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Farmer
of today who does not possess
a bank account is an excep
tion
To no one is a checking ac
count more of a luxury It
solves the problem of always
having his monoy at hand of
making exact change and re
ceiving a receipt in return for
the money paid
Some men evon to this day
persist in carrying a roll of
currency on their persons
they are the ones we usually
read of in the papers as hav
ing been held up and rob
bed
A bank account is the best
burglary insurance you can
have
This bank wants your busi
ness wo will appreciate it
we prove it
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By F M KIMMELL
Largest Circulation Red Willow Co
Subscription 1 a Year in Advance
The little burg of Hendley comes into
the limelight with a weekly newspaper
this week Delphic is the rather too
sonorous name but it is highly credit
able to the town and the publisher Ed
win Perkins
Abraham Lincoln may have been
the voice and hand or even the con
science of Imnipotence but some bow or
other he will still appeal to the average
American on account of the justness
and gentleness of his big kindly human
heart
RiriuiiiTr Ill iii tii iy ii iii vtTrn
rapahoe voted down the water
works proposition but electric lights
carried Tbo law requires three fifths
majority in voting upon water works
while a mnjority carries in electric light
propositions An inconsistency at best
The Arapahoe Pioneer calls Repre
sentative Kelley of Furnas county sharp
ly to account for his vote for the mea
sure seeking to legalize Sunday base
ball playing America is too rapidly
approaching the European practice of
Sunday observance to need legal en
couragement
The constructive statesman is the
American ideal Obstruction can never
appeal to the patriotic and intelligent
citizen of the republic with the same
potency as dons construction These
prefixes largely differentiate the two
leading parties today The Democracy
is usually on the defense
That political enthusiast who charges
up and down the land seasonably
claiming his party to be responsible for
all tbo countrys prosperity and the
other fellows to be the cause of the
lands disasters certainly does not credit
the intelligence or patriotism of the
American people He is usually some
pretty cheap demagogue to whom truth
is a stranger and office seeking a habit
Some Facts About His Death
Inquiry as to the attendant details in
the death of the late William Crockford
brings the following facts from Major
Henry W Gorl adjutant of the South
Dakota Soldiers Home at Hot Springs
In regard to the death of William
Crockford have to say That his death
was a surprise to all of us as he ap
peared to be in his usual health com
plained slightly but told me just the
day before his death that he thought
bis trouble was indigestion and was
I am told pacing or walking back and
forth in bis room just a few minutes be
fore he expired Paralysis of the heart
was the cause Died sitting in his
chair
Mrs Crockford was here with her
husband and had been for some time
and took the remains to Black Hawk for
burial
William Crockford spent many years
of his life in Red Willow county Notice
of his death appeared in The Tribune
a few weeks since
Tribune Is All Printed in McCook
You will find local or county news of
interest on each of the eight pages of
this paper every week It is all printed
at home No patent print Read all
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McCook Nebraska February i8 1909
Editor Tribune
McCoolc Nebraska
Dear Sir
I am sure you will be glad to publish this letter
because of its news values to your many women
readers
I have just returned from Kansas City and St
Joe where I spent two weeks examining the new
stales of hats and millinery and choosing what I
thought was the best of all of them for our spring
stock
The millinery styles for this Spring are so great
ly different from those of a few months ago that it
puzzles me how to describe them
There are lots of chiffon hats being shown not
plain by any means but with piles and waves of
this pretty and airy material being used These
chiffon hats are almost as light as a feather and un
less trimmed heavily can scarcely be felt upon the
head Jet is being used extremely Jet beads are
wound round and round some hats and there are
jet spangled hats and buckles of jet
The tailored hats are very smart just a wing
or so but mv how hard to get the wings just the
right width length and perk to give the hat the
chicness every designer strives to embody in the hats
she shapes
Braid hats are in extra favor this season and
never have I seen such a bewildering number of
styles and colors The colors are soft and indefin
able Flowers will be the most used decoration
and there are flowers to be seen that nature never
produced yet are exquisite in shape and coloring
Ornaments will be used to a great extent and
these go back to the old Roman and Egyptian days
for design and coloring There is one thing that I
nearly overlooked and that is the size of the hat
Last year it was the big hat and nothing else This
season it is not that way Medium and quite a lot
of very small hats are shown and all are good It
1is a case of get a hat that suits the face
Yours very truly
