1 it r d Sf a TWENTY FOURTH YEAR a W LOCHE MALE QUARTETTE The Last Number Junior Normal Course OPERA HOUSE FRIDAY AUGUST 11 1905 8 30 p m This company is the successor of the famous Wesleyan Male Quartette which sang here two summers ago Their last engage ment was for five days this week on the big Nebraska Epworth As sembly program at Lincoln Reserved seats Tuesday August 8 at McConnells sale on Wednesday This numbor takes the place of i Roberson who could not come The Liye Stock Show Indications point to an extensive ex hibit of live stock at the approaching show to be held in connection with the street fair Monday and Tuesday Aug 28 29 Good frame sheds will be erect ed on the street for free use of exhibi tors Entry blanks and premium lists are now ready and may be had by ap plying to the superintendent EJMitch ell or any of the class superinten dents Entries close Saturday Aug 26 at l p mt and parties who intend to make a showing are urged to make their entries early that suitable stall rcom may be provided If you have any good stock bring it out and help make the grandest stock exhibit ever brought before the people in this part of Nebras ka E J MiTCHELLSuperintendent Decorate Your Vehicle All who desire to decorate their vehi cles for Carnival week will find snmples from which selections can be made at McConnells drugstore where orders for whatever is required may be left As these decorations are manufactured only on special commissions and the time is short it is important that orders be placed at once It is the desire of the Carnival committee thatasmany as pos sible avail themselves of the opportunity offered so that a meritorious showing may be made To Our Many Friends and Customers We would like to extend you our best thanks for the liberal patronage given us during the sale which exceeded our expectations and thereby assisted us to go to market and buy direct from the manufacturers earlier than we anticipat ed Hoping for a continuance and again thanking one and all we are Yours truly Diamonds Clothing and Shoe Store Thorgrimson Shut Them Out A special telegram from St Charles Michigan of August 8th announces that on that date in a game between the Nebraska Indians and the St Charles club the locals were held to no hits and no runs by Pitcher Thorgrimson of the Indians Only two of the locals reach ed first base The score was Indians 6 St Charles 0 Albert is going some Local Register Vital Statistics W A Middleton this week received notice of his appointment by the state board of health as local register of vital statistics for McCook and vicinity em bracing Red Willow and Perry and sur rounding precincts His appointment carries with it the authority to appoint sup registers Renewal of Charter The First National Bank of McCook on August 5 1905 received a certificate from the treasury department extending the corporate existence of the bank to August 6 1925 the old charter having expired The full text of the certificate appears elsewhere on this page W H Ferguson Sells Pictou Maitland lump coal at 775 ton Best lump threshing at 700 ton Best nut threshing coal at 650 ton Best egg coal at 575 ton He also pays the highest market price for all kinds of grain Try him Doans 91 is the Cream of all thats good The sensitive touch of the most experienced miller can produce no better flour 1000 to Hot Springs S D and return Dead wood and Lead 1500 These tickets will be on sale on August 25th only Ask the agent August 14th in the Congregational church Dr Fox the commencement orator of 1905 Those he delighted then will be more than pleased to hear him again Tickets 50c Dinner sets tea sets toilets sets plain ware decorated ware good cheap dishes fine dishes everything in the line at Ludwicks Helpful Rest can be secured by purchasing a com fortable hammock at McMillens drug store Dr J D Hare was in consultation with Dr Miller of Culbertson Monday and with Dr Armstrong in Cambridge Wednesday Watch for W T Colemans adver tisement for McCooks Carnival Week Watch for W T Colemans advertise ment for McCooks Carnival Week Go to Hubers for fresh and wholesome home made bread Use McMillens Cream Lotion for sun burn and tan MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE Miss Jeannette VanDepoel is in St Joseph Mo Mrs Jacob Metz is visiting relatives in Denver this week Rev M B Carman and the boj s will arrive at home today G E Thompson is in eastern markets making fall and