I V Hj 5 r V i TWENTY FIRST YEAR The Opening1 Auspicious Tbo formal opening of tho McCook freo public library Inst Friday evening in tbo court bouse was auspicious in ovory particular There was a large at tendance of the people of the city and the interest shown promises weH for tho success of tho enterprise which has cost much of labor time and money in its successful launching Miss Radio Berry president of tho as sociation was the first speaker of the evening and she gave a historical sketch of the enterprise concluding her re marks by turning over to tho city the library Mayor C E Eldrod in behalf of tho city received tbo samo and replied to tho speaker in befitting words Theso somewhat formal addresses were followed informally by a number of citizens C II Meeker one of tho board of the directors J S LeHew Sylvester Cor deal Rov J J Loughran L E Cann and Rev F W Dean following in order named all uttering words of congratula tion and advice and urging the public to the fullest use and appreciation of the blessings offered by the freo public library Before and after tho brief program which was heard in the court room tho library was opened to tho visitors fori inspection ana it was a souruu ui suua faction to hear the words of commenda tion uttered as tho rows of books in fiction history science etc and tho dis play of magazines were inspected The library opens with an excellent selection of books and it is tbo purpose of the board of directors to add to the samo right along In a few years there is no reason to doubt but that the library will be one of the sources of the citys greatest pride STATE LIBRARY LOAN Traveling library No 7 has been shipped to the library and will be open to tho public upon its arrival Follow ing are the titles Wilderness Road Hiawatha Primer Benefactress llobinson Crusoe for LornaDoone Boys and Girls Lazarre Two Little Confcder Sky Pilot atcs Prisoner of Zenda Bovs Odyssey Xiight Freights StNicholas Christinas Forest Schoolmaster Book Gentleman From In- When Mollv Was Six diana Stories Mother Nature Search for an Infidel Told Her Children Trail of tho Sandhill Fifty Famous Stories Stag Retold Concerning Cats Lives of Poor Boys How They Succeeded WhoBecameFamous Alaska Century Book For Child Life in Colonial Young Americans Days Stories of Recollection of a icans for Little vato Americans This Country of Ours Magna Charta Stories L Great Salt Lake Trail Young American Tent Life in Siberia Aunt Marthas Corner Stories Cupboard Under the Lilacs Book of Verses For Fairy Tales Children Jolly Cat Tale Childs Christ Tales Advonturos of a Lobo Rag and Vixen Brownie TIRST BOOKS OUT WEDNESDAY The loaning of books was commenced on Wednesday and the demand has been active with numbers using the reading room advantages Millie Elbert is act ing librarian The Twenty First Annual Fair The twenty first annual exhibition of the Redwillow county agricultural so cietj will bo held in Indianola Septem ber 30th to October 3rd inclusive The Tribune understands that the society is making every effort within its means and with the material at hand to make the exhibition a worthy one and hopes the people of the country will give them a helping hand by making exhibits and by their attendance upon the meetings of the association on the above dates There will be the usual races and other attractions Write the secretaryBernard Hillers of Indianola for particulars From the Grand Master Workman McCook lodge No 61 A O U W will enjoy a visit from Grand Master Workman Jacob Jaskalek September 22nd As this is a regular meeting of the lodge a full attendance is desired Several candidates will be initiated Come out and hear Jake give a good J plain talk on Workmanship Gravel train Kills a Team The gravel train backing up from Re publican to Woodruff on the Oberlin line run into a livery team of Grove Hecht driven by Bert Waugh killing both horses and smashing the buggy The driver jumped and saved himself It occurred at the crossing near the old Farmer homestead Alma Journal Sep tember 5th Furniture For Sale Tcvo bed room suites two iron beds one couch one couch one woven wire cot one dining room table one Majestic range one base burner one platform swing glass fruit jars cheap Inquire off pvli MGrisgsby M E parsonage Postponed Until September 23 The opening of the star route from Culbertson to Imperial Ijas been post poned for some reason until Tuesday September 23rd It was to have been in operation on the 9th Pigs For Sale Thoroughbred Chester Whites In quire of J M Hammond five miles southwest of McCook Everything that is best in paints is found at Cone Bros New Jackets New Long Coats New Capes for ladies New Short and Long Garments for misses and children