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VOLUME XX XX.
THE
New Banking Law is now in force and
the payment of every dollar of deposits in I his
institution is guaranteed by the Bank Guaranty
Fund of the State of Nebraska.
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.
Webster County Bank
RED CLOUD, NEB.
CAPITAL $25,000
COWLES
M. It. Adamson was hi Red Cloud
between trains Saturday.
C. l- Rose was on the river hunting
a few days of lust week with friends
from Uluo Hill.
Chester Cox bought the piopeity
east of town owned by A. A. Roicn
and expects to movoat once.
The II. iV- M. R. R. Co . unlonded the
material for building the bianelt into
the sandpit south of Copies.
Wm. MottHr loft for Springfield, 111.,
Mondav where ho has seemed a posi
tion of Hreman on a iailio.ul.
Chits Foe, who has been heie for a
tiumber of days visiting his patents
and relatives, left for home Saturday.
A. II. Spinelier v liuiuoy, Many
Reeve and II. (! Kurney shipped cattle
and hogs to the liver market Wednes
day. Saunders llros., commenced moving
their stock of goods over to their new
location in Henry llruboknt's building
Tuesday.
The ttains had some double in get
ting over the track Monday on account
of the heavy drifts ol know, which fell
Sutiday and Sunday night.
.las. Mellrido wns called to Illinois
last Wednesday on account of the ill.
ness of his mother. Wo understand
his mother died Wednesday and was
buiied Saturday.
II. Rrubakor has .-ouimeticed erect-
iug a small building on his lo's up
town to be occupied hj the tunneis
Co-operatlvo Creamery Co. Mr. Abbey
has been appointed manager of the
creamery station.
11. 11. Thompson loaded i car ot
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Mmtlo from grape Crcim of Tar"
tars absolutely frea from alum.
For sixty years American house
wives have found Dr. Price's Cream
Baking Powder a guarantee of light,
pure and wholesome food.
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white ear corn to bo shipped to Wil
sonvlllo, Kansas. There it will be re
tailed out to the farmers of that place
for seed corn purposes. This corn is
old corn and its germination qualities
are above ninety percent.
WESTERN WEHSTER
Homer Daily ami wife spent Sunday
at Ray Cohrano's.
Chancy and Demit c Saunders spent
Filday, ewxilng at O 11. Harvey's
Mr. and Mis Milloul Waiman am
lejolclng over the ndwnt of a lino
baby boy.
Mis. Irfeln Matthews visited over Sat
nidav'tllKhf and Run lay with her sis
ter Mis I.O Walker
Miss Ethel Siel, who tenches in the
Hunt distiiet over in Pianklin County,
isitedovei Sunday at John Delirun
neis. The Coclii.iue boys weiobusy Friday
and Saturday hauling Mrs Robeit
Cochrane's household effects fiotn Red
Cloud to Franklin.
O. H Harvey had a big pile of wood
siwed Tuesday. Diekerson of Inavalo
did the work, a gasoline- engine fur
nishing the power.
Win. Colby is building a now house
on his farm just this side of the Coun
ty lino. Albert Colby and .uo will
live in there the coming summer.
Last Thursday thirty or more friends
and ncighbois gathered in and gave I
o. Walker and wife n royal surprise,
the day was spent most onjoyably by
(ln present uud asevery family brought
well lllled lunch basket there wore
J plenty of good things to eat. Mr. and
Mrs. Walker have lived on the old
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i NcMspnticr That filK3 The News Flftytno Wtiks Each Yrar !:or $1.50
KBD CLOUD, N HltRASIvA.
Wullu'i hntucsio id for n good mimy
joins timl will be gicatly missed wlioii
I hey Ii'iimj tlu ticighhmhnod.
good wishes of their fiieiuls no
tlii'iu to there new home
Tliti
with
GARMIiLI)
Chits. Si-hull A
sister (sited
with
him Sumliiy.
i hm li-y Cmnpl c'l shipped n cur of
hi. I sis to tin- St. .lot" IlltMltcl Wednes-
!"'IJ. '
Mis (iisieucr Stiiuscr mis I ui-n on
the sick list I'or u fi-w ihijs hut is .some
belter now.
George Smith inadi-a trip over tlie
liver Saturday night to 1M. Senton'-s
and he came homo Sunday.
Thoie was no mail on wind mill row
on Monday. On account of bad roads
the cairler did not dclhur mall.
