rxxvj Commissioners Proceedings
raikIniiunry2i 1J1
7be TUmtiI of county commissioner met pur
suant lt adjournment Irowjnt C 15 Gray
F S- Xjtftnii mid Kdwnnl SuKlirouo county
cnmuirMio and Charles Sknllu county
dt rlc
TJuj iRtnitUsiof o riiiMtinn hold January 14
on motion approved
Tm tbnetr contracts villi V M Kimmoll for
1jc Uanktvatiif stationary for lJIO were stencil
liy lh Ubasd and F M Kimmell
Tmtjud of M Kimmell for 1000 for tho
luiiits2 vvrForiiMiico if tlo thrco contract
jivaiAtb him wasJoxatiunod and on motion
IVufeSluuiuK oflicial bonds were examined
uiS vtXVtfil and recorded und placed
U a Smith nionher of Soldiers Relief
Cu rttXHMm
J je Bxwwu justice tf tiiu I cace Ea st Valley
Iircvt
saottoo was made by Lofton seconded by
that V V Miller bo appointed as
r at hiRhwajs for District No 19 Beaver
lcinct Motion curried unanimously
A ttUioa was made by SiiKhroue seconded by
Wwo ttat I J D Armond be appointed as
jurfievaJ tho peace tor Kast Valley precinct
liotixnarried uuanimously
An xtion wai made by SiiKhroue seconded by
J uRtratuat P 1 Teel Iw appointed as coiihUi
iilciuTludiauola precinct Motion curried un-
nnnDtsiily
OaMXion the county treasurer wab instructed
loraJxmi poll tax which was illegally as-
ErfcdiuHlpiid under protest to the
uartn3i9CMia
OoaAlljmiiitopr a0 North Valley pre
cindtaerfi yejrs l ase
Uoj TOeitloiihumer C ih McCook City mem
ber 2isbrasia National liuard
W Baker Sill- Indiauola City over 50
jearscJ ae
On Wi4uii the couut treasurer was instruct
ed to 3rfiud to has A Iicklum the sum of
aUMin the amount of taxes illegally as
j3Plaiaiust him in H 6 and paid by him un
der jwotes for tho reason that ho was assessed
Tur aatoniobie when ho did not own the
war ui the time of the assessment
Tkw claim of the German TCvauKelical Synod
forrrtf tni of 1903 taxes on lots i i and 4 block
5UV addition to McCookamountiiiK to 935
uaSt lfciui paid under protest for tho reasonthat
tlictivtsarc church property and exempt from
taudtiw35oii motion r jected for tho reason
tlmt es lots were not deeded to tho claimants
UDa Kay 1th 190s and were therefore notex
ranjAtrtuut jenr
TivfellowiiiK claims were audited and allow
jid kt3 tho clerk was instructed to draw war
nmiMn tho Commis iouer District Fund No 1
levy rf 1909 as follows
LJJuUewbery hauling comont 12 03
uloa the County General fund levy of 1909
32
113 Ariogast registrar Teeth quarter
lilSSaden regitrarjfees 4th tinrtcr
3KB
TVlLSiaUhTegistrar fees 4th cpiaiter
3SJS --
I1TEbinson registrar fees 4th quar
ter 1909
Wa31iddIctonTesistrar fees 4tu
Kr1909
KelirsaLa Institution for FeebleHMinded
Y t kcepiuB Ruby Boyd
J Tisnies assistius Commissioners
J OTT3csa Sou merchandise Tor An
na LStcveno andrClarence Hamilton
tlavacd at 1925 allowed at173i the
iojtaifc or 190 beias rejectodIforlthe
reAa that order for thejsame was not
cJsibya qualified justice of the peace
3 A KHCOX Sou merchandise for
Jeirers
Bonirtt Lumber C coal forJHaldridgo
jcaSStevcns
UiirBslja Telephone Co January rent
and December toll
nails audFJsupplies for
JCEi
TSTalliM rriutins House account ledger
Xhihjsity Tub Co supplieslfor County
Sapciintendent
Tana Sickler work in clerk of courts
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G 3Jodgers stamps
CA Eodgors fees State vs Kearney
JSlnow fees State vs Kearney
M 3 OsWn fees State vs Kearney
1 75
200
5 50
2 23
1125
20 49
303
17 35
14
13 15
22 CO
19 15
19 50
500
18 00
2 75
17 03
2 10
210
JSJLtHew fees State vs Kearney 4 55
HI Piitcrson fees State vs Kearney 355
Qnssctoa the board adjourned to meet Jat
narj2519l0
CB Geat Chairman
jltittsas Chas Shalla County Clerk
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NOTICE
Wolni D- Burnett Plaintiff vs ArthnrL
Hcsuuin Defendant
Aiftur 1 Hugunin defendant will toko no
tice titstoo tho 12th day of January 1910 P b
Hesiui a justice of the peace in and for Wil
low Grove precinct Red Willow county Ne
brasia isued an order of attachment for the
im ti o07 in an action pending before him
wherein William D Burnett is plaintiff and Ar
tirnrlj Hugunin is defendant and tho property
lhe defendant consistinc of money due and
nioand in tho hands of tbe Chicago Burling
ionAQuiiicy Railroad Company garnishee as
for labor performed by said defendant
lor xaai railroad has been attached under said
