua Hon. G. A Gcarhart. Monthly. July 2, will be the opening day of the lied Cloud Chautauqua and on that date "The Kilties" will gives two L'rand concerts. This- is the only Canadian band which was engaged for ' the World's Fair at St Louis, and they I are now at the Jamestown Imposition. ' . On their appearance in this city a year ago at the opera house they were given a . Icudid ovation and pleased the large crowd that greeted them. The above is a picture of the leader of this famous band. We can assure our readers that these two numbers alone are worth the price of a season ticket lion. (!. A. (iearhart of ISulValo, N. Y.. is known as the man who always returns, lie has a message for the people which has I been received us Sunday, An- ' gust , at .1 p. in., i and his subject is to be "Footprints of the Centuries." W. B. Wire, su perintendent of schools of McIIenry county, Illinois, I says of this lecture: "It was by far the best lecture ever ottered to the citizens of this community." Ulack or white long-wr isted gloves Si. 50 per pair. F. Newhouse. KJtM.'jl I ' T1 ml Jm PA ylHrL D L I W ln BflflfllllSrv BHBBBw b 1iHbb9BbRv!bbV T 'ImMtMtlkiiiMb It has a cutter bar that JAMBS PETERSON. MORE DIRT THROWN Guide Rock Signal takes a Hand at "Clod Throwing" "In speaking of the attack of hood- i . ............. 'l,ls """ "eioilH r urt fount the Chief editor has reference to the "Ki'tnway" made by himself and the gcntlfeincn mentioned just after the KIU,lt-. warmer reception awaited j thum in town and somebody giving them the tip. they "hiked" for home, We are sorry that the (Jiilde Hock boys do not come up to the Chief editor's . Colby, aged 10. drove past in u buggy, standard of manliness, and wonder why ' and seeing the defenseless condition of ( he and his crowd did not set a better the girl got out of the rig and grubbed example last week when they had an the girl. A handkerchief was tied opportunity. Alas, too many boys over her mouth to prevent her scream (and men too) cannot behave when ing. While Colbv held her two little- away from home." Signal, Whatever kind of u "job" the Guide Koek gang had hatched up to spring on the umpire we do not know. What we do know was that we drove through the main street of the town as far as llurr's barn, where the team was i ed at what they had done, got into watered, then back again to where the , their buggy and drove away. One of road turns west to the lied Cloud. On the little boys ran to the nouseand told this trip three stops were made, and his mother what had occurred, and. with the exception of the clod throw- when she ran to her daughters assls lug incident and an insulting remark ; taucc she found her lying on the ground from Don llayliss (who is probably the ; in an unconscious condition. The au author of the above), we were not mo- thorltles were immediately notified and tested. The writer of the article in ' parties went in pursuit of the young' the Signal says he is sorry the (Snide , brutes. They were captured about 1' Hock boys do not come up to our ideas o'clock Tuesday morning and taken to of manliness, yet he encourages them ' Kiverton, where they were identified by and applauds them for what they did, tlie girl as her assailants. Colby con anil insinuates that further violence fessed to his share of the assault, but was contemplated. It is a cinch that ' llaxter refused to plead, and both were the lied Cloud boys behaved much bet-j taken to llloomliigton and lodged in ter than did thcOulde Hock boysduring the game, and afterward. Perhaps they don't know any better, though. V want it understood that we are not defending the rank decisions pf the umpire, who did his best to even mat ters by giving the (Snide Hock boys two or three runs to which they were not entblcd. We have seen a great many , baseball games In the past twenty-five years, and we are bound to say that l we never saw a home team and crowd treat a visiting team so shamefully as our boys were treated by the (Snide ".Stoncrs." t Ask for Allens's Foot-Ease. 1 a powder for swollen, tired hot,smart- ing feet. Sample sent free Also free' samples of the Foot-r2ase SaltaryCurn- Pad, a new invention. Addres Allen S. Olmstead, Le Roy. N. Y. The bites and stingH of Insects, tan, sunburn, cuts, burns and bruises are relieved at once with IMnesalve Carbo li.ed. Acts like a poultice, and draws out Inflammation. Try It. Price L5e. Sold by Henry Cook's Drug Store. never drops with the them in 5, 6, 7 and 8 YOUNli GIRL ASSAULTED Two Rlverton Youths Charged xlth s Very Grave Offense. Word comes from Hlverton of a very aggravated ease of assault which oc curred at that place last MoikIav eft" nlng. It seems that a sixteen-year-old girl named Cowan had been sent out into the yard to take the clothes from the line, and was accompanied by her' two little'brothers. A youth named llaxter, aged 22 anil another named brothers, llaxter committed a brutal criminal assault upon tlie little girl. The little boys were kept quiet by threats of death if they cried out. When llaxter had succeeded in his pnrposir he and Ills companion became frighten- i jail. Real Estate Transfers. For the week ending Tuesday, July 2, furnished by the Fort Al ,htraet Co., U. II. Fort, Manager, I ii,el.t j, Uuines to Josephine 8 lgou.lts:i,2,blk 15, Hed Cloud, losephene Igou to Helen C Haines, Its 2. 5, blk 15, Hcd V 111 ill I Addie Nelson et al to 12 II Cox uw ,'tl-l-l I Oscar I Jmlgreii to David II. Lar- 4U0O rick. sell)-:i-lM. .,.., MOO August Clhleii to Fred Vogel Jr., e so 2:i-l-lo David Watson to William 1-2 Wat son, se .'t'J-l-iy aooc Washington Heed to .PC Hurt man, lots, blk 10, lHaden.... W A Kuertn'er et al to Henry A Kuertner, n3 ne 5-3-1 1 Total, Mortgages filed, 823750. Moitgages released, 807(50. I00O' 240O 16203 outer end, and the BEST foot cut. Come and look