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McCOOK DIVISION FIRST ANNUAL PICNIC
The various committees in charge of the arrangements for the
employees picnic at Cambridge July 10 are putting forth every
effort to make their initial event a success and the occasion bids
fair to be a gala day for all who attend
So far the followingprogramme is announced
PROGRAMME
Opening song America with accompaniment
by band
920 Address of welcome by Mayor
930 Response by our Superintendent
940 Quartette
955 Band
1020 Ball game Mechanical Department vs Trans-
portation Department Prize box of cigars
donated by G Budig
1220 Dinner
100 Band f
110 Short talk by J F Forbes
120 Quartette
1 45 Exhibition of strong man juggling heavy weights
155 Womens foot race Prizes 2 and 1
205 Womens base ball throwing contest Prizes 1
and 50c
215 Womens nail driving contest Prizes 1 and
50c
225 Womens lumber sawing contest Prizes 1 and
50c
230 Band
245 Running broad jump open to all Prizes 2
and 1
250 100 yard dash open to all Prizes 2 and 1
300 Shot put open to all Prizes 1 and 50c
305 Pole vault open to all Prizes 1 and 50c
310
330
Quartette
Costume race for boys Prizes 1 75c
and 25c
4 340 Costume race for girls Prizes 1 75c
and 25c
345 Obstacle race open to all Prizes 150
75c and 50c
355 Pie eating contest open to all Prizes 75c 50c
and 25c
400 Catching greased pig open to all Prize the pig
410 Tug of war Mechanical Department vs field
Prize 50c necktie for each winner
415 Potato race for boys Prizes 1 75c 50c and
- 25c
425 Potato race for girls
25c
430 Egg race for boys
25c
440 Egg race for girls
25c
450 Base running contest
500 Base running contest for boys under 14
i 75c 50c and 25c
510 Running backward race open to all
2 1
520 Blind wheel barrow race open to all
1 50c
530 Relay race for boys under 14 Prizes 150
75c
535 Boys race 75 yard run around two posts
Prizes 1 75c 50c and 25c
540 Quartette
600 Band
640 Ball game Leans vs Fats
REGISTER FOR RACES ETC
It must be distinctly understood that all who desire to enter any
of the above contests must register in book for that purpose at
Dreberts clothing store on or before July 9th or on grounds on date
of picnic before 100 p m at which time book will be closed No
applications will be received after that time One exception to the
above rule will be the tug of war
CHECK YOUR BASKETS
Be it understood that dinner and supper will be provided by
basket lunches provided by all that go to picnic who can supply
same All baskets will be cared for by refreshment committee
who have provided checkmen in baggage car on the picnic train
Be sure to go to train fifteen or twenty minutes before the train
leaves so thai you can get your basket properly checked and get
your check therefor You can then get your basket on presentation
of your checks It is suggested that all mark their dishes and
baskets with private mark as an additional precaution
As other arrangements are completed they will be announced
H E Culbertson W F Pate and A G Smart
Committee
About Editors
It is said the following was written
by a small boy of a neighboring town
when asked by his father to write an
essay on editors Out of the mouths
of small boys sometimes comes wis
dom
I dont knew how newspapers come
to be in the world and I dont think
God does for he haint got nothing to
eay about it in the bible I think the
editor is the missing links we read of
and stayed in the bushes until after the
flood and then came out and wrote the
thing up and has been here ever since
I dont think he ever dies I never saw
a dead one and never heard of one
getting licked Our paper is mighty
good but the editor goes without under
clothes ail winter and dont wear any
socks and pa aint paid his subscription
since the paper started I ask pa if
that was the reason why the editor had
to suck the juice of snowballs in the
-winter and go to bed when he had a
50c
50c
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Prizes 1 75c 50c and
Prizes 1 75c 50 and
Prizes 1 75c 50c and
Prize 2 1
Prizes
Prizes
Prizes
shirt washed in summer About then
pa took me out in the woodshed and
licked me like blazes If the editor
makes mistakes folks say he ought to
be hung but if a doctor makes any
mistakes he buries them and people
dassent say nothing because doctois
can readLatin When the editor makes
mistakes there is lawsuits and swear
ing and a big fuss but if a doctor makes
one there is a funeral cut flowers and
a perfect Bilerce A doctor can use a
word a yard long without him or any
one knowing what it means but if the
editor uses one he has to spell it out
If the doctor goes to see another mans
wife he charges for the visit but if the
editor goes he gets a charge of buck
shot When the doctor gets drunk its
a case of being overcome by the heat