Sci5canse has beenjeontmued for hearing on
of February J910 at the hour of 2
JPm WILLIAM D BURNETT
33cConnell fills prescriptions
Dry Cleaning Announcement
In order to promptly and prop
erly comply with the
in addition to our regular
Tailoring Business we have
bought and installed a Dry Clean
ing Machine of the latest pattern
-with cleaning fluids of different
iiuds quite expensive -and are
sow prepared to do Dry Cleaning
with neatness and dispatch
Satisfaction guaranteed
LINEBURG CO
Merchant Tailors McCook Nebraska
SPECUUTiNG ON MARGIN
American and English Ways of Doing
4t Arc Very Different
In AttitnKii ji spiM ulatiirx cnpliul
with an tiM4Jtliu to be nolod m lowt
is iK ssirHv 1 Itiist t li 1 hn
itutrii In It is tirnkors liunls ilniiiili
it is ti 4k feantl Clint in i n y luo ninny
insiuntS 4t i n mis iiml notliiim
QKllV
On tn fhuii Stuck Exchange an
uflicr mtinKt iiwuils wliifh says
Aiiustziiii It is probable has
dniM upo in tltH Inti ao past to ive
stM u jci iiitim its bad name than
nil fptMKls of mi unsavorj tiatur
uMi 54 Waw fver occurred on Ameri
can exehaimes ylti London after the
inevitMbU tnirodUL tloti to a broker the
new customer jdves bis order but
make- no deposit at all
The broker is supposed to learn
wmieTfilfiK of bis new clients means
and imw fur be should be allowed to
commit himself Twice a iimntb the
Kttlish have what tbey call their set
tlement days A customer lon ot a
stock witose commlfniiiii has one
somewhat apnttist him is then reijulred
to pay the differences as they are
called iMtuven his purchase price and
the current quotation
Ele must also pay u charge called a
contango for holding the settlement
orer into the next fortnightly period
if he does not wish to close the coin
mitment As a consequence of this
way of doing business a speculator
may be trading on a few points mar
gin in reality or in fact7Jn no margin
at all lie may be utterly penniless
without the broker knowing it
That this method works mit with
fewer kisses in England titan it would
do here is due to the fact that the
social and economic strata to which an
Englishman belongs are much easier
to- determine than the correspntidiuu
lets among us and also that an
means more there than here
as- the introducer is regarded as to a
certain extent responsible morallx tor
the business deportment of his friend
it is worth while observing and tin
is the exception referred to abovei
that in certain instances the methods
pursued in American stock exchange
bouses are the same as those obtaining
in London Little as the tact is known
it is not an uutrcqueut custom for very
wealthy simulators to have no fixed
margin ot even no margin at all with
their brokers
If a man of thN sort loses on a com
mitment he sends UH broker a check
for the loss if he wins ins h rotters
remit to him for his gains The bro
ker dislikes to offend a very powerful
client by troubling him for funds and
hence takes risks with his account
which he would uot dream of taking
with the account of smaller men In
stances of this sort sometimes become
public in cases where the broker is
forced into bankruptcy whether owing
to this cause or not
Could Do For Herself
She was a very delightful but a very
aged Jady over ninety and her friends
and relatives and even chance ac
quaintances drawu by her exquisite
personality all did her homage and
as the saying is waited on her hand
and foot
She accepted it all very graciously
but with some inward rebellion for to
a very old and close mouthed friend
she once said with a quaint pucker
of lips aud brows
1 am reminded sometimes ot the
old lines
Twa were blowin at her nose
And three were bucklin at her shoon
Youths Companion
A Word For the Tightwad
In France they have an expressive
phrase liquid mouey it means that
part of the family income which is
used for the necessities and luxuries
of life It is quite apart from and
kept apart from the more serious sub
stantial part of the income which is
the saved part In America the entire
income is liquid and the man who at
tempts to make part ot it solid is
cailed a tightwad A tightwad
is really a man who creates a
capital in other words and he
is the living example ot what every
private business must be and of how
the countrys resources should be han
dled Argonaut
Voting In Spain
Voting in Spain is held to be a duty
