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National
Bank of Mccook
is tho oldest NATIONAL BANK
m Southwestern Nebraska
and in point of Capital
Surplus and Undivid
ed ProfitsS90000
the strongest
Wo ghe you a personal invita
tion to make this bank your de
postory whether you have a small
sum or a largo cno to lay aside for
safe keeping
OKIICKRS AND DIRKCTOKS
B M FREES Pres
H P WAITE V Pres
P A PENNELL Cash
L THORGRIMSON Asst cash
H P SUTTON C H BOYLE
By F fll KlAliOELL
L it ci circulation in Rtd Willow Co
Entered at postoflico McCook Nebraska as
sefcond class matter Published weekly
musonption i a Year in Advance
Thk popular paraphrase in tho middh
west is Let the people rule not plu
tocratic protected privilege
Whilk in Washington a f6w
since the lion Frtd Ashton of Grant
Island lee the newspaper men into tin
secret that he would be elected congres
man next fall from the Fifth district
hands down All of which is -important
if true
The Republican politicians and parti
sans and nffieH holders over the state an
exceediug tbe eight hour law now in re
solving approval or condemnation para
graphs aud in organizing personal politi
cal clubs The mist of it is about a
gauzy a bunch of frame up stuff as ha
ever been offered for public approval
During tho recent aviation event ii
Los Augele J California lodging price
went pretty nearly as high as did Paul
han tho nervy Frenchman who ngo
tiated an altitude of quite a mile Whei
you think of separating yourself frcni
fifteen to twenty plunks for a night
lodging one can appreciate theadvisi
bility of getting in the hay early
Can the industrial and commercia
interests of Nebraska bo induced to load
up with the blasting incubus of nrohioi
tion asks the literary bureau of Man
ufacturers and Merchants Association
of Omahd in last weeks issup We be
lieve they can and will brethren and
will be able to put money in the bank
besides
The motif of Adam Bedes splendid
lecture at this place last summer du
ring the chautauqua will be better un
derstood and more keenly appreciated
when it is known that Adam was retired
from his district in Congress from Min
nesota because he loved Uncle Joe
not wisely but too well Adam refers to
himself as a Cannonized statesman
Farther out west we abbreviate it to
canned Same thing
Congressman Dawson of Iowa an
nounces his retirement from congress
the present term on tbe stated ground
that he cannot make due provision
for his family on the congressmans sal
ary of 37500 a year When a congressman
becomes so flossy that he and his family
cannot live on the small annual stipend
of 7500 per perhaps the most satisfact
ory manner in which he can serve his
country is as a private citizen
FiNANCiALin6titutions will be required
to take into account the interest on
United States bonds owned by them in
making returns to the commissioner of
internal revenue under the law imposing
a tax of 1 per cent on the net income of
corporations The total amount of inter
est bearing debt of the United States
represented by issues of bonds outstand
ing December 31 last was 8913317490
More than S700000000 of these sec
urities are deposited by National bank
with the treasury to secure circulation
and public moneys deposited with them
Tbe total interest on the bonded in
debtedness of the United States annual
ly is 21275000
Select Your Harness
for spring work at McCook Hardware
Cos Large line of Velio Harness and
Collars Also the Whipple Humane
Collars
CARAVAN BREADMAKING
Afghans Use Cobblestones While
comans Like Sand
The bread ot tin Afghan caravan
was cooked by heating small round
cobblestone hi the lire and then pok
ing them out and wrapping dough an
Iijcb thick about them The balls thus
forlued were again thrown Into the
fire to be poked out again when cook
ed The bread tasted well there in the
desert although In civilized communi
ties the grit and ashes would tinve
peeinid unendurable
After good fellowship had been es
tabjished the Afghaus actually sold us
some Hour says a writer in the Nn
tional tJeographical Magazine The
camp where we used It a little latet
happened to be beside the sandy bid
2 of a trickling salt stream which was
drinkable hi whiter but absolutely un
usable lu summer when evaporation
is at its height and the salt Is conceit
trated
See said one of our Turcoman
as we dismounted here Is some sand
Tonight we can have some good
bread
When some dry twigs had been gath
ered he proceeded to smooth off a hit
