1 MARIUR Miss VIrgio Rooscb from northeast of Danbury visited at the Stilgebouer homo n fow days oloso of last week Kay Van Pelt and Gilbert Bock from Sherman Township Kansas ore new hands at the ranch Mra Inez Etberodgc from Kansap helped Mrs Fred Furman with her sewing the past woek Mrs Susan Scalf was over from the Sappa county recently visiting at the Sutton and Furman homos John M Wojk will lecture at tho school house April 21 8 p m subject Whats so and what isnt aboutsocial ism Mosdames J E Dodgo W W Roda baugh B F Darnell W F Van Pelt drove over to Ooerlin onoday last week on W C T U business Mr Partridge of the mill forco visited at his home at Mindon over Sunday C II Angell and L D Newberry took two loads of apples to Oberlin one day last week Mr Beoll of Woodruff Kansas was an over Sunday visitor with his daugh ter Miss Boall Mrs Madge Emorson and children were over from McCook a few days laBt week visiting her parents Jesse Smith and wife north of town Dr Bartholomew returned from Lin coln last week leaving Mrs Bartholo mew doing nicely although it is very uncertain when she will be able to come home The doctors mother of Lebanon accompanied him home Marten Nilsson purchased sbveral car loads of corn and wheat that had been injured by the elevator fire at Holdrege recently C L Bodwell and Ed Pennington of Lebanon were visitors between trains last week Mpsdames E Inez Wicks Dora Nils son Birdie Dodge and Emma Van Pelt urn delegates to the county convention o W C T U at Indianola Tues- I V Noe of Danbury put down sever- ill i u on the ranch last week - - Stilgebouer was a Grand Island I- -- visitor last week iiii pa Bartholomew of Lebanon -- over Sunday visitor at the doc tors vi Gatewood and Miss Huff attend- Mi oducatimal association at Alma 1 5nursday and Friday i i juty Assesor A J Greer is busy tl -a days doing the assessing S Sanders and family entertained V- Richards and wife from Kansas s turday and Sunday Mrs Richards H a sister of Mr Sanders Watch For the Comet The Red Dragon of the sky Watch the children for spring couch and colds Careful mothers keep Foleys Honey and Tar in the house It is tho best and safest prevention and cure for croup where the nepd is urgent and immediate relief a vital necessity Contains no opiates or harmful drugs Refuse sub stitutes A McMillen BARTLEY We need count v option A late ac currence here fully proves tho need Two partieB of this vicinity went to McCook last Saturday and brought home two gallons of liquor and a ease of beer The result was eight drunk men in Bartley Sunday and one of iheni a justice of the peace If we had county option towns nearby McCook need not h Her from the saloon traffic in liquor ti y could vote the city dry Unndpa Hoppee died at his sons p i ence west of town last week and u s uned in tho cemetery here Rev N rim preached the funeral Ei i Axtell has returned from Stock- V ines Finegan will be operated upon thi for appendicitis Mr W Hoppees sister Mrs Carrie R 1 1 it Sheridan Wyoming come in Priil one day late to attend the funer al of hr father The grave had been left open and she was taken at onco to the and viewed the body after whcn the grave was filled Cambridge high school and Bartley high school played a nice game of base ball here Friday Score 2 to 3 in favor of Cambridge team Peter Nelson visited here part of last week with his son and family j Mrs John Durbin has gone to Grover Colorada to meet her husband That will be their future residence Mrs Chas Cammack of Dundy county is here on a visit with her moth er Mrs Blackson Mrs Flink has returned from Lincoln and again taken up her residence io Bartley Her daughter Lena will be with her in a short time The ladies basket ball team of Cul bertson came down last week Thurs day and contested for a victory with the ladies team here result 25 to 4 in favor of Bartley The Culbertson team was a very nice company of young ladies in deportmentjandplayed good ball They bore their defeat cheerfully and hope to even the score when the return game is played atCulbertson Last Saturday evening the below named parties of Bartley attended the Degree of Honor meeting at Indianola Dr and Mrs Hatborn R R Hodgkin und wife D 0 Bakor wife and daugh ter Ira Ritchio and wife Floyd Hodg kin Mao Smith Elma Hodgkin and Kate Sipe Nine new members were takeu in and a banquet closed the pleasant meeting The grand chief and vice grand of Nebraska were present Leo Simpson returned Sunday eve ning from the Northwestern college of pharmacy at Chicago and is again in employ of C M Babbitt in his fine drug store hero The W C T U held an interesting meeting here Tuesday of this week Harry L Brown has been appointed census enumerator for East Valley and Tyrone precincts Frank Clark and Mrs Florence Clark went to Council Bluffs last week Tho brick work is completed on the Jones building G W Jones is recovering nicely and expects to be out this week There will be a wrestling match here this Friday evening in the opera house between Clarence Bush and George Gion middle weight ohampion of Ne braska - v A NO REASON FOR DOUBT A Statement of