N Tf l fcMK8KC v TWENTY SIXTH YEAR Notable Odd Fellpws Gathering There was a notable gathering of Odd -yellows in the city of McCook Monday night of this week commenora tivo primarily of the 8Sth anniversary of Odd Fellowship with initiation and banquet details of much moment A largo chits was instructed in the mysteries of the order in its different ttefjrees The serious work of the evening attention was undividedly given a sptoudid anquet Some 17 different lodges of the order were represented in tho district rneet mg which drew an attendance of nearly 200 members During the banquet speeches were Jrtmde by the grand master and others -with tho closest and liveliest attention Owing given It was an all night session and the as sertion is ventured that every Odd Fel low went away feeling he was tho bettor foe being present on tho memorable oc casion Childrens May Day Festival Preliminary announcement is now anade of a childrens May Day Festival which it is proposed to give by the pits of all grades of the public school -Friday evening May 24 Between 300 ivad 400 children representing all grades from the high school to the first year will bo banked upon the stage of the XSLrfer theatre and under the direction hj Miss Budlcng render by groups and iitt unison songs and choruses they have been drilling upon in the periods of their regular work through the year It will be an inspiring sight to seo such a chorus of children and in addition it wilt indicate somewhat the advance that has been made io public school music A complete program and fuller particulars will be given out soon An Artistic Treat For any one with an eye for beauty or vvfao may be interested in the decora tion of thoJiome an inspection of our spring stock of wall paper will be a treat We have chosen this seasons patterns with the utmost care Have inany new things in independent side walls exclusive designs and single room patterns upper and lower third the new scenery borders and one nud two band borders in white blanks and gilts To matter what you require in paper xu will find it here L McConnell Druggist Black Taffeta Yard wide black taffetta silk for 73c 5ard Handsome 19 inch black silk 49c yard Washable Summer silks 44c yard Gfaiua silks 30c to 50c yard Yard wide Peau de Soie 8125 yard Six colors in Pongee silks 45c yard We invito your inspection The Thompson Dry Goods -Company 2 Water Notice April 3 1907 Second quarters water tax is now due In order to conserve our water supply Tor domestic use and fire protection we zsji not issue special or general lawn permits at this time owing to shortage 3f water J E Kelley Supt Have You Ever Figured be amount of money you lose each month by not using a cream separator The Sharpless Tubular or Empire ltictionless separators sold by McCook Hardware Company will pay your grocery bills and start a bank account Dont Forget to call at my new location for reading matter stationery postcards souvenirs Citady gum fresh roasted peanuts cigcas tobacco pipes base ball goods stoys etc Barnet Hofer McCook News Depot CARNATIONS Fancy home grown 75c per dozen Hjacge pansy plauts in bloom 50c per aoaen 4 19 tf McCook Greenhouso Phone 91 Leave Dray Orders There Br6wn it Douglas have their oflice vlfcb A G Bump on lower Main avenue Phone dray orders to him Office phone 199 Stable phone 68 Brown Douglas Buttons for Trimming Very fashionable and very sensible rTbe scraps of your new dress brought Iheretous are turned into handsome covered buttons by our perfect machine 4 sizes Thompsons You Can Actually Save eo3ee by the use of the Universal Per colater and then such a delicious bev erage Ak to see them at the McCook Hardware Companys A Longer Sleep 5c fchs morning will be your privilege if you getone of those Quick Meal gas oline stoves at McCook Hardware Oimpanys Attention Faimers After April 1 1906 we will buy hogs oaly on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of each week Wilcox Maksh Start Your Corn Right with n -John Deere or Ohio Go Devil The most complete machines ever in vented McCook Hardware Co Brown Douglass sailor driver was Jrebbed of aboutSIS last Saturday No arrests so far but some well defined suspicions - Ziarge stock and complete assortment a typewriting paper at The Tribune 3Sce JLong gloves and mitts 35c to 150 at Thompsons McConnell for exclusive patterns in sK3il paper Everything in drugs McConnell 3Dsy McMillans cough cure MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE Mrs Fhed Landbkrg is visiting in Harris Colorado D E Eikenberry has bought the pretty Potty home Mr and Mrs A B Wood announce a daughter in their May Day basket C D Ritchie attended to some legal matters in Lincoln firdt of the week Mrs H A Beale is with her hus band at St Francis Kansas over Sun day Mr and Mrs George Snider re turned last Saturday to their home in Ogallala Nebraska Mrs H A Baals returnod Tuesday night from an absence of five weeks with Illinois relatives Miss Bessie Peterson entertained tho Awl Os Tuesday evening Refresh ments were served at the Monte Cristo Mrs John Rowell and daughter of Boulder Colo are guests of T F Row ell and family arriving in our city last Saturday Mrs Peter Boyle arrived from Den ver close of week past and will be the guest of her son Charles and family for a few weeks Mrs Holton Longnecker arrived form Rollinsville Colo close of last week and is the guest of her sister Mrs II A Rouch Dallas Divine arrived home Mon day night from a trip of several weeks in Oklahoma The city of Oklahoma caught his fancy Mr and Mrs A E Petty departed Wednesday morning for their now home in Lincoln where he reengages in thetshoe business E E Lowman formerly of our city has resigned as postmaster of Brown ville and Thomas C Diety has been appointed to succeed him R A Greens daughter Elsie mem ber of the 4th grade public schools has been confined to bed since Sunday with rheumatism and tonsilitis Mrs Willetts mother of Conductor Willetts departed for her home in Jamestown N Y Monday morning after an extended visit here Mrs S A Rowell who has been spending the winter with her children in Max Neb and Fort Morgan Colo returned to her home hero last Satur day Mrs R F Dryden and Mrs C West fall visited first of the week with Mrs Drydens sister Mrs G F Borrell at Hastings from which point they took in the neighboring towns in Mr Bor rells touring car MrsWE DeWitt and MrsBarney Hofer onteitained the numbers of the Kaffee Klatzch club and their husbands at the DeWitt home last evening Music whist and refreshments with Dr J D Hare as first prize winupr Mrs Harry Rogers and MrsMarietta C Hawley entertained a small company of young friends Wednesday evening at the Rogers home for Miss Basset Five hundred a chafing dish supper and a jolly good time are the joyous de tails Mrs George Willetts Sr Sunday school class of boys gave an enjoyable and successful social last Friday even ing in the Methodist church serving refreshments and presenting an accept able program They realized almost 53000 to pay on their church bond Mr and Mrs Walter Sayers re turned from Denver and other Colorado points to be present at the Dutt Anton nuptials Wednesday evening Mrs Sayers is a sister of the bridf1 and pre vious to their Colorado trip had visited a week or two at the Anton home They expect to return to their home in Des Moines Iowa first of the week Miss Jeannette Dctton entertained the members of the Thursdav whist club last Friday evening at the Dutton farm home over in Driftwood precinct with jolly particulars not excelled dur ing the season Fred Bosworth made a world beater run for the club prize and Miss Hazel Hare was the winner of the guests prize Refreshments added to a memorable occasion for the club and guests Souvenirs free on May 16th 17th and Saturday 18th THE IDEAL STORE Chapter X P E O will meet each Saturday p m at the home of Mrs Schobel until further notice Death of McCooks Oldest Citizen McCooks oldest citizen William Bailey passed away Sunday afternoon last in his S9th year of ills attendant upon old age William Bailey was born -in West Virginia Jan 2 1S19 Moved to Ohio when a young man where he married Miss Eliza Whitmore Shortly after this they moved to Illinois where they reared their family From there they moved to Iowa thence to Jefferson county Nebraska in 1869 and to Red Willow county in 1874 coming to Mc Cook in 1884 Mr Bailey died Sunday afternoon of old age at his home in west McCook Three sons and one daughter and his wife who died last August pre cede him to the other world One daughter Mrs Mary Miller of this city and three sons Steve of our city Charles of Hayer Co and Hazard sur vive him As far as we can learn Mr Bailey was the oldest person in Mc Cook having lived to the ripe old age of 88 years 3 months 26 days Short funeral services were held at the home Monday afternoon