now showing at The Thompson D G Co Our handsome display of New Fall ShirtWaists now invites your attention We handle the celebrated Ideal Waists as heretofore the prettiest styles the most perfect ntting tne oest maae waists produced 50c to 350 The Thompson Dry Goods Co One price plain figures cash only J Who said Bed Comforts Theyre not worthy of the name unless made by The Thompson Dry Goods Co - 7 I MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE Mrs Bent L Hall is visiticg in Tuckaboo Missouri Perky Stone expects to leave for Le Claire Iowa Sunday Dr A P Welles spent a day or two at the Hastings reunion Lon Cone is preparing to build a resi dence on North Manchester J A Wilcox went down to Hastings Tuesday morningto attend the G A R reunion Dana R Fletcher and Georgie E Moon both of Bartley were recently wedded Commissioner D A Waterman of Lebanon was under tho doctors care last week Miss Ethel Pope will leave tomor row for Lincoln to enter the state university The Misses Ryan entertained the young ladies of tbo Awl Os club Tues day evenicg Miss Virgie Ludwick arrived home Saturday last from visiting relatives in the states capital Paul Anton has purchased the Pade residence and 8 acre lot of land just ad joining West McCook Mrs Anna French is here from Iowa visiting her daughters Mrs C I Hall and Miss Cora French C B Rowell who has been working up in Dundy county for a few weeks re turned home first of the week Mrs Henry Hanlein of Emporia Kansas has been visiting McCook rela tives and friends since last week Mrs M F Horrell and daughters are here for the winter guests of Mrs Hor rells mother Mrs M J Stroud Miss Sara Lowman returned from the east close of last week after mak ing her fall and winter purchases Mr and Mrs J H Grannis are now at home in their own residence just built one of the cosiest in the city Miss MimaV Richardson returned to Chicago close of past week after a visit of a week or two with her parents Mrs Howard Stoy of Rawlins Wy oming has been the guest of Mrs Marie Mundy since the latter part of last week G S Foxworthy representing the Country Publishers Co of Omaha was in the city Tuesday morningin the line of his duty Mr and Mrs Moore parents of Brake man R J Moore were up from Macon this state over Sunday to see the new grandchild Henry Walker is just home from visiting a few weeks in Boone Jefferson and other Iowa points He reports Iowas crop as a bumper Mr and Mrs William Long who have been spending the summer in Seattle Washington returned to the city on 14 Tuesday night Albert Berry has gone to Benkelman to clerk in one of the stores in Dundys capital George Meyer succeeds him in J A Wilcox Sons store Miss Margaret Evans was the pur chaser of the Stone farm last Saturday at the administrators sale of that prop erty The price was 1540 Mrs R HWilliams came down from Wauneta first of the week settling her daughter who will attend school here during the fall and winter term Miss Genevieve Feeny came up on 5 Sunday evening from Hastings and has resumed her position as trimmer in Lowmans millinery department C F Pade has purchased a lot and a half south of J H Grannis and will build a dwelling house thereon as soon as the preliminaries can be arranged T A Endsley and wife have returned to the city from Indianola and he is clerking for J H Grannis Mrs Balch and Mrs Leitch sisters are visiting Mrs Endsley Mr and Mrs L E Cann Miss Maud Cordeal C F Heber and J F White ford are feeding the elephants peanuts and drinking the alluring red lemonade at Holdrege today Mrs Gertrude Ingalls spent Mon day night in thecity on her way to Don iphan from visiting her daughter Mrs A S Campbell on the Kilpatrick ranch up in Chase county Miss Stasia Brady arrived home on 1 Sunday from an extended visit to different Illinois points and will assume her duties as teacher in the Spaulding district coming term Mrs L S Sage of Beatrice was the guest of her sister Mrs W S Morlan early in the week on her homeward way from a short Colorado visit She left for home on 12 Wednesday morning Mrs J C Birdsell of Dead wood is reported seriously ill She was taken from Deadwood to Spearfish this week hoping that a lower altitude might im prove her health Alliance Grip Sep tember 5th W B Fearn of McCook was in the city Monday visiting with relatives He left Tuesday morning for Missouri where he goes to visit a son whom he has not seen for seven years Red Cloud Chief September 5th Mrs A G Dole spent the close of last and tho first of this week in the city on her way to Missouri Valley Iowa where she will make her home She had been making her son Harry a short visit at Eaton Colorado to make the acquaintance of her new daughter Mr and Mrs Albert Barnett