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What Is the First
Law of Nature
Self preservation is the first law of nature answers
Johnny Jones
Correct Johnny Go right up to the head of the class
This law applies to a community as well as to an indi
vidual Under the severe operation of this law a town that
does not take care of itself that does not look after its own
interests first that does not look out for Number One soon
falls into a bad way
Thats just as sure as shootin Its the law
We must obey the law or take the consequences If
we in this town and com
munity do not work to
gether for our own good
the mutual good of all of
us in all lines of
ness we have only our
selves to blame if the
place slides down the in
clined plane instead of
climbing the golden lad
der of prosperity and
progress
For instance if we
do our retail trading with
big city stores that have
no interest in us ex
cept to get our money
and keep it local trade
must suffer and shrink
town property values and
farm land values must de
crease and there you
are
Johnny Jones who
knows the law is a wise
lad but how about his
1- papa and mamma
Do they obey the nrst
law as applied to the old home place If they dont Johnny
may have to apply the law to himself when he grows up He
may have to go to the city to make a living
Lets all think it over
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TI12 Barbara Fritchie Incident
In the Womans National Daily a
ssort time ago was an interesting sketch
3c historic old Fredericktown Among
other noted places mention was made
ai Barbara Frituhe and u picture of
3r alleged homo was given At the
ssme time the statement was made that
aotonly throughout the country hut in
She town itself much skepticism pre
vailed as to there ever having been a
Barbara Fritchie but if so how could
she have taken the part ascribed to her
35 the house said to be her3 was across a
cieek in an obscure part of town far
away from the line of March of Stone
wall Jacksous army
The parents of the pupils in the
schools today doubtless had their blood
stirred and were thrilled with patriotism
as they read or declaimed the poem of
Barbara Fritchie at school exhibi
tions or literaries of forty years ago It
znay be of interest to the young people
d give some recollections gathered from
Publications of that day
luxsSouthworth the novelist is re
sponsible for the poem Whether she
told the tale as it was told to her or be
ing impressed with the name Barbara
Fritchie and with the novelists li
ssnse founded the legend upon it is not
recorded but she sent her version to the
poet Whitter suggesting that he write
a -poem from it
Btirthere is another story At that
time there was living in Fredericktown
a Mrs Quantrell who was as ardent and
aggressive in her love for the Union as
fier guerrilla brother-in-law was active
on the- Confederate side Her home
a9 on a street through which Stone
Trail Jacksons army marched and with
her little daughter she stood at her gate
uratching them as they passed The
child had a small Union flag waving
when a soldier stepped up and siezed it
Another was produced and still another
soldier captured it With that Mrs
Quantrell was so aroused she rushed
into the house secured a larger stars
and stripes and returned defiantly
waving it above her head resisting the
soldiers who attempted to take it A
prominent officer seeing what took
place gave a quiet order and as he
passed raised his hand saying I sa
lute you madam not the flag Some
time later the new poem was brought to
Mrs Quantrells attention whereupon
she wrote to Whittier giving the facts
as they occurred telling him that Bar
bara Fritchie was an old woman living
in an obscure outskirt of town far from
the line of march and so deaf she could
not hear at all She asked him to rec
tify the mistakes of the poem and give
her the credit Whittier replied in his
gentle Quaker style that he was sorry
he had been misinformed so as to do her
injustice that he had based the poem
upon Mrs Seuthworths representation
of the incident and it had been so wide
ly circulated it would bo impossible to
recall and change it as he had received
letters from Australia and other foreign
countries in regard to it and kindly ad
vised her to let it go as it was
It is hard for the iconoclast to shatter
all our idols but it seems the legend of
the poet created Barbara Fritchie
must go with William Tell shooting the
apple on his sons head Washingtons