winter purchases H C Clapp departed on 2 Tuesday morning for Chicago on business Mrs Fred S Harris left Monday night for their home in Kansas City Mrs Pearl Pettygrove of Oxford is a guest of Mrs H C Kiser this week Peter Carty was over from Lebanon early in the week on business matters Mr And Mrs S R Smith of Indian ola were city visitors on business Tues day Mrs R M Douglass went down to Republican Monday to visit her hus band Mrs Roseland Parsons went to Colo rado last Friday night to visit her son Charles D G Haines the Benkelman attorney had business of the law in the city Tuesday Harry Campbell went up to Denver on No 1 Tuesday on a ness trip Mrs H A Beale went down to Lin coin Monday night on a short visit to her sister Mrs L S VieiieENand children have been visiting Oberlin friends the past week or so Miss May Morgan of Colorado City Colorado is a guest of her sister Mrs F M Dickey Frank Fider and George Hertz both of Trenton were Sunday guests of the valleys metropolis Mrs G W Norris and children ar rived home Wednesday night from their Wisconsin outing Dr and Mrs H J Pratt arrived home Thursday from their visit of a few months in England Miss Genevieve Feeny of the New Idea Millinery Co left on Monday for Chicago to make fall purchases of goods Dr and Mrs C L Fahnestock left on 13 Saturday to join the McCook con tingent in Colorado on a short vacation David Diamond left on last Saturday for Chicago to make his fall and winter purchases of clothing shoes and fur nishings Mrs Frank Harris and daughter Rena of Aurora Nebraska are guests of Mrs A L Knowland and other McCook friends this week C H Boyle arrived home Monday night from a business visit in New Mexico stopping over in Denver to visit the family en route Mrs Augusta Anton and children arrived home close of last week from visiting relatives in Des Moines Iowa for the past month Mrs H G Phelps and Miss Lona departed Wednesday morning for Lin coln Kansas City and other Missouri points to be absent several weeks C W Turner state representative of Silver Burdett Co school book pub lishers stopped over last Friday on his way to Denver to visit the normal Mrs A Campbell and Elsie departed last Thursday evening for Michigan to be absent several weeks They stopped over in Chicago en route to briefly visit Mr Campbell Mrs Mary Mullen and Miss Mullen mother and sister of Attorney General W E Mullen are visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs W E Mullen Sheri dan Wyo Post Miss Elizabeth Bettcher arrived from Indiana Tuesday on No 1 and will be book keeper and cashier in Gran nis store Miss Bettcher taught in the city years since Mr and Mrs Clyde Dutton of Mt Pleasant Iowa were guests of Mr and Mrs W G Dutton Friday and Satur dayof last week en route for Salt Lake City Utah and other points west Miss Jeannette Dutton entertained a few friends last Thursday evening in honor of her guest Miss Lulu Alexand er of Hastings Mrs W R Starr as sisted in serving the refreshments S M Cochran arrived from Seattle Wash Sunday night He will go -on east to Indiana to visit hi3 aged mother and will afterwards return here to re main until after the carnival week Sam is vocal and enthusiastic over Seattle The Mclntyre Lecture Dr Mclntyres lecture on Buttoned Up People in Menards hall last Fri day evening was one of the most inspir ing numbers of the Junior Normal course Notwithstanding the quite in sufferable heat of the evening the at tendance was good and the profit and pleasure account of the hearers very generous and evident even to those who heard the doctor deliver the same lec ture several years since without appre ciable variation New Idea Millinery Co Mrs Auna Colfer has sold her inter est in the millinery establishment of ODonnell Colfer and is succeeded by Miss Genevieve Feeny the well known trimmer The new firm of ODonnell Feeny will do business under the title of New Idea Millinery Co at the old place of business Public Sale of Cattle W H Benjamin Sons advertise a public sale of 50 head of cattle otc to be held on August 25 1905 commencing at 10 in the forenoon at the ranch 14 miles south west of McCook Usual terms Free lunch at noon H H Berry auc toineer V Franklin clerk E S Wood is up from Syracuse on business this week Watch for W T Colemans advertise ment for McCooks Carnival Week Try my Gold Medal coffee from 15 to 35 cents per pound Ed Huber Quarterly conference of the McCook M E church Friday evening