and daughter Miss Ethel departed for the east Sunday night They will spend this week in Detroit Michigan where he will attend the national lumbermens convention returning home from that point Mrs Barnett and Miss Ethel will from there proceed to New York city to visit a week or two and then on to Boston where Miss Ethel will enter the famous Boston School of Oratory Mrs Barnett will be absent about a month MHPWtMMWRBWWi llili HWiWWWWWWtlWIWKU PUBLIC SCHOOL ITEMS NOTICE TO PATRONS Because of the very crowded condition of tho preparatory grades it is desired that tho beginners class bo fully organ ized by October G After that date therefore children just beginning school will not be received until the new classes are formed in tho spring Parents are urged to enter their littlo ones during the coming threo weeks By order of the board of education G H Thomas Supt THE teacher corps Following are tho assignments of teachers opening day High school Miss C A Qorby Principal High school Miss Julia E Smith Assistant Eighth grade Miss Mary Powers Seventh grade Mrs Margaret E West Sixth grade Miss Ernini Ra thbun Fifthgrado Miss Rose Griffin Fifth and Fourth grades Miss Kerstin Stangland Fourth and Third grades Mit s Cassie Andrews Third grade Miss Minnie Rowell Second grado east Miss Mabel Wilcox Second and First grades west Miss Carrie Bud long First grado east Mrs Ida E Whito Preparatory w est Miss Elizaboth Thomson Principal Preparatory west Miss Blanche McCarl Assistant South McCook Mrs C Anna Schobol OPENING ATTENDANCE Twelfth 13 Eleventh 1G Tenth 2G Ninth 38 Total in high school 93 Eighth 39 Seventh 49 Sixth 49 Fifth west 59 Fifth B and Fourth A east 55 Fourth B and Third A cast 47 Third west 56 Second east 50 Second and First west 54 First east 41 Preparatory west 88 First south 12 Preparatory south 31 Total south 43 Total attendance 723 The opening day attendance last year was 657 or 66 less than on the second day of the present term At the end of the week last year the total attendance had increased to 695 or 28 less than the initial this year purely personal paragraphs A brief sketch of each of the new teachers on the force may be of interest Miss Julia E Smith comes from Inez Holt county Was graduated from the Nebraska university in 1902 Was an assistant in the university chemical lab oratory and a reader in mathematics in the Lincoln high school Her mathe matics and physics will be especially helpful in the high school as assistant Mrs Margaret E West has been teaching in Hayes Center for years with the modest distinction of being Hayes coubtys leading instructor and comes with ripe experience She has been spending the past summer attending the Fremont normal school Miss Ernini Rathbujj is a graduate of the Peru state normal school class of 1901 and taught the seventh and eighth grades of the Oxford public schools last year with success Miss Rose Griffin hails from Beaver City where she has taught for a number of years with marked success She comes to us with strong recommendations as having been one of Beaver Citys ablest teachers Miss Kerstin Stangland was gradu ated from McCooks high school in 1897 Has since spent two years at the state university at Lincoln Taught one year in the Bartley schools and a year or two in country schools in this vicinity Miss Carrie Budlong of Colorado Springs Colorado for years taught in the Harvard public schools and is rated high as a successful primary teacher of experience and accomplishments She is a strong addition to the corps Miss Blanche McCarl is a graduate of McCook public school class of 1902 where she was notably helpful in the special work department She will make Miss Thomson a useful assistant on the side Miss Elizabeth Thomson is the new principal of the west schools In the near future they hope to add some new books and apparati in physics to the laboratory The neat orderly and systematic ap pearance of the supply room is a credit to the superintendent and janitor Football practice was commenced on Tuesday evening The material at hand gives promise of a formidable team later With six competent and experienced primary teachers McCooks schools are unusually strong in the primary de partment A number of small improvements have been made in and about the school building The halls in the east building and two of the high school rooms have been repapered The ceiling of the lab oratory has been painted white the steam pipes covered with light colored asbestos and the case3 varnished giving the room a clean and light appearance Roofs of both the east and west build ings have been repaired In South McCook the grounds about the building have been graded cinder paths provided and the coal house moved closer