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\ THIRTEENTH YEAR. McCOOK, RED WILLOW COUNTY, NEBRASKA. FRIDAY EVENING. MAY 28, 1894. NUMBER t. 'Windmills, Pumps and Reservoirs. If the experiments now being made in the way of irrigating by water pumped into reservoirs from wells from wind mills shall prove successful, as seems to be altogether probable, there is no doubt but that this manner of irrigating will be quite generally practiced. It is claimed that such pumps as are used by Messrs. Fowler and’Gerald Wilcox on their farms south of the city are capable of doing wonderful things in the way of elevating water into reservoirs. The making of reservoirs is not an expensive operation, and the cost of pump and mill is not great. So that, we say, if the results are anything in proportion to the expectations this will become a popular way of irrigating, even in the valley. And the Meeker ditch will not soon, we fear, be as generally used as the company fondly and naturally hopes. The people of McCook, who donated $10,000 to aid in building the ditch, con not help feeling disappointed that so few comparatively are using water from the ditch. Some inquiry among those un der the ditch in this vicinity discloses the feeling among the farmers that the water rights are too high and the con ditions too binding to warrant the use of •water. While we are not fully prepared to discuss the theory, we do, with others who favored voting bonds, lament that •every available acre under the ditch is not under irrigation, and that the pros pects are not more roseate for an early realization of that hope. And, at the risk of having our water tax doubled again, we will venture the hope that the ditch company will be as liberal as is consistent with sound busi ness principles, and that all reasonable means be employed to encourage the most general use of water possible. A Disastrous Freeze. In common with all the north and northwest country this section was vis ited by a severe freeze, last Friday night, and much damage was done to fruit, garden truck, flowers etc. The damage runs in strips and localities, and was much heavier on the low than on the uplands. It was one of the most severe freezes this country has ever experienced in mid-May, and will largely reduce the unusually bright prospect for fruit. The severity of the freeze puzzles the old settlers on account of the fact that the ground is so dry. Word from the Beaver country is to the effect that the freeze was very dam aging over there. The foliage of trees, the alfalfa, andsoforth, being embraced in the chilly disaster. Fruit, flowers, hedges and garden truck were sufferers to a greater or less •degree throughout the city. But rain and warm weather will bring out alljright much that seems to be dam aged badly even. A Successful Revival. During the past winter and spring re vival meetings have been in progress up on the Willow under Rev. Vivian of the Methodist church and the number of conversions all told we are informed has reached about eighty souls. So that the baptismal occasion at the mouth of Spring ereek, last Sunday afternoon, drew out a company of at least 600 peo ple. Of this number perhaps 30 were from McCook, the remainder being from all over that neighborhood for many miles around. There were five immer sions and thirteen baptisms by sprink ling. The preaching services were con ducted in the grove on the Willow by Rev. Vivian. A basket picnic in the grove added to the occasion—and they do say that the women up in that vicin ity beat the world in cooking. Object to the Income Tax. The board of directors of the McCook ' Co-operative Building and Savings Asso ciation at their meeting on Monday even ing of this week, instructed 'the secre tary to prepare and forward to. our rep resentative in congress a remonstrance .against the clause in the income tax bill regarding building associations, which they think should be exempt from such taxation. _ Writing paper in boxes very cheap at his office._ A nice variety of ink and pencil tab lets at this office. Remember, if you want an abstract, that C. T. Beggs is a bonded abstracter. Wanted—A good girl to do general house workin a family of three. Inquire at E. R. Curtis’ home or shop. Fifteen (15) cents will buy a box of nice writing paper at this office, con taining 24 sheets of paper and 24 envel opes. _ You will find all the fruits, berries and vegetables, in season, at Noble’s. And they will be the freshest and best the market affords. Shop Lifters Caught. On Monday Mrs. Carrie Rosser of No. 105 Monmouth street was arrested for shop lifting and at a hearing before Squire Kelley plead guilty and was sentenced to imprisonment in the coun ty jail for five days—sentence being sus pended for the present on account of the illness of a young child of the woman. A. M. Drew of The Fair complained to the police that he was being robbed. Suspicion pointed to certain women, and on last Saturday evening while they were in the store, they were watched and seen to appropriate certain articles. On Monday morning a search warrant was issued and the Rief premises, No. 105 Monmouth street, were searched, with the result that a large amount of stolen property was brought to light. On