the 18th Watch for W T Colemans adver tisement for McCooks Carnival Week WWMIflVflH Jtlc00 E JUNIOR NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES Mr A L McLaughlin D C Heath Cos state representative was a visitor Thursday Mr J O Lyne of Juniata mingled with the teachers at the normal school Wodnesday The agriculture class treated them selves and their friends to a picnic in the city park Wednesday evening Miss Pearle Wagey of Cambridge and Miss Mary Williams of McCook en tered Monday for the last weeks work The enrollment reached a total of 238 This is not quite so large as in previous years yet conditions and results are far more satisfactory Miss CEstella Goodwin superintend ent of Dundy county spent last Friday with her teachers at the Normal and attended the Mclntyre lecture Professor W L French a member of the state normal school faculty at Peru spent the day Tuesday with junior nor mal school friends here He was on his way to Trenton his old home This last week of the junior ncrmal school work has been in part devoted to the closing examinations A few classes were examined each day the regular work being conducted at the same time with but little interruption President J W Crabtree was not able to spend last Friday at the normal school as he intended to do He reach ed town the evening before from Hold rege An important matter of business caused him to take the midnight train back to Lincoln One of the happiest chapel exercises of the summer was that held yesterday morning when the resident clergy ad dressed the students All have been frequent visitors and interested in the work and progress of the school It was therefore a pleasure to everyone to listen to this group of short talks There were present Revs A B Carson George B Hawkes L F Sanford and J J Lough ran Dr J A Beattie of Cotner Universi ty faculty Lincoln gave two helpful addresses to the normal school teachers Wednesday At the morning chapel hour he spoke on Unconscious Educa tion while in the evening at the East Ward assembly room to a small audi ence of interested auditors he discussed The Need of Education Because We Are Americans Both were greatly en joyed Miss Jessie Miller rendered a piano number and Mrs Thomas sang The junior normal school instructors will leave tonight or in the morning for their several homes Mr Miller with his wife and daughter will go to Lincoln Mr Miller will later proceed to Chicago to spend a few weeks in special music study Miss OSullivan will visit at her West Point home before taking up her school duties at South Omaha Mr Barr will take charge of the Wahoo schools while Messrs Hooper and O Connell will at once return to their homes at Clarks and Trenton Rev Luther P Ludden spent Tues day at the McCook junior normal school In the afternoon he addressed the teach ers upon the subject Agriculture in the Common Schools and gave them much profitable help as to how they can make popular this branch of instruction The subject had new meaning after he had discussed it and the dignity and in dependence of farm life were ennobled Mr Ludden as a member of the legis lative committee of the state teachers association was instrumental in bring ing to pass the requirement that agri culture be taught as one of the subjects in which the teachers shall be examined In the evening he delivered a magnifi cent lecture to a fair sized audience at the East ward assembly room His sub ject was the The Pendulum Swings It was a far more interesting and de lightful address than is frequently heard upon very pretentious courses A brief program of music was rendered consist ing of a chorus a piano solo by Mrs W B Mills a vocal solo by Ruth Wiehe and one by Mr C H Miller Lindemann Jones Mr L H Lindemann and Miss Win ona Jones were united in marriage Thursday evening August 10th at the home of her parents a few miles south west of McCook Rev G A Conrad of ficiating There were present about forty guests relatives and friends from home and abroad After the ceremony a splendid marri age feast was spread The bride and groom are both too well Khown to warrant a word from The Tri bune two more sterling young people the county does not contain and we wish them every good thing that fond heart can imagine The youug friends left on the mid night train for Denver and Colorado to be absent on a brief honeymoon Advertised Letters The following letters were advertised by the McCook postoffice Aug 7 1905 R M