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GOV SHELDONS REASONS
Governor Sheldon has Issued a
statement to the voters of Nebraska
giving the reasons why he believes
the republican state administration
deserves to be retained in power
Some of the reasons he gives are
disingenuous But the most Important
ones he -omits entirely to mention
The most important piece of work
the Sheldon administration has ac
complished this year is to increase the
grand assessment roll of the state over
G4 millions of dollars Nearly G3 mil- and the state of Nebraska decided to
lions of this increase is on real estate make a straight cut of 15 per cent in
practically all of it on the farm freight rates and see what the result
t
lands of the slate of Nebraska But would be and the result was that the
the railroad assessment for the same railroads were still doing business and
year was increased less than 400000 the state had been saved 0000000
The railroad property of the state Now ye subscriber will agree with
comprises almost one seventh the to- the governor that the railroads are
tal valuation If it had been increased still doing business and that they have
in the same proportion with farm lands actually been deprived of 6000000
the raise in the valuation of this rail
road property instead of being less
than 400000 would have been at
least 15000000
THAT SIX MILLION DOLLARS
Gov Sheldon said in his speech at
McCook that the difference In the ad
ministration of the state of Nebraska
and that of some other states was that
the other states allowed the railroads
to enjoin the officers from enforcing
laws effecting them but the the officers
of the state of Nebraska made the law
and enjoined the railroads from violat
ing it for example other states asked
the railroads if they could stand a 20
or a 30 per cent cut In freight rates
that they would have received if the
15 per cent cut had not been made
but what puzzles us is who got the
6000000 We know that groceries
The railroads because of a reduced drygoods hardware furniture and in
levy will pay less taxes this year than fact all the necessaries of life are just
last year But the farmers will pay as high and are a great deal harder
greatly increased taxes despite the to buy than they were before the 15
reduced valuation because of the tre jper cent cut in freight rates and we
mendous increase in the valuation also know that 20000 men in the state
placed on their farms ot Nebraska were thrown entirely out
Why did not Governor Sheldon give
this as one reason why his
of employment by the railroads as a
matter of economy to offset the 15
tion should be indorsed It is a reason per cent reduction in freight rates
that ought to appeal with telling force j We also know that the employes re-
-to the railroads
Another important reason that
maining in service were reduced from
ten hours per day to nine and in a
ernor Sheldon overlooked is that his great many instances to eight hours
administration has robbed the people
of home rule in this matter of taxa
tion Yet taxation is the most vital
element of government And home
per day We also know that the mer
chants in all railroad centers such as
McCook demanded CASH NO MORE
CREDIT We also know that the
rule local self government is at the property owners demanded rent in ad
very basis of civil liberty I vance We also know that the wheels
The people under the Sheldon idea I of progress were stopped with the
of government are not trusted to elect j country full of prosperity and the em
their own taxing officers Those ployes had to take bank certificates
cers are appointed and the official who because the railroads could not get
appoints them is subject to removal money and now after knowing all
without cause by the state board at these things we find by investigating
Lincoln That board in county after j that Commissioner Williams claims
county has taken the value lixecl on mm h was unuuyii ins euoris mat
farm and other property by these local
assessors and without sight or knowl
edge of the property has artitrarily
raised that valuation by 5 10 15 vni
even 20 per cent and more Yet th
valuation fixed by the assessor was
sworn to by that official and by the
citizen whose property was assessed
Under the Sheldon administration a
state board at Lincoln that never saw
the property makes a guess at its
value and that guess overrides the
sworn opinion of the assessor who has
seen the property and of the man who
owns it
Why did not Governor Sheldon give
this an another reason why his ad
ministration should be indorsed
Governor Sheldon gives the passage
of the 2 cent law as a reason Yet
Governor Sheldon himself publicly op
posed such a law from the stump dur
ing his campaign and signed it only
after the railroads had given a reluc
tant consent That law was a demo-
tne jo per cent cut was made m
freight rates and he points with pride
to the 6000000 saved for the state
of Nebraska My fellow countrymen