and if he dies its heart trouble whn
an editor gets drunk its a case of too
much booze and if he dies its the jimA
jams Any college can make a doctor
but an editor has to be born Ex
change
Maude Adams
And the Noble
Maid of Orleans
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HEN Miss Maude Adams de
cided on the production of
Schillers Joan of Arc lu
the Harvard stadium at
Cambridge Mass on June 122 she
knew that It meant an undertaking of
much magnitude When you have 1200
or 1500 people on the stage at a time
things are liable to happen things not
meant to be on the program and
which tend to mar the smoothness
and beauty of the performance To
avert the danger of incidents of this
kind necessitates arranging every de
tail with the utmost care in advance
This is especially true in the case of
a performance like that of Joan of
Arc where historical accuracy In
every particular is so essential espe
cially when given as in this Instance
In a university town before an audi
ence of more than the average degre
of cultivation and knowledge of his
tory and literature Miss Adams was
naturally anxious that amid the classic
surroundings of old Harvard the pro
duction which was to portray the he
roic life and glorious death of the
Maid of Orleans should be as perfect
as possible from both the historical
and dramatic standpoints
Miss Adams arranged to leave New
York at once on the close of ber sea
son at the Empire theater in that city
and proceed to Cambridge with her
entire forces company stage man
agers and supernumeraries for actual
rehearsal on the grassy stage of the
stadium at Harvard with all the 1300
persons participating in the production
present But before that for several
fcjp Jwhr
MAXJUE ADAMS AND SOME OF HElt WAK
IUOKS IN JOAN OP ABC
weeks she had been participating her
self In the mimic battle scene of the
play every day In the library of her
New York house she resolved herself
into a board of strategy with a model
of the Harvard stadium before her
With companies and battalions of lead
soldiers both cavalry and infantry
made exactly to scale she went
through military evolutions such as
were characteristic of fighting in the
days of the now beatified Joan She
arranged the entrances and exits and
the various intricate evolutions neces
sary for carrying out the imitations of
a battle In this way the practiced
eves of General Adams were able to
see just how the whole thing would
appear in the Harvard stadium Later
she practiced evolutions and horseback
riding in the Central Park Riding acad
emy She herself selected the milk
white steed she was to ride an animal
of Arabian descent and undertook his
training herself as in the Schiller
drama the horse ridden by Joan plays
an important part In the battle scene
she gallops at full tilt across the
stadium consequently she realized her
mount must know how to behave un
der the glare of lights with music be
ing played and with the rattle of her
armor In his ears so Bhe accustomed
him to strange sights and sounds
It was by no mere accident that
Miss Adams determined on the pro
duction of the Joan of Arc pageant
and play ai Harvard She was inter
ested to begin with in the work of
the universitys Germanic museum in
spreading German culture in America
and for a dozen years she- had been
making a diligent study of the life and
times of the Maid of Orleans Sh
concluded that tov render anEnglisi
torsion of Schillers play for the bene
fit of the museum would be an excel
leWwnyfor her to forward interest In
both Joan of Arc and the cause of Ge
man- science and liftrature hence the
invitation from the Harvard corpora
tion and its acceptance
In
HAYSTREDICTIONV
I Expect to Be Comfortably Dead In
1908 He Wrote
A very Interesting letter referring
to President Lincoln just after his first
inauguration and written by John
Hay is dated Washington 1801 and
says in part
If there Is anything which more
than all causes me to regret the intol
erable press of business about the
presidents office It Is the impossi
bility of answering the letters of my
best friends I have positively not had
a moments leisure since we arrived lu
this city The throng of office seekers
Is absolutely fearful They come at
daybreak and still are coining at mid
night
You know that in anything I can do
you can command me but you over
rate my Influence Mr LIncolu posi
tively refuses to make anj recommen
dations for positions In the depart
ment he rejects the entreaties even of
his most intimate friends and rela
tives
In another letter Washington Dec
12 no year Hay says
Walter Noyes was appointed on the
recommendation of two Rhode Island
senators Burnside and Anthony I
did not pay McKlnleys debts I never
called him William in my life nor did
he ever call me John Our Inter
course has always been of the most
