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BARNETT LUHBER CO.
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F. M. KIMMELL.
OFflCJAL COUNTY PAPER.
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Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co.
Subscription , $1 a Year in Advance
Republican Primary.
The Republican voters of the city of Mc
Cook are requested to meet in the * city hall on
Thursday evening , Match i-jth , at 8 o'clock p.
m. for the purpose of placing in nomination
the following officers to he voted on at the
city election to be held April 2 , igoi :
One mayor.
One city e'tcrk.
One city treasurer.
One police judge.
One city engineer.
One councilman for I'-e ' First ward.
One councilman for the .Second ward.
T\\o members of the boaid of education.
( A. BAUNKTT , 1st ward , ist l'ie.
C. H. GRAY , 1st ward , 2d I're.
K.M.KATiniUN,2d waid.ist Pre.
, 2d ward,2d Pre.
J. PiERPONT MORGAN'S fee for art-ing
ing the big steel deal was a little over
$186,000 a day , but the gentleman who is
going to get only $800,000 a year salary
as president of the concern doesn't seem
to be kicking much Boston Transcript
SKVKKAL towns have put in cliitiis to
cover the expense of smallpox sieges
during the past two years , but the fact
thaf there is smallpox scattered all over
the state at the present time is likely to
prevent tin ? altan'pnce of any of these
claiuiSj inasmuch as i * w ' | 1(1 invite a
hundred siuiilat claims from other lo
calities ,
thirty-Ninth Ballot for Senator.
Allen . - . 47
Crounse > , . < . * . 9
Currie. . . . . . 16
Dietrich i
Harrington 3
Harlan I
Hitchcock 47
Hinsha w 24
Kinkaid 2
Martin 2
Meiklejohu 29
Morlan
Rosewater 15
Wetherald 2
Thompson , D. E 36
Thompson , W. H 3
SUGAR BEET ITEMS.
Sugar City , Colorado , in less than one
year grew from nothing to a city of over
2,000.
The sugar beet will return the farmer
more value for the same labor than an } '
crop he can plant.
A few acres of sugar beets will pay
your living expenses for the year. Your
other crops would be profit.
Eaton , Colorado , will make an effort ,
this year , to get. in 4,000 acres of beets
and possibl } ' secure a factor } ' .
"Don't carry your eggs all in one
basket , " is an old proverb , but true , and
as applied to farming don't depend on
any one crop. The man who has a di
versity of crops is the one who succeeds.
Make sugar beets one of your crops.
Mark Levy of that place says that
5 . some of the sugar beet contractors about
Hasting raised beets.last year.that tested
as high as 19 per cent. And the Amer
ican Beet Sugar Co. is making contracts ,
this year , for beets testing 14 per cent or
less at $4 per ton. With a premium of
25 cents per ton for each one per cent
higher grade , 19 per cent beets would
bring the raiser $5.25 per ton.
Advertised Letters.
The following letters were advertised
by the McCook post-office , March 3d ,
1901 :
Jno. B. Burt , Archie Ball ,
Ed. Bently , Harry Banker ,
Henry Campbell , Mrs. S. J. Cooley ,
Tim Gears. D. G. Divine ,
Mr. Duland , Mrs.HattieDavison ,
T Fenimore , Mrs. Nichols Grier ,
Geo. Henderson , Molly Hein ,
Mrs. SJ.Holbrook , Herman Joye ,
N. J. Niles , H. McDuuiitt ,
Mrs. Cal. Miggin , L. G. Phillips ,
R. E. Pussel , John Scbeffor ,
J. S. Tellers , W. Tyne.
In calling for these letters , please say
that they are advertised.
F. M. KlMMELL , Postmaster.
Farmer's Friend.
The hen , the farmer's friend , should be
Avell treated make money by using Mc-
Millen's Poultry Powder and Egg Pro
ducer.
CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS.
CATHOLIC Mass at 8 o'clock a. m.
High mass and sermon at 10:30 a. m. ,
with choir. Sunday-school at 2:30 p. m.
