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FARMERS SOW WHEAT
and avoid the August drouth on corn You can plow the
ground just right even if it is dry with a
John Deere Disc Gang Plow
They are the greatest dry ground plow made They will go
in and so will the
Model B John Deere Disc
This disc has three levers and with the third lever you
can set the center of the disc right down
We still have left a few
DRILLS AT SPECIAL LOW PRICES
If you need a drill or know anyone who does you should tell
them as 3011 will not have another opportunity to buy at
such prices after these are gone jThey are the Columbia
Buckey and Hoosier makes and we carry repairs for them
While we are talking to you we cannot help mentioning
SHARPLES TUBULAR BLUE BELL AND DOMO
CREAM SEPARATORS
which keep you out of debt and pay big returns on your in
vestment You can get all these GOOD THINGS AT OUR
STORE and we want your business
Call and see our new line of
Velie Buggies Automobiles
and Harness
Phone 31 McCooklHardware Co
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MAIN LINE WEST DEPAET
Mountain Time
IMPERIAL LINE
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No 6 Central Time 1140 P M
16 500 A M
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Sleeping dininjr and reclining chair cars
seats free on through trains Ticket sold
and baggage checked to any point in the United
States or Canada
For information time tables maps and tick
ets call on or write D F Hostetter Agent
McCook Nebraska or L W Wakeley General
Passenger Agent Omaha Nebraska
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS
Conductor Carmoney is on furlough
and Martin has his run on Nos 2 and 3
General Foreman A- C Wiehe and
family were visitors in Denver over Sun
day
Mrs H M Tyler and Master Harold
were up from Orlerns Monday on busi
ness matters
Miss Josephine Myers of Hastings is
visiting at the home of her sister Mrs
W T Wilcott
Grading is being done for an exten
sion on the east end of the business
track at Cambridge
Conductor J F Utter and family ar
rived home Friday of last week from
their visit of a few weeks in Illinois
Mrs A H McCreath and baby were
called to Raton New Mexico first of
the week by the illness of her mother
Conductor S E Harvey was called to
Wymore Tuesday night to attend a
company lawsuit and H Hegenberger
has his run
M L Search has been appointed as
night foreman at the round house and
Steve Bolles succeeds to his place in the
air and electric department
Mrs W T Wilcott and baby daugh
ter Mildred returned Monday from
Hastings where they have been visit
ing the past week wiih relatives
Mr and Mrs E J Kates came up
from Lincoln last Saturday night to
visit her parents Dispatcher and Mrs
T B Campbell E J returned home
Sunday night Mrs Kates remaining
until the latter part of the week
Junior Normals 1909 1910
The citizens of McCook and vicinity
will be pleased to learn of the relative
enrollments of the eight State Junior
Normal Schools last year
The true test of the value to the state
of the Junior Normal work is in the
number taking the work the full time
throwing out of question the quality of
the instruction
In the number ot full term students
pnmllfid McCook ranked third in the
state with five below her in full time
students
If we add to this the number enrolled
for Institute attendance only this will
give the grand total enrollment for the
entire term In this respect McCook
ranked five in the state We made no
effort to run in pupils for one week sim
ply to run up a large enrollment
In quality of work the State Junior
Normal has n field all its own In real
ity the prospective teacher who wants
to review up on some branches in ordpr
to get grades or raise old grades can do
so better and more effectively than at
any of the regular college or normal
summer schools There are several
reasons for this In the first place the
classes are not nearly so large in the
Junior Normals as in the other schools
In someofthe college and normal
schools last summer there were as high
as 100 students in some of the classes
It is seen that the individual pupil can
get little or no personal help when she
is one of 100 to recite in 40 minutes
In the Junior Normal classes there were
seldom more than 20 in a class and
many times only 10 or 15
Then again the regular best highest
priced teachers and professors in the
colleges and state normals do not nearh
all stay and work in the summer schools
They are going around the state doing
institute work at the county institutes
or taking vacations to rest up The
most of the instruction done in their
summer schools is done by under teach
ers and tutors
In the Junior Normals the instruc
tion is given by actual school superin
tendentst the best in the state men
who are in contact with the teaching
problem daily all year in all of its
phases A more capable set of men
could not be found any where to teach
than the instructors who teach in the
State Junior Normals
The text books apparatus and build
ings in which the Junior Normals are
held are the best that can be had in the