the following morning other property was recovered in a like manner, and it is stated that during Monday night a con siderable amount of plunder must have been burned, as fires were kept going in the house all night long. The women were provided with regu lar shop-lifters’ dresses with concealed bags, pockets etc., and the police think they have run into a nest of profes sionals. The police are to be congratulated upon their work in this case. McCook has suffered too much recently from house-breakers and shop-lifters, and we hope this will in a large measure at least put an end to it. Obituary Notice. Died, May 21st, 1894, Sarah J., eldest daughter of Mary J. and the late J. Neill, aged 22 years, 1 month and five days. She leaves a mother, two brothers and two sisters, and a host of friends to mourn her loss. The deceased was as sailed a few months ago by that dread disease, consumption. After weeks of patient suffering she gave up the strug gle for life and is at rest. Her mother, brothers and sisters and other friends were by and tried to allevi ate the pain of the sufferer as best they could; they could go no further than the brink of the cold stream, but a bet ter and truer friend led her across to that land where no wasting disease en ters in, and where friends never part. Take comfort, Christians, when your friends In Jesus fall asleep; Their better being never ends, Why then dejected weep. Why inconsolable as those To whom no hope is given, Death is the messenger of peace That calls the soul to heaven. Possible Litigation. While at Indianola, Monday, the writer heard rumors to the effect that some parties on the Willow above the Holland dam proposed to dam the creek at various places and use the water for irrigating purposes. This would of course render the Holland ditch prac tically valueless. While we are not posted as to the amount and manner of Mr. Holland’s appropriation of the Wil low, we would advise the gentlemen con templating appropriating the water above his right to seek good legal advice before spending much money or time in the making of dams, ditches or laterals. It seems to us quite clear that Holland’s prior appropriation and investment is entitled to some protection in equity, whatever other legal or other complica tions may arise. _ Irrigation will natur ally bring considerable litigation as to rights, property, etc., but it were wise to take soundings before venturing in too deep. It Discounts Prohibition. “There is a little public house That everyone can close; It is the little public house Just below the nose.” It has rained both east and west of us. Our turn next. A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Kapke, Saturday. Mrs. S. Adams is suffering with a pain ful abscess in one of her hands. One of Max Eppler’s children is sick with inflammation of the bowels. The freeze last Friday night was hard on garden truck and tender flowers. The wind of last week blew off the trees and bushes a large amount of fruit. John F. Helm of Red Willow shipped a car of hogs, Monday, from Indianola station. One man on the Willow claims to Wave lost ioo bushels of apples by the freeze of last Friday. We hear it stated that covers for ioo wagons were sold in Bird City, Kansas, in one day recently. There was a large crowd at the mouth of the Willow Monday seining for fish just below where the dam of the Holland ditch is located. RELIGIOUS MATTERS. There will not be any Episcopal ser vices on Sunday morning or evening. Rev. Durant will be in Arapahoe. No services in the Methodist church, Sunday morning. In the evening Rev. J. T. Roberts of Curtis will occupy the pulpit. No services in the Lutheran church. Sunday morning. Elder McBride will deliver the Memorial sermon at Bart ley. The evening service will be held under Christian Endeavor auspices. Union services will be held in the Congregational church next Sunday. Rev. J. T. Roberts, of Curtis, will deliver the Memorial sermon. Special music will be rendered by the Methodist church choir. At the regular business meeting of the Christion Endeavor society of this city, the following officers were elected for the ensuing six months: C. T. Watson, president; Miss Clara LeHew, vice pres ident; Miss Emma McBride, recording secretary and treasurer; Miss Olive Rittenhouse, corresponding secretary. There wil be no meeting at 7 o’clock next Sunday evening on account of the missionary meeting at 8. The Christian Endeavor society here, assisted by the Red Willow society, will give the following missionary pro gramme in the Lutheran church, Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. Good music. Ev erybody invited: The Biblical Reason Why, J. Longnecker Missions in Madagascar. .Miss Florence Thompson Missions in Japan.Russell McMillen Missions in China.Howard Finity Missions in India, Miss Hannah McBride The Measure of Responsibility. . C. T. Watson Communicated. The young man who goes bicycling on Sunday with an awful doubt in his mind as to its rightness must be profoundly grateful if he finds himself able to dis mount with enough of the original hu manity left to enable him to say I am I. That he should so far have degenerated that even the idea of a Sunday ride could occur to him, while