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Hd Cloud ' - Nebraska.
' PUDLISHKD EVKRY TI1UKSDAY
Boteied In the I'otloHlce ntiHcil Cloiid.Ncb,,
M Second CIum Matter.
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Political Announcements.
The columns of thu Chief uro open
forsjegltlmate advertisements of till
kiwis. Candidates, regardless of party
iillllliitlon, are welcome to uu those
columns. Prluo of finnoiineeinetit, Sfi.
FORCOlljNTVCLBRK
i
I lirrcby uiiiimilH'o myM'll ah ii raiiilhlnle
for re-election nit County I'lorU uf Webster
County, Nebr., en thu JtenulilU'iin ticket,
Hutijeet to the tlccUton of tliu voters nt thu
1'rlinnry Kleetlfjll to lie held A nitst 15, lull.
K. W. Hois.
FOR COUNTY CLKHIv
t hereby anrouiu-o niyHult iih a eiindhlate
for the olllre ol County Clerk of Webster
County, Nobr., subject to tlic will of the vot
or' of the Democratic anil l'eoile'n I iu!cK:iHl
rut Party at thr Primary Kleetlon to lie held
Auk. 15, lilll. V. It. llAM.rv.
FOR COUNTY CLERK
Wu bnvo been ftiithorlred to aiinouiiee the
linniool (iKouiiK. II AliK.i.1., fif lied Cloud, for
nomination of County Clerk, subject ti the
will of thu Democrat and People's Independ
ent voters at the Primary election uUNt
Pith, tun.
CLF.liK OF DlSTKIcr CoUKT
I hereby aunouuee myself as a eandlilao
for Clerk ol thu DiHtrlel Court ol Wcbstcr
(.'ounty, on tli Itepubllenu ticket. HUhJccl to
theileelKlon of the voters at the uiniar.v
Miction to he held iiKiist ICtb., lull.
Cm s. I'.. Hkiiii.i:.
FOR COUNTY TRBASURMI.
VcliMt been nuthorled to aunouuee the
luuidldaey of ()i:o. V. Unh-ikv for the olllee
of county treasurer, subject to the will of
the Democrat and People's liulepeiidcut
i.irtlesat the piliuary eleellou u:ut 1Mb.
l'JII.
FORSHKISIFF
I hereby announce myscll a candidate for
the ofllee ol Sherlll'of Webster (.'ounty. miI
Jeettothe will of the oluis of the Demo
emtio and People's Independent I'ai'tlcH.
.Iok W. ciniw.
FORTRBASURBli
We haw been authorled toaiiuounee the
candidacy ol It. W. Knox I . for the olllee of
county ireaMiicr. subject to thu will ol the
Uepuhllcan Miters at the piliuary etcetton
AiiKUHt I .Mb. mil.
Folt.SIIHKIFF
I heieb auuouiice iujhiII as a eaudldate
furSheilll ol WelHttr County. Nebraska, on
the Pcuuciatlc ticket Mibjict to Hie di cl.slon
ol the otcixat the Primary election to be
held uuust l"i. PHI. I. I'. Uim.iuii.i:.
The Nebraska League base ball
otarts the season this week. York has
live of the players whe kept Kod Cloud
In the limelight last year and from all
appearances has a winning team. We
will have plenty of opportunities to
see those games bv going to Hastings
nnd Superior. The greatest pleitsnte
connected with this method of seeing
base ball is tho knowledge that our
fun will eost u detlimto sum of money.
We will havo no nightmares of a grow
ing doticit and will be able to enjoy
tho sport to tho limit.
The, change in administration of our
oity a tralrs did not effect the water we
drink in the lenst. Those who were
depending upon blind luck to rush in
and by a little presto change purify
the creek water have been seriously
disappointed. No administration can
change the complexion uf our city
water without funds. Place tho blame
where it belongs and do not lay all the
city draw backs up against tho city
otlleials. The sentiment is slowly lull
surely gaining that the only solution
to our water problem is to connect our
plant with the Maurer springs. Kvery
Week people isil those springs to see
what they are like ami every visitor
goes away wishing he could drink that
vvator evei. day The warm weather
SOLI) HY
The Miner Brothers Co.