to the community uot merely a priv
ilege ot the individual aud neglect of
qivic obligations carries its own pen
alty Jlale adults of legal age and un
der seventy with the exception of
priests uotaries and judges are re
quired to vote in municipal elections
Failure to cast a ballot is punishable
by haviug ones name published as
censure for neglect by having taxes
increased 2 per cent by suffering a
deduction of 1 per cent in salary if
employed in the public service aud for
the secoud offense the loss ot right to
hold elective or appointive office
His Landscapes
A nouveau riche recently attended a
picture sale A friend who bad noticed
him at the sale asked afterward Did
you pick up anything at that picture
sale Jorkins and the other respond
ed Oh yes a couple of landscapes
One of em was a basket of fruit and
the other a storm at sea
Rather the Other
Dont you know that tune 1 for
get the name of it but it goes like
this And he whistled it
After he had finished his friend
turned to him with a sigh 1 wish to
goodness you had remembered the
name and not the tune he said Lip
pincotts
Exactness in little duties is a won
derful source of cheerfulness Faber
WESTONS NEW WALK
Veteran Pedestrian Purposes to Cross
Continent In One Hundred Days
vVhen Edward Paysou Weston the
famous pedestrian walked across the
American continent last year in 10
days ii was considered a marvelous
feat and as lie had then readied
the age of seventy one most peeple
thought of course that it would be
his last journey of this kind But they
did not know this remarkable man
He lias now arranged another tour and
purposes to walk from ocean to ocean
in a hundred days If lie readies the
New York city hall steps on schedule
time he will greet Mayor Gaynor on
May 2S He will then be seventy two
years old as he is near the end of his
seventy year
When Weston leaves Los Angeles on
Feb 1 at 4 p m he will lirst travel
westward to the Pacific Leaving the
Pacific at SMita Monica the worlds
champion valker both for age and
distance wil follow the tracks of the
Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe rail
road The lirst city of any size he will
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EDWAIUJ 1 WftOS WKSTON
make will he liMvmond Cal and then
lie will jotricj through Santa Fe
N M Pueblo Colo Wichita Kan
K Msas City and Chicago
From Chicago Weston will take tlu
most direct route possible and will
travel over the country roads instead
of the rights of way of the railroads
On his trip weft laat year Weston did
not make it across the continent with
in the hundred day limit he had sot
lie arrived live d tys behind the sched
ule because in sceril instances he
had to double on Irs tacks By fol
lowing the railroads from the west to
Chicago traveling uorlhv t ail the
time he expects to muLu bettor time
than by following the western country
roads
Throughout his long public career
Weston has been the leading exponent
of walking He has taught its advan
tages to American youth in the inter
est of perfect physique and moral
mentality And now while psissing
from his seventy first to his seventy
i second year blessed with robust health
and untiring activity as the result of a
j life of temperate and correct habits
he starts forth for his walk across the
American continent to prove simply
that the feat is not one of superhuman
or even unusual effort but an educa
tional and healthy exercise which any
man of normal health and temperate
habits can successfully follow
WAR ON BEGGARS
A New Society Is Rounding Up tho
Rogues snd Impostors
The beggar must go All those
professional impostors aud charity
frauds now operating in the big cities
might as well begin to peruse the
help wanted columns of the daily
papers and find work or seek some
other clime A new society is on their
trail and hereafter they are to be
rounded up wherever found plying
their trade and made to earn the
bread they eat or go to the workhouse
At the same time the unfortunates
who are really deserving of charity
will be rendered every assistance
The new organization that has taken
up this matter is called the National
Association for the Prevention of Men
dicancy and Charitable Imposture
with headquarters in New York city
It will co operate with police depart
ment charitable organizations and in