being pardonable, is open to severe criticism. That his watch chain was broken at the very start should have prevented further des ecration of the Sabbath, and served as a warning. What wonder then that, per sisting in his recklessness, the “safety” capsized? What wonder that the only escape from the wreck was to cut away part of his Sunday pantaloons? What wonder that when he mounted for the third—and last time—the chain broke? What wonder that he walked home! The only wonder is that the warning coming so seldom is never heeded. But we think in this case experience will not fail to teach. A Family Row. Monday morning, Mrs. John Petersen of the Union hotel had her husband ar rested under the charge of threatening to do her bodily harm. Squire Berry heard the case, and as Petersen stated in open court that he would have killed her if he could have gotten to her, the Squire lifted up his voice and put Peter sen under $300 bonds to keep the peace. After going to Indianola with Deputy Sheriff Babcock to repose in Castle Banks, Petersen changed his mind and provided the required bonds. The diffi culty between the couple seems to be over the presence of a young man named Newton Beggs in the hotel. The hus band objects and the wife favors. There is a probability that the family linen may be aired at the coming term of the district court. At present writing Mrs. Petersen and Mr. Beggs are holding the fort and Mr. Petersen is visiting up in Frontier county. And the end is not yet. _ Flowers For Decoration Day. The committee on decoration of the Grand Army of the Republic request all citizens who have flowers to spare to kindly donate them for decorating the graves of the soldiers who are buried in Longview cemetery. Please be as gen erous as possible in the matter, and bring the flowers to the opera house. The teachers and pnpils of the public schools are especially requested to help in this sacred duty of gathering flowers for the soldier dead. All flowers should be brought to the opera house, where they will be taken care of. An Invitation to Celebrate. McCook, Neb., May 25, 1894. To the Mayor and City Council and All Civic Societies and Fire De partment of Said City:— You are most cordially invited by |j. K. Barnes Post, No. 207 G. A. R., to participate in the sevices on Decoration day and show due respect for the hon ored dead of our grand republic. Sidney Dodge,) _ m J. A. Wilcox, f Com PEOPLE YOU KNOW. J. M. Kanouse has been granted a reissue of pension. Lawyers Norris and Jones were over from Beaver City, Monday. Mrs. Orville Burnett has been visiting her mother at Hastings. Sheriff and Mrs. Banks were with us of the valley’s finest yesterday. J. H. Bayston, county superintendent, was a business visitor, Saturday last. Miss Blanche Sherman has return ed to Red Cloud after a visit to friends here. Banker Hupp had business in In dianola Monday and in Lebanon on Tuesday. Rev. P. S. Mather was up from the county seat yesterday on busiuess of the the cloth. Charlie Spencer came up from Re publican City, Monday night, and may remain here. Mrs. Delos Griggs and son Bert have arrived in the city from Engle wood, Illinois. W. H. Wadsworth, Indianola’s lead ing hardware merchant, was a city vis itor, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Spearman ar rived home Tuesday night from their Chicago visit. Mrs. Smith, of Denver, formerly Mrs. Orme of our city, has been in the city part of the week. John Dunbar, a former citizen of McCook, died at Stratton last Friday morning of dropsy. Mayor Kelley joined his family at Kirwin, Kansas, yesterday, and will not be back until Sunday night. Mrs. C. B. Rowell has been down at Hastings since Snnday on account of ill ness in her son’s family there. James Hatfield arrived from De catur, Illinois, last Friday night, to look after his heavy interests here. C. F. Babcock, John Petersen, H. P. Waite and A. E. Baker were business visitors at the county-seat, Monday. Miss Watson arrived, Monday night, from her visit home in Grand Island, and has resumed work in the office of P. A. Welles. Geo. W. Kaime, we understand, ex pects to go to Chicago soon to take a position. George is an exceptionally fine accountant. Good luck to him. E. C. Ballew and J. S. LeHew ar rived home, Wednesday night, from OMaha, where they have been as wit nesses in the case of the moonshiners. Miss Graham is the guest of her sis ter, Mrs. A. P. Welles. She arrived from the east Tuesday night, and is on her way to Colorado on a visit to another sister. REV. H. L. Preston will leave on next Monday for Baxter, Iowa, to par ticipate in the celebration of the golden wedding anniversary of his parents. On his way back he will attend the annual meeting of the Congregational Home Missionary society in Omaha. J. E. Kelley was in Omaha a brief while, Tuesday, at the meeting of the Republican state central committee. Hon. J. C. Allen represented the 29th district as his proxy. Mr. Kelley re ports an enthusiastic gathering of Re publicans from all over the state. Rev. Newton, late a Baptist mission ary in this section of the state, formerly pastor at Sidney, Nebraska, and for a year previous a missionary among the slaves of the Indian territory, lectured on his experience