to the building for convenience sake i - n K ADDITIONAL PERSONALS Mr and Mrs Stocicton arrived in the city Wednesday night and are guests of their daughter Mrs A C Ebert Mrs Hattie G Bishop of Franklin came up on No 3 Wednesday night and visited Mrs C E Eldred briefly en route to Trenton to visit her daughter Mrs Benedict Regular Annual G A R Picnic Members of J K Barnes Post and their families members of Ladies Circle No 33 all old soldiers and their families are hereby notified that with the per mission of the weather man the annual picnic will be held in the City Park on the afternoon of Sept 20 1902 Dinner at 400 P M By order of Committee Farmers 1 Are you going to need any chairs or extension tables for threshers Lud wick can give you the best prices in town r r II RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS Havelock shops have resumed over time Shop Foreman Fuller wont down to Havelock today Havelock has just installed a 5000 pound steam hammer Havelock overhauls from 20 to 22 lo comotives a month now Trainmaster Kenyon has been under tho weather part of tho week Conductor C W Bronson wont out on his run Wednesday on No 1 Conductor A L Knowland will hang his clothes on the moon hereafter Engines 268 318 and 341 went into tho shop for an overhauling this week Engineer Ainsworth Monks and family returned home on No 1 Wednesday Operator H D Stewart was with the home folks at Alma over Sunday last Brakeman C W Dewey went out with Conductor Joe Hegenberger yesterday Way car 29 is just in for an overhaul ing and the No 13 is ready to go out today John Hohnstein has been transferred from the paint gang totho shop as a machinists helper Joy Selby went up to Stratton Tues dry night to visit a brother and will be absent until over Sunday Brakeman E O Scott is entertaining his sister Carrie who arrived from Lin coln on No 1 Wednesday Mr and Mrs F F Tomblin late of Indianola are guests of Chief Dispatcher and Mrs J F Forbes this week Mrs K K Stangland Miss May and James departed on 12Monday forenoon for Chicago on a visit to relatives The company is again considering the advisability of transferring the brass de partment from Plattsmouth to Havelock Brakeman G G Magnuson went down to Oxford last night to relieve Brake man H L Holder who is off on a short vacation Conductor A G Bump fell from a car door at Minden Thursday morning while unloading fruit and sustained slight injuries Bernard Phelan took his departure Wednesday for Ann Arbor Michigan where he goes to enter school Alliance Times September 5th Charles Rees is a new machinist and is on the brass lathe vice OPry An drew Matson and George W Rauch are also new machinists this week Since September first switchmen will get 60 and night men 65 for twenty six days of ten hours each and overtime at the rate of twenty three and twenty five cerlts respectively Fort Morgan one of tho coming towns of Eastern Colorado is taking the pre liminary steps toward securing water works for that place Bonds to the limit of 40000 are proposed L W Stayner of the trainmasters office is spending a few days at Hastings and will be at his desk again Mr nday S B McLean of the superintendents office is fulfilling his duties meanwhile The Burlington is investigating the practicability of changing the trans mission of power at the Havelock shops from the present counter shaft and belt system to that of direct connected elec tric motors The motive power department has under advisement the replacing of the present air compressor at Havelock with a modern plant of 1200-cubic-feet-per-minute capacity The old machine makes 800 Master Mechanic Archibald Foreman Ward of the carpentershop and party returned from their Glenwood Springs trip yesterday morning Foreman Mack Hughes of the blacksmithshop was side tracked at Denver W B Bevard and family expect to leave Holyoke Tuesday for a visit at McCook and other points in Nebraska after which they will go to Washington Mrs C C Bevard will accompany them to Washington Holyoke Republican September 4th Mrs Whittaker has accepted a posi tion in the B M eating house at McCook and will not return to Danbury for some time at least Miss Mabel is here this week making arragements to return to McCook and attend school Danbury News Sept 4th The Baldwin class R locomotives seem to be structurally weak breaking their frames in the service Four of them are now in Havelock Nos 350 355 35S and 370 all from the Wyoming division with their frames broken one of them broken twice Agent and Mrs W C Hanson de parted Sunday evening for a three weeks outing in the mountains of Colo rado They will also visit relatives in Franklin county and at Omaha ere re turning Extra Agent E N Stever has charge of