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REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET
For President
WILLIAM H TAFT
of Ohio
For Vice President
JAMES S SHERMAN
of New York
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Advertisements
FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY
At the very urgent request of many
Republicans I hereby announce myself
as a candidate for the nomination of
county attorney before the Republican
primary to be held September 1 1908
S R Smith Chairman
Republican Co Central Com
1 hereby announce myself as a candi
date for re nomination for the office of
County Attorney at the Republican
primary on September 1 1908
P E Reeder
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date for Commissioner of the First dis
trict subject to the decision of the Re
publican primary election September
1st 1903 T F Gockley
I hereby announce my candidacy for
the office of county commissioner for the
First district subject to the Republican
primary election September 1st
George B Morgan
Danbury
I hereby announce my candidacy for
renomination for county commissioner
of the First district subject to the de
cision of the Republican primary elec
tion September 1st
Frank S Lofton
for state senator
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the office of state senator from the
20th senatorial district of Nebraska on
the Republican ticket subject to the
decision of the primary election to be
held September 1st 1903
John C Gammill
Stockville Nebr
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
At the request of numerous voters I
hereby offer myself as a candidate for
the nomination to the office of represen
tative for Red Willow county on the
Republican ticket subject to the decis
ion of the primary election to be held
September 1st
Indianola Neb July 24 1908
Frank Moore
I wish to announce myself as a can
didate for state representative from Red
Willow county subject to the decision
of the Republican primary election of
September 1st 1908
Allen E Pennington
Lebanon Red Willow county Neb
The difference in length between the
acceptance letters or speeches of Can
didates Taft and Bryan is cleverly if
not satisfactorily explained by the fact
that Taft could point with pride
while Bryan could only view with
alarm
The selection of William Hayward
chairman of the Nebraska Republican
State Central committee to be secre
tary of the National Republican commit
tee is a compliment to Mr Hayward
and a recognition of Nebraska The
new position is a large one but it is
confidently expected that this energetic
young Nebraskan will measure up to
its responsibilities nnd opportunities
SILAS It BARTON
candidate for nomination for State Aud
itor subject to the decision of the Re
publican primaries September 1st
If individual prohibition is a good
thing and local option applies the rule
to communities and county option but
oxtenrts the beneficient effect whats
the matter with county option
Red Willow county is especially
urging the claims of John F Cordeal
because of the well known fact that
Red Willow has not had a state senat
or for twenty four years and it is a
wide spread sentiment among her people
that she is entitled to the nominee
this year Her interest is of course not
alone based on this fact but as well on
the ability and character of her candi
date An educated young man is he of
high personal character and ideals en
ergetic and wise a man of substance
and purpose in the world To do just
ly and intelligently as between all inter
ests in the district would be his high
est ambition In this faith Red Willow
uges his candidacy
Without disparaging the candidacy
of other worthy gentlemen and Repub
licans seeking office The Tribune wish
es to especially commend the distinct
and unequivocal action taken by John
C Gammill one of the Republicans of
the 29th district who is seeking the nom
ination of state senator His platform
leaves absolutely no opportunity for
question as to his purposes if nominat
ed and elected to that position The ad
vantage of such a pronouncement is ob
vious from the standpoint of the people
who are ttau assured in advance what
to expect of their state senator in the
in the event he shall become their
choice for that important place There
is no good and sufficient reason why the
people should have to wait until can
didates are in their seats in the legis
lature and the time comes for them to
vote on questions prominently before
the people beforo thpy know where these
legislators stand and how they will
vote Candidates for legislative nomin
ations should be esppcially requested to
go on record in advance on the leading
and prominent qupstions of the coming
campaign These Mr Gammill has
clearly indicated and for them The Tri
bune wishes to commend him His
course can with good results be followed
by others before the people for this and
other legislative honors Let the voters
know Stand or fall on your convic
tions and principles
My Platform
Believing the people of the 29th sen
atorial district have a right to know
where those seeking their support at
the primary stand I have pleasure and
satisfaction in placing before the people
my platform and ask their votes upon
its merits and upon their confidence in
me that I will do my utmost to carry
out its promises if elected
PLATFORM
1 I unreservedly endorse the policy
of the square deal
2 I believe that our primary law
should be amended so that committee
men shall be elected by vote of the
people
3 I favor judicious legislation in
tended for the improvement of the pub-
ltr VtinrHnrova
4 I will support any legislation rec
ommended by Gov Geo L Sheldon in
line with the policy which he has so far
pursued