Helton Douglas Kennedy Al bert Overlay Frank Pico Mrs Katie Schuck When calling for these letters please say they were advertised F M Kimmell Postmaster HAMMOCKS A few good big strong hammocks left just what should be on your porch or lawn We have different styles and and sizes all very comfortable and cheaper than ever Come in and look them over McConnell Druggist New Hair Brushes made to last for years long strong bristles solid real wood backs 25 cents to 300 McConnell Druggist First in the hearts of all good bread lovers is Doans 91 patent You need the flour to Keep weil fed Doan needs your trade to knead your bread Miss Dessie Barger of Denver is a guest in Ed Hubers home this week KETURN ENGAGEMENT DR D F FOX Pastor California Avenue Congrega tional church of Chicago Vho was high school commencement orator this spring will deliver his celebrated lecture characters we have all met Congregational Church MONDAY AUGUST 11 1905 830 pm - Scores of friends with delighted re membrance of Dr Foxs lecture of last May will be glad to greet him upon his return He is a masterly man eloquent entertaining with a fare command of language and pos sessing noble and worthy ideals Robert Mclntyre says Dr DF Fox my Congregational co worker of Chicago is a man with a message It is an unfeigned pleasure to speed the work of such a speaker Let that man be untroubled who intro duces him to an audience He never fails to moye and uplift I say do not miss his lecture unless you have a a grudge against yourself Hear him For the Benefit of the McCook Con gregational church Tickets on sale by solicitors and at McMillens and McConnells drug stores 50 cents McCOOK RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST 11 1905 CARNIVAL WEEK NOTES Friday September 1st will be Trave ling Mens Day and over a hundred Knights of the road are expected to be present to make their day a rousing suc cess Though aside from the main issue there is every reasonable expectation that the stock show and agricultural ex hibit will hustle the main show The season is particularly propitious for a splendid showing in agriculture and in fine stock we take no second place in the west Contract has been closed this week with the Pan American Decorating Co of Denver by rhe businessmen of Mc-Cook- which insures the skill of pro fessional artists with a wealth and va riety of special and appropriate materials and means that the business part of the city will be handsomely and tastefully decorated for carnival week The Parker Amusement Co which is under contract to entertain the people carnival week are unexcelled in their line There are 250 people in the pany and require twenty cars to move their effects of all sorts They make a specialty of electrical display bring their own plant Have a large superb band and are thoroughly equipped in every particular with a large variety of shows acts etc The flower parade promises to be one of the most attractive features of the carnival and a special effort is being made to have this a crowning success A spirit of good natured rivalry is all ready manifesting itself among those who expect to take part in this event the consequence of which will be a dis play that will be worth seeing Only thosi who have witnessed a parade of this character can form any conception of its possibilities With slight expen diture of money and the employment of no extraordinary talent astounding results may be obtained This exhibi tion should not be confined to the town people Those living in the country have equal if not superior opportunities to participate in this feature of the fes tivities Death of John Hatfield James Hatfield was summond to De catur Illinois Thursday of last week by the fatal illness of his aged father John Hatfield who has been ailing for several years Later word cams that the father had passed away on Sunday August 6th Deceased is known to many readers of The Tribune He has been a large land holder and cattle breeder and dealer in Red Willow county for more than twen ty years the Hatfield ranch being one of the best known ranch properties in this section of the state His was a character of the most sterling sort with an optimistic outlook upon life While not unexpected his death will be regret ted by many friends he has made here duringhis quiet frequent visits to Mc Cook and his ranch a few miles east of the city Died of Brights Disease The Lima Ohio Republican Gazette of Sunday