formal character I have absolutely
no claim on him for myself or friends
And in another letter Hay writes
from Washington
I am old sick and busy and I have
not a moment at my disposition be
sides what Is occupied by my daily
tasks Do not talk about any
thing so ridiculous as my being a can
didate for the presidency I shall
never hold an office after this and I
expect to be comfortably dead bv
190S
As will be recalled Secretary Hay
died July 1 1003 New York Times
A BUCKET OF WATER
Right Place When Needed It Will
Prevent a Conflagration
A single bucket of water even a
cupful thrown on a blaze at its start
often does more good than a reservoir
full ten minutes later Aud yet in not
one out of a thousand American homes
is a single bucket of water dedicated
to Ore protection The only excuses
for this negligence are Ignorance care
lessness total disregard of property
and life Poverty may explain the ab
sence of structural protection but no
one who has a home is too poor to
afford a bucket of water Even 2i
cents spent for fire pails will measur
ably increase for years the safety of
a house and that of its inmates And
the only attention this very effective
fire apparatus will need Is an occasion
al refilling from the pump or tap
The virtue of the bucket of water
kept exclusively for fire purposes is
that it is always there when you look
for it and always full of water There
is to be sure lots of water around the
house except when the pipe or pump
has frozen but by the time one can
find a bucket take it to the tap or
pump wait for it to fill and then take
it back to the fire not one bucket but
ten are needed If however you can
dash into the hail seize a ready filled
bucket and souse the blazing curtain
all within twenty seconds one bucket
generally will be more than enough
as good as a whole fire department
and far less destructive than its super
fluity of water
The family that cares anything at
all for its belongings should keep at
least one bucket of water on a little
bracket in the hall on each floor and
another bucket In the garret Down
cellar there should be a barrel of wa
ter and a bucket not far from the
furnace The water in the garret or
cellar may be kept from freezing in
cold weather by adding common salt
Exchange
In the Interest of Good Eyes
A noted oculist advises against using
the eyes Immediately after waking
therefore the habit of many young
girls of reading or studying in bed is
injurious It Is harmful to use the
eyes when sleepy as It Is a great
strain upon the muscles If one must
read or write when drowsy rise
slonally and bathe the eyes with hot j
or cold water Remember that a quick
change from a dark room to a brilliant
light Is a strain upon the eyes New
York Press
The Prayer He Didnt Make
In a certain parish near Dumfries a j
newly made elder was summoned to
the sickbed of a parishioner Being
naturally a bashful man he was in
great anxiety as to the prayer be wad
hao to pit up and wished to avoid
going altogether At length he was
persuaded by his wife and started on
his errand On his return his wife
greeted him with the query
And how did ye get on William
Oh grand Lie was deid Dundee
Advertiser
Kicked on Being Tickled to Death
Chairman of the Committee You got
anything to say before we strings you
up Bad Buggins the condemned
If it aint too much trouble Id like
to have you trim the end of the rope
where its frayed It tickles me neck
Puck
Too Pre6sing
And did you enjoy your African
trip major How dftl you like the
savages
Oh they were extremely kind heart
ed They wanted to keep me there for
dinner London Opinion
AHvnnflfTP fa n hotter soldier than
J rashness Shakespeare
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
McCook National Bank
McCoojc Nkimabka
Charter No fcKJS
In the State of Nobruska at this cIomj of busi
ness June 23 1909
RESOURCES
Loans aud Discount 79
U S Howls t socure circulation WOOO 00
Premiums on U S Bonds lj fj
Bonds becurities etc J j
Hanking Iioum furniture and fixtures 318j U5
Duo from National Banks notrowjrve
agents W u
Duo from Stato and Private Bank
and Bankurc Trust Companies and
Savings Hnnks 1102 40
Duo from approved rpeerve agents 40819 55
Checks and other cash items 2 50
Fractional papercurrencynickolsand
cents 31 25
Lawful Monet Reserve in Bank viz
Specie 812032 iO
Legal tender notes 0 00 13233 80
Redemption fund with US Treasurer
5 percentof circulation 2f0or 00
Total 2733fc0 20
liabilities
Caoital stock paid In 50000 00
Surplus fund 4000 00
Undivided protlts less expenses and
taxespaid 3511 91
National Bank notes outstanding 49100 00
Due to State and Private Banks aud
Bankers 2053 03
Individual deposits subject to check 93960 12
Demaud certificates of deposit 745 00
Time certificates of deposit 68988 92
Cashiers checks outstanding 1037 25
Total 273390 25