5 I will support reasonable legisla
tion intended to supplement our nation
al legislation and make it effective with
in our state
6 I am in favor of permitting the
people to vote upon any question of
public policy whether it be in munici
pal county or state affairs Therefore
I favor a county option law and will
support one if I have an opportunity to
do so
7 I will support any reasonable
measure intended to regulate in a just
and equitable manner the powers and
duties of corporations I believe the
state should be bigger than any corpor
ation in it and where a corporation is
a natural monopoly or where two or
more corporations have formed a trust
to create a monopoly I believe they
should be placed under strict regula
tions by the state
John C Gammill
Fall Styles Now In
Our shipment of fall hats is now in
store The famous 300 Graham and
400 Stetson Rozell Barger
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MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE
S R Smith of Indianola had busi
ness in town Monday
Mrs W E DeWitt returned home
on No 13 yesterday
Mrs W E DeWitt visited McCook
friends part of the week
Mrs Anna Colfer is a guest of Den
ver friends for n brief season
Miss Emma Perry of Lincoln has
bean a guest of city friends this week
Mrs Hugh Brown of Hastings was
the guest of McCook friends end of
week
Mrs Henry Ehlers is absent on a
visit to relatives in lloldrege and Har
vard
Miss Sadie Evans went to Orleans
last Saturday evening for a fortnights
visit
Miss Ona Hendricks is cashier at J
H Grannis succeeding Miss Mary No-
votny
Frank Simmonds of Seward is doing
some A O U W boosting in the city
this week
Mrs J M Brady and Miss Stasia
left Sunday night for a visit east for a
week or two
Linus Stoll is confined to his room
in the Pratt residence with an attack
of diphtheria
Mrs H T Groves who has been
over in Iowa on a visit returned home
Tuesday night
Guy M Battershall left early in
the week for Eastern Nebraska to
continue his work
Barney Hofer returned Monday
evening on 16 from his trip to Seattle
and the Northwest
Mr and Mrs Hurley Dye have
much sympathy in the death of their
new born babe Monday
Mrs L M Copeland came up from
Minden this noon and is a gue3t of her
daughter Mrs J G Schobel
Mr and MrsWM Morrisey return
ed Monday night from their business
trip to Jacksonville Illinois
Mr and Mrs R A Green came over
from Cedar Bluffs Kansas yesterday
and will go to the mountains on a short
outing
Mr and Mrs J P C rouse were
visited by the stork at her home in Se
ward end of last week Mother and
daughter doing nicely
Mrs R E Foe is visiting her mother
Mrs E McFarland in Red Cloud dur
ing the agents absence at Lyons camp
ing
J R McCarl enjoyed the Cambridge
Chautauqua Monday afternoon and
took a hand in the political game on the
side
Mr and Mrs J B Meserve arrived
in the city Tuesday evening and are
guests of their daughter Mrs F M
Kimtrell
Miss Stella Fuller departed this
morning for Sheridan Wyoming on
her annual vacation and to visit the
homefolks
Mr and Mrs C W Hamilton ar
rived fromRantoul Illinois end of last
week and are at home in their cosy resi
dence in our city
Mr and Mrs H C Clapp arrived
home Thursday noon from spending a
few weeks east making fall purchasos
and visiting the homefolks in Michigan
H M Davis Lincoln representative
of the Redpath Chautauqua Bureau
spent Tuesday in the city completing
arrangements for the McCook Chau
tauqua
Mrs W R Hale has joined her hus
band here where he is employed by R
L Okerson and they are domiciled in
the Bruns dwelling at corner of D and
3rd street E
Will Plasmyere nephew of Ira
Huetr accompanied by his wife were
here from Leroy Kansas visiting a
couple of days this week Ranger Re
publican City
Messrs G S Scott Leroy Kleven
C W Barnes J E Morrissey W F
Pate and R E Foe of the Lyons Colo
rado camping party returned home
yesterday morning
Miss Josephine Mullen entertained
the AwlOs in usual manner Wednes
day evening A guest of honor was
W N Thayer of Norwood Ohio nee
Miss Mabel Perry
Mrs W G Jones was called home
from Lincoln last night by illness of
her little son Her daughter Vivan has
been operated upon and will be in the
hospital in Lincoin for a week or two
Mr and Mrs W N Thayer of Nor
wood Ohio and their two fine young
children were brief visitor in the city
this week guests of Mrs J A Gunn
and Mi9s Nelle They were homeward
bound from spending several weeks in
Colorado They went eastward on 2
this morning and will again briefly visit
her parents Mr and Mrs W S Perry
in Lincoln
General Irving Hale was down
from Denver early days of the week in
the interest of the McCook Electric
Light Co which is seeking a new fran
chise before the city council So far
the council have not been successful in
agreeing upon an ordinance granting
the desired franchise which the com
pany deems absolutely necessary before
they feel warranted in commencing op
erations on contemplated new plant
A Special Offer
In our clearing sale we offer you six
pairs of our very fine Hermsdorf dyed
black mercerized lisle hose 35c value
for 8175 The profit to you The
Thompson D G Co
McCook won from Beaver City yes
terday in a 4 to 2 game
ODD USES FOR FISH
Ono Make3 a Good Barometer Another
a Weathercock
Fishes have biii put to many queer
uses while still alive but probably the
strangest was that suggested to the
war department by an inventor The
propulsion of submarine torpedoes was
the subject under discussion and he
proposed that a shark be Imprisoned
in a tube at the rear end of the projec
tile its movements to be controlled by
the active application of electricity
In case the shark attempted to swim
away it was to be given an electric
shock and in this way kept on Its
course until the torpedo had reached