hatchet and cherry tree and other tra
ditions so dear to the young hearts of
those who are now old white headed
men and women
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GOOD ROADS APOSTLE
Charles Thatcher Advocates Highway
From Ocean to Ocean
Preaching the gospel of good roads
Charles Thatcher a resident of Wheel
ing W Vat Is now traveling from
city to city endeavoring to Interest the
citizens of the nation in permanent
highways and primarily one or more
great arteries for vehicle travel from
ocean to ocean says a Bloomington
111 correspondent of the Chicago In
ter Ocean While he was lu Blooming
ton his curbstone talks to the audi
ences attracted by the unique outfit
accompanying him were marked by
earnestness and enthusiasm He Is
not working any grafting or advertis
ing dodge No one Is asked for mon
ey and he has nothing to sell For
this reason he Is attracting attention
and is winning supporters in his move
ment
After a residence of some years in
the far west he became imbued with
the idea that the absence of good
roads leading from the east to the
west was a serious handicap to the
latter and that the possession of good
roads would attract tourists in their
automobiles and assist in developing
the country He decided to travei from
city to city and not only try to arouse
Interest in the movement but to se
cure signatures to petitions asking the
president and congress to take v
action lie will rench Washington I v a
this year and will lay his petitions La
fore President Roosevelt and ask him
to use his influence to Introduce a res
olution In congress to Investigate the
project Thatcher travels in a light
buggy and is attired in regulation cow
boy costume Ilis outfit Is pulled by
two western burros and when he
reaches a city he is always sure of an
audience He aims to attend all meet
ings in the interest of good roads
His third road will tap New Orleans
and thence via the southern tier of
states to California North and south
roads extending from the great cities
to the main highways are also plan
ned He has planned a road connect
ing Chicago and St Louis which will
pass through Bloomington and Spring
field He believes that congress should
co operate with the various states in
the construction of these roads there
by keeping the expense divided equal
ly between the states crossed Thatch
er has traveled 7000 miles in his
unique tour of education and believes
that he has inaugurated a movement
which will not die
Worst Roads In America
M Worth Colwell writing on the
worst roads in America In the Novem
ber Outing says Mr Charles J Glid
den the donor of the Gliddeu auto tro
phy who holds the worlds record for
automobile mileage and who has trav
eled in nearly a dozen countries a dis
tance of more than 00000 miles de
clared that never in all his touring
here or abroad had he encountered
such execrable mud road conditions as
those in Ohio and Indiana on the road
to South Bend Speaking on this sub
ject he said Seventy per cent of the
road5 encountered on this tour would
by auy European government be clos
ed to travel and marked Use at your
own peril One of the things that this
tour has accomplished is that it has
revealed some of the deplorable condi
tions of the highways of a prosperous
nation The accidents on the tour were
due wholly to the bad roads which
were unknown to the drivers They
were the worst trails imaginable
Modern Oiled Roads
It somewhat appears that our whole
country is soon to be made available
through roads constructed by what
some one has dubbed the petroljthic
process says the Los Angeles Times
In riding over a country road a few
days ago a chauffeur was heard to re
mark I have driven over all kinds
of roads but that sausage machine
roller beats down the best surface I
ever traveled over Judging by the
mileage now under construction by this
process it would appear that the gen
eral public heartily indorses the opin
ion of the driver quoted
Cost of Good Roads
The commissioners of Chester coun
ty Pa recently received bills from
the Pennsylvania state highway de
partment for improvements made on
certain public roads in various town
ships of the county as follows West
town lu00S31 Schuylkill 2SSG3
Vailey 1199033 Avondale borough
759994 These amounts cover the
contract price the extras the inspec
tion the engineering and surveying
etc The state pays two thirds of the
expense the county pays one sixth
and the township pays one sixth
Automobile Roads In AVfrica