in the territory at the Lutheran church, Sunday evening. It was amusing and not without interest. The reverend gentleman is on his way back to Massachusetts on account of the field being unable to support him longer at this unfortunate time. Will Be Represented. At the special meeting of the McCook Republican Club held in the city hall, Wednesday evening, the following del egates were chosen to represent the club here at the state meeting of Republican clubs to be held in Lincoln on Tuesday, June 12th, namely: E. H. Doan, C. W. Knights, J. C. Allen, F. M. Kimmell, C. F. Babcock. President J. P. Lindsay and Secretary H. H. Troth are also en titled to seats in the state league meet ing by virtue of their offices. It is ex pected to make this a rousing meeting. It will be largely attended and much enthusiasm developed for a Republican victory in Nebraska, this fall. The National Republican League meeting will be held in Denver on Jnne 26th. Delegates to this will be selected at our state meeting. The wind blew steadily for five days beginning last Saturday, the worst five consecutive days ever known in 'his county-We believe that if every farm er who has a draw on his land had built a dam and thus made a reservoir and a small lake of water there would be less damage from these periodical drouths in these west-Missouri regions_If windmills . were cheaper or as cheap as they should be farmers could put up enough to irrigate on a small scale. Or if there were some means devised for damming the wind and putting it to use in getting the water out of the ground and on top of it this would be the finest country in the world. The way people damn the wind now does no good.— Hastings Tribune. On July 1st a new money order system will go into effect by which both large and small sums can be transmitted by letter with absolute safety and at much less rates than are charged at present. With the issuance of a new money order the postal note will be abolished as there will no longer be any need of it. The fees charged for the new money orders will be as follows: For $2.50 or less, 3 cents; $2.50 to $5, 5 cents; $5 to $10, 8 cents; $10 to $20, 10 cents; $20 to $30, 12 cents; $30 to $40, 15 cents; $40 to $50, 18 cents; $50 to $60, 20 cents; $60 to $70, 25 cents; $75 to $100, 50 cents. Every young man ought to have for his first ambition the purpose to get a home and a trade and a business after leaving school. To do this he must avoid tobacco, drink and dissipation of every kind, saving his money up for a home or a business. This is the way the most successful men have done. Too many young men begin life by try ing to out-dress, out-smoke, and out-run in extravagance, their employers. Young men have earned good salaries and lived it all up and when hard times come have nothing. This is largely why there are so many homeless men on the roads now'. “The way to make windmill irrigation a success is to keep it in operation every day in the year” said County Surveyor Lamb to the Bee. “The autumn season is a splendid time for soaking up the ground and during the winter the ap plication of water to the soil renders it in fine shape for spring cultivation. Farmers who intend to raise crops next year by using windmill irrigation should have their irrigation system completed and in operation by the first of Septem ber.”—Benkelman Bee. Horsemen are becoming interested in the new “starter” which has been in vented for the purpose of getting the horses off in a bunch instead of scoring for an indefinite time with ansatisfac tory and irritating results. It is a net ting hung across the track. The horses are brought up to it, and when all are ready it is whisked up out of the way, leaving a clear track. If it does not frighten the horses it is believed that it will make a revolution in the starting of large fields of racers. The entertainment given by Elba Wright and May Dawson in the opera house Tuesday evening, under the aus pices of the A. O. U. W. band, was fairly well attended and enjoyed. The band boys played very nicely, both on the street and in the opera house. They realized a small sum for the band treas i ury. E. T. Maddux recovered his team at Norton, Kansas, where they had been left by Lovelle Clyde, who fled from the city, last Friday a week ago. The boy’s father reimbursed the German who was knocked down and robbed of some $67, that night, in the saloon. The young son of Mr. and Mrs. Brace fell out of one of the rear windows of the Smith building on Main avenue, Mon day, but seems to have escaped injury entirely,—although the distance was considerable and he fell on the wooden sidewalk at that. It is remarkable, says the Ulysses Dis patch, how the young man who can’t raise money enough to pay his board can raise the stuff to buy a galvanized bicycle with wooden rims and nickle plate. _ Last Sunday, Mitchell Clyde was shot in the foot while up on the Willow in company with a female of the town. The doctor removed the bullet and he will likely be around again in a short time. Josh Billings once remarked: “Fools are divided into three classes—common fools, particular fools and dumed fools; but occasionally you find them all in one, a common, particular dumed fool.” The county premium list is now in preparation at this office. Send in your advertisements at once. Don’t delay. The list will be printed in a week or two at longest._ Frank Everist shipped some cattle into Omaha, Tuesday, from this point. THE SCHOOLS. SCHOOL DECISIONS. State Superintendent of Public In struction Goudy has officially promul gated a number of important decisions affecting school interests in Nebraska. The following is a synopsis of each de cision. 