conducted by Rev M B Carman and buried by his wife in Long View cemetery McConnell for drugs inn and other improvements both itsease 3mmMmmmP3n JtlCQEO0n tKtfwmiciwwu McCOOK RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA FRIDAY EVENING MAY 3 190T McCOOK SECURES A JUNIOR NORMAL AGAIN Holdrege is Dropped from the 190 List and Alma and Geneva are Added At a meeting of the teachers and prin cipals of the eight junior normals to day State Superintendent McBrien an nounced that the eight educational as semblies will be held for the seven weeks following June 17 at the following places Alma Brokeu Bow Alliance Geneva McUook North Platte ONeill and Valentine Three of these cities have guaranteed reasonable rates for board and lodging for the teachers and the others must do the same or lose the schools Geneva ONeill and North Plate havo made these guarantees Al liance and McCook will probably have to provide halls in order to meet the S3 50 per week rate demanded by Mr McBrien Alliance and McCook are railroad towns and boarding rates aro high Sev eral years ago State Superintendent Fowler refused to hold a normal at Al liance until better boarding rates had been guaranteed although the legisla ture had provided that the normal should be held there Superintendent Taylor of Geneva held a public meeting and put the proposition at his people regarding rates before making applica tion for the normal The best of raes were secured Holdregelost the Junior normal which it haj had for several years because the superintendent believes tho Phelps county teachers should attend theKear ney Normal duriug the summer Alma secured the plum that Holdrege lost Geneva secured a normal because of its wonderful success with a union county normal last year in which 450 teachers attended Geneva and ONeill were the two towns that received the two addi Twenty Filth Anniversary The oldest church in McCook the Congregational was organized by Rev Amos Dresser July 2 ld32 just twenty five years ago when McUook was only a few weeks old Io view of this fact the church has decided to celebrate its twenty fifth anniversary with fitting services recalling the history of the past and looking toward the work of the future The anniversarv dates are June 23 24 and 25 1907 The church will in vite Jjack its former pastors and mem bers for the occasion and the program will be of interest Co all old residents of McCook In connection with this the church will raise an anniversary fund of 700 to improve the church property the fund to be used for sidewalks furnace paint- tional schools provided by tho last legis lature The principals of these normals were announced some time aga They are A H Waterhouse of Omaha G II Thomas of McCook II K Wolfe of Lincoln C A Fordyce of University Place D W Hayes of Alliance A A Reed of Superior C W Taylor of Gen eva and W A Beattle of Kearney They have not yet been assigned their places The salaries for principals will range from 8250 up Some of the men now drawing high salaries will be the best paid The salaries of tho teachers of these schools will also be set by tho state superintendent i Besides the principals the following teachers and superintendents were pres eut at the meeting today U M Pinck ney Broken Bow Leora S Rustin of Box Butte county Clyde M Trotter of North Platte P P Bentloy of Alma and Henry Vauk of Fillmore county The law permits the county superin tendents of the counties in which the normals are held to appropriate three fourths of their institute funds to the maintenance of the normal and that they shall pick one week for their own insitutes and their teachers shall attend tho normal during those weeks Tho state superintendent has S15000 to spend for the junior normals for the biennium It was decided this morning that no teacher would bo admitted to these junior normals this summer who has not completed the eighth grade Certi ficates from county -superintendents or city superintendents stating such com pletion of the eight grades will be de manded Gilbert L Laws Dead G L Laws for many years a resident of McCook but of late years of Lincoln died in the capital city last Thursday night at ten oclock after an illness of about six weeks with pneumonia and a complication of ensuing disorders Deceased was too well known to Trib une readers to require a word of encom ium or eulogy from our pen His death ic a personal loss to a host of Western Nebraskans