let me ask again who got that 6000
000 What per cent of the citizens
of the state of Nebraska have been
benefitted by that saving Fellow
countrymen consider these questions
and let us investigate them as thor
oughly as possible before election day
read the article in last weeks Tribune
entitled Railroads and Prosperity
It contains some interesting figures
for every citizen of our state
A SUBSCRIBER
BOYS AND GIRLS TO OMAHA
Prof E C Bishop deputy state su
perintendent of public instruction has
announced that the convention of the
Nebraska Boys Agricultural society
and the Girls Domestic Science asso
ciation will meet in Omaha December
11th dnritier Ihfi Nntionnl fnrn
cratic policy preached in every county j
t sition
of the state by Ashton C Shallenberg
er and opposed by Governor Sheldon
himself and the leading republican pa
pers Yet Governor Sheldon now takes
credit for what was done over his
strenuous opposition and for what was
forced upon an unwilling republican
More boys and girls in Nebraska
are interested in these associations
and the work they are doing than
ever before and the most conservative
estimates place the number who will
attend the meetings of the young
nlfi in Omnhn fit hpfwppn 2500 find
nrti 1iy o latavminad rlomnnrntlp
yam u cmw --
ty
Governor Sheldon like Governor
Hughes wanted to leave all the work
of reform to a state commission Yet
the commission he championed so
vociferously in the two years of its
existence has done nothing but spend
money and draw salaries
Governor Sheldon might have given
as another reason that the republican
state convention declared by a pro
nounced majority a vote of more than
three to one against guaranteed bank
deposits and that he allowed it to do
so with only the feeblest protest from
him
If the people of Nebraska want to
defeat the guarantee of bank deposits
they can accomplish it in no better
way than by voting for the candidates
of the party that declared against it
Sheridan Declines
Israel P Sheridan of Indianola who
was nominated for state senator from
the Twenty ninth district has fined his
declination of the honor with the sec
retary of state and the Populist com
mittee of that district filled the va
cancy by appointing Cecil E Matthews
of Hartley In declining the nomina
tion on the P I ticket Mr Sheridan
says that he is deeply sensible of the
honor done him but that the struggle
now on is one of right against might
and that the present crisis being one
iat will be remembered for years de
mands the concerted efforts of all op
ponents of the powers now intrenched
Because of this need and the fact that
in his estimation Democracy is united
as it never was before Mr Sheridan
gracefully made way for a fusion can
didate John C Gammill of Stockville
is the Republican nominee for state
senator from the Twenty ninth district
Lincoln Star
Scale books on sale in The Tribune
stationery department
The opportunity offered of attend
ing the meeting and at the same time
seeing the National Corn Exposition
is an unusual one as it will show the
young people what it is possible to
accomplish along agricultural and in
dustrial lines of education They will
see the results of the work they are
doing in advance as it were and the
exposition will doubtless be au inspi
ration to the boys and girls of Ne
braska
Prof Bishop also announced thirty
four counties in Nebraska have now
arranged for local contests and lec
tures and the University of Nebraska
has detailed a number of competent
judges to assist in handling the local
contests From the prize corn in the
different contests the counties will se
lect their samples for entry in the va
rious classes at the National Corn Ex
position in Omaha
The State Journal is trying awful
hard to get people to give that daily
a trial Its offer now is to send the
paper from date until January 1 1909
for only 50 cents without Sunday or
75 cents with Sunday The publishers
feel sure that anyone who tries The
State Journal will stick However
they have adopted an absolute rule of
stopping every subscriber when his
term is out If there is anything that
makes a man mad it is to subscribe
for a city daily and then have to fight
with the publishers to get it stopped
or pay for something he doesnt want
The Journals new plan will be popu
lar
How Must Be Marked
In the future all freight shipments
not in car lots will have to be marked
either by a brush a stencil a pasted
label or a securely fastened tag If
marked in anv other wav the
ments will be refused
STATE RAILWAY COMMISSIONER
Vote Carefully on Railway Commis
doner Vote for Present Commis
sioner J A Williams
Next to governor and attorney gen
eral the office of railway commissioner
has the most important bearing on the
peoples interest of any office in our
state affairs The greatest care
should he taken never to elect the
wrong man to this commission
Again it is one of the most diffi
cult offices in the state to successfully
fill Judge Williams has now had two