Al Smith, Will Fisher, Guy Ilarnes
and Chas. Schultz were shoveling snow
and braking the roads on wind mill
iow Monday.
Mr. Gilmore had i sale last Monday
and now he has sold his laiiii. He ex
pects to have another sale in the noir
fiituro and close out everything.
There was no school in lMst.M Mull
day moi nin on account ot the school
to'ichei-' being snow bound in 'lied
Cloud and -o ild not get nut until Mon
day situ rnoon.
The s.ile at John Jackson's last Fri
day was well al tended and stuir sold
mettv iriii)d lie expects to load his
em anil go io v. omrniio inc. msi 01 me
week and try farming out thoie.
The wolf hunt in (!iu field and Line
last Thursday was u grand success.
Thoie was a huge ctow-d piescnl and
they kept good lines. They killed
two wolves and a lot of crows in the
i omul up.
One of the woist lli.inls that has
visited this pint of Nebraska stiuck
Garfield on Sunday morning and lasted
for about L'l bonis and it snowed and
bio wed vol y lleico. It was hard on
stock and drifted the roads full and
blow ed the snow oir from tho level
ground, filled the hollows which m ide
Garfield look like a level country.
Citizens Convention
The Citizens of Rod Cloud aio here
by called to meet in the Court House
Wednesday evening, Match Oth., at 8
o'clock for the purpose of placing in
nomination cundidates for city otllces
as follows:
One Mayor
OnoCleik.
One Tu usurer.
One Hugincer.
One Police Judge.
Two Cotiiiciiinen 1st waul.
'iw Councllnien '2nd waul.
Two members of the school board.
F. W. Cowdi.n, Chaii man.
Current 'lurried On Bladen Linn Tuesday
The llhu'eu-Uliio Hill light and pow
er lino has been completed, and our
lent was tinned on the line Tuesday
eve ingfortho (list time. O.ving Io
some slight mist-omit etions in lEIadeu
the light could be used only in pin! of
thcloAii, but these ilifllcultit s wore
' later adjusted and tho line Is now In
excellent working outer. Them me
something over seventy p'ltrons wired
up at llladeu to use light, and the
(own is coveted with about thiity
Btieet lights similar to our own. They
als-o have a UO-lior&e power motor to do
their pumping with. In oi dor to cany
tlie euirent with the least possible loss
this distance it is raised to G000 volts
thiough high voltage transformois,
and then reduced to 110 tolls at the
llladeu station. The combined cm rent
used by both towns (loos not scorn to
tiouble tho plant hoie in tho least, In
deed it carries it just as easy as before
Bladen was tinned on. The dynamo
is entirely capable of carrying all the
current needed for both places and
with some to spare. ltlue Hill Leader.
For Sale.
Jack 3 years old weight about 000 lb
Illack with white nose and body, Well
built. John C. Rose, Uluo Hill Nebr
Fon Sale -Old papers at this ofllce,
FHliKUAWY i-, IJHii.
W. T. Auld Becomes
President of Bank
Llncsln Financier liii) n (Controlling lu
ll rM lii Ccrii C.t !tni:'i: Kr-i.k.
Negotiations w,,,,.,,, ..eluded j!-si,.-.
tiny otto noon to, tl purchase ti,
continuing iutcMst in tin- Com I -.
change hunk of Onriliu liy V. T. Auhl,
recent I iiivsldont ot the I'ilv National
h.nik .,f Um-olii. Mi- Anlit iilll IH..K.
to Oimihii at once mid assume active
charge of his interests In this i-lt.
The diiei toiato will not ho u1iiiiiim1
with tin- except inn nl tin- piesideney,
which will be given to Mr. Auhl.
Josi ph Hayden will leslgn fioin that
position, but will continue to act as a
inemberof the boaid of dheelors, The
chauge conies as a lelief to Mr. Hay
don, who says that ho has been un ler
such an extreme press of business and
the management of the bank has do
miiuded too much of his time.
Tlie piesent ollleeis of the bank me:
Joseph Hayden, piesident; .1. W.
Thomas, 'u.e pi es'ident; W. C. lit win,
cashii'i ; 'Thomas 13. Mcl'lieison, .lames
LaugHii, IM. Myer, J. C. Knot and t".