state
The reports from the examinations
which the Junior Normal students took
under the state department at the close
of the Junior Normals bear eloquent
testimony to the effectiveness of the
work done in the summer terms of those
schools
Following is given the enrollment of
all of the Junior Normals schools for
the last session under the two heads of
full attendance and institute only
Full Institute
Attendance Only
a o s o h c
5 5 p 3 5 s
o r o t c
an no h
O O O O - o
n a c s
Alliance 79 95 174 10 24 134 208
Alma 53 54 107 14 5 19 126
Broken Bow102 22 124 67 11 7S 202
Geneva 86 19 103 SS 0 88 193
McCook 53 72 125 16 22 3S 163
North Platte 66 42 108 46 4 50 158
ONeill 132 2S 160 S4 0 84 244
Valentine 61 13 76 19 5 24 100
632 347 979 344 71 445 1394
To be satisfied use Kamo
The best of every thing in pure foods
are packed under Kamo Brand and
label For sale at the White House
Grocery Phone 30
Keystona has no equal for painting
plastered walls metal ceilings wood
work floors and all interior surfaces
Sold by A McMillen druggist
WITH A FALSE
ffl
A Story of a Clever Thief and a
Detective
By WILLIAM H OSBORNE
A man with ow arm stood leaning
against u showcase The other arm
the false one rested partly on the
rray of diamonds On the hand of
that arm he wore n conventional glove
of black He was a well dressed man
with ii smooth shaved face lie was
examining some high priced stones
With his other hand the left one he
finally picked out n small diamond
probably the least expensive of the
lot and asked the clerk to wrap It up
At the same time he pulled from his
trousers pocket a roll of bills at least
three Inches thick and with the left
hand deftly counted out enough to pay
for his purchase
The clerk took the money and the
purchased gem and then seized the
tray to replace it In the case
As he did so he rapidly counted with
his eye the remaining stones as was
his custom There were two missing
in addition to the one he himself had
taken from the tray Fie glanced sus
piciously at the one armed man
1 beg your pardon sir he said po
litely hut reaching as he did so for his
revolver underneath the counter but
there are two stones missing I have
you taken them lie made this In
quiry with hesitation
The one armed man looked the clerk
squarely in the eje You are quite
right to be careful he said pleasantly
but I did not take the stones How
many were there before
The clerk told him Come return
ed the man we will count them to
gether then
They did so They found the tally
right There was none missing The
man was right and the clerk was
wrong He apoldgized profusely but
the one armed man took no offense
whatever at the incident no received
his diamond and his change and spent
several minutes chatting about dia
mond roouories and safeguards against
them and then went his way
Queer thing happened then called
forth a long false arm and pulled a
wire that protruded from Us upper
end As he did so from n recess in
the artificial palm there were released
three gems among the largest In the
house They were genuine The clerk
on examination of the tray found that
three spurious stones had been substi
tuted in their place
Kelly and the clerk examined the
arm It was made largely of wood
but with a hollow iron chamber below
the elbow and a hollow hand A series
of wires ran from the hand all the
way through the arm These wires
evidently were controlled by the other
hand or the feet and It was these that
had snapped when Kelly clung to the
artificial member on the carriage step
On pulling one of these wires Kelly
fonid that a slot in the hand opened
and closed thus scooping up whatever
lay beneath It On pulling another he
found that it would release one two
or more spurious gems In place of the
purloined genuine stones Of these
spurious gems they found a dozen or
so but no more genuine stones were
found Evidently the thief secreted
each stone immediately
It was the most complete contriv
ance that Kelly had ever seen for any
kind of thievery
But Kelly Avas sore sore in mind
and body Tie vowed an unholy vow
in most unholy language that he would
have that one armed mans scalp in
side of a month at the outside lie
was not satisfied with the mans arm
He wanted more Kelly was one of
those people who are never satisfied
Two weeks later in a large jewelry
house in a down east metropolis an old
lady in a Quaker bonnet stood and ad
justed her spectacles and examined
some diamond earrings She was
plainly but richly dressed ner real
name was Sneakers Kelly
Contrasting with this aged woman
and within a foot or so of her there
stood a tall young man with a black
mustache There was a ruddy healths
color upon his face He said with
some embarrassment that he was buy
ing an engagement ring He bent over
a tray containing an assortment The
old lady was so close to him that she
almost touched him
Suddenly she gripped him by the
arm and yelled to the clerk This
mans a thief she cried in shrill
Hie clerk to niinthnr 7 nnnrl tones Close the doors
telling that swell that he was a thief
thought that he took a couple of bril
liants I counted em wrong and told