who honored the man re peatedly and esteemed him more highly than words can express The Tribune can but join in tender est and most heartfelt expressions of sympathy for the wife and daughters and out The church now holy JaJsurviving property entirely free from debt uttraaidf The remains were laid to rest in forward movement is in order trcjme Qmof ti ario i House Cleaning Time is House Painting Time The Sherwin Williams Family Paint is made particularly to lighten house cleaning labors It is an oil paint and can be washed and scrubbed It brushes out easily does not drag or tire you to apply it Made in twenty four good colors Use it this year on your cup boards pantry shelves base boards etc and youll have less work next year Get color cards they tell you more about Family paint L W McConnell Druggist Gauze Underwear Union suits from 3 years up to the largest size No 9 for Ladies Misses Children Men and Boys Separate garments also Mens olack balbrig gan shirts and drawers Ladies long sleeve unions and separate vests In fants gauze shirts with long sleeves We think you will find what you want in our very complete stock tThe Thomp son Dry Goods Co A Large Assortment More than 250 pieces of washable dress goods exclusive of calicos are on our counters at this moment made easy of inspection by our sample books of them you can see them ail in a few minutes From 5c yard up to 65c The Thompson Dry Goods Co Heavy May Snow McCook and all this section of Ne braska are several inches under snow this morning Friday May 3 which may be noted as a rare and unusual occur rence But it is worth a vast sum to tho small grain Queen City Pantitorium Will open May 8 1907 opposite post oflice Special rates by the month Schlick Dickson Props Clay Center Nebr Let Us Heip You select weddiog presents Our line of cut glass silver ware are complete in the latebfc patterns McCook Hard ware Company You Will Be Satisfied if you use r Velie or Deere buggy Sold by McCook Hardware pompany A buggy built to last Five Cent Prints Fast color prints in silver grays in digo blues cardinals and turkey reds at Thompson s Herrick Refrigerators have a perfect circulation no dust or mold Sold by McCook Hardware Company Grade Your Seed Corn with the Perfection Grader Sold by McCook Hardware Company Extra size Belts up to 38 inches at Thompsons vices and burial being private and as unostentatious as the life which has just gone out The Vigor of Rich Red Blood The vim and energy that makes life worth living is largely duo to the quali ty of the blood Material for all nerve mental or muscular force must be sup plied by the blood If you have an evi dence that your blood is disordered or impure now is the time to bein taking McConnelFs Sarsaparilla It purifies and enriches the blood Give3 new vigor and energy SI per bot tle Beautify Your Home As spring is an opportune time to add beauty and color to your home we would take pleasure in showing you our new designs and colorings in Wall Paper and at prices not too high We also have a large stock of Mixed Paints Varnishes Stains Tintolac En amels etc A McMillen Druggist Application Denied The application of Clyde Brothers for a saloon license against the issuance of which a strenuous remonstrance was filed and pro ecuted after several hear ings was finally denied on Tuesday of this week when the matter was freely and fully contested before the city coun cil by the lawyers for and against High School Defeated Cambridge The McCook high school ball club de feated the Cambridge high school team on the home grounds last Saturday afternoon in a close game Score 5 to 4 As the visitors had recently beaten Holdrege high school 8 to 1 the locals feel excusably chesty over the game Eggs For Sale Full blood barred Plymouth Rock eggs from Worlds Fair prize winner birds Three cents each or 8200 per hundred Also Pekin Duck eggs Phone Ash 1351 Mrs John Bcrtless Water Meters We have on hand a supply of approv ed water meters wbich we will instal promptly on application Under Wood worth drug store Phone 182 Middleton Ruby Attention Farmers After April 1 1907 we will buv hogs only on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of each week Wilcox Marsh American Fence Cheap In fact the cheapest good fence ob tainable Pounds of steel make the price per pound At the McCook Hard ware Companys For Sale 160 acres of Frontier countv land at 11 nn nnrnif crl1 hofrrn fnrfli lnkfi 