Stato of Nebraska
County of Red Willow fss
I C J OBrien cashier of the above named
bank do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true to the bet t of tny knowledge and
belief C J OBrien Cashier
Correct Attest
P Walsh Director
C F Leiin Director
P F McKenna Director
Subscribed and sAVoru to before me this 28th
day of June 1909 J E Kelley
sealJ Notarj Public
My commission expires Feb 15 1910
Many people with chronic throat and
lung trouble have found comfort and
relief in Foleys Honey and Tar as it
cures stubborn coughs after other treat
ment has failed L M Ruggles Rh
aanor Iowa writes The doctors said
I had consumption and I got no better
until I took Foleys Honey and Tar It
stopped the hemorrhages and pain in my
lungs and they are now as sound as a
bullet A McMillan druggist
pecial
DIRECTORS
V Franklin Jas S Doyle
G H Watkins
Real Estate Filings
Tho following real estate filings bare
beon made in tho county clorkd
since last report
Claronco E and Ada M Ilotzo
unmd to City of Indianola
wd to so qr bw qr 7-3-27 8 311
Rachel H Hamilton et cons to
George W Norris wd to lot 9
blklG McCook 2500 00
Georgo W Cook et ux to C II
Boyle wd to o hf sw qr 32-4-
29 100
Henry Kaufman et ux to Hen
ry Anion wd to lot 2 blk 33
2nd McCook 1100 00
Frees Hock noil Lmbr Co to
n K Adams wd to lot 7 blk
37 and 3 11 10 and 12 Hart
ley
Martin Nilsson ot ux Marion
Powell ot ux to Marion Stato
Bank qqd to pt lot 12 in blk
2 Marion
H T Pnttorson sheriff to Edw
when he doesnt sleep well has an uncomfortable
feeling in the stomach after eating is languid nervous irritable and despond
ent he is losing the nutrition needed to make strength
Such a man should use Dr Pierces Golden Medical
Discovery It cures diseases of the stomach and other
orans ot digestion and nutrition It enriches the blood
invigorates the liver strengthens the kidneys nourishes
the nerves and so GIVES HEALTH SXD STRENGTH TO
THE WHOLE BODY
You cant afford to accept a secret nostrum as a substitute for this non
alcoholic medicine of known composition not even though the urgent dealer
may thereby make a little bigger profit Ingredients printed on wrapper
100
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bossing come and get our figures on
such work Dont send away or give
your order to some traveling shark
that IB dont do it before you have seen
our samples of such work g t gotten
our figures
BEGGS BLOOD PURIFIER
CURES disease with Pure Blood
summer
Rates
EXCURSION RATES EAST Daily low round trip rates
with thirty days limits in effect early in June to New York Jersey
Coast Resorts Boston Montreal Portland Me and other promi
nant eastern resorts Somewhat higher round trip rates daily with
all summer limits to New England St Lawrence River Atlantic
Coast and New England Resorts Also desirable round trip rates
to Wisconsin Michigan etc including Lake Journeys from Chi-
cago to Buffalo and return Rates details destinations etc may
be had of our nearest agent
EXCURSION RATES WEST Seattle Exposition California
Pacific Coast Tours Denver and Colorado Resorts Black Hills Big
Horn Mountains Utah Yellowstone Park circuit through scenic
Colorado and Yellowstone and Gardiner gateways Homeseekers
rates first and third Tuesdays You can reach all western Summer
resorts on very desirable rates this Summer Call on nearest
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D F Hostetter Ticket Agent McCook Neb
L W Wakeley G P A Omaha
No Man is Stronger
Than His Stomach
A strong man is strong all over No man can be
strong who is suffering from weak stomach with its
consequent indigestion or from some other disease
of the stomach and its associated organs which im
pairs digestion and nutrition For when the stomach
is weak or diseased there is a loss of the nutrition
contained in food which is the source of all physical
strength When a man doesn t feel just right
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A C Ebeut Cshr - G II Watkins Asst Cshr
The Citizens National Bank
of McCook Nebraska
Paid Up Capital 50000 Surplus 25000
A C Ebert
Vernice Franklin
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ONE ONE ONE
That is the No of ONE of the best Lumber and Coal Concerns in a
No ONE town which is located on ONE East Street But if you cant
find it call phone No ONE when you will be inforrned that you can get
No ONE lumber No ONE coal No ONE service No ONE treatment
in fact No ONE first last and all the time
Bullard Lumber Co
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GinGlBartloy 275 Xrty
Albert Shera to B F Norris wd
to e hf so qr and e hf w hf so
qr 19-4-20 1200 00
Nora M Kelloy et cons to Chas
H Stonnett wd to lot 5 blk
3 Gth McCook 303 00
United States to John N Town
ley pat to so qr 3-1-27
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