years experience He is acquainted
with the needs of the state and is fa
miliar with the many exceedingly com
plicated questions that come before
the commission Judge Williams has
proved able fearless and fair The
people of the state are fortunate in
deed in having him on the commission
It is not a political office I urge
democrats populists prohibitionists
and others to remember to vote for
this republican candidate for commis
sioner because it is important to all
the people that his splendid past ser
vices be endorsed and that he be re
elected by a large majority to carry
forward this important work in our
state
The following is a copy of a letter
written to Railway Commissioner J A
Williams May 8 1908
Franklin Nebraska May S 190S
Hon J A Williams State Railway
Commissioner Lincoln Nebraska
My dear sir I wish to acknowlege
your very kind favor of some weeks
ago It is the business of every good
man to contribute to fairer politics
purer government and better economic
conditions in our state
The chief concern at the present
moment is to support the present ad
ministration in carrying out the ex
pressed will and the just interests of
the people of this commonwealth
The movement of the past two or
three years is no fanatical radical
transient or even political movement
It is in the course of a gradual growth
of healthy sentiment of a sane sensi
ble and intelligent honest people
I speak of this to encourage and re
assure you in your work I realize the
difficulties of your task to make the
transition from former fixed methods
of these many important and powerful
interests in our state to the newer
methods yet with wisdom and care
and patience and with justice to all
The work of your board and Shel
dons work are often- very often in my
mind for the wisdom of it the cour
age of it the success of it means much
to the future of our state It is the
thing for which the thinking people of
our state have thought and worked
the past few years Failure would be
a dismal thing and is not to be con
sidered Success is a relative term
but in the main success is as sure as
the fact that our people are progres
sive and sincere
I am fully convinced that the ap
parent conflict of interests in our state
is only apparent and that finally when
we are properly adjusted the interests
of all will be even better supervised
In the detail of the change and in the
practical working of the re adjustment
it will for a time be difficult for men
responsible to their stockholders and
constituencies to fully realize this fact
but I fully believe assurance will come
even to them with time
If you will permit me take one il
lustration the railroads No man
can gain say the fact that with a bet
ter understanding between the people
and the roads there would be econom
ic benefit to the people and greater
financial profit to the roads The peo
ple want this better relation for eco
nomic reasons The roads should
want it for dividend reasons
Whatever of benefits the roads
gained in former times by reason of
discriminations and political activities
the day of their value to the roads is
forever past Rebates free transpor
tation and similar means of securing
business and prestige are gone and the
roads are glad of it The closing down
of the political machinery of the roads
is not so certain
In political machinations of the
roads henceforth lie not benefits to the
roads but danger and injury to the
roads It is doubtful whether they
will realize this fact It is almost cer
tain they will undertake to continue
their political operations Secretly
they will expect to operate but secre
cy will be an impossibility
The least evidence of political ac
tivity or organized effort will draw on
a road odium and will work an injury
to its interests and the day of its
highest welfare just that much de
layed
I have often thought about the mat
ter of whether there will be reaction
in the public sentiment on these ques
tions So far as I can see because of
the elemental physical tangible con
ditions that are now perfectly clear
to the public mind and because of the
long time wide spread analyses and
discussions and because of the very
general and steady growth of the sen
timent there is but little prospect of
recession and little possibility of any
thing more than temporary relaxation
and this relaxation from time to time i
due only to other questions temporar
ily absorbing to the public mind
The important thing for all Inter
ests now is that care be used and
discretion patience good judgment
and good will yet with positiveness
and without compromise
In your helping to work out these
problems for our people you and your
confreres may expect steady and de
termined support from this part of the
state
Sincerely yours
C HILDRETH
To Tribune subscribers
We have commenced mailing to nil
delinquent subscribers statements of
account and expect prompt response
It would save us considerable unneces
sary expense and Inbor if those delin