II. I.M'hox, (,,
A Mightyafe IMaen to Tmdo "
is upon n- uihl Hllll nothing InH boon
done to remedy conditions. "Lvory
thing comes to him who waits.'' If
wo wait long enough wo will not want
flloye springs.
Tim preparations being made jy the
high school commencement reminds
us that this school year Is about to
close and that another class will min
gle with the busy world without,tin nil
probability, experiencing the pleasure
of nu Alumni bamiuot. Just why this
function lias been suspended wo are
unable, to learn but It really ought to
be an essential part of graduation. If
the older members of the Altimui as
Kouiatlon do not feet it Incumbent up
on thoni to perpetuate this organization
we would suggest that the members
of last year's class Take the mat.lor In
hand and provide a bauipicl. Other
places make a great deal of their high
school Alumni association and this
oily hiirely ought to keep up with the
procession.
The world would be happier if the
people were u Utile more generous
with their praise. There is too much
llattery, but u word of just apprecia
tion would cheer the heart and
strengthen the hands of many a (lis
cournged worker in the home, in the
school, in the church mid in the world.
Thore is nothing that is so cheering
to a mother's heart, and such a rich
recompense for all she has sacrlllccd
ami endured, as thu kind, ali'octionato
remembrance of her children. There
in nothing that can adorn man or
woman moro than the tenderness and
gentle care they manifest towards their
aged parents as they totter on the
borders of another world.
To Our Graduates
'(iiaduated? Yes, nearly every ham
let, village, town ami oily at this com
mencement season of the institutions
of learning, welcome home, thoso who
have spent years in hard study and
with honors have graduated; and
many uro the hopes and expectations
centered in you hopes that society
will be elevated, many immuials cor
rected, wrongs lighted and places of
importance bettor lllled. Do you nsk,
where is your place? Tho world is be
fore you, and though it may seem
crowded, there are still many wants'
that it does not advertise, to avoid a
rush of applicants, but these wants
exist, and are, indeed, very pressing
and very real, and your compensation
will be us ample as you have brains,
pluck and energy to earn it. The
world wants graduates who are men
enough to search out these places and
make room for themselves; it wants
young women of sulllcient self-reliance
to boar the disappointment of not se
curing tho first position for which
they apply; most of all. it wants char
acter, and it very wisely declines to
accept a college or school diploma as
conclusive evidence of that. There
fore we silently whisper, enter into
your life work with right motives,
earliest ness, zeal and honesty of pur
pose, and thoroughness that will satis
fy yourself; then others will be satis
lied. Realize Hie responsibilities
which have come to you, and asstuno
them in great humbleness, and yet, in
true manliness, and boar in mind, by
your fruits ye shall bo known.
C. S. Hawthorn Makes a Talk
The representative of the .standard
Land Co., of Lincoln lectured to a
very attentive crowd of fair size in tho
opera house .Saturday alteriioon as per
announcement, lie gave a very force
ful lecture in a most entertaining
manner illustrating his statements
with numerous colored pictures. The
lecturer is a representative of the
Standard Land Co., of Lincoln who
are offering for sule a portion of the
Lower Rio liraiide Valley, of richest
land ami under a thourough system of
irrigation.
In his lecture the representative
told how eorii, sorguin. sugar cane,
cotton, alfalfa, and broom corn would
produce immense crops two and three
times per year all well Illustrated with
colored plates.
The soil there .Is also especially
adapted to truitsaiul vegetables, grow
lug lemons to the size of a pound and
a half ami cabbage Utlil) pounds to the
acre. Apples, oranges, tigs, bananas,
In fact nearly all hinds of fruits thrive
there. Tomattoes. potatoes, unions,
celery, lettuce, caulillower and all
garden truck grows there in greatest
abundance. Strawberries. lettuce.
rnddishes., etc, are shipped out of the
Lower Uio (irauile Valley by the car
load In the out of season dates In the
northern states and soiling at enor
mous prices. Cabbage frequently
brings ! cents per pound. .100 to SIOO
per aero there, alfalfa, J'JO to '.'l per
ton and three tons per aete, toinattoes
M per bii.. s'tOu to ,"iiin per acre, ft is
vi'ij fu-uoiit that the lirst crop more
than pus tor the Intnl.