of the cleanest sand aud built upon it
a hot tire When the sand was thor
oughly hot he raked off most of the
coals and smoothed the sand very neat
ly Meanwhile one of the other men
had made two large sheets of dough
about three quarters of an inch thick
and eighteen inches in diameter Be
tween these he placed a laer of lump
of sheeps tall fat making a huge
round sandwich This was now spread
on the hot sand coals mixed with sand
wer placed completely over It and it
was left to bake Now and then an
edge was uncovered and a Turcoman
studied it appreciatively and rapped
on it to see if it was yet cooked
When the top was thoroughly baked
the bread was turned over and covered
up again It tasted even better than
the Afghan bread after it was cooled
a little and the sand and ashes bad
been whisked oil with a giidle The
Turcomans are so accustomed to life
in the sandy desert that they think it
impossible to make the best kind of
bread without sand while the Af
ghans who live iu the stony moun
tains think that cobblestones are a
requisite
THE ZANZIBARIS
Dense Stupidity and Amusing Blunders
of the Natives
fti the Autobiography ut Sir flenrj
M Stanley the author says ot the
colored natives of central Africa
Good as the majority of Zanzibar
were some of them were indescriba
hly and for me most unfortuuately
dense One man who from his personal
appearance might have been judged
to be among the most intelligent was
after thirty months experience with
his musket unable to understand how
it was to be loaded He never could
remember whether be ought to drop
the powder or the bullet into the tnus
ket tirsl Another time he was seut
with a man ro transport a company of
men over a river to camp After wait
ing an hour I strode to the bauk of
the river and found them paddling in
opposite directions each blaming the
other for his stupidity and being in a
passion of excitement uuable to hear
the advice of men across the river
who were bawling out to them how to
manage their canoe
Another man was so ludicrously
stupid that he generally was saved
from punishment because his mistakes
were so absurd We were one day
floating down the Kongo and it being
near camping time I bade him as he
happened to be bowman ou the occa
sion to stand by and seize the grass
on the bank to arrest the boat when 1
should call out In a little while we
came to a tit place and I cried Hold
hard Kirango Please God master
he replied and forthwith sprang on
the shore and seized the grass with
both hands while we of course were
rapidly swept down river leaving him
alone and solitary on the bank Tbp
boafs crew roared at the ridiculous
sight but nevertheless His stupidity
cost the tired men a bard pull to as
cend again for not every place was
available for a camp
He it was also who on an occasion
when we required the branch of a spe
cies of arbutus which overhung the
river to be cut away to allow the ca
noes to be brought nearer to the bank
for safety actually went astride of the
branch and chopped away until he fell
into the water with the branch and
lost our ax He had seated himself on
the outer end of the branch
A Bunch of Kicks
Im in hard luck sighed the steel
rail
Look at me 1 get nothing from
morning til night but hot air groan
ed the pumping engine
Im always in hot water sighed
the boiler
Consider my plight cried the mac
adam road invariably walked over
and trodden under foot
Im used to it for Im always up
against it philosophically remarked
the wall paper
Youre none of you as badly off as
I am said the furnace for no mat
ter where 1 go Im generally fired
Baltimore American
The Editor Won
A London paper described a chil
drens excursion as a long white
scream of joy and was called to ac
count by a correspondent who said
that a scream could be long but not
white whereupon the editor justified
himself by urging that a hue is often
associated with a cry
R F D No 1
Honrv Brening is able to be up and
around after several weeks illness with
rbsumatism
A few friends and neighbors of George
Stroud gave him a pleasant surprise
Wednesday evening the occasion of his
birthday
J Y Berger from Hastings this state
is making his aunt Mrs J I Leo an ox
tended visit Mr Berger is a soldier
boy having served in tho navy almost
four years He is much pleased with
McCook and later may engage in busi
ness bore
Willard WHlker who hn wniked fc r
J I Lee for the past three years has
go i up to his homestead near Wraj
Colo but will return and drive one of
