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MARION
County Attorney Sidney Dodge was
over from McCook on business last
mid week
A Mr Clark of Red Willow was
a business visitor in town recently
James Gregory of Bartley was a
business visitor here one day last
week
J W Rollins of Indianola came
over last mid week and took charge
of E G Caine Cos lumber yard
Mrs Cassius Dodge and son of Mc
Cook visited at the parental Dodge
home one night last week
About three fourths of an inch of
rain fell here Friday night
Ernest Dodge was a ccunty capital
visitor one day last week
The base ball boys had an ice
cream social at the school house
last Friday night
James Ward and wife of Fairview
arrived in town Saturday from Min
neapolis Minnesota where Mrs
Ward was operated on for gall stones
and which was a success
Barney Williams from near Cedar
Bluffs Kansas and A L Macy of
Fairview shipped out four cars of
hogs Saturday night
What Everybody Wants
Everybody desires good health
which is impossible unless the kid
neys are sound and healthy Foleys
Kidney Remedy should be taken at
the first indication of any irregular
ity and a serious illness may be
averted Foleys Kidney Remedy will
restore your kidneys and bladder to
their normal state and activity A Mc
Millen
BOX ELDER
W B Sexson is home again
Raymond Sexson is working
for
Maxwell Wolfe
Roy Lytle is doing some plowing
for T M Campbell
Mr and Mrs A R Clark and Mrs
Hickman attended services at the
church last Sunday morning
Rev F C Tyler will preach the
memorial sermon for the old sol
diers next Sunday evening
One week from Sunday morning
Rev Tyler will preach to the old
folks and there will be special mu
sic by the Steltzer brothers Every
body invited
The young people of the Epworth
league will meet this Wednesday
evening with Mrs G A Shields to
practice for the social to be held at
the church Friday evening
The following Sunday school offi
cers were elected last Sunday morn
ing Mrs Dora Doyle superintend
ent T M Campbell assistant super
intendent Miss Bessie Doyle sec
retary Mrs S H Burchett organ
ist Miss Ida Gordon assistant or
ganist I
RED WILLOW
The comet seems to be a disap
nointment To us who remember the
splendor of Donatis this is a small
affair
Owens Longnecker still lingers
very low The trained nurse has
certainly done her duty Owens
heart stopped beating twice and she
revived him by hypodermic remedies
Mrs Elmer is staying some days
with her daughter Nellie
On Wednesday of last week
twenty five neighbors with one hun
dred horses twenty listers three
plows and two discs put in Owens
Longneckers corn and kaffir corn
and prepared ground for millet and
cane Then as Louis was with Ow
ens so constantly he could not work
they finished putting in his corn
It was such a sight the photographer
from Indianola was called to take a
photograph as they were lined up
Owens wanted to have them speak
to him so they filed past his win
dow with hats off and spoke One
hundred thirteen acres were worked
Mrs Smith has been sick but is
better
The comet and eclipse of the moon
made the heavens quite attractive
Work on the new Enterprise of f ice Monday evening
is being pushed as rapidly as the Jacob Longnecker returned to his
weather will permit
A Mr Gordon of Omaha is here
installing the machinery in the new
alfalfa mill
J H Neitzel is the new elevator
man formerly of the mill force
Mrs Ella Mack of Chicago visited
her brother S G Stilgebouer and
family last week
A J Green left last mid week
for a business pleasure trip in the
western part of the state F M
Yeater accompanied him
home in Colorado Sunday night
while Holton remains to assist the
nurse attending Owens
Day and night auto livery
sons Livery Barn Phone 34
DANBURY
Next Sunday the memorial ser
vices will be held in the hall
Prof Morris moved Thursday from
Atwood Kansas He is living in the
house vacated by C W Powell
The Jones Bros gave a weeks
entertainment in the hall with their
moving pictures
Lizzie Eibert of Marion was down
this week and took the examinations
with this school
A large crowd was out to the din
ner Friday the last day of school
A number of people from Lebanon
were up to the lodge Wednesday
C C Hendricks has taken the
agency for the Buick autos
Mrs Wm Thiesson of Pawnee City
arrived Thursday to be present at
her fathers sale next Saturday
A number of young people from
here went to Orleans on a fishing
trip Sunday last
Jas Pontius of Indianola was over
Tuesday last getting advertisements
in the premium book for the fair
S E Ralston of Lebanon was up
Thursday on telephone business
A Barnett of McCook was over
Wednesday evening on a business
trip
S S Grahams new barn is nearly
completed and it is the nicest in
town
Miss Lottie Watkins left for her
home at McCook Friday evening
Mr and Mrs Rea Oman were Mc
Cook visitors Sunday last
Wayne Hethcote went to McCook
Saturday after Griff and Hal DeMay
Clieth and Wilma Green and Len
nie Thompson are on the sick list
The Danbury basket ball girls are
getting anxious to play ball with
some other teams soon
Rollo DeMay went to Beaver City
Thursday to play ball
NORTH OF McCOOK
Mr Jake Zimmers entertained com
pany last Sunday
Farmers in this vicinity are about
done planting corn
Geo Scott is breaking sod on the
school section which he purchased
recently
Mr Hunter has a fine driving
horse which he purchased from Mr
Askey of South McCook
Miss Grace Hammell visited Miss
ugusta Droll last Sunday
The scribe has taken a drive up
i the big flats The crops looked
very flattering especially Mr Squire
wheat
Mrs August Droll and family enter
tained Messrs Scott and Hunter and
families
R F D No 3
Small grain looks good rye is all
headed out some fields of corn are
up and look good
Mr C M Soften has gone to Aus
tin on a trip
Mr and Mrs Geo Sigwins baby
died last week
Alex Ellis was up to Lincoln last
week