1017 Peter Foxen McCook Neb i tmmmut m w uMvwm tgi imiw mm1 iwrw it m fi in p i n iy o w w n bj mwn wu m n mom imiuwuanMNiJwt m irn Sobttttc cirr CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS Episcopal Preaching services at St bans church at 11 a in and 8 p m All are welcome to these services E R Earle Rector Catholic Order of services Mass 8 a m Mass and sermon 1000 a m Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday school 230 p m Every Sunday J J Louohran Pastor Baptist Sunday school at 1000 a m Preaching services at 11 a m and 8 p m Prayer service Wednesday evening at 8 oclock Young peoplos meeting at 7 p m A F Green Pastor Methodist Sunday school at 10 00 Special baptismal service and worship at 11 a m Class at 12 Junior League at 4 Epwortb League at 7 Sermon at 8 Prayer meeting every Wednesday night at 8 M B Carman Pastor Christian Science Services at Zint McUlain bldg Sunday at 11 oclock a m Wednesday at 8 oclock p m Readine room at same place open daily whe e Christian Science literature may bo had Subject Adam and Fallen Man Congregational Sunday School at 10 a m Preaching by pastor at 11 a m and 8 p m Junior C E at 3 p m Senior C E at 7 p m Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening of each week A cordial invitation is extended to tho public to enjoy these services with us Geo B Hawkes Pastor Christian Bible school 10 a m Lesson Joseph the Wise Ruler in Egypt Gen 4133 49 Church 11 a m and 8 p in Morning subject Christ Our Exemplar evening Tho Second Commandment C E 7 p m Topic The Power of Contented Life Phil 410 20 Wednesday 8 p m prayer Subject Piter Matt 1613 20 Mark 167 Acts 214 17 C M Famuliner Minister DuttAnton Among the May day festivities was a quiet home weading at the home of lVlrs Agusta Autou when her daughter Clara and Floyd M Dutt were married in the presence of relatives and a few friends At 830 oclock tho bridal party assumed their station to the sweet strains of Mendelssohns wedding march plaj -ed by Miss Tasie DeLong Dorothy Car mon flower girl prettily dressed in white organdie scattered sweet ilowera The brides little sister Mable carried the wedding ring as it rested invbeauti ful rose The ceremony was performed by Rev M B Carman of the Methodist church under a canopy bell of roses smilax ferns ana carnations with a back ground of lace curtains The beautiful and impressive ring service was used After the congratulations the bride and groom participated in a signidcant ribbon tying ceremony Tho guest book was signed by all pre sent and a wedding luncheon was spread Mrs Mary Walker and Misses Fay Stayner Reria Miller and Tasie DeLoug serving xne onue was tastiauiy gowned in a pretty cream chiffon silk The home was artistically decorated the scheme being pink and white In tho dining room streamers of pink and white ribbon were draried from tho electrolier to the four corners of the table ending in large bow knots The wedding presents were numerous and beautiful in cut glass silver china and fine linen The young people are well and favorably known in our city the bride being one of McCooks own charm ing accomplished young woman a mem ber of the Methodist church and the organist of their Sunday school for the past seven years Clara has been a de voted daughter and possesses in a mark- i ed degree the characteristics for a good home - maker The groom formerly of Alma Michigan is a worthy young man employed in the Burlington train service The young couple will visit friends in Des Moines Galesburg Chic ago and Alma Michigan returning to McCook June 15 after which they will bo at home to their friends at 407 Marshall St With them go the heartfelt and genuine best wishes of a host of friends Last Friday evening the girl friends of Mics Clara Anton invited her out for i a walk Taking her to the home of her sister Mrs Ida Converse they enjoyed a social hour and showered her with beautiful china Peerless Carpet Warp Our price on this staple and best made warp is only 21c pound for white and 23c pound for colors We have black white brown orange red blue and fireen Merchants orders not filled j Are you planning a carpet Get cash money together and do the best foryour self The Thompson Dress Goods Co For Spring Ills induced by torpid liver theres noth ing quite as effective as McConnelFs Little Liver Pills Peasant to take and gentle in action Unlike most pills and cathartic remed ies they strengthen rather