All are cordially welcome.
REV. J. W. HICKEY , Pastor.
SOUTH MCCOOK M. E Sunday-school
at 3 p. m. Preaching , Sunday evenings ,
at 7:30. Prayer-meeting
, every Thursday
f veiling at 7:30. All are welcome.
T , G. GODWIN , Pastor.
MKTHODIST Sunday-school at 10.
Preaching at n. Junior League at 3.
Epworth League at 7. Preaghing at 8.
Prayer-meeting on Wednesday evening
at 7:30. L. M. GRIGSBY , Pastor.
EPISCOPAL Services during summer :
Sunday-school at 10. Evening prayer
and sermon every Sunday at 8 o'clock.
Sunday morning service , also Friday
evening Litany , discontinued until fur
ther notice. Holy communion to be an
nounced. HOWARD STOY , Rector.
CHRISTIAN Bible-school at 10 a. m.
Preaching , ir a. in. and 7:45 p. m. En
deavor , 7. Prayer-meeting , Wednesday
evening. Morning subject : "Prophecy
Fulfilled. " Evening subject : "The
Source of Victory. " All are invited.
J. W. WALKER , Pastor.
CONGREGATIONAL Sunday-school at
10 a. in. Preaching at I r. Y. P. S.C.E.
at 6:45. Preaching at Soo. : Frayer-
meeting on Wednetday evening at 8:00.
Morning subject : "The Discipline 'of
Life. " Evening : "Two Unprejudiced
Witnesses , ' *
\V. J. TURNER , Pastor.
BAPTIST Sunday-school , 9:45 a. m.
Object lesson , 10:45. Sermon , II. B. Y.
P. U. , 7 p. m. , topic "A Castaway , " ist
Cor. 9 , 24-27. Myrtle Pate , leader.
Preaching , 7:45. Morning subject , "A
Good Soldier. " Evening subject , "Sin
and Its Results. " Coine and visit our
Sunday-school.
GEORGE L. WHITE.
The Methodist Sunday-school will give
a social on Friday evening , March I5th.
A good programme will be rendered and
refreshments served. A good time as
sured to all. Everybody invited. Ad
mission , ten cents.
Note changes in time of holding serv
ices in the Congregational church , both
in church and Sunday-school services.
Bishop Graves conducted services in
the Episcopal chapel , last Friday even
ing.
New Time Card , May 1 5.
A new time card will be effective on
the Burlington OH or about May 15.
The new card may make a number of
important changes in the service. One
change decided upon is to give patrons
of the line between Lincoln and Grand
Island better train service. It is pro
posed to run a local train out of Lincoln
in the evening. This train will run as
far as Alliance , and will return on the
time of No. 44 at present. A morning
train will be ruu from Lincoln to Grand
Island , returning to Lincoln in time to
connect with No. 12. This will give a
good local service between Lincoln and
Grand Island , and will enable people
living along the line to come to Lincoln
in the morning and return in the even
ing , or to come in the evening and re
main over until the next morning. The
Burlington , this spring , will place a fast
train in service between Denver and St.
Louis , and it is supposed that through
car service from Lincoln will be run con
necting at Table Rock. Lincoln Journal.
Resolutions.
We , the ladies of McCook Circle No.
33 of the G. A. R. , do extend our pro
found sympathy to our dearly beloved
sister Mrs. Mary Strine in her bereave
ment by the death of her father. And
we commend her to the care of our
Heavenly Father whose love is greater
than any earthly parent.
Resolved , That a copy of these be
given our sister and published in the
McCook papers.
BETTIE FRANKLIN.
AMANDA BERRY.
PHEBE P. JOHNSON.
Harmon Thompson had a lively ex
perience , Thursday , with a horse that
has been out in the pasture , this winter.
He went out in the country to drive the
animal to town , Thursday , but the
quadruped behaved itself so uncanny ,
jumping into dry-goods boxes and doing
sundry other pranks not down in the
horse-books , that Harmon decided to
ride the animal home. Which he did
much to Jake Artz's amusement.