quent would call mid prepay their sub
scription and not wait for notices No
pnper will ho continued to any subscrib
er who owes for more than one full
year Got tho habit of paying for your
homo newspaper and paying for it in
advance Thk Puhlishkk
Joint Public Sale
Wo will sell at public sale at our
farm one mile west and two miles north
of McCook on
Thursday Nov 5 1908
commencing at ten oclock a m tLe
following described property
SEVEN HEAD OF HORSES
One gray horse 0 years old weighs
about 1500 one roan mare 14 years old
weighs about 1400 one team of gray
geldings Rand 7 years old weigh about
2200 one span of mules 11 and 12 years
old Weigh about 2100 one yearling colt
TWO MILK COWS
FARM MACHINERY
One S foot McCormick binder one 2
row cultivator two Western Belle rid
ing listers one walking lister two discs
one 4 section harrow one walking plow
one 1 horse drill one 10 hole press drill
one 12 foot Piano header and boxes one
lumber wagon one 1 liole corn shellur
three sets of work harness two sets of
fly nets
FEED
Six or seven tons of cane one hun
dred shocks of kafir corn lot of fine
corn fodder fourteen bushels of millet
seed
Eighteen chickens thirty guineas
household goods and other articles too
numerous to mention
FEEE LUNCH AT NOON
TERMS Sums under 810 cash on
sums of S10 and over a credit of ten
months will be given purchaser to give
note drawing 10 percent interest from
date with approved security 5 percent
oil for cash on sums of 810 and over
Fred John Cheney
J H Woddell Auct P Walsh Clerk
Hike Walsh
DEALER IN
POULTRY EGGS
Old Rubber Copper and Brass
Highest Market Price Paid in Cash
Now location just across 11 nCfrlr B
street in P Walsh building ltAUUK
LEGAL NOTICE
In Justice Court before H H Ilerry jus
tice of the peace
Claud Rarber defendant will take notice
that on the J2nd day of September lMh H H
Berry a justice of the peace or Red Willow
comity Nebraska issued an order of attach
ment for the sum of 1713 in an action pending
before him wherein C L DeGroH fc Company
is plaintiH and Claud Barber is defendant and
that property of the defendant consitinir of
money due and owing in the hands of tho
Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Company garnishee a wage- for work and
labor performed by said defendant for said
railroad company has been attached under
said order of attachment Said cause was
continued for hearing to the 7th day of Novem
ber 1P0S at J oclock A 31
C L DeGkoff Jc Co
LEGAL NOTICE
Fred J Wilson 3Irs Fred J WiUon hi- wife
f fir t name to plaintiff unknown 31rs Samuel
GThomas itirst name to plaintiff unknown
wife of Samuel G Arthur 31 Stark
and Edwin W 3Iosher Stark it Mo her part
ners and J 31 Sharon whose full and true
name is John 31 Sharon defendants will take
notice that John R Brown ha- filed his petition
in the district court of Red Willow county Ne
braska against the aboc named defendants
the object and praer of which are that the
a bene named defendants and each of them be
recjuired to set forth the claims they or any of
them may have in or to the Ea t Half of the
Southwest Quarter of Section Twenty Seven
27 the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter the Northeast Quarter of the North
west Quarter and the Northeast Quarter of the
Northeast Quarter of Section Thirty Four M
Township Two t2 Range Twenty Seven 271 in
in Red Willow county Nebraska that a certain
trust deed appearing of record against said EVi
SWU Sec 27 NWli NEl4 and NEl NWi Sec
31 Twp 2 R 27 given on the third daj of
February 1S03 by the plaintiff John R Brown
to the defendant Fred J Wilson trustee for
David Brown recorded in book 17 page SI of
the deed records of said county to be decreed
not to be enforceable to be canceled and set
aside and the cloud upon plaintiffs title by
reason thereof removed that a certain mort
gage appearing of record againt said NEl4
XEl4 Sec 34 Twp 2 R27V given on April
21 lbSi by Andrew J Reeves and wife to Arthur
31 Starkand Edwin W Mosher defendants
recorded in book page 252 of the mortgage
records of said county to be decreed not to be
enforceable as a lien upon said premises and
that the same be canceled and discharged of
record and the cloud upon plaintiffs title by
reason thereof be removed and that all claims
of the said defendants or any of them adverse
to plaintiffs title may be determined by decree
of said court and that each and all of said de
fendants be adjudged to have no estate or inter
est in said premises and that they be forever
barred from any right title or claim thereto
and that plaintiffs title to said land may be
quieted against said defendants and each of
them You are required to answer said petition
on or before the 23rd day of November 1S08
Dated this 15th day of October A D 1S08
John R Beown Plaintiff
By his attorney J E Kelley
LIES ABOUT THE FEEi
A Shoo Clerks Comments on His Cus
tomers Peculiarities
I dout see why people always lie
about their feet said the shoe clerk as