affairs at the depot during Mr Hansons absence Bartley Inter Ocean September 5th Meat in the larder being low Joseph M Hughes the might- hunter went forth with R B Archibald and party on the night of the fourth with a bowie knife thrust in his belt and a trusty rifle over his shoulder to slay the mountain lion and the ferocious grizzly of the Rockies Mack went equipped and determined to drive all wild beasts from the snow clad summits of the mountains and- to clear their streams of the finny tribe The brawny blacksmiths are toiling day and night to keep the steam giants in repair that are pulling the great loads of game and fish from the peaks of the Rockies to the sun scorched prairies of Nebraska New Winter Underwear new selling Most complete line most reasonable prices The Thompson D G Co The popular bright fashionable rea sonable things in new Fall and Winter Dress Goods are all shown by The Thompson Dry Goods Co JliaiUaUtlrMWtllfitUiwu C Strtbmte McCOOK RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA FRIDAY EVENING SEPETEMBER 12 1902 D S Hasty Is the Man The Republicans of tbo Twenty Ninth senatorial district in convention in this city Wednesday night nominated D S Hasty of Arapahoe Furnas county on tho first formal ballot for thoir sena torial standard bearer The convention was called to order by Chairman George Williams of tho com mittee at about 930 in the evening Dr Andrews of Eustis Frontior county and C W Lindsay of Wilsonvillo Furnas county were made temporary chairman and temporary secretary A committee on credentials was appointed and it found all tho counties save Gosper rep resented with regular credentials no contests The temporary organization there upon was made permanent and tho convention proceeded after a few usual preliminaries to take an informal ballot for a candidato for state senator by call of counties It resulted as follows Ilastv Wilsfiv Furnas 12 Redwillow 5 0 Hitchcock 2 2 Dundv 9 9 Gosper four votes not represented r ronuer a Hayes 4 Chase 4 Totals 29 18 In the first formal ballot which fol lowed Wilsey lost his two votes from Dundy which gave Hasty 31 votes and the nomination Both the successful and vanquished candidates for nomination responded to calls with brief speeches after which the matter of a senatorial central com mittee was settled as follows Furnas George Williams Cambridge Redwillow Charles Skalla Indianola Hitchcock C C Vennum Stratton Dundy C W Wiley Wauneta Gosper not represented Frontier J A Williams Stockvillo Hayes J W Gull Hayes Center Chase James Burke Imperial Candidate Hasty was accorded the courtesy of naming his own chairman and secretary Convention adjourned Proclamation In commemoration of tho death of the late Presidept McKinleywhich occurred on the 14th day of September 1901 a union memorial meeting of the citizens of the city of McCook has been arranged to be held at tho Congregational church on Sunday September 14 1902 at the hour of 11 oclock a m for which a suitable program has been provided This ser vice will be held in lieu of tho regular Sunday morning services of the several churches of said city and it is recom mended that as many as can repair to the place designated as a tribute of re spect and in remembrance of our de parted president C E Eldred Mayor Dated at McCook Nebraska Septem ber 10th 1902 Give Them Bird Shot The Tribune hears ofa number of cases of chicken stealing in this vicinity One farmer has recently lost about fifty hens and another some twenty five tur keys For the most part in all the years this country has been very notably ex empt from petty thievery and it is hu miliating to hear of such occurrences as the years of settlement increase McCook Market Quotations Corrected Friday morning Corn S 65 Wheat 50 Oats 35 Rye 32 Hogs GV Eggs 12 Butter 15 Lowmans Millinery Opening Next Friday September 19th is the date for this interesting event As usual this year they will have on dis play all the latest and most charming creations in the realm of stylish millin ery Dont fail to go and see for your self The Curts Dramatic Co Will appear at the opera house Sept 15 16 17 This is one of the best com panies playing through Nebraska this season On the opening night they will present that sensational comedy drama The Jack ODiamonds Reserved seats now on sale Wanted The name and address of every Sunday-school superintendent and secretary in Redwillow county that we may organ ize a county association Drop me a postal at once Frank W Dean Trustee Neb State S S Assn tf McCook Nebraska County papers please copy For Sale A team spring wagon dray and truck all complete with harness etc Will sell reasonable Inquire at Blue Front liv ery barn W H Ackerman Ladies and Childrens