Ine climate of the Lower LiotJiaiulo
Vallej is extremely healthful. No
negroes are wanted and noiiu llv
there The woik U all done by Muxl
caiulaboiers, who are iudtistilous and
faithful and live theie in sulllclelit
numbers Modern selioolsand church
es hue been built there in numbers
MillloleuLto Hceotninodalo many more.
to !OIU.
MiJiriUU' ' eiii.Mliniuir Jo
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jijnrii ' i '' i lift 1.1 jl'i.
YOU WON'T GET "STUCK"
if you "stick" to us. Our business
Is to "plcHse," and not "htich"you.
When we offer
PINS Or ALL
DESCRIPTIONS
we make it bold bid for your trade,
by olferingyou best solection we
could get of
HATPINS, BELT PINS,
VEIL PINS, STICKPINS,
remarkable In bonuty, variety and
lowness of price. Iltiy some.
J. C. MITCHELL,
The Jeweler.
V. J. Bryan's winter home and Texas
plantation is located near this tract of
land offered for sale by ,thc Standard
Laud Co. Mr Ilryan has a place of
considerable size which ho has improv
ed with trees, fences and buildings
largely with his own hands and con
templates tho erection of ii 810,000
mansion on his plantation thlssummer.
The Standard Land Co., is selling
this land in .', 10 and 'M acre tracts to
homo seekers at from S7o to S200 per
acre, and have arranged with tho Bur
lington Rairoad for special home seek
ers rates of $."5i) for the round trip.
This Lower Rio Grande Vnlley is Jie
most Southern land in Texas or in the
Southwestern United States. The re
presentative of flic company has ar
ranged with the linn of Sellars.tiarbcr
and Hutchison to take care of their
interests at this point and hasleftwitli
them considerable, of literature rich in
information for distribution for
who may bo intcrestud.
any
Fourth of July Celebra
tion Assured.
Raised todate by Our
Merchants and Business
Men
Monday evening a number of our
citizens and business men mot in Un
commercial Club rooms and decided to
hold a Fourth of July celebration hero
This was a very enthusiastic meeting
and plans wero quickly adopted to
make this the greatest celebration
over held iu the Republican Valley.
The general plan upon which this cele
bration will be given is that the keys
of tho city will be turned over to our
guests. As far as possible everything
will be free. It was the general senti
ment that for once this city would on
tertaiu their patrons at this time.
Invitations will he extended to cvory
town and city in the county to join us
in this celebration. A big picnic and
basket dinner will bo ouc of the feat
ures. Tho following committees were
appointed:
l' W. Con den, Chairman.
Wni. Wolfe, Seo'y- Trcas.
Committee on Kutertainmeut I'aul
Storey, D. V. Turnuro, Boone Saund
ers, V. V. Cowden.
Committee on Music Prof. Bet., W.
Warren.
Committee on Decoration -H. A.
Letsou, Win. Smith, 11. Neuerburg.
Committee on Funds M. Parks,
Win. Wolfe. It. W. Koontz.
As soon asarraiigcinentsaiedeflnate
ly made we will inform our readers s.i
you may be posted on just what we
are going to have this year. Remem
ber the date! !
Woman's Voice
Women claim that they
have a voice iu everything
ought to
If there
Is anything on earth woman's voice
does not penetrate it can safely bo set
down that It is impervious to sound.
Woman's voice reaches to the sky, do-
sounds to the deepest cavities of earth,
pcueiraies me Kiicucn, cenar. gun-ci.;
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ami seven neu rooms, reaeuiug across
the street and disturbing the neigh-
hots. She already has a voice ill poll
tics, .science, art. religion, business,
and In domestic alVuirs it is the su
preme law of the laud. Did you ever
hear Mrs. Lease'. Could oii help
yourself if she was iu your township?
I there ii civilized community on the
earth that has not heard Susan II.
Anthony? If so. mime it and it is
yours. What more do thoy want?
tJlve them the ballot and they'll never
be satislled without the box and poll
books. God created man and then
women. The last job wis the best.