President of the Burlington.
For nearly fifty years "The Burling
ton" has been an honored name at home
and abroad. In the minds of the com
munities which its growing lines have
served , of the multitudes whom it has
employed and of the investors holding a
single share or a thousand shares of its
stock , Burlington has stood for integrity ,
ability , liberality , progressive conservat
ism and conservative progressiveness in
its management , and its prosperity has
proved that a railway company , like a
man , may be honest and also succeed.
The little Aurora Branch railroad com
pany that started in 1849 to build a
strap-railroad between Chicago and
Aurora has grown into a vast system ,
reaching into a dozen states with its
8,000 miles of honestly built and fairly
managed lines , owned by 14,000 stock
holders , and it still maintains in the
eyes of all men that good name which ,
while better than riches , is not incon
sistent therewith. People have put
their money in Burlington slock , feeling
sure that it would be honestly managed
and bring a safe return , and they have
not been disappointed. To be at the
head of such a company is an honor that
may well satisfy any man's ambition ,
and large men have occupied that posi
tion. To name such men as C. G. Hammond
mend , Robert Harris , William B. Strong
and Charles E. Perkins , who have in
turn dominated its affairs , is to honor
both the road and the men.
After wearing the honors and bearing
the burdens of the presidency for twenty
years , Mr. Perkins has now put into
effect an intention of long standing , and
resigned. While continuing as a direc
tor and as one of the largest stockhold
ers , he preferred to surrender the active
direction to a younger man , and the
choice for his successor has fallen upon
Mr. George B. Harris.
Under the title of second vice-pres-
dent Mr. Harris has for several years re-
ieved Mr. Perkins from some of the
duties of the presidency , and his selec
tion , under all the circumstances , seems
the natural thing. Under the Burling
ton's organization the first vice-president
is also treasurer and the head of the
purely financial management. In that
field Mr. J. C. Peasley is at home and
content , and from it he could not well
be spared. Mr. Harris has had a differ
ent education , growing up from a clerk
ship through various branches of the j
construction and operating departments
to the position of general niatiager and
then of president of one of the Burling
ton's allied lines , and for the past ten
years vice-president of the entire system
and acting for the president as occasions
required. Thoroughly educated into the
requirements of the position , therefore ,
Mr. Harris's election to the presidency
means no change of ownership , control
or policy on the Burlington. It does not
mean that Morgan or Pennsylvania or
Hill or any other power has obtained
control of Burlington , or that Burlington
is to start on a new policy , in which ac-
quision of Northern Pacific , extension to
the Pacific Coast or any other revolu
tionary course has been determined on.
What may in the future result from the
movement toward "Community of inter
ests" nobody knows or dares to predict ,
but from present appearances no railway
company seems more likely to maintain
its autonomy than the Burlington.
It is always interesting to review the
steps by which a man has climbed to the
top round of success in his chosen call
ing. The career of George B. Harris
runs about as follows :
Born , Brookline , Mass. , 1848.
Became clerk in the office of his fath
er , George S. Harris , land commissioner ,
Hannibal & St. Joseph , 1866.
Clerk in treasurer's office and paymas
ter Hannibal & St. Joseph afterward.
Cashier land department Burlington
& Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska
at Lincoln , Neb. , 1870-75.
Secretary South PlatteLaud Company ,
Lincoln , Neb. , 1876-77.
Purchasing agent Burlington & Mis
souri River Railroad , Omaha , Neb. , 1878.
Superintendent and general agent ,
Atchisou & Nebraska Railroad , Atchison -
ison , Kas. , 1879-80.
Assistant general freight agent Burl
ington & Missouri River Railroad ,
Omaha , Neb. , 1880.
Purchasing agent Chicago , Burlington
& Quincy , Chicago , 1882.
Assistant to General Manager Atchison -
son , Topeka & Santa Fe , Topeka , Kas.
1883.
General manager Chicago , Burlington
& Northern , St. Paul , Minn. , 1884.