him that he must have em He said
ne naun t men i counted em over
again and found em all right
he wasnt mad about it either
Are you sure theyre right now
returned the other an older man
Let me see the tray
The tray was produced Before it
reached the counter the old man seized
the two largest diamonds it contained
and held them to the light
Done by George he exclaimed
These are made of glass thats all
Sneakers Kelly the crack plain
clothes man at headquarters was put
on the case at once
Ive heard of this fellow he an
nounced to the jewelry firm Hes a
new proposition and a slick one at
that I understand and there have
been a good many complaints about
him We havent been able to make
a touch as yet Ill see what I can
do but I guess Its best for you to
The clerk hastily drew back the tray
of rings Several other men ran up
Somebody closed the doors
Then they inspected the tray of dia
monds Sure enough two rings were
And missing- None however had been sub
stituted in their stead
The young man uttered not a word
He only looked surprised He had
made no resistance and no outcry
The old woman however was ex
cited She pushed back her bonnet
from her face
Hes got em she exclaimed lies
got em in his arm Its hollow Make
him take it off Theyre in there I
tell you and youll find em
The young man smiled but protest-
lbd feebly
Gentlemen he began true it is
my misfortune to have but one arm
and true that I wear a false one but
I did not take your stones 1 assure
you
The old woman violently shook her
head You make him take off that
arm she commanded Its the great-
Hinr rlio thin- nn to nrnfit niul loss i est thi vou ever saw lVs loOW
and us ot vour diamonds in it Make
if overhaul
right now Even I the man
its ten to one I wont get the stones
Ill do my best though gentlemen
That happened in Chicago In Janu
ary of the next year on a cold crisp
day two prosperous looking men stood
almost side by side In a fashionable
jewelry store
One of them was dressed in furs and
wore rich jewels He was a showy
man with a red face This was
Sneakers Kelly of Chicago
The other man was a man of grave
appearance ne wore a gray beard
and his hair was tinged with white
By his appearance he was an aristo
crat probably the president of a bank
In his left hand he held a fur mitten
only one His right -was clothed in a
light colored suede glove ne was
buying diamonds
Keily watched this man closely
more closely than did the clerk Final
ly the clerk handed out a few small
bills and a small white packet and he
left As he did so Kelly followed him
When they reached the sidewalk Kelly
touched him on the arm The man
glanced at him but once and then
swinging around suddenly struck Kel
ly in the head with his right hand It
was hard as iron Kelly was stunned
He reeled and fell When he came to
the other man was about to enter a
carriage which stood at the curb The
carriage started off but before the
door was shut Kelly had succeeded in
seizing that right false arm with a
tight and unrelenting grip The man
beat him about the face with the other
hand and the coach went faster and
faster but Kelly clung desperately to
the hand his feet dragging upon the
street below
Suddenly as they swung around a
corner there came a snap and a jerk
and Kelly fell face downward on the
pavement It was late In the after
noon and dark and no one had noticed
what had happened Kelly lay for a
moment but soon recovered and scram
bled to his feet just in time to avoid
being run down by a heavy truck
And as he rose he grasped something
tightly in his arms This object he
bore to a brilliantly lighted window
and examined it
By George thats clever mused
Kelly to himself And now hell
have to get a new one First blood
for me
Limping he wended his way back to
the store from which he had started
Look here he exclaimed to the clerk
after he had made known his identity
hold out your hand
The clerk did so The detective held
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him take it off
The young man looked around upon
the faces then he smiled again
Here he replied theres but one
way to prove my innocence
He removed his coat rolled up his
sieeve unbuckled a strap or two and
pulled off the arm They gathered
round and examined it especially the
old lady
It was not hollow not by a long
shot It was an ordinary false arm
made of solid cork
When they were satisfied that it was
nothing else the young man replaced
It and donned his coat again
Gentlemen he continued looking
hard at the old woman I am no
mans accuser and no womans either
but these stones were missed when
both of us the old lady and myself
stood at this counter There Is a
bare possibility he continued with a
grin a bare possibility that she has
the stones herself And if I am not
mistaken I saw her put something in
that bag You might examine it if
you will
The bag in question was one which
hung at the old ladys side They ex
amined it and they found oh noth
ing much save the two missing dia
mond rings thats all
Now gentlemen added the young
man unless I am again mistaken this
old lady is not what she seems to be