Mrs J P Nies
- of LOVELL NIES MILLINERS
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County Teachers Association
The last county meeting of this school
year will be held in the Methodist
church Bartley Saturday February
27th Following is the program and a
few suggestions and facts from the
county superintendent
1000 a m
Music
Symposium Discipline
a How to Prepare the Commun
ity for Proper Discipline
PniN V A Cockle
Discussion Grace T Crandall
b Discipline in fhe Grades
Anna McDonnell
Discussion Doua Oyster
c Discipline in the High School
Pkin A B Gibus
Discussion Prin J S Hossler
d Discipline in Rural Schools
James K Sexson
Discussion Roxa Byfield
e General Discussion
Music
130 p m
Music
Eighth Grade Examinations and
Quarterly Questions
Josephine Murray
Discussion Sallie Hawkins
Scholarship and Citizenship
Hon F G Stilgebouer
Discussion Myrtle Chevill
Drill Bartley Children
Educational Exhibit at State Fair
Supt Claudia B Hatcher
Roll Call with responses to the ques
tion What have I done this year to
encourage the use of the dictionary
Music
Basket Ball Games
Indianola vs Bartley
Boys vs Boys
Girls vs Girls
Every teacher is earnestly urged to
attend this meeting as there are several
things of importance to be considered
Those who have not enrolled for the
year are requested to do so
Please send in the names of Eighth
Grade pupils to the county bUpHrintund
ent at once
The S W District Association will he
held at McCook April 1 2 and 3 1909
Begin to make your plans so that you
may sure attend
Helps Some
fhurch And has he done anything
to relieve suffering humanity Go
thamOh yes be has sent his daugh
ter abroad to take her singing leBSons
Yonkers Statesman
No More Cradles
A cradle said the salesman
no You dont want a cradle
Oh
He smiled
First kid aint it
Yes- admitted the young father
frowning
I knew you werent experienced or
you wouldnt ask for a cradle sftJd
the salesman You see theyve gone
altogether out We dont sell two a
year
Why did they go out
Because theyre unhealthy bad for
the kid They lower the temperature
hurt the heart and bring on nausea
colic regular seasickness It stands to
reason that the violent rocking of a
cradle cant be good for frail little
baby any more than the violent rock
ing of a ship in a storm is good for the
passengers Moreover they keep some
body busy rocking the baby io sleep
Now the baby goes to sleep of its own
accord Philadelphia Bulletin
Won With Whips
According to Herodotus while the
Scythians were away on a long cam
paign their slaves took the opportunity
to rebel and seize all their masters
property The latter oa their return
promptly attacked them but were con
tinually defeated until at last one of
them hit on the brilliant idea of at
tacking the slaves with whips only
That he said would remind them of
their origin and so cow them that
they would never dare to stand The
Scythians followed his counsel and it
fell out as he had predicted When
the slaves beheld their masters riding
down upon them flourishing the terri
ble knotted thongs they knew so well
they threw down their arms and fled
Roused His Suspicions
A naval ollicer was speaking of the
extortions of innkeepers in out of the
way parts of the globe
In Montenegro once he said I
asked for ray bill after having slept
overnight at a certain inn and as
soon as the document was handed to
me I took out my purse to settle it I
did not bother to verify the various
items What would have been the
use
But my readiness to pay amazed
the landlord He thought a moment
and then he said uneasily
Will you let me have another look
at that bill sir I think Ihave omit
ted something
Her Mouth Was Closed
Jack Miss Peachy started to say
something about the impropriety of
kissing the other evening but she
didnt finish Tom Why not Jack
Because I took the words right out of
her mouth Chicago News
The Forecast
Husband Well what did the phre
nologist say about Willies head
Wife Nothing He simply sighed and
handed me my money back Husband
Just as I expected Hes going to be
n poet Exchange
A man that hath not virtue in him
self ever envieth virtue in others Ba
con
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE
William Jefferies is down in Okla
homa on business
B M Fhkes arrived in the city Tues
day noon on matters of business
John Nesbit of Tekamab a cousin of
Mrs DeGroff spent Monday and Tues
day in the city
Mrs William Jefferies went up to
Palisade Tuesday morning to make hiB
mother a brief visit
Mr and Mrs C D Ritchie enter
tained the Thursday Whist club last
evening in happiest manner
George McLean a brother of S B
McLean arrived in the city Monday
called by the illness of the postmaster
Mr and Mrs R M LeGore closed a
happy visit with their daughter Mrs C
D Ritchie today and returned to their
home in Lincoln
Mrs Jacob Matz is entertaining her
sister Miss Kittie Sturgeon and the
latters friend Miss Kate Sloan both of
Kansas City this week
Miss Florence Anderson the milli
ner arrived home firat of the week from
the east where she has been praparing
for the spring season in her line
Mrs McLean arrived from Wisconsin
Monday on No 1 and is assisting in
nursing her son Postmaster S B Mc
Lean whose condition is still grave
Mr and Mrs fl C Clapp arrived