Facts Backed by a Strong Guarantee Wo guarantee immediate and positive relief to all sufferers from constipation In every case where our remedy fails to do this we will supply it free Thats a frank statemeut of facts and we want you to substantiate them at our risk Rexall Orderlies are a gentle effective dependable and safe bowel regulator strengthener and ton c that are eaten like candy They re establish natures functions in a quiet easy way They do not cause any inconvenience grip ing or nausea They are so pleasant to take and work so easily that they may be taken by any one at any time They thoroughly tone up the whole system to healthy activity They have a most beneficial action upon the liver Rexall Orderlies are unsurpassable and ideal for the use of children old folks and delicate persons We cannot too highly recommend them to all suf ferers from any form of constipation and its attendant evils Thats why we back our faith in them with our promise of money back if they they do not give entire satisfaction Two sizes 12 tab lets 10 cents and 36 tablets 25 cents Remember you can obtain Rexall Rem edies in McCook only at our store The Rexall Store L W McConnell One Conductor Who Was Cured Mr Wilford Adams is his name and he writes about it Some time ago I was confired to my bed with chronic rheum I used two bottles of Foleys Kidney Remedy with good ef fect and the third bottle put me on my feet and I resumed work as conductor on the Lexington Ky Street Railway It gavo me more relief than any medi cine I had ever used and it will do all you claim in cases of rheumatism Foleys Kidney Remedy cures rheuma tism by eliminating the uric acid from thebood A McMillen rA DANGER IN DELAY Kidney Diseases Are Too Dangerous for McCook People to Neglect The great danger of kidney troubles is that they get a firm hold before the sufferer recognizes them Health is gradually undermined Backache headache nervousness lameness sore ness lumbago urinary troubles dropsy diabetes and Bri hts disease follow in mercieds succpssion Dont neglect your kidneys Cure the kidneys witn the certain and safe remedy Doans Kidney Pills Mrs M J Wyatt Minden Nebr says For eight years I suffered from acute attacks of backache brought on by a disorder of my kidneys My con dition was such at times that I was hardly able to stoop and to go up and down stair was an action attended with much misery If I exerted myself a dull aching across my back would be come so acute that I would be forced to lie down and rest The secretions from my kidneys were also too frequent in action and annoyed me a great deal I became tired and languid was restless nights and arose in the morning all worn out A few months ago I began taking Doans Kidney Pills and found such prompt and gratifying results that I continued their use until completely cured Plenty more proof like this from Mc Cook people Call at McConnells drug store and ask what customers report For sale by all dealers Price 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y sole agents for the United States Remember the name Doans and take no other Good results always follow the use of Foleys Kidney Pills They give prompt relief in all cases of kidney and bladder disorders are healing strengthening and anti septic Try them A McMillen There is no cough medicine so popular as Foleys Honey and Tar It never fails to cure coughs colds croup and bronchitis A McMillen DANBURY Modoline McDonald came homo fiom Boaver City Thursday for a two days vacation with the home folks Mark RobertB is in this vicinity travel ing for tho Life Insurance Company of Lincoln Minnio Nelson Helen McCarty and Ruth Waugh of Lebanon were up Saturday to take in the show T E McDonald S G Bastian Otto Pulz and W Stileebouer were Lebanon y m j Visitors Bertha Doud helped in tho News of fice Thursday Our teacher went to Alma Wednes day to attend the Nebraska Teachers Association Rex Miles and M Green left Monday last for Missouri Kansas and Mexico where he will look after real estate Henry Williams is working in Chas Gentrys blacksmith ship Mrs W H Harris and children left Saturday last for an indefinite visit with relatives at Steele City Neb J M Work the socialist speaker will givo a lecture in the hall April 22nd B B Smiley is building an Alfalfa Mill on his farm west of town W P Crosby was an over Sunday visitor at Wilsonville last week T E McDonald and family Sundayed at C W Rogers A number from here went up on Mis souri Ridge to see them play Basket Ball Sunday A large audience was out to greet the Devizes Kansas Home Talent play It was a very nice play and each person acted tbeir part well RED WILLOW Mrs Chas Masters and Mrs Haclein were visitors at Bert Masters on Wed nesday Roscoe Korns and wife spent the even ing at Louis Longneckers on Saturday Mrs Hanlein Mrs Louis Long necker and children spent Thursday at the Old Folks and Friday evening at Owens Longneckers Laura Ruggles was 6ewing at Ira Neels the latter part of the week Mrs Smiths will be a good place to go to eat spring chicken as her second setting of the incubator is hatching but I 6hall not say