August 6h contains the fol lowing brief account of the death of Lettie Potter by Brights disease At a few minutes after nine oclock last night death mercifully relieved the sufferings of MissLetitia Marian Potter daughter of Mr and Mrs C G Potter of 612 south West street after an acute illness of three weeks duration De ceased was nineteen years of age Lettie was born in McCook and lived here during her girlhood Her visit here with her parents a year or two since will be remembered by many She was an accomplished charming girl Her parents and the family have tho sinnerest svmnathv of a host of McCook friends of the olden times rtbtttte - McCook in Sheridan Society One of the largest and most interest ing events of the week was a high five party given in honor of Miss Mullen and MissRowell of McCook Neb at the spacious home of Mrs C B Godwin on Sumner street The splendid parlors were beautifully decoarted with an abundance of sweet peas and nastur tiumsblended beautifully with the dainty asparagus ferns Mrs Godwin gra ciously received tho following guests luescinmes w ju Mullen JJMullen Kennedy Floyd Bentley Booth Early Camplin Levers Clancy Taylor White Lobban Ellery Foster Hall Brooks Garrard French Sumption Patrick Frank Tschirgi Metz Green tho Misses Lafferty Hall and Jennie Cooper The out-of-town guests were Miss Mullen Miss Rowell and Mrs Mullen McCook Neb Miss Hopkins Miss CarwileBil lincs Miss Gentle Kansas MiBS E G Cooper ranch After a refreshing colla tion tho guests were requested to guess the number of sweet peas in a certain bouquet Mrs Lobban and Mrs Brooks guessed the nearest to tho right number and in cutting for the prize Mrs Lobban was the fortunate lady She was award ed a pretty little landscape Mrs Clancy and Mrs Metz cut for the prize for games in high five and Mrs Clancy was awarded a pretty after dinner cup and saucer Mrs Lobban and Miss Rowell cut for tho consolation prize and Mrs Lobban was consoled with a dainty olive dish Sheridan Wyo Post Certificate of Succession Treasury Department Oilice of Comptroller of the Currency Wash ington August 5 1105 Wiiekeas by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned it has been made to appear that The First National Bank of McCook in the City of McCookin the County of Red Willow and State of Nebras ka has complied with all the pro visions of tho Act of Congress to enable National Ranking Associa tions to extend their corporate exist ence and for other purposes ap proved July 12th I8S2 Now TnuKEFORI Thomas PKane Deputy and Acting Comptroller of the Currency do hereby certify that The First National Bank in the Citv of McCook in the County of Red Willow and State of Nebraska is authorized to have succession for the period specified in its amended articles of association namely until close of business on August 6th 192 In testimony whereof witness my hand and seal of oilice this Fifth day of August 1905 T P Kane Deputy and ActiugComptroller of seal tho Currency PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES Have just received word that Anthony Hopes long story Miss Cladwins Chance will appear in tho September Century Magazine This number will contain ten stories by prominent writers and the first article in the series on Historic Palaces in Paris with illustrations by Castaigne and Guerene In October Century Horace Porters own story of his recovery of the body of Paul Jones will be issued A more inter esting article has seldom appeared gTheScandinavianCrisis which has been one of the leading topics is fully ex plained under the articles Norways Right to Independence and The Ground of Swedens Protest written by Karl Staaff a member of the Swedish parliament An extended character sKotch of II Rider Haggard the explorer author and land commissioner is one of William T Steads contributions to the Review of Reviews An interesting item of religious toler ntion and the Jewish question in Russia may be found in the August Review of Reviews All these are to be loaned at the city library May Hileman Acting Librarian Cash Offer Wanted On lot 3 block 7 1st addition to McCook Neb and the southeast quart er of 22-3-29 Vz miles east of McCook Neb Address owner Benj Hammer 1958 Emerson st Denver Col A Picture Bargain Sale Wo have a large line of subjects in a 21x25 in Veneered Oak Frame which we are selling at 98 cents McCoxxell Druggist There is no reason why you should buy a stove or range said to be just