home Monday from an absence in New
York of several weeks making spring
and summer purchases in their lines
Mrs Chas D Witt of Elsie Neb
raska arrived here Monday of last
week and will remain until the end of
this week guest of her parents Mr and
Mrs Russell Mitchell
Ed Rolfe came down from Denver
list Friday night and is visiting his
parents lie has been keeping books in
a coal ollice in Denver but may decide
to change and locate elsewhere -
Mas C C Brown has been looking
after affairs at the home of her sister Mrs
Andrew Finnell near Havana Frontier
couuty while the sister was in Iowa at
the bedside of another ill sister
Mrs Will Gage came dowu from
Denver last Friday night on her waj
to Omaha on business visiting her
mother and the family here until Satur
day night when she resumed her juur
ney
Mr and Mrs Owen Crispin of Super
ior were guests of Mr and Mrs D C
Marsh this week arriving on 13 Satur
day and returning home yesterda
morning He is a brother to Mrs
Nlarah
Mrs Rufus Carlton who has been
visiting relatives here and down in Mis
souri for the past two or thrpe months
departed for her homo in Sacramento
Calif Monday night on No 8 Master
Carlton now enjoying robust health ac
companying her
Mrs Charles H Boyle entertained
a company of lady friends Monday af
ternoon at cards to meet Mrs Robert
M LeGore of Lincoln Refreshments
were daintily served during the after
noon Mrs Hiram C Clapp and Lona
Phelps assisting in this feature of the
function
Salesman Wanted To look after our
interest in Red Willow and adjacent
counties Salary or commission
Adress The Harvey Oil Co
Cleveland Ohio
EeVs J D Stewart and L O Pearson
presented Nebraska in picture and by
word Tuesday evening in the Congre
gational church It was free and along
the line of missions
Public Sale
Having decided to move to Iowa I
will sell at public sale where I now live
one mile west and three miles north of
McCook on what is known as the Omer
Hale place
Wednesday February 24 1909
commencing at 1230 oclock sharp the
following described property to wit
12 Head of Horses one brown horse
9 yrs old wt 1400 one bay horse 6
yrs old wt 1300 one black horse 8
yrs old wt 1200 one bay horse 5 yrs
old wt 1200 one bay horse 12 yrs old
wt 1250 one pair driving horses ages
8 and 10 wt 1S00 one rrav work and
brood more wt 1000 one roan mare
wt 14oU one bay mare 7 yrs old wt
1200 one black mare 2 years old one
bay horse 1 yr old
9 Head of Cattle 3 good heavy milch
cows all to be fresh soon 4 calves
Farm Implements Etc one good
carriage one 2 seated surrey one top
buggy one box wagon one wagon and
rack one hay rack one Western Belle
riding lister one 3 section harrow ono
3 row A harrow one Bradley disc one
2 row disc cultivator nearly new one
McCormick mower one Piano header
and boxes one galvanized water tank
one wheelbarrowfour rolls slat cribbing
about 75 bu of corn some feed seven
dozen chickens
Household Goods one cook stove
one kitchen cabinet beds table and
many other articles too numerous to
mention
FREE LUNCH AT NOON
Terms Sums of 1000 and under
cash on sums over 1000 a credit of
eight months will be given purchaser
to give bankable paper drawing ten per
cent interest from date Five per cent
discount for cash on sums over 1000
No livestock or property to be removed
until settled for
JOHNNIE WODDELL
JHWoddell Auct V Franklin Clk
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Our New Spring Dry Goods
and Ready-to-Wear Garments
are arriving by every express and we cannot urge you
too strongly to call and see the elegant values we are
offering this season
Spring Suits for Present Wear
Our new stock of TWO PIECE and THREE PIECE
SUITS which we have just received direct from New
York presents all the new shades of Blue Green
Wisteria Catawba Ashes of Roses and Black in all
the new weaves serges panamas bengalines and
invisible stripes which we are offering at
1175 1500 1750 2000 2500 and up to 4500
We are proud to state that we havent one Fall Suit
left over to show you everything new and correct in
style cut and color
Beautiful New Silk Waists
We ask you to come in and see the elegant silk waists
we are now introducing at exceptionally low prices
250 300 350 425 and up to J000
Pretty Crepe and Silk Kimonas
We are showing from
100 to 500 and 600
You will find our store filled this season with even
greater values than we have here-to-fore offered CALL
EARLY AJiD OFTEN
H C Clapp
Exclusive Dry Goods Millinery and Ladles Furnishings
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Phone 56
222 Main Ave
McCook
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THE WEEKLY STAR in addition to printing
the entire news of the week in concise form has
Absolutely Accurate Market Quotations
So valuable are these that such are copyrighted
by THE STAR and appear only in this news
paper
THE WEEKLY STAR has also the famous
Chaperon Feature which furnishes free advise
and help on many perplexing problems Also
Answers which takes care of all questions the
reader cares to ask
It has a practical successful Kansas farmer in
charge of its Farm Department which is of
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member of every family If you dont find
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