the ico wagonB about April 1st
Willie Stone is visitinc hi aunt Mre
J I Lee He haB been living in Wyom
ing for the pa6t year
Willard Walker received the sad news
Monday of the death of another ei ttor
This riiakes the second sister to die
within the iast three month bis oldest
and youngest sisters
Ray and Ki Stono Hre here from
Loan Kansas arriving on Monday
Gave a Splendid Lecture
The Truth About Jipnn by Dr
Thomas E Green in tho Temple last
evening was a scholarly and delightful
effort The doctor made it quite clear
from his personal investigation that
Jap in mrst of all wants peace with jour
Uncle Samuel aud for numerous and
sufficient reasons
His prologue on America was equal
ly interesting and iubtructivebut length
oned the lecture rather immoderately
Indeed the doctor gave us two finb lee
tures for tbe single price
James dimming is isolated in the
Kilfore dwelling on 2nd street west with
what the physicians in Benkelman de
clared a case of chicken pox He re
cently came down from Benkelman and
the authorfties thought it wise to isol
ate him until ho had fully recovered
UNDER THE OCEAN
Things That Happen at the Bottom
of the Sea
Naturalists dispute as to the quantity
of light at the bottom of the sea Ani
mals from below 700 fathoms either
bave no eyes or faint indications ot
them or else their eyes are very large
and protruding
Another strange thing is that if the
creatures in the lower depths have any
color it is orange or red or reddish1
orange Sea anemones corals shrimps
and crabs have this brilliant color
Sometimes it is pure red or scarlet
and m many specimens it inclines to
ward purple Not a green or blue fish
is fouud
The orange red is the fishs protec
tion for the bluish green light m the
bottom ot the ocean makes the orange
or the red fish appear or a neutral tint
and hides it trom its enemies Many
animals are black others neutral in
color Some fish are provided with
boring tails so that they can burrow
in the mud
The surface ot the submarine moun
tain is covered with shells like an or
dinary sea beach showing that it is the
feasting place ot vast shoals of car
nivorous animals
A codhsh takes a whole oyster into
its mouth cracks the shell digests the
meat and ejects tbe shell Crabs crack
the shells and suck out the meat This
accounts tor whole mouuds ot shells
that are often found
Not a fishbone is ever fouud that
is not honeycombed by the boring
shellfish and falls to pieces at tbe
touch of the band This shows what
destruction Is constantly going on in
these depths
If a ship sinks at sea with all on
board it will be eateu by fish with the
exception of the metal and that will
corrode aud disappear Not a bone of
a human body will remain after a few
days Philadelphia North American
Had to Do It
Champ Clark was showing a constit
uent about the capitol one day when
he invited attention to a solemn taced
individual just entering a committee
room
See that chap asked Clark He
reads every one of the speeches deliv
ered in the house
What gasped the constituent
Fact said Clark Reads every
word of em too
Who is he queried the visitor re
garding the phenomenon closely
A proofreader at the government
printing office explained Champ
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
An Easy Numismatist
Mrs Goodart You seem to have
some education Perhaps you were
once a professional man Howard
Hasher Lady Im a numismatist by
profession Mrs Goodart A numisma
tist Howard Hasher Yes lady a
collector of rare coins Any old coin is
rare to me Philadelphia Press
Advice and a Mule
Givin some men advice said Un
cle Eben reminds me of tryin to dis
cipline my ol mule wif a fence rail
It tires out de giver and hurts de re
ceiver but dont make no real dif
funce Washington Star
The Other Half
Scott Half the people in the world
dont know what the other half are
I doing Mott No That is because the
Every heart contains perfections j 0uer haif are doing them Boston
germ Shelley Transcript
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Continues
Sale
Never before have we offered such merchandise at such big discounts
but we must make room for spring goods and to do so we must offer
bargains early
KgHK seckekua yek a c
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MENS YOUlHb bUUb fMi
including some blues blacks ZO tO 4U percent Ull 1
MENS OVERCOATS all in- 40 - UTT
eluded at like discount 25 to percent
21 Did you notice these BOYS ALL WOOL SUITS -
PZ UU
ages 5 to i o years