President Chicago , Burlington , &
Northern , St. Paul , Minn. , 1889.
Vice-president Chicago , Burlington &
Quiucy , Chicago , 1890.
Elected president Chicago , Burlington
& Quincy , February 20 , 1901.
Mr. Harris takes up his increased bur
dens with a robust physique , excellent
health , an enormous capacity for work ,
and ability to say no pleasantly , a broad
and kindly outlook upon the world and
a strong sense of justice and duty in the
relations of a great railway to the public.
The old policy which has made the Burl
ington alike respected and loved will
not be departed from by the new presi
dent. The Railway Age.
Farmers Get Ready.
Get ready for the spring campaign of
farming. Put your stock in good con
dition. Your horses will need a spring
tonic. Our condition powders will pay
you a big profit.
MCCONNELL & BERRY.
ADDITIONAL RAILROAD HEWS.
The pay-checks will be distributed on
the isth.
Leon Cassell , machinist's helper , is
quite sick , with lung trouble.
Flagman E. O. Scott has a vacation
of ten days without the asking.
Brakeinan R. J. Moore is visiting in
Franklin , today and tomorrow.
Conductor C. J. Snell is on the Imper
ial vice Conductor Gilcrest , sick.
John Kern of the boilermaker's gang
was given his time , first of the week.
Brakeinan Worth Humphrej' has gone
to Creston , Iowa , on a business visit.
General Sup't T. E. Calvert was in the
city , Thursday , coming in on No. i.
Conductor George Beck was up from
Oxford over Sunday , visiting the wife.
Brakeman C. A. Deloy , who has been
visiting in Alma for a week or two , re
turned to duty , Monday.
Brakeman G. R. Snyder returned to
duty , Monday , after a lay-off of Uvo
weeks on account of illness.
Switchman J. B. Weger , formerly in
the service at that place , was in town ,
Wednesday , meeting the boys.
Foreman D. A. Lucas of the round-
liouse will soon have a convenient office
in the shop. The carpenters are at work
on the same now ,
We understand that the Enginemen's
ball is a go , and that the Lady Maccabees
will serve the banquet. It will be for
the benefit of auditorium fund , and will
be a "corker. "
The work of filling in east of the ma
chine-shop and north of the blacksmith-
shop is beidg carried on. The ground in
this part of the yard has to be raised a
number of feet.
Conductor C. W. Bronson will depart ,
Tuesday next , for Omaha , to attend the
Scottish Rite convention and to take the
degrees of the rite. He will be gone
most of the week.
The tin and copper department has ,
this week , been installed in the flue de
partment of the blacksmith-shop. They
expect to have the flue department in
operation by another week.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
NOTICE TO PARENTS.
Classes for beginners will be formed
in the City Hall preparatory school and
in the South McCook school , Monday ,
March 4th , and parents who have child
ren whom they wish to enter schoolthis
spring , should send them on that day ,
These classes will be open for pupils to
enter , however , during the two weeks
following , or until March iSth , but it is
urged upon parents for the children's
good and the good of the school , not to
enter them later than that date.
G. H. THOMAS , Superintendent.
About twenty little tots have entered
the class of beginners at the City Hall
school.
The next meeting of the teachers of
Red Willow county will be held in
Indiauola , March 23rd.
The school board , at a meeting on
Monday evening , decided to give but
two days for the usual spring vacation ,
March aSth and 29th.
The following is the musical pro
gramme rendered at the High school as
sembly , this morning :
Morning hymn School
Song , "Alpine Horn' ' Choir
Piano solo Miss Bessie Peterson
Song"My Old Kentucky Home" .School
Vocal solo , "My Old New Hampshire"
Miss Nina Doan
March Miss Blanche McCarl
The party by James Wentz at the
home of his father , John Wentz , in West
McCook , Thursday evening of last week ,
was a very pleasant affair. The guests
consisted of the members of the
Twelfth grade to which James belonged ,
teachers and members of the present
Twelfth grade. The evening passed
happily with games , music and refresh
ments. James , it will be remembered ,
is now confined to his bed with a broken
leg.