II. 1'iekelis diiectois.
Mr. Auhl has been one of the promi
nent mm in wi tern bulking circles
for many J ems and has etensivc in
tenuis in the slate at this time He
is president and owns condolling in
teustslu the State Hank at Red Cloud,
the 'tank uf Guide Rick and the Ci-ii-
' ti-s.'.Viiiiiiital H'ink of Ke.nni-v. He
also owns considerable stock in a
number of other hanking institutions
throughout this stale and Colorado.
Twelve jiars ago Mr. Auhl oiuauied
the City National Dank of Lincoln w 1th
a capltali'ition or 100,C00, which was
later incieased foJ.'iO.OOO. A lew dnjs
ago ho sold his intoiest for a bonus of
SIUOO.OOO to Mr. Dunn, tho cashier of
the City National. Mr Auhl enjoys
the distinction of louniliii'.' and devel
oping one of tho most poweiful bank
ing organizations in tho state. Tues
day's Omaha World Horald.
Nebraska Merchants To
Strive For Prizes.
Omaha Neb., Feb. 20th. When the
mtail merchants of Nebraska moot in
annual convention in Omaha on March
1'2 to II, they will havo an oppoi Utility
to compete for a long list of special
prizes which hae been offered The
prizes include a load scraper, a pair of
hoi hi; blankets, a horse collar, an auto
vane, and a big supply of hog powdei ;
also an Incubator.
Tlie pii.es will be awaided to local
associations throughout the state.
The road scraper will bo glum Io the
association, which alllllates with the
state organic it ion which can give the
best reason why it should have it in
its good ro'ids Improvement, woik.
The awards will bo made by a commit
tie, appointed from the association
'The other prizes will le given to
local ii'-snuluilt Us to bo Used us piis
bt the winning ni'iehiints dunng
their cu opi ntho Imigtiin day miIih,
which me becoming quite a featuu- in
NebiasUn.
All pii.es me 1 1 lie a aided to funn
els in the sections of the state, wheie
the winners live. The pi izes.ue donat
ed by l'eiin F Fodiea, seetetary of the
Fedeuitlon of Nebuislm IMiiilcis.
The Omaha metchants mid jobbeis
have arranged for a big banquet on
Wednesday night, Mm eh Kith. 'This
feist will be held at the Hotel Koine,
homlqiiarteis ot tho association, after
which tho visitois will be entei tallied
atatheatio pmty at the Orphoum
Theatre.
Meieliants fioin all pints of Nebias-
ka will attend the convention. Iuvltu-
tlons sent out by the Coiuineicial Club
of Omaha to all members of tho assocla
tion aro meeting with hoai ty responses.
The jobbeis of Omaha are aiianging
a bigentertainmeiitforTuesday night.
This will be lu the nature of a sur
prise. The committee in chargo is Buy
ing nothing) but sawing wood. 'I he
members declare, however, that they
will enteitain tlie merchants in a way
that will make them glad they came.
The list of speaker's for 'tlie convent
Ion iiichiiU-s II, ,. Wurl of Halts
mouth, Nnh , ,1. W. .Sehccr of droolcy.
.los C Ziiunioi or of A o'n, A W
' Hawkins-of Not folk, K.A. Miirmy ol
Kaenna,0 ('. .lolins of itianil Island,
I1' II II. in-lay of Pawnee City, Stanton
' Allen ol Wollini'li. C !'.. 11, li'u.it nfW'v
,,.!. mi.l.l W. lVuiliif Miller,
.,.11M, ,,, ,,,, ui (list..lsM ,llu.sl.
11U f , t.,,1 i...... .,.,,.. n... 1,,.i,1,t.1.1
I IllO 1 t ' Mill IIIH II F IIH- im I ItllllWIlt
, (ow Cold affi r.t.s tin: Hlttncis
i Avoiil t iking i'ohl if t(iur liiliu-ys
me siuslt,e. Cold cougists the kid
nejs, thiows too much w.nk upon
them, and weakens their action, mm i
ous liidney tiouble and even Dibit's
disease may lesult. St lengthen y.iiir
klduejs, get lid of the pain and sum
ness, build them up by tho timely uso
of Foley Kidney Fills. Tonic in act
ion, quick in icsults. Sold at. Dr.
Cook's drug sloie.
The Vamplrr.