new style Golf Gloves just received at The Thompson Dry Goods Co Mens Grey Serge Coats blanket lined with rubber between for 150 The Thompson Dry Goods Co The McCook Building Association will open its thirtieth series of stock this month If you are not already a member call on the secretary and sub scribe for a few shares of stock There are no safer or more profitable invest ments offered in McCook Alterations are being made daily where a Skirt needs shortening or taken up in the waist or made to set fuller for a stout customer That is in the ready-to-wear Dress Skirts 50 of them kept ready To your measure at same price 300 pieces of Dress Goods to select from Skirts at 250 to 900 The Thompson Dry Goods Co MijijjiiJWiiVi ftil Nebraska Sfcita BfoforJ iWH ouuiet2f NUMBER 18 MINOR ITEMS OF NEWS The Trihunk is only 8100 n year Fine stationery and books at Conos Scalo books for sale at The Trihunk ottico Tisbuta waste of lather to shavo an ass W S Go to C L DeGroff Co a for Sorosis Skirts Some good values in Petticoats at CL DeGroff Co s Mrs Max Anton has furnished rooms to rent 9 5 tf Big bargains in wall paper at Cone Bros drug store Dont fail to see tbo decorated crepe tissue at Cone Bros A 14 lb son whs born to Mr and Mrs John W Randall Wednesday Redwillow county fair Indianola Sep tember JO to October 3 inclusive Childrens Slenninf Cliirnunta 11 aj at The Thompson Dry Goods Co Some of tho sports are undecided whether or not 15 is a luck number Spices and flavorings strictly pure McConnell it Berry i If its seasonablo and all right you will find it at D C Marshs meat market Ping pong tho latest society crazo Sets 1 to 5 McConnell Berry Bed Comforts of our own make 165 to 275 at Tbo Thompson Dry Goods Co Always reliable always dependable what you buy at Marshs meat market - Individual French Flannel Waist Pat terns 88c to 2 each The Thompson Dry Goods Co See The Jack ODiamonds at the Monday night All kinds of new specialties It seems to be tho ambition of every Red Cloud merchant to own or control a local newspaper W T Coleman can show you both castiron and steel cook stoves at very reasonable figures Quite a number of new residences are being figured on just now Demand ex ceeds present supply Wanted To rent a dwelling of 6 or 8 rooms suitably located Call or leave word at The Tribune office Those round stock tanks made from Cyprus are the best W T Coleman sells them at the right price Miss Lowmans millinery opening will take place on September 19th Come and see the beautiful new styles The dedication of the new church at Cedar Bluffs Kansas is now announced for Sunday next September 14th For tbo pickle season all kinds of spices and flavorings Purest made McGonnekl Berry All the new and popular books always in stock at less than publishers prices McConnell Berry Dont fail to see The Curts Dramatic Co at this onftrn hnnsp ftonfr 1r U7 Popular prices Reserved seats on sale at usual place At the right price you can always get the choicest things the season affords at D C Marshs meat market At the old stand all the time There is nothing about the Great Majestic to remind you of a nine spot There is no question about the range being the best on earth Everybody gets a bargain in our wall paper remnant sale Come early and get this years patterns McConnell Berry Lost Last Sunday a gold bowed pair of spectacles between city and East McCook Return to Tribune office Suitable reward Mrs S A Traver We have paint for any purpose Paints of all grades and prices Dont buy till you have seen us McConnell Berry Alex Bergeron the well known piano tuner is here from Denver and prepared to answer calls for tuning and repairing promptly Leave orders at Suttons jewelry store Next Friday September 19th Miss Lowman will have on display at her mil linery opening the latest styles and most attractive offerings of the season You are cordially invited There is nothing better for that tired feeling even these warm July daystban a juicy steak such as you get for your good money at D C Marshs meat market Say mister but those rubber tired buggies at W T Colemans are smooth and light running He has a fine assort ment of regular tires too Prices are right Kinds of meat change somewhat with the seasons but they never change the quality at D C Marshs market Its always one quality the very best the market affords No better way to buy a home than paying for it in monthly payments The McCook Building Association offers un equaled inducements to borrowers in payment of loans If you want to build or buy property the McCook Building Association can furnish money at reasonable rates and easy payments No association offers as good inducements to borrowers Call on tb9 secretary for information