Its target
Another remarkable use to which a
flsh has been put is as a barometer
The leach Is very susceptible to atmos
pheric changes and when retained in
an aquarium is likely to throw itself
out at the approach of or during any
remarkable change of wind or weath
er or if in a pond or stream will some
times jump on the bank It has been
kept alive in aquaria as a living ba
rometer from the supposition that cer
tain movements indicate particular
changes that are about to occur in the
weather In Russia the dead body of
Cottus gobio the millers thumb is
used as a weathercock LTung by a
single thread it will point to the direc
tion whence the wind blows Minne
apolis Journal
MULES OF MEXICO
They Are Even More Knowing Than
Our Own Meek Brand
Everybody knows that all mules
are brainy but the mules of old Mex
ico have something on other mules for
a sort of prescience of their own said
a man who has spent many years in
the neighboring republic A Mexican
mule will do just so much work and
not a blamed bit more
The riding mule for instance is
fully aware of the distance down to a
rod he is supposed and required to
tcaverse in the progress of one travel
ing day and all the sharp sticks or
goads or dynamite on earth wont get
him to do a bit more than what he
knows to be the correct distance The
Mexicans have got a peculiar saying in
connection with this characteristic of
the Mexican mule You ask a Mex
ican for instance how far it is by
mule back to such and such a point
Two days journey if you are not
rushed but three days if you are in a
liurry the Mexican will reply
His meaning is that if you dont
ask more of your mule than you should
ask of him the mule will be able to
make the trip in two days But if you
attempt to drive the brute hell soldier
on you and in consequence the jour
ney will take you three days Ex
change
The Deceased Wifes Sister
The law against marrying a deceased
wifes sister which caused so much
discussion in England grew out of
the ancient tribal law forbidding a fa
ther to sell more than one daughter to
the same man when the Briton was
emerging from polygamy and when
for 21 shillings of the present money
a man might dismiss his wife or kill
her if she would not go As civil law
it was to protect the living wife and
knit tribes closer together by inter
marriage When ecclesiastical law be
came supreme a misreading of some
Scripture text was used to put the
sister of a mans wife among the pro
hibited degrees of relationship This
was the act of 1341 32 Henry VIII
A man may not marry his deceased
wifes sister or her daughter but he
may marry his first cousin London
Standard
Brittle Lizards
Some kinds of lizards break in two
when suddenly startled In the bush
ill Australia the traveler often comes
across a number of these little silvery
reptiles basking on a log or piece of
old bark As soon as they perceive
the invader there is a great commotion
They dart hither and thither so quick
ly that the eye can scarcely follow
their movements The effects of the
shock are evident from the quantity of
wriggling tails lying about which have
been cast oil in the hurry while the
mutilated owners may be seen scurry
ing away to safety still wagging the
stumps that remain
Density of City Population
Although there is a certain area of
about three and a half acres on Man
hattan Island where the density of
population is at the rate of 30000 to
the square mile yet the city of Paris
shows a far greater average density
of population than New York th tig
uivs for Paris being 7DMUO a tv
mile and for New York ity pr
40000 a square mile The avir g
density of Londons population is -000
a siav iuif that of Pcrlin
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at your lu e iv until jon
pay this aci a Helsto in tin
blandest of 1j i risn sir then
seems evoy pjl ability of our ac
quaintanceship rlMkiu into friendship
London Tit Pit
The Fcrrcus rcur
Each of the fo - x aiul gentle
men upon being ot late with the
boys has coneoeteJ a famous excuse
and viiat is more wonderful got a v ay
with it They are Jonah Ulysses Rip
Van Winkle Robinson Crusoe Judge
A Quicker Way
Young Minister searching foi mir
ror Have you a glass here Beadle
Na na sir we dinna need a glass We
jist tak a sook oot o th boottle Lon
don Tatler
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DO YOU PLOW
If so you surely appreciate GOOD PLOWS and it
cheaper in the long run to buy the best
JOHN DEERE
PLOWS
We have just returned from an extensive visit among the
Eastern Markets and are now putting on display a few of
the many new novelties and advance patterns in
Dress Goods Silks Skirts
Waistings
Belts Collars Ties etc etc
We invite your early inspection of our up-to-date goods and
as our time is always yours we ask you to COME whether
or not you wish to buy and look us over
H C Clapp
Exclusive Dry Goods Millinery and Ladies Furnishings
Phone 56
222 Alain Ave
AlcCook
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are the standard of the world and the same applies to
DISCS AND HARROWS But we also have ROCK
ISLAND AND OHIO LINES so we can fit you out to
suit the
PRICE YOU WANT
TO PAY
same as in DRILLS We have the HOOSIER McSHERRY
and SUCKER STATE all so well known that it is hardly
necessary to explain Ihe menrs of these
splendid machines any more than it is
necessary to explain to THE WOMAN
who has used a
MOTOR WASHER
because SHE KNOWS they
are right
That is about all except to say we have
a eood stock of WEBER NEW MO-
LINE BIRDSELL and BUR OAK WAGONS all made
especially for this county Also large stock of VELIE and
DEERE BUGGIES at special prices so come in
McCook Hardware Co
w b mills phone 31 R- b simmons
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