dividuals in every one of the large
JWjtjmP x S
A PROFESSIONAL WHO EATS DBT BRFAI OK
THB STREET TO AROUSE SYMPATHY
cities in the United States and much
good work is expected of it For
months the societys agents have been
collecting data and photographs of
hundreds of notorious professional
beggars have been secured with 10000
records of the history and the practice
of mendicants rogues frauds and
knaves of every description These
will be used as a bureau of informa
tion to enable police departments and
charity organizations to deal intelli
gently with any mendicants and
rogues who may be found imposing
upon citizens
THE SKIPPERS WHITE LIE
Vhat Happened at Night and What
trio Passenger Was Told
It was a dirty night to use a Millars
phrase and the talk In one coruci i
tin iiinUin room drifted to ewiiij at
sea iiinl Hi utldlike taitb that parMu
gcr ivpM Hi navigators
Said thf KMitiM who had been col
lecltiig specimens on a coral reef
Ive often heard men and women
siv they felt so safe with Captain So-aim-so
and Ive wondered loo wheth
er their sense of security would srill
be retained if these favored -travelers
knew exactly what happened on ship
board during a voyage For m own
part I have more confidence than evei
In a captain of my acquaintance since
I learned that he could tell a white lie
when it was necessary to calm the
fears of a nervous traveler It so hap
pened that one foggy night I was
awakened by the sudden stoppage and
reversal of the engines 1 jumped out
of my bunk went on deck and was
told by the second otllcer that we had
had a narrow squeeze It appeared
that we had nearly run down a sehoon
er as she silently crossed our bows and
disappeared Into the haze
Next ruing a woman passenger
who sal at the captains table asked
him whether the engines had been
stopped and reversed and he replied
Yes we sometimes do this to lest the
engineers watch and see if our ma
chinery is in proper order We do it
at night so as to create no excitement
Then he got the woman to describe
what she had heard and asked her
Did yon lind much time between the
stopping and reversing
No she replied
Then said the skipper that show
ed how well everything was working
did it not
When 1 got the skippers ear I told
him confidentially that 1 didnt think
the schooners engines had worked as
well as ours and lie remarked that it
might have been worse Whether he
meant the lie or the incident I didnt
inquire hut I suspect it wasnt the
lie New York Post
LAW GF GRAVITY VIOLATED
Conditions Under Which Water Ac
tually Flows Upward
Water seeks its level is an ex
pression heard so frequently as to be
almost trite and yet the law has its
exceptions There are conditions uu
der which water actually flows up
ward and rKes above its source If a
ga tube be dipped into water the
column in ide will be nhove the level
of the surriiunditm surface Mnremer
if a tube of half the diameter be sub
stituted the column doubles its height
The water creeps along the inside of
the tube owing to the adhesion and
forms a cup shaped depression at the
top
An explanation is not difficult It
can be proved mathematically that if
the diameter of a circle be diminished
one half the circumference is also re
duced to that extent while the area is
one fourth of its former value The
circumference of the column of water
being reduced one half its contact
with the glass and hence the adhesive
force is also diminished to that extent
while the cross section and hence fhe
weight is decreased to a fourth of
what it was before Therefore the sec
ond column can be twice the height of
the first without exceeding the lifting
power
Remarkable as the underlying prin
ciples of this phenomenon undoubtedly
are nature made use of them long be
fore man made their discovery Every
tree and flower adds its testimony
The core of a tree or plant instead of
being a sincle open channel consists
of a spongelike substance containing
many miniature tunnels through
which the sap and moisture collected
by the roots tiow upward in small riv
ulets rising higher and higher in
sheer defiance of the great law of
gravity St Louis Republic
Sense of Danger
Dr Waldo of London holds that peo
ple should develop a sixth sense to
inform them of the approach of dan
ger in the streets Lafcadio Hearn
once said While in a crowd I seldom