how many she has now Mrs Ruggles was able to ride out in the country on Thursday After visiting with friends here for several days Mrs Hanlein went t Box Elder Louis Longnecker and family took Sunday dinner with Ben Kings Talent of Success The talent of success is noUifng more than doing what you can do well without a thought of fame If It comes at all it will come because It Is deserved not because it is sought after It is very indiscreet and trou blesome ambition which cares so much about fame about what the world says of us as to be always looking in the faces of others for approval to be al ways anxious about the effect of what we do or say to be always shouting to hear the echoes of our own voices A Mans House What is a mans house but his nest and why should it not be nest like both outside and in coarse strong negative in tone externally and snug and well feathered and modeled by the heart within Why should it be set on a hiil when he can command a nook under the hill or on its side Why should it look like an observa tory when it is a conservatory and dormitory John Burroughs Men When you meet with men of worth think how you may attain to their level when you see others of an op posite character look within and ex amine yourself Confucius Lifeless Thats my chief objection to most o the new labor savin machines theyre so senseless an cold Ruth McEnery Stuart QUIT USIN THAT MJBBESTAff AND GET SOME REAL LETTER HEADS Good Letter Heads Are Good Business WE PRINT THEM FOR YOU IN CRANBERRY TIME MANY WAYS IN WHICH BERRY MAY BE SERVED To Get Best Results in Jelly or Sauce Tart Pie Cranberry and Rice Jel ly Cranberry and Apple Pie Pudding Baked Cranberry Jelly Cook ono quart of cranberries in one cupful of water over the fire for ten minutes Rub through a sieve add ono cupful of sugar and stir until tho sugar Is dis solved then pour into jelly glasses This should not bo allowed to boil or it will not Jell Cranberry Sauce Wash ono quart of cranberries then put them in a saucepan with ono pint of water let them simmer gently until each cran berry bursts open Remove the cover of the pan add two cupfuls of sugar and let them boil for twenty minutes without the cover The cranberries must never bo stir red from the time they are placed on the fire This is an unfailing recipe for the most delicious preparation of cranberries It Is good with turkey and game Cranberry Tart Pie Pick one quart of cranberries free from all imperfec tions put in a saucepan add one pint of water one pound of sugar and sim mer gently until soft then mash them with a silver spoon until smooth some prefer them not mashed or rub through a colander to free them from the skins Turn out in a shallow pan to get quite cold Line pio plates with thin puff paste fill them with cooked cranberries and lay strips of paste across the top Brush over with beaten egg and bake quickly in a hot oven Cranberry and Rice Jelly Boil and press the fruit strain the juice into a saucepan and by degrees mix in with it as much rice flour as will when boiled thicken to a jelly Boil it gent ly stirring all the time Before re moving from the fire add four table spoonfuls of sugar Pour in mold When firm turn out and serve with cream and powdered sugar Preserved Cranberries Wash the cranberries and put them into a jar with two cupfuls of sugar Set the jar in a pan of water and let itsboll gently for three hours Done this way they will keep indefinitely and are delightful to eat with bread and butter The juice prepared this way makes a fine drink for feverish pa tients Cranberry and Apple Pie Peel core and slice five large cooking ap ples Put a layer at the bottom of a pie dish Sprinkle with sugar Next put in a layer of cranberries and more apples and cranberries until the dish is full Moisten with half a cupful of water Cover with a nice short crust brushed over with beaten egg Bake the pie for about an hour in a moderate oven This pie is nice served with custard Custard Boil one pint of milk with the rind of a lemon sweeten to taste and add the beaten yolks of four eggs Stir over the fire until the eggs thick en Do not boil strain and let cool Cranberry Pudding Baked Pour boiling water on one pint of bread crumbs melt one tablespoonful of but ter and stir in it When the bread is softened add two eggs well beaten and stir into the breadcrumbs Add one pint of stewed cranberries and sweet en to taste Bake in a well buttered dish until firm Sersed with stewed cranberries or with sweet sauce Croutons Crusts are used in cream soups and afford an excellent way for using stale bread Cut stale bread in one third inch slices and remove the crusts Spread thinly with butter Cut slices in one third inch cubes put In a shal low pan and bake until delicately brown stirring occasionally and watching carefully that the crumbs may brown evenly If you are tired of cube shaped pieces by way of variety cut the buttered one third inch slices into strips making small finger shaped pieces which when browned in the oven are called imperial sticks A Roast Turkey Loaf Take a quart of cold turkey chopped coarsely and mix with