Let us investigate once more He
reached over and deftly pulled from
her head the Quaker hat and an old
gray wig There stood revealed the
grizzled countenance of Sneakers
Kelly the detective
The clerks pounced upon him and
bore him to the station house the
nearest one There he was kept for
two days until a Chicago special could
he sent on to recognize and identify
him for the man he really was
But on the way down to the station
the young man with the false arm
somehow disappeared Before he did
so however he stepped up and said a
word to Kelly
Kelly he explained in a low voice
next time you must give a fellow
time to get a new arm made Arms of
my pet brand dont grow on trees you
know
And then he went
Just Like Some People
Howell Rowell is always doing the
wrong thing
Powell Yes he would yell Hear
hear at a gathering of deaf mutes
New York Press
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The foot ball team had scrimmage
practice Wednesday evening
Remember the foot bnll game with
the Cs and Ds October 5th at 4 p m
The first of the season 25c admission
Company M cf the national guards
will meet the team Wednesday Oct 13
and onSaturday Oct 16 the boys go
to Holdrege
Get ready to help the young people in
the sale of season tickets for the athle
tic games
The boys and girls of the high school
have organized themselves into an
athletic association for the purpose of
perfecting themselves in the various
games and sports common to high school
athletics George R McDonald the
phjsical director will have the general
supervision of all these phases of the
school activities under the direction of
the board of education
It is planned to bring two or thiee
heavy football games to McCcok this
fall including such towns asRed Cloud
Holdrege and others of this type There
will then be at least five basket ball
games at different dates possibly some
of them double games both boys and
girls An effort will be made u sell
season tickets these tickets to be good
at all these games up to January 1 1910
It will take money to carry out a sched
ule of games such as is being planed by
the management
Many times there is legitimate objec
tions to high school athletics but ob
servation and a little thought on the
part of each one will Ehow that the
young people will have their games even
if they have to have them without the
help and presence of older people The
high school authorities believe that
high school athletics under control and
supervision of the proper authorities is
a better proposition than to have these
things going without any such super
vision
Come now while the line
is fresh and complete
C L DeGroff
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES
ATHLETIC OTH3
Fred Amsden is a new recruit in the
basket ball squad and immediately made
good at center
The outdoor season for basket ball
wll be opened on the local grounds
Saturday October 2nd at three p m
when the hoys and girls teams from
Trenton will be here Admission 35c
to all parties not holding season tickets
Season tickets tood to all foot ball and
basket ball gomes to be played hero be
tween now and January 1st are on sale
at SI There must be 275 sold to cover
the havy expense of carrjing on a good
foot ball schedule
Baxter Austin played a good practice
Co
The boys play bnse ball at Cuiberteon
on Friday Oct 8 and the bnya and
girls basket hall at the same pCv Oct
ober 9th
No boy or girl will he allowed to par
ticipate in these gumes whose ccholar
sbip is fcelow thn standard department
included Boys and girls basfcet ball
tennis and foot bull teams are already
at work getting rpady for mated Games
Harold Sutton is the coach for ih foot
ball team
Membership and work on these teams
is not in any sense obligatory on any
pupil and any parents who chfaet to
their sons or daughters participating
in any of these games should maia their
objections to the superintenSdat and
their children will be taken ccc of the
work at once The parents rd and
desire will be final on these questions
ADVERTISED LIST
The following letters cards sod pack
ages remain uncalled for at the ifcCook
postoffice October 1 1909
IETTEKS
Hoston 31 rs Esther Hertz J IT
Malcolm Mr John Nichols P C
St Clair Miss Geneva lpt necrose Mr J
Willirjgham Mr Idus I 2
CAIJIJS
Bernard Mr L L
Cox Ernest
Grates Mrs IE
Hartley Mr Ed
When calling
they were advertised
Clark Etta
Dunham Jzck
Hoffman Ur Iuha
Kunsinjrec 3Jr Jai
lor these pfeadtt say
Lon Cctf s P II
Real Estate Filings
The following real estate fiHas have
been made in the county clerfc i office
since last report
Elmer L Hawkins et ux to Rosi
E Bayless wd to 123 iu 17
McCook 5300 00
Edward E Smith to Alice C
Clark wd to 7 pt S 9 10 ta
5 Esther park Bartley 2S0 00
Rose E Bayless to Elmer L
Hawkine wd to 3 in 9 4th
McCook 3000 00
FOR SALE FOR REKT ETC
Fon Sale Good second - haad base
burner Inquire at 511 Ezat second
street
McCook Markets
Merchants and dealers is McCook
today Thursday are paying the follow
ing prices
Corn 65
Wheat 80
Oats i0
Rye 60
Barley 40
rlOS MMntitat 4 0
Butter good bhV2322ta2
Eggs t - 17