as good as a Charter Oak There are none just as good The test of time 51 years of it stamps them the most dur able and economical stoves made We have them in all sizes at prices you can not duplicate Polk Bros sale agents McCook Neb Lost A black silk jacket with appli que collar Please return to Mrs R E Benjamin or leave it at the Bee Hive Reward offered The mills of the Gods grind slowly but never grind finer flour than Doans mills produce Farmers Have you enough dishes for harvest Ludwick has the assorment to select from Lincoln Mixed Paint will give entire satisfaction Sold by McMillen Drug gist Watch for W T Colemans adver tisementfor McCooks Carnival Week Here Dr Fox in the Congregational church Monday evening August 11th Watch for W T Colemans advertise ment for McCooks Carnival Week Characters you have all met at the Congregational church August 11th Wedding Breakfast coffee only 25 cents a pound at Hubers The Round Oak Chief steel range at Waites Stokes the grocer k MUSICAL - Miss Edna M Barr y and Miss Hazel Hake assisted by others THURSDAY AUGUST 17 1905 at 830 p m METHODIST CHURCH Admission 35c A real musical treat is assured by these two artists and assisting friends A full house should greet them MINOR ITEMS OF NEWS Ludwick for dishes McConnell for drugs S Stokes grocer phone No 30 Everything in drugs McConnell Detroit gasoline stoves at Waites Try Stokes for groceries Phone 30 Fresh fruits and vegetables at Hulors Cups and saucers 15c per sot at Lud wicks Turnip and winter radish seed at Waites Vegetables and fruits fresh and crisp at Hubers Fresh butterof best quality at Marshs meat market Special prices on Hammocks at Mc Millens drug store Hear Dr Fox in the Congregational church August 11th Remember phone No 30 when you want nice fresh groceries The new Press cut glassware at Lud wicks Have you seen it II P Waite Co have a large stock of bundle and header forks A pair of pitless scales will be on ex hibition during the carnival Cream in sealed 10c an 20c bottles for sale at Marshs meat market McMillen Druggist has a large as sortment of souvenir postal cards That sliced halibut will capture you if you try it once Stokes grocery Watch for W T Colemans advertise ment for McCooks Carnival Week For Rext the cottage just south of my residence L W Stayxer Watch for W T Colemans adver tisement for McCooks Carnival Week To trade or sell A new sewing ma chine Inquire at The Tribune office French canned goods peas mush rooms sardines etc at Stokes groc ery Wanted To store a piano for use of same or will rent Inquire at Tribune office This is weather to naturally remind you of the comfort of a lawn swing See Coleman The firm of ODonnell Colfer ha3 dissolved Mrs Colfer retiring and Mis3 Feeny succeeding her Correct Stationery to appeal to all tastes McConnell has the daintiest stock of stationery in McCook I want to buy two or three good Jer sey cows not over five years old at fair but not fancy prices S R Smith In dianola Neb Our living friends are not our only advertisers Competitive importations resort to devious methods to decry the merits of Doans 91 patent Out-of-town products are not in com petition when quality and excellence are considered as factors in flour Theres none so good as Doans 91 Diarrhoea ch ol e r a rmorbus and cramps are speedily stopped with Mc Connells Blackberry Balsam the sure relief for summer bowel troubles 25c Dr Fox at the Congregational church Monday evening August 11th The doctors address to the graduates of 1905 marks him as a lecturer of the highest merit Tickets 50c McCook has an enviable reputation as the foremost city of enterprise in the western country Doans 91 patent has been one of McCooks best advertise ments You can depend upon it every time the quality of meat you get at Marshs market Always the best and no high er than the cheaper kinds No need to experiment just remember the reliable Saturday last A E Boyer and W E White both of Danbury appeared be fore Postmaster Kimmell of McCook and took the carriers examination for rural free delivery service which will be estab lished west out of Danbury Septem ber 1st There is no dealer out of town or in town that will offer you a Stove or Range of same grade and quality as low in price as we sell our Charter Oak Stoves and Ranges We buy them for cash direct from the factory and will sell them below all possible competition Sll lts Investigate Polk Bros McCook Neb SC W - NUMBER It