a cup of soft white bread crumbs two beaten eggs a teaspoonful of salt a little pepper and if you like a small cup of chopped celery press into a buttered bread tin cover with strips of pork and bake for an hour serve hot with giblet gravy and cranberry sauce Harpers Bazar Beefsteak Toast Chop cold steak fine and put into a stewpan with a lump of butter and water to more than cover Boil 20 minutes then stir in a well beaten egg Season with salt and pepper and pour over toast Serve hot Bread and Butter Pudding Spread with butter two slices stale bakers bread cut about one inch thick make a custard of one egg and one pint of milk Salt sugar and fla vor to taste Pour over the bread and bake 20 minutes Little Helps To cook a pumpkin easily halve it remove seeds and bake in oven When lender scoop pumpkin out with a spoon and rub through a colander Scorching is prevented and time saved by tins method Pumpkin Fritters One pint of pumpkin boiled and sift ed 1 pint of milk 2 eggs one half tea spoon salt pinch of ginger 1 teaspoon molasses flour to make a batter stiff enough to drop on griddle as for buckwheat r Bartley Too lato for Last Week j W Arbogast received quite a scalp wound and injury to tho head by a heavy piece of iron falling from the windmill tower R Y Axtell quits the Star Route from Bartley to Stockville In a short time For several years he has been a faithful carrier Will Kite is carrying the mail on R F D No 2 while Percy Catlett Is on a visit to see his family who are at Fairmont Ivan Clark has returned to Omaha and resumed his work in the street car service F G Stilgebour will have a new steel water tank placed on the tower recently built Bert Stevens was showing off the activities of his old gray hoss last week and riding him over the con crete crossings the hoss slipped and put Bert in the dust with an injury to his hand and collar bone Mr Seaburg of the firm of Seaburg Swanson of Fort Morgan Colorado was here last week looking over some property here which parties think of trading for Fort Morgan property Marshal Grisel arretted two Mc Cook kids here Saturday evening who were leaving home without per mission They were kept over nigh and returned to McCook Sunday even ing Word was received here that Sam losing his life In Young came near orin fire at his home in Chase county Mr Young was for south of resident many years a Bartley G W Jones is still Improving but not able to leave his room yet The w estling match at the opera well attended house last Friday night was tended and enjoyed by those present The wrestlers from Edison were losers and Clarence Bush champion of the ring Marshal Grisel arrested a drunken man by the name of Marts Friday night and held him until Saturday morning when he paid his fine and departed Town election passed off quietly rrncinv a business board was elected who are in favor of continu ing the improvements which have been in progress for the past two years Dr Arbogast ran his auto into a buggy Saturday night and made a general smash up Mrs Untiedt and daughter were in the buggy and es caped with little injury The un necessary running of autos after night without the lamps lighted should be stopped Mr Carver south of town has sold his farm to Peter Hickman for a good price Mrs E E Smith and the boys have returned from their visit with friends in Denver vyjiaiigLaiiai Ba ck to the Farm The greatest advertisement ever given to western farm lands is contained in the present discussion regarding the high cost of living Our population and its demands has increased beyond ratio of in creased soil products The man who owns a farm is surer today than ever before of its future value and worth to him Nearly a million immigrants come annually to this country The west is in creasing in population at the rate of half a million a year The man who owns a 30 or 40 acre worn out farm in Europe is consid ered independent yet the west offers you 320 acres tracts of Mon dell lands or 80 acre tracts of Government Irrigated land at a price that comes near being a gift With the absolute certainty that these lands will be beyond the reach of the homesteader in a few years It Will Pay You to Get Hold of a Western Farm for yourself or your son before it is too late Get in touch with me D CLEM DEAVER General Agent 1004 Farnam Street Omaha Neb nrerr iMssgvffgOM3 rsretfTnnp V Pres G H Watkins Vice Pres R A Guee Cshr The Citizens National Bank of McCook Nebraska Paid Up Capital 50000 Surplus 25000 DIRECTORS V Franklin A McMillen R A Green G H Watkins Vernice Franklin STANSBERRY LUHBER CO Everything in Lumber At Live and Let Live Prices Phone 5o McCOOK NEB D W COLSON FIRE INSURANCE AGENT I have Residence and Business Properties for Rent OfficeaPhone 16 M i T ResidencelBIack 333 iYlCCOOK Nebraska Sy L lLLU tAt UU lL i Y il lL iLft lLlLlL iLlL I f jjjitil tfjfrtlllLf iiitllLlilji S hagaBcin bmbiibi i i i wm exmrnw m - HIGHPRICED McCOOK Living expenses have advanced 50 percent in the past few years but you can get the BEST OF ALL KINDS OF COAL at the SAME OLD PRICE of the Bullard Lumber Co Phone No i i M O McCLURE Mgr i i f1