1. There is no statute requiring the paymeut of school district orders in the order in which they are drawn. 2. A contract signed by two members of the school district board, without a meeting of which all members have had due notice, is the individual contract of the members signing such contract. The contract with a teacher is made an exception to this. See 4 Neb. 2<>4 and 13 Neb. 70. 3. When a board employs a man to teach the school he has no right, except by the consent of the board, to put a substitute in his place, and not even with the consent of the board, unless such substitnte is a legally qualified teacher. 4. The minimum amount of school required must be taught by a legally qualified teacher in order to entitle the district to its share in the state appor tionment. 5. In connection with the new at tendance law it is held that children have free school privileges in one school district only at a time. If they elect under the new act to attend outside of their own district they carry their share of the state funds with them and forfeit for that school year all their rights to free school privileges in their own dis trict. They may not, under this act, alternate between two districts and claim rights in both. o. me Nebraska statute authorizes the drawing of interest upon “all war rants issued by the proper authorities of the state, county, city, town or other municipal subdivisions less than a coun ty.” Hut the supreme court lias held that the school district “is not strictly a municipality,” and that school district officers are not mnnicipal officers, thus making it clear that the statute does not authorize the payment of interest on school district orders. 7. The action of the voters at an an nual meeting as to the amount of school to be held the coming yeor is final, and may not be reconsidered at a special meeting. The board should make pro vision for the holding of school in ac cordance with said action, but in case the voters at said meeting fail to make pro vision for carrying on said amount of school, and there is no district money for this purpose, the board is not person ally liable for any loss of state apportion ment which may result to the district because of failure to hold the required minimum amount of school. In case such loss occurs because of neglect upon the part of the district board the members of the board may become personally liable to the district for the amount of said loss. 8. In measuring a district under the provisions of the new- attendance law the measurements should follow air lines, not section lines necessarily. 9. The district text books are in the care of the district board the same as other school district property, and are subject to the regulations of the board as to their use by the pupils at home or during vacation. 10. In regard to the disposition of a name which appears upon a petition for school district boundary, when the per son so named has changed his mind and does not wish to appear upon the petition or remonstrance, it is held that the per son has entire right to remove or give authority for the removal of his name from the petition. It is held that all interested parties shall have ample op portunity to express their wishes in this matter at any time previous to the tak ing of action upon the petition. The picnic Saturday last caused a few of the children to be on the sick list Monday. The “special helpers’’ will indulge in a picnic, next Saturday, at Longnecker's grove down near Red Willow. The children of the sixth grade par ticipated in a picnic in McManigal’s grove near the water works, last Satur day. The seventh and eighth grades peo ple indulged in similar delights at Fitch’s grove southwest of the city. A daughter of Widow Neill, of Raw lins county, Kansas, was buried in Long view cemetery of this city on Wednes day afternoon. The deceased was a former pupil of our public schools, but has been teaching lately. She died on Monday of consumption. The father died of the same disease about the time of his arrival and taking up his home stead. His remains and those of a grandmother repose in Longview. The water bubbling up at the corner of Main and Dudley the other day at first created the impression of a possible break or leak in the water mains. In vestigation disclosed the fact that a gopher was responsible for the leak, the water coming from around the park trees, which were being irrigated. A number of McCook people were un fortunate in business relations with F. H. Selby of Cambridge to various sums. Fanners are rushing their hogs into market. Quite a proportion of the hogs are not ready for market, either. Fine and complete line of calling cards at The Tribune. Also order taken for engraved cards. Good writing paper ten cents a quire at this office.