BOYS ALL WOOL SUITS ages 1 1 to t
1 6 years knickerbocker or plain pants POlU LU pUU
BOYS OVERCOATS in auto and plain collars fancy and plain
dtTutthesame 25 to 40 percent Off
Another lot of WILSON BROS SHIRTS will be put on sale at a
discount commencing Saturday Hr
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ioo Shirts now
150 200 and 250 Shirts j rr
Other brands 50c 60c and 75c values -
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now
Other goods will be included FLANNEL SHIRTS UNDER
WEAR BOYS SWEATER COATS etc
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SONS
McCook Nebraska
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To Trade For Land
Stock hardware
A city property
A store building
A 160 acre faim eiibt of here well im
proved 60 acres in alfalfa
A hotel building and lots and a tine
list of relingui hments
80 acres to trade for McCook property
I have some dandy homesteads I
would be glad to show jou
What have you to sell or trade
L E Barger
Room 3 over McConnells
IflDIANOLA
Grace Wray Nora Silvernail and
Pearl Ruggles were passengers to Mc
Cook Saturday
TheEpworth League held their month
ly social and business meeting at the
home of M K Mc Williams Friday
After the business of the evening was
transacted refreshments were served
and a general good time was enjoyed by
all
Lottie Kennedy was a McCook vis
itor Tuesday
George Hamburg is entertaining a
brother from Benkelnran this week
Mrs Boldman and Mrs Merle Powell
were Cambridge visitors between trains
on Friday evening
M R McWilliams has been on the
sick list the past few days
Robert McWilliams has resigned his
position in Harrisons livery barn Claude
Holcomb succeeding him
About sixty young people gathered on
the river east of town on Friday night
and enjoyed a few hours of good skat
ing
Earl and Edith Allen visited relatives
in Cambridge Sunday
Mrs A A Kryder left Sunday for
her home in the eastern part of the
state after a few weeks visit with home
folks
Dr Hart was a Bartley visitor Tues
day
W H Smith was a McCook business
visitor Wednesday
George Reitter returned from the east
ern part of the state first of the week
where he has been visiting relatives
Sam Minniear and wife of near Dan
bury spent Sunday with her parents
Mr and Mrs M R McWilliams
Miss Sullivan our popular young
school teacher spent Saturday and Sun
day at her home in Cambridge
Ira Horton was in town Saturday
The revival meetings came to a close
at the Christian church last Wednes
day
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE
HCSHRiNERforeman atCurtis round
house came over Tuesday on a visit at
headquarters
Misses Lottie and Emma Bkatty
went down to Indianola Wednesday last
on a visit to the Ruggles family
D F Dobwart and family arrived
home last week from their stay of sev
eral weeks at Napoleon Texas
Mrs Ira E Converse and little
Evelyn spent part of last wpek in Imper
ial guests of Agent and Mrs T G Rees
MrsAugusta Anton returned Mon
day from Minden and Edison where
she has bten on Degree of Honor busi
ness
Mr and Mrs William Long went
up to Eurena Hayes county the first of
the week and will visit there several
weeks After a short stay here on there
return they will go to Chicago on a vis
it of some length
B A Griggs was an Omaha visitor
on husinebs end of last week
MrH M Finitv arrived home Mon
day eening frcm a short stay in Min
den
Mrs W B McClain and Mrs Belle
Stephenson left this morning for near
Holdrege to visit Mrs Walter French
Mis Marion Anderson of Fullerton
came down to her former home close of
last week on a visit She retains a warm
place in her heart for the old home
Mr and Mrs William Stadler of
Minden spent tho closing days of last
week in the city visiting her parents
Mr and Mrs Joseph Downs of East Mc
Cook They returned home Sunday
night
Judge and Mrs Harry Dungan of
Hastings were guests of his brother and
wife Traveling Engineer and Mrs Will
Dungan early days ot the week Tho
Judge and wife returned Hastinge ward
Tuesday evening
Babies
Soft Sole
Shoes
Each lady buying a pair of shoes on
Friday or Saturday January 28 29
will receive a pair of Babies Soft Sole
Shoes FREE
Special Prices on Some Lots in Hisses7 and
Childrens Shoes Friday and Saturday
Work Shoes for Men
OUR WORK SHOES ARE THE BEST Next pair
of work shoes you get try one of ours They will give satis
faction
The Model Shoe Store
SHOE REPAIRING A SPECIALTY
Fisher Perkins
201 flain Avenue
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