Woman Is tho salt of the earth, and
sngilr and cream and strawberries
Without her all l vanity. Man Is her
voluntary slave. For her ho delves
HUH lOUh llllll llgillh IIU1 UillUCS III WV
country and legislates fh congress ijud
htands up ln1tllo street cars, and .runs,
.... 1 ,. . .- .i . I 'I..' .r !..
In debt, and finally dies it miserable1
I death
while
tr.iin ..iiiiixf e,.timiM.it hush
he is at thu sewing elide, Hie
.elon or out collecting money for for
eign inissionaiies. and adding to the.
want and -()iialor at home. It is no.
use to give women ndvlce; she won't I
hear yon. The beginning of the 20th
century finds women combining in
gratul plot to take tho enrth and fence
It oft for their own exchisivo benefit.
Womans kingdom has como and man
who has evor been her humble servant,
in spurned with contempt from the
foot of the throne. Ho may cry aloud
for deliverance, but the hollow echo
from the nearest club room is the on
ly answer. Men and brethren, this Is
tough.
G. A. R. Program.
On Sunday, May '28, all soldiers and
sailors of the Civil ami Spanish Amer
ican wars and members of the Woman's
Relief Corps, urc requested to meet at
the (i. A. R.. hall at ten o'clock a. m.
From this place they will march to the
Opera House where union services will
be held. Tho memorial sermon will be
delivered by Rev, A. A. Cressman.
Music will bo furnished by the, Con
gregational church choir.
On Tuesday, May '10, all comrades of
the G. A. R the Relief Corps with all
soldiers of the Spanish American wars
will meet at tho (5. A. R. hall at one
o'clock p. m. Li'ne of march command
ed by C O. McConkey, will form on
Webster street and march south and
west to cemetery.
Detail will be assigned by the Post
Commander and President of W. R. C.
to decorate graves of comrades and
members of Relief Corps. After de
corating graves the line of march will
form a hollow square at the monument
of the unknown dead. Here will he
hold exercises of tho relief corps and
the comrades of the G. A. R
llcticdiction.
Column will inarch to Opera House
where the following program will be
given.
Music by the Band
Invocation Judge Kdsou
Song "America" Choir
Recitation losephine Castor
Music Choir
Recitation Pearl McConkey
Song By little Boys
Recitation Florence Johnston
Flag drill By little Girls
Reading list of dead comrades-S. B.
Kizer.
Address !ev. Tompkins
Music Choir
Benediction
How Build or NotBulld tp aToxn
When Cain had killed off one-fourth
of the people ou the earth leaving
only three, then went into the laud of
Nod and bulldod a city, it is evident
that ho did not sit around like a lump
on a log, and growl about the Nod real
estate and people. He was not him
self, perhaps, the most exemplary of
men, and if he had some reason to
emigrate from the land uf his birth,
ho did not mope and whine, but got
hold of a piece of ground and went to
work to do something. The man who
could build up a city under such aus
pices is the kind of material we want
iu this town: and we will not inquire
too minutely into his antecedents, so
that he takes hold like a man and bo
good at lust.
ltut what is more, Cain did not ad
vice his son to "go west, and got out
of the old dead town." He named the
city after him, believed iu it, worked
for it, brought his goods there, and
ker.t his money at home. Does any
body suppose that when strangers
come to Bed Cloud with any notion of
going into business here, Cain told
them It was a ''dead old town," that it
established by a murderer, that the
water was bad; its merchants all
sharks, and Its mechanics botches
that the town was not healthy iul j
would ''never amount to anything no . . . , , , .. '
., , , " , so much money to inn a comely, well
how. iocs anybody suppose that , . 4. , ,,, ,. , ,. ,
. , , . : . ,, , kept town as it did a dilapidated, liod
when he wanted to in vest a few dollars . .,, ,,., ,. ,,.
, iu dry goods he hustled off to the city.
, or that he only went to the merchants
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wanted "a little time?"
Do you think ho over went away
from homo to get lumber that could
be had at better rates in Red Cloud
than elsewhere, or to Cincinnati for
cheap buggies when the "home manu
facturer" could meet every demand
with more stylish and substantial rigs?