Under the direction of the central
automobile department the work of
constructing special highways in the
Kongo Free State has been carried on
for more than a year says the Good
Roads Magazine When completed
these roads will be used for automo
bile freight lines The longest and
most important of the highways on
which work is being pushed most rap
idly is that connecting the Kongo with
the Nile at Rejaf a short distance
south of Gondkoro
Oil Test For Kansas Roads
It Is reported that the board of coun
ty commissioners of Wyandotte coun
ty Kan will oil thirteen miles of
macadam roads in the county as an
experiment The cost of the oiling is
estimated at -75 a mile The roads
are Grst swept then sprinkled with
oil and after the oil has soaked In
screenings are again scattered over
the roadbeds It Is proposed to give
the roads about three applications of
oil daring the year
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County Commissioners Proceedings
McCook Nob February 25 lJOS
The board of county commissioners mot pur
suant to adjournment present F 5 Lofton S
Premer nud C B Gray commissioners P K
Boeder attorney and Charles Skalla clerk
Tho petition of Ephrinm Timmons J C KiiiK
and others asking for tho establishment of a
public road was read and considered tho board
finds that alt owners of laud nlonK the proposed
line of rondhnvo given consent thereto in writ
ing on motion snmu was granted establishing a
public road as follows Commencing at a point
eight rods west of tho northwest corner of sec
tion twenty 20 township 2 range 2G west Gth
P M thence north 1IW rods moro or less to half
section Hue thence east eight rods to section
lino between sections 1 and 18 above road to
bo CO feet wide Clerk was instructed to notify
overseer of highways to open said road
On motion t ho county treasurer was instruct
ed to refund to the following named persons tho
amount of poll tax illegally assessed to them
end paid by them under protest as follows
W D Burnott 1907200 being over fifty years
o ago F D Burgess 1007 200 has been mem
b r of lire department C W Wimcr 200 has
ben member of lire department A Q Clark
250 assessed in Fritsch precinct when living
i l Indinnoln city and having paid poll tax
there Harrison Harrison tt00 for 1900 be
ing assessed in Red Willow precinct and living
a id having paid poll tax in Indiauola city
Claim of J S Morgan for refund of poll tax
was considered and rejected because he was
awfully assessed for poll tax in Danbury prc
cnet and should not have paid to street com
missioner in Danbury village
The ollicial bonds of S W Stilgebouer and W
II Smith as members of the soldiers relief com
mission were examined and on motion approv
ed
Tho following claimswere audited and allow
ed and tho clerk was instructed to draw war
rants on the county general und levy of 1907as
follows
R W Devoe fees in case State vs Cooper 8 80
H H Berry samo 4 05
H I Peterson same 8 55
Claim for witness fees for both plaintiff
and defendant in Cooper case rejected
R W Devoe fees in case State vs Boyle I 70
H II Berry samo 5 50
H I Peterion same 4 20
J R Pence same 3 45
W R Starr same 1 10
Henry Winans samo 1 10
Robert Simmons same 110
Viola Ballew same 1 10
Carrie Pcteron same 1 10
V H Smith service on soldiers relief
commission 8 93
C E Osborn special deputy work for
H I Peterson sheriff salary January 100 00
W H Campbell carpenter work 11 75
R W Devoe balance duo in State vs
Boyer ct al claimed at350 allowed at 1 50
Win H Ackerman service as special bail-
Chas W Kelleysurvoyors supplies 8 35
U G Ethertou appraising damages on
road No 110 4 10
W B Downs saaie 4 10
J W Hoppe same 4 10
Hilmnr Rasmussen work on Spauldiug
case 4 40
Hilmar Rasmussen same 25 00
F S Lofton services as commissioner 10 SO
S Premer samo 11 50
C B Gray same G 00
And on the road fund of commissioner dist
rict No 1 as follows
C G Wilhelm 5 days road work 15 00
And on the county bridge fund levy of 1907 as
follows
J L Gentry bridge work 4 00
On motion tho clerk was instructed to draw
warrants on tho county general fund as follows
Claudia B Hatcher to help defray expen
ses of county institute and junior normal 50 00
Petition of Wm Brinkman and others asking
for the establishment of a public road was read
a id on motion laid over until the next meeting
The petition of H C Shouse W H Smith
and others asking for the establishment of a
public road was read and considered The
board finds that all the requirements of law