look at faces My intuition is almost
infallible like that blind faculty by
which in absolute darkness one be
comes aware of the proximity of bulky
objects without touching them If I
hesitate to obey it a collision is the
inevitable consequence What pilots
one quickly and safely through a thick
press is uot conscious observation at
all but unreasoning intuitive percep
tion
A Sight Worth Paying For
The cab drawu by a weary looking
horse came to a standstill opposite a
public house As the driver was pre
paring to descend a small boy ran up
with Old yer orse guVnor
Old my orseV Look ere my lad
AlfU give yer a bob if it runs away
Manchester Guardian
His Contribution
Have you ever done anything for
the good of the community asked
the solid citizen
Yes replied the weary wayfarer
Ive just done thirty days Phila
delphia Record
The Very Latest
Nice car
Yes
Is it the latest thing in cars
I guess so It has never got me
anywliere on time yet Houston
Post
Hamlins Soliloquy
Hamlin standing before the tattooed
man in the museum Heavens how
that fellow must suffer If he ever gets
the jlmjams Smart Set
The
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Advance Showing of
Spring Jacket Suits
at H C Clapps
Upon our sinivsil in New York we succeeded in securing
a few sample suits from two of lhe largest manufacturers in
that city
Tliev embody all the advance spring ideas in style color
and material
BUY A NEW SUIT AND HAVE THE USE OF IT
UEFORE THE SEASON FAIRLY OPENS
Prices range
from
1800 to 3500 each
Our
New Spring Dress Goods
Silks Dress Ginghams
and Embroideries
arl now on display every lady who desires to do her sewing
earli should not fail to call and look them over
Handsome New Spring
Trimmings
to harmonize with eveiy gown
New Yorks Latest Craze in Hair Dressing
Turban Braids
I are the style for the coming season and no woman should be
without one Call and see our line if we havent a braid to
match your hah we will order it for you
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CLAPP
EXCLUSIVE DRY GOODS MILLINERY LADIES FURNISHINGS
Phone 56
222 flain avenue
McCook Markets
Merchants and dealers in McCool
today Thursday are paying the follow
ing prices
Corn 8 60
Wheat
viats -
Kj8 00
Barley j
flogs 1 j0
Butter gccd - blk20 22 to 28
Egga 20
Hubers coffee cannot be beat
Coffee from 15 cents to 35 cents
and Wedding Breakfast heads the
list
Government Examinations
A test for census enumerators will be
held in the hih school building Mc
Cook February th
On February 12th in the high school
building an examination for city cur
riers and city postoffice clerk9
Blanks for the city carriero and citj
postoffice clerks examiuation may be
secured at the McCook pastofiiee
Blanks must be sent to J M Shoe
maker secretary of the eighth district
civil service at St Paul Minnesota not
later than February 8th
Legal Blanks Here
This office carries all kinds of legal
blank forms and makes special blanks
fto order promptly and accurately
Received on account Paid out
Cash Credit slips etc for sale at
the Tribune office Per 1000 50c
Orti
flcCook
MINOR ITEMS OF NEWS
McConnellfor drugs
McConnell fills prescriptions
A McMillen prescription druggist
Mary Harrison nurse Phono black 286
For quick results use McMillens
Cough Cure
MuMiilens Cjrn Cure needs only a
trial to satisfy you of iis merits
Drink Wedding Breakfast coffee
and be happy At Hubers only
Gat our prices on canned goods before
buying Magner giocery and meat mar
ket f
If once used you would not be with
out McMillans Cream Lotion for face
and hands
Majestic ranges will last a life time
and save their price in fuel Sold by
McCook Hardware Co
McCook has the largest and best second-hand
store in the state Call for
bargains on eay terms 301 West 1st
street Phone 2G8
List your property with the C W
Graves Auction Co and Second Hand
Store if you want quick returns for he
deals with renters 301 West 1st street
Phore 2GS
The Omaha Alfalfa Milling Co are
paying the higheat cash price for baled
alfalfa hay on truck For prices and
particulars phone 381
C W Dewey Manager
y Coffee
This coffee is rich and delicious has
an extra fine flavor If you want the
best coffee you ever drank come to our
store and ask for
Paxtons
Gas Roasted
Sold only in 2 pound cans
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