Following is the report of the superin
tendent for the month ending on March
ist of all grades :
Number of boys enrolled 330
Number of girls enrolled 352 682
Transferred i
Withdrawn , but not re-entered. . 21 22
Present membership 660
Average daily attend'nce by boys.293
Average daily attendance by girls.295 589
Average number belonging 638
Per cent , of attendance on enroll
ment 86
Per cent , of attendance on num
ber belonging 92
Not absent during month 257
Half days absent 2081
Cases of tardiness 50
Number of persons tardy 31
Visits by superintendent 47
Visits by others 45
Church & Marsh are feeding a yard of
lee head of steers , which in due time
will find their way onto the block in
their meat market , so their many cus
tomers are assured of the best corn-fed
beef that can be produced. The firm is
wide awake to the needs and demands
of their trade.
It
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Drink less = = Breathe more.
Eat less = = Chew more.
Clothe less = = Bathe more.
Ride Iess = = Walk more.
Worry Iess = = Work more.
Write less = = Read more.
Preach Iess = = Practice more.
And then buy your Dry Goods , Groceries ,
Etc. at
McCook , Nebraska
And you will
Never regret i
I PRODUCE AS GOOD AS CASH.
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J Authorized Capital , $100,000.
Capital and Surplus , $60OOO
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\ GEO. HOCKNELL , President. B. M. FREES , V. Pros.
. F. LAWSON , Cashier. F. A. PENNELL , Ass't Cash.
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A. CAMPBELL , Director. FRANK HARRIS , Director.
$25.00 to California.
February 12 , 19 , 26.
March 5 , 12 , 19 , 26.
April 2,9,16,23,30.
Lowest rate in years.
Applies to San FranciscoLos Angeles ,
Sacramento , San Jose and pretty nearly
avery other important point in California.
Through tourist sleepers on all the
above dates get aboard at any station
in Nebraska at which train stops ; get off
it Los Angeles.
See nearest Burlington ticket agent , or
write J. Francis , General Passenger
Agent , Omaha , Nebraska. 4-19.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
; ays : There were rumors in Wall street
today about Union Pacific interests ac
quiring a large block of stock of the
Chicago , Burlington & Quincy. Both of
these stocks advanced in price in con
sequence of the rumor. A report pre
vailed in the exchange that persons iden
tified with the Union Pacific road had ac
quired 150,000 shares of Burlington stock
within the past few days. Some of the
Dldest shareholders in the Burlington are
said to have been approached recently
with a proposition-to exchange their stock
holdings for a new bond. While the
bond was not definitely described assur-
ince was given that it would bear inter
est equal to the dividends earned by the
Burlington stock.
Low RatesWest and North-West.
At a time of year when thousands will
take advantage of them , the Burlington
Route makes sweeping reductions in its
rates to the West and North-West to
Utah , Montana , Washington , Oregon
and British Columbia.
Dates : February 12 , 19 and 26.
March 5 , 12 , 19 and 26.
April 2 , 9. 16 , 23 and 30.
Rates are shown below :
To Ogden , Salt Lake , Butte , Helena - ? „ ,
"
ena , Anaconda and Missoulai" " *
To all points on the Northern Pacific - )
cific Ry. , west of Missoula , inI I
eluding Spokane , Seattle , Ta$25
coma , Portland , as well as Vancouver - I
couver , and Victoria , B. C.j
To all points on the Spokane Falls 1
& Northern Ry. , and the WashL $25
ington & Columbia river R. R. j
Never has the Pacific North-West been
as prosperous as now. Labor is in con
stant demand and wages are high. The
money-making opportunities are beyond
number in mines.lumber , merchandise ,
farming , fruit-raising , fishing , and all
the other industries of
a great and
grow
ing country. 4-19.
Literature on request free.
J.FRANCIS , G. P. A. ,
Omaha , Neb.
Wall-Paper ! Wall-Paper ! The great
est bargains ever offered are found at
Loar's.