than weaken Cultivating Your Corn will be a pleasure with tho John Deere R A horse lift cultivator Sold by Mc Cook Hardware Company 5c Muslin Good unbleached muslin 5c yard at Thompsons Dempster Wind Mills built for business McCook Hardware Company All the new designs in wall paper at McConnells The McMillan Simmer wrestling match Monday evening drew a good crowd Simmer won two Graeco Roman falls and McMillan a catch-as-catch-can Dietrich and Osburn in the pre liminaries were a draw v VIi NUMBER 49 MINOR ITEMS OF NEWS Base ball goods at Hofers McMillen prescription druggist Seeds of all kinds at II P Waito Co Kodaks and Kodak supplies at Mc Connells C J OBrion was in Lincoln Monday on business II P Waito Co havo somo lino al falfa soed for saie Illustrated souvenir letters of McCook only 10c at Hofors Special now lino of box stationery for 25c at McMillons drug store Try Magnor Stokes for fresh and salt meats fruit and vegetabjes Dr Kays ollico is now ono door north of Commercial hotel ihono 97 A full blood Jersey bull wfll be found at the barn of Brown and Douglass for the season Agent Scott has purchased Browna interest in tho Brown A Doughids dray business Bound duplicate receipt books three receipts to tho page for sale at The Tribune office All kinds of fresh and salt moats fruits and vegotables at Magner Stokes For Sale Shorthorn bulls and heif ers and cane soed 4 19 4t Samuel Ball Wanted Pupils for short hand class starting May 1 at McCook Business College L W Stayner Use a Brownie developing box and save your films SI L W McCon nell Druggist The Anti Saloon League will meet next Tuesday at 8 p in in the Brother hood rooms of the M E church If it is from Marshs its the best ob tainable Anything and everything per taining to tho meat market business Corn chop at tho mill at 80 cents a hundred livery thing delivered McCook Milling Co Wanted Cattle to pasture about four miles southeast of town A D Johnston Magner Stokes can supply you with anything in tuo lino of fresh and salt meats Also fruits and vegatablea The Updike Grain and Coal Co is en larging its coal sheds by adding another story to their present facilities in that line The only place in town whero you can get the famous Three Star Cof fee is at Magner Stokes market and grocery All who desire ttkiug dancinj lessons call at the Menard hall next Tuesday evening and make arrangements with Miss Stone Some defunct trees in the park have been removed and ones planted in their places Mr Jackson is in charge of the park at present II P Waite Co still have plenty of listers Western Bill J I Case and Bradley Dont fool around with the old one if it does not do good work The Endeavor breakfast at the Con gregational church May day morning was a unique and successful idea net ting the Eudtavorers about 1500 Use McCook souvenir letters in writ ing to your friends Something now just received at B Hofers headquarters for souvenirs stationery and reading matter of all kinds The famous line of harvesters is tho Deering We are now taking ordera and will appreciate them early so there will be no delay when a big harvest is upon us McCook Hardware Company Diamonds new shoe store on West Dennison street was opened to the pub lic first of this week They will have one of McCooks most attractive and up to date business houses when ar rangments are all complete Our spring shipment of burnt leather goods has arrived Call and see what we have Barnsv Hofer McCook News Depot Marsh operates on the theory that nothing is too good for his patrons hence he buys only the best of livestock of all kinds and sells only the best of meats You can prove it by a trial Satisfaction absolutely guaranteed Conservatory Edition oi Music Now on sale at the Ideal Store This edition contains all the old classics and standard selections Selling at 15c per copy These will be of special interest to teachers and those desiring sheet music studies Your patronage is solic ited C C Brown Ideal Store Attention Farmers After April 1 1907 we will buy hogs only oo Tuesdavs and Wednesdays of each week Wilcox Marsh Good Help Hard to Get You can take care of your own corn with a John Deere or Ohio two row and pay for it twice over in the saving of help McCook Hardware Company For Sale Reasonable A good buggy horse Almost new buggy and harness Box 23 Con Breninc Base Ball Outfitters We can fit you out with best stuff for the money McCook Hard ware Co