have been complied with and that the public
good requires it and on motion samewas grant
ed and road established as follows
Commencing at the southwest corner of the
northwest quarter of section twelve 12 in town
ship 3 north of range 28 west of the Gth P M
thence east along the half section line to the
west side of the Indianola cemeteries said point
being about 31 4 rods east of the southeast corn
er of said northwest quarter of said section 12
so much of proposed road as is situated east of
of said southeast corner of said northwest
quarter to be two rods wide more or less to
correspond with width of street through said
cemeteries
On motion tho clerk was instructed to notify
overseer of highways to open said road
On motion damages were allowed on above
road as follows
J W Dolan on north half of south west
quarter section 12 claimed 200allowed75 00
F M Carpenter on south half of north
west quarter of section 12 claimed 2C0
allowed 75 00
And overseer of road district was directed to
pay the same out of any funds belonging to tho
district as the law provides
On motion board abjourned to meet March
9th 190S F S Chairman
Attest CnARLES Skalla Clerk
Real Estate Filings
The following real estate filings have
benmadein the county clerks office
since our last report
William H Ackerman et ux to
L D Vandernoof wd to und
hf int ne qr 25 3 2S 8 100
L D Vanderhoof et ux to Will
iam H Ackerman wd to und
hf int nwqr 25 3 28 100
United States to Samuel Gra
ham pat to se qr
United State3 to Samual S
Graham pat to sw qr 2-1-23
Lincoln Land Co to Con Miller
wd to pt blk 42 Indianola 75 CO
Erick O Bergman et ux to H
E Lindgren and G A Colson
wd to sw qr w hf se 34-3-26 8100 00
Oliver Jeffries single to Ed
ward Hanshaw wd to lot 4
blk 4 n McCook 400 00
Frank W Hoobler single to
John S Hoobler wd to e hf
nw qr lots 12 30-1-26 5000 00
George A Conrad et ux to B J
Lane wd to lot 6 blk 13 1st
McCook 1350 00
W D Burnett et ux to William
D Burnett jr wd to lot 9 blk
15 1st add McCook 2300 00
A G Dole to S A Dole wd to ne
qr 27-1-30 1090 00
Conrad Amen et ux to Conrad
Liebsack wd to pt no qr ne
qr 32 3 29 550 00
Just
Sup
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Received
A CARLOAD OF
ELWOOD GENUINE GLIDDEN hog and
cattle wire
DILLON FIELD FENCING
NAILS ETC
IN
BUILDERS HARDWARE
MECHANICS TOOLS CUTLERY
We have a most complete stock of high grade
standard goods When in need of anything in
our line we shall be pleased to have you call
for prices and examine our goods before making
your purchases
Polk Brothers
Hardware
Dennison st
plies
Christian Bible school at 10 a m
Y P S C E at 7 p m All are wel
come to these services
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
Wm J Kibwin O M 1
Baptist Sunday school at 10 a m
Preaching service at 1100 a m Even
ing service at 800 B Y P U at 7 p m
A most cordial invitation is extended to
all to worship with us
E Burton Pastor
Christian Science Services Sun
day at 11 a m and Wednesday at 8 p
m Subject Christ Jesus Meetings
held in Diamond block Room open
Wednesdays and Saturdays from 2 to 4
p m Science literature on sale
Episcopal Preaching services at St
Albans church at 11 a m and 730 p
m Sunday school at 10 a m All
are welcome to these services Cele
bration of the Holy Communion at the
morning service
E R Earle Rector
Congregational Sunday school at
10 a m Preaching at 11 a m by
pastor Junior C E at 3 p m Senior
C E at 7 p in Prayer meeting every
Wednesday at 745 p m Tho public is
cordially invited to all these services
G B Hawkes Pastor
Methodist Sunday school at 10 am
St rmon by pastor at 11 followed by
Holy Communion Junior Lpague at 4
Epworth League at 745 Union tem
perance meeting at night at Baptist
church Prayer meeting Wednesday
night at 745 You are welcome and
made glad at the church j
M B Carman Pastor 1
ricCook Nebraska
Any time you find yourself in need of
for
your Office
just drop in and see if we do not have
exactly what you want whether it
be a box of paper clips or the latest
improved filing system
The TRIBUNE Office
David S Farnhan et ux to Chas
Balderson wd to o hf nv qr
8-1-29 1100 00
United States to David S Kal
iherpat to sv qrne qr 20 3 27
United States to James R M
Barton pat to v hf se qr 29
w hf neqr32 3 27
United States to Balthazir
Lehn pat to no qr 1-1-27
Philip E Lemasters et ux to
William W Lemasters qcd
to lots 789 1C blk 35 Bart
ley 875 00
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