Asplajed by I he l.ockcs teaches a
gieat moial lesson. It is a poweiful
play, full of the most intense, absoib
iug, hemt inteiest, built around a plot
of unusual sticuuth. Thoie is a ciu
of delighttiil humor iiinuitu thuuigh
it. Delia l.oeko who pot ti ays the title
idle Is an actress ol fine histiiouie'
power, and invests the chaiacter with
tho eiy highest possibilities making
the play compelling and poignantly in
teiestlng: taking enough tinth from
reality to make it plausible, and enough
loiuiuee from fiction to make it faci
nating. 'At the opeia house S-miutiy
night, March '2nd.
Sa.il Com.
I will not have seed com on display
as adveitised 'J he supply ol seed
com will be limited thisspuug, ami if
you hae to buy you can get seed corn
ft out the linn mentioned below. If
you order please mention my name.
Vic It R. Spiinger
VAI!IEIIi:.S.
IlOo 1)11. King or tho Rarlies (.fellow )
n('() liu 11 Ido or the North (Yellow )
10H0 bu. Impioved Leaming (Yellow)
IlOObu Iowa Gold Mine (Yellow.)
ItOOO bu. Champion White I'eail.
loon bu. Iowa Silver Mine.
1000 bu. Wisconsin White Dent.
1000 bu. Wliile Cap Yellow Dent.
Frlces with sack 82.00 per bushel.
Ten bushel lots 81.D0 per bushel; 20
bushel lots SI. 80 per bushel, f. o. b.
Waterloo, Nebr.
Casli with ordei'. We cannot open
accounts.
.1 C ROIIINSON HRRH CO,
Waterloo, Nebr.
Suppose You Should Burn Out To-Night!
Are You Insured Against Loss?
We represent four of the Largest American Insurance
Companies whose assets aggregate over $75,000,000,00.
M. W. CARTER & SON.
now in Opera Mouse Block, Red Cloud, Nebraska.
Offic
D. D. Sanderson, M. D.
Pnysician and Surgeon
onico in Moon Block
Hell, Ulaok 1; Ind., lD.'i
Residence, Royal Hotel. 4
Hell, 17-, Ind., 27
Calls Answered Day or Night
linn cloud, ni:ii.
Foley Kidney Pills will cure any case
of kidney or bladder trouble not be
yond the reach of medicine. No modi
cine can do moro. Sold at Dr. Cook's
drug store.
WldM'8 PeiMlM.
Tho recent act of April lOtb, 11308
gives to all soldiers' widows a pension
19 nur month. Vreil Mnnrnr thn
- 'attorney, has all necessary blanks.
NUMBER 9
When You Read
Our Ads.
Y want you to take
literally. Helievc just
them
what
t hey say discount nothing.
What wo tell you in tho
paper is just what we would
tell you over the counter. Our
guarantee alwajs "Satisfac
tion or Your Money Hack."
We are looking for your
continued patronage and once
tried always used.
The only way to get your
continued patronage is to do
what we say and say what
we do.
If you have not yet proved
this to be a satisfactory store
at which to trade there is a
pleasure awaiting you.
Newhouse Bros.,
F. 11. Newhouse, Prop
C, II
& (J Watch Inspeetois
Kcndy V.'ith Suggestion.
, A i-iptrlntetiilont ot a city Sunday
. cftnei oHU-avored to give tho Hummer
meetings milled attrncthene.ss. Upon
a certain waun Sunday lemonade was
3crvcd At tlie t-loso of tho sorvlco tlio
superintendent announced that slips
of paper would ho passed round and
tho pupils nllowed to mnko raiggcs
tlona as to methods of making tho
meetings still more attractivo. Ono
joungstcr wrote: "Put moro sugar in
the lemonade."
This Book Worth Reading
The Adler-I kubook, telling how you
canHASlLV guard against appendic
itis, and how you can lelleve consti
pation or gas on the stomach almost
INSTANTLY, Is offered Tree for a
short time by C. I. Cottlug, Druggist.
For Sale
One Reglstcicd Black Fercheron
Stallion, age 5 years, weight lu fair
flesh about '2100, good heavy flat bone
and good action. This is one of tho
best, diaft hoises In Webster county at
a bin gain if taken soon.
W. U. Wondiuily, Inuvale, Neb.
J. C. SLOSS
Wall Paper, Paint and
Varnishes.
Room Mouldings, Pict
ure Framing, Pictures
and artist Material,
The Only Exclusive Store.
DR. CHAS. E. CROSS
DKNTIBT
OVER STATE lANK
Red Cloud
Nebraska
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