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wu you suppuM; ne wcni '"l""K
he
j annum uoimi iii.m.vi uuiiik u' '","
i lied Cloud and no olio here, knowing
anything about business'.' No air. lie
evidently wasn't built that way. If'
taxes were high, ho got up and hustled ,
to Incroase tho value of properly, sol
that there would be greatfir values to !
' ta
Ho built houses and encouraged
others to do so. It city lot
got too
j low he bought up a doon or two, ,
scattered here and there, for the
i doitblu purpose of personal prolit and
j strengthening values On these he
i put up plenty of houses ut reasonable i
figures, good ones. too. so that when
' any one catuo to Red Cloud he did not j
, have to move into an old tumble down
'shanty or move on. He improved and
beautified every lot, kept the woods (
.down and set out trees on the lots ami
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111 llOlltm UIV-III, rivii niiiim ui; win
not build, thus adding to the value of j
eic"iot. anil adjoining property as.
well. He fouud that It did not take
u?nryra;jvrav.7k7zr;K
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Greatest Farm Bargain In The West
680 ACRES of RIVER BOTTOM LAND.
180 acres of it sub-Irrigated alfalfa laud, ion acres pasture, 100
acres best liny laud en the South Fork river, making C-0 ncrcs
of the best land in this tectlon of the country at a prico less
than one-half whut It is worth. There me now 15 acres in alf
alfa, as tine a stand as any In the west; more being put In as
circumstances permit: about 2l0 acres in cultivation; no alkali
on this tillable land, hence it will giow anything you havo a
mind to plant adapted to this country! water Is obtained on the
tillublalaud anywhere from i) to IS feet, on tho hay land from
'! to 10 feet, iu tho pasture at about .'10 feet; farm has a good 1
room house, burn 21 x H'i with loft, hog barn L'Cx 50) this is a
burn, not a shod), other hog houses, chicken house, corrals, ,'J
granaries, machinery shed, I wells, windmills, looo rods woven
wire fencing, place all fenced and cross-fenced; equipped with
ii I21iorso power gasoline engine and centrifugal pump drawing
over 000 gallons of underllow water a minute from two wells 21
hours a day, !J(5."i days in tho year, if you want it, for Irrigation
purposes; 200 acres can be Irrigated from these wells if you
wish; .1000 feet of pipe tor conducting water over the land,
never-falling spring on thejplacc, supplying a small pond. All
improvements arc well built of the best material; nothing slip
shod on the place; laud lies along the liver, all In one body,
seven miles from Bonkelman. close to good school. Place is
making plenty money for owner, but he wants to dispose of It,
as ho hasothor business which requires his attention. All clear
and title guuranteod. Price 30 per acre, or $20, 100; reasonable
terms. No trades desired; sell your property and buy this for
money. Address the Nuus-Ciiiionici.e, Benkolinati, Neb. Rail
road fare refunded if place is not as represented.
V-
The Home Grocery
P. A. Wullbrandt, Prop.
A Complete Line of Staple and Fancy Groceries,
also the Latest Patterns In
Queens ware
We arc also making a Specialty of the Celebrated
"A. B.
CANNED
Bell Phone 102.
MONUMENTS
for DECORATION DAY should
be selected now. We have a
large assortment at present. All
work
Come
done with
and see us
Overing Brothers & Co.
thm,s llu, wlIS,, t() ,.,, t,e
, llim, mone T1illV lllt, way ,K.
lowered taxation, not by sitting on a
stump and howling about it. if u man
, wanted to run a factory, or some other
enterprise, he was not all aid the
fellow wanted to make some money
but told him to "sail in and I'll help
you all I can. A business that doo.s
I not make money Is no good. We want
every legitimate business in lied Cloud
, tl) make money and piles of it."
Notice.
A mass convention of the Democra
tic voteis of Webster County will bo
called to meet at Mine Hill I'htirsday
May. Is, at 11 o'clock a. in. for the
purpose of aiding and recommending
the county eoiuinittemcn as regards to
I IU"" lf "' "'" "" "" im"
), II f'ox. Chairman.
V. S. IUi.i.. Socretlirv.
Everything Electrical
G. C- Bailey
Electrical Contractor.
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