his customer departed after giving him
a bad half hour I dout mean on the
size of their foot for Its only natural
to wish to have or rather to make
other people think you have small feet
But why a great burly man with his
feet nubby with bunions should insist
that his shoes never trouble him and
that he never has any trouble in get
ting a fit is beyond me Why If I put
in ordinary shoe on such a man he
would cuss with pain and he knows It
lie knows also that I have to hunt
arouud until I find some freak shoe
that will lit his misshapen old foot but
all the time he declares that he never
has bunions or corns like most people
Women who seem to be sensible
enough in all other ways come In here
and declare that they do not know
what a corn is when they wince with
pain every time I touch their little toe
When they are forced to declare that
the shoe hurts In one spot or another
they insist It is because their feet have
a shape peculiarly their own Some
times they will admit they have a lit
tle calloused place but a corn oh dear
no Sometimes in a thin lightweight
shoe I can fairly see the corns bunch
ing out under tno leather but I have to
say diplomatically that the fit is not
good or that the customer has a pe
culiarly sensitive foot or some other
nonsense if I want to keep their
trade New York Tress
PUMPKIN PIE
Praise For This Culinary Triumph and
Gastronomic Delight
American literature is replete with
the praise of pie and Harriet Beecher
Stowe says The pie is an English
institution which planted in Amer
ican soil forthwith ran rampant and
buret forth into an untold variety of
genera and species The average
American echoes Let it run lie
has the same desire that possessed
Simple Simon of Mother Goose fame
when he met the pie man But Moth
er Goose flourished before the pie
reached the acme of its glory The
most famous pie of which she wrote
was a meat pie for she said
Sing a song of sixpence pocket full of
rye
Four and twenty blackbirds baked In a
pie
When the pie was opened the birds began
to sing
Wasnt that a dainty dish to set before a
king
A pie containing live blackbirds
sounds like a fairy tale but it is not
as a Venetian publisher of a cookbook
printed in inG9 gavo a recipe for mak
ing pies that the birds may be alive
in them and fly out when it is cut up
The gay revelers who sat down before
such a dish may have thought that the
very pinnacle of culinary art had been
obtained but the pumpkin affords gas
tronomic delights to every American
citizen beside which blackbird pies
ortolan pies lombard pies or battalia
pies are and of right ought to be back
numbers Washington Star
A Tart Retort
A good story is told of a prominent
society woman at Newport Avhose name
cannot for obvious reasons be given
here
It appears that an extremely -wealthy
matron who has not always enjoyed
her present social pre eminence was
making certain supercilious references
as to a young girl who had been pre
sented by the lady first mentioned
By the way languidly asked tho
wealthy matron who is your friend
Miss Blank
Miss Blank is a charming girl was
the smiling response well bred as
you see accomplished entertaining
Oh yes of course continued the
other but my dear Mrs So-and-so
you know what I mean who is she
My dear woman retorted the first
lady I can no more tell you -who Miss
Blank is than I could have informed
those who asked me who you were
when you first came to Newport
St Paul Pioneer Press
Pompeii and Herculaneum
Pompeii was buried in ashes nd was
easily disinterred while Uerculaneum
ieceived the full force of the crimson
lava which hardened rapidly to the
consistency of marble and must be
quarried in order to reach the city be
neath Owing to this difficulty only a
small amount of excavating has been
dane in Herculaneum as compared
with that which has taken plae at
Pompeii In addition another town
sprang up on the lava above Hercu
laneum which would have been en
dangered by the undermining neces
sary to exploration with pick and
shovel New York American
About Due
A country woman residing near the
town of Sligo thinking her husband
was rather late in coming home on
Saturday with his pay went to the
police office to inquire if he was there
Is Pat here she asked
No replied the constable but sit
down Were expecting him every min
ute London Opinion
Hire an Expert
If you want a thing well done dout
do it yourself in spite of what the
proverb says If you really want it
well done hire an expert If you try
to do It yourself you are pretty sure
to botch it SoinerTille Journal
Exquisite Harmony
Piper The varra pest music I never
heard whatever was doun at Jamie
Maclauchlans There wass fufteen o
us pipers in the wee back parlor all
playin dlffereut chunes I thocht I
was floatiu In heeven Punch
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Plans drawn and estimates furn
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McCook Nebraska
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