John Burtless is plowing his pota
toes he has a fine field of them
Some one shot two holes in Alex
Ellis mail box
R F D No 4
Small grain looks fine but the west
end of the route needs rain Some
of the corn is up
J II Hesterworth is breaking sod
Geo Mallen W E McAnich Ed
Jaques and P M Hill have painted
their mail boxes Come farmers
paint all of them it makes them look
good
Foleys Kidney Pills contain in con
centrated form ingredients of estab
lished therapeutic value for the re
lief and cure of all kidney and blad
der ailments A McMillen
The Dally Problem
Are you interested in what is in
table rapping No I am mere in
terested in what goes on it Balti
more American
Do You Waat to Help
Boom This Town
CONSTRUCTED IIHIVi
If you do youll assist the editors in
advertising the place
If you do youll patronize home indus
tries including the printer
If you do youll subscribe for this pa
per regularly and advertise In it
But
If you dont youll sneer at our efforts
for town improvement
If you dont youll order your Job
printing from some outsider
If you dont youll borrow your neigh
bors copy of the paper to read
DO YOU OR DONT YOU
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The highest ideal of the platform
Is found In this man He Is differ
ent YouwfH do yourself an injus
tice not to hear Dixon at the Chau
tauqua
diiE
By F A MITCH EL
TOopyrlght 1910 by American Press Asso
ciation
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LITTLE
RIDGE BURNER
A Civil War Story
A boy ilu twelve years
old hoeing ii Held dropped
his hoc iiid cne to the rail
fence that divided the Held from the
road A company of cavalry with one
piece of artillery was waiting for him
lit the bead their captain It was he
who bad called the boy The little fel
low climbed the fence sitting on the
top rail with a leg on each side of it
His trousers were rolled above the
knees his brown legs were covered
with Georgia clay his forehead pro
truded from a rent in a dingy straw
lint no coat covered his galluses and
there was not much shirt One thing
contrasted with
the rest an in
telligent coun
tenance and a
pair of earnest
restless eyes
Seen any Con
federates around
here today
asked the officer
I Seen any
rebels No
Why do you
call them reb
els
Dunno onless
thats what pop
calls em
Your pops
Union
Yes so m I
It was a sum
mer afternoon A
seen any mild breeze was
ates abound here blowing over the
today plantation not
yet disturbed by war The officer un
mindful of the peaceful scene sat on
his horse thinking of some matter evi
dently of great importance to him
How far is it to the bridge he
asked the boy
Bout five mile
Straight road
Waal to go thar from hyer you uns
11 have to foller this road that a way
pointing fo a matter o ten min
utes then cross the branch by the ford
to the left and through a smart stretch
o timber Then you
Come along and show us the way
Get up here behind me
The officer lifted the boy to a seat
behind him and gave the order For
ward
Havent heard of any soldiers be
ing at the bridge have you
No
How long since you have heard
from it
Pap must V come across it yistiday
on his way from the postoffic e He
didnt say nothin about sosers thar
These bluecoats were the tip of the
right flank of Shermans foremost ad
vance They had been ordered to de
stroy a bridge provided the Confeder
ates had not guarded it If they were
there the captain had orders to drive
them away to effect his purpose
Can we see the bridge he asked
the boy before we get to it
Yes from the top of a hill a couple
of miles this side
When they reached the crest indi
cated there beneath them in the dis
tance was a wooden bridge The cap
tain brought his fieldglasses to bear
and saw that it
was not guarded
But scattered
about on the un
dulating ground
between him and
it were clusters
of white tents
He uttered an ex
clamation of dis
appointment
They would
eat up our little
force he said to
one of his lieu
tenants
I see no artil
lery and weve
got a gun re
plied the other
The gun will
only hinder us
If we attack
well have to the little rascal
make a dash ns started it
What y want to do asked the
boy
The captain made no reply He was
absorbed in thinking of some way to
carry out his object even if he lost
every man In his command The lieu
tenant told the boy that they wished to
burn the bridge
I wonder said the little fellow
thoughtfully if I could do it
The captain turned sharply to the
proposer of this remarkable plan A
loy to do what armed troops dare not
try to do
How the urchin succeeded in win
ning consent to his plan the captain
himself who tells the story cannot
give a satisfactory account Combus
tibles bad been brought along and the
most fiery and compact of these were
concealed about the boys person A
bundle of pitch pine was also glren
him which in itself would not at
tract attention in a region where pine
Is plenty The captain took his little
emissary as far as be dared then set
him down to proceed without attract
ing attention gave him a hug and bade
him goodby with a fervent God bless
T nn mv Tint- J flion thn nffiepp rp
turned to the hilltop and watched
an hour later a light smoke cloud rose
from the bridge
By jingo he exclaimed the lit
tle rascal hns started It anyway
You mean the little hero said the
lieutenant All now depends upon
their not discovering the fire till it is
too late
A tongue of flame flashed up and
was followed by another Then there
was a hurrying In one of the camps
and in a few minutes a dozen men
mounted and rode to the bridge Mean
while a volume of smoke mingled with
flame rose from the bridge and floated
slowly away Then figures minute
from a distance were seen trying to
quench the fire But they had nothing
to work with The bridge burned on
broke In the middle and fell into the
stream
The work accomplished the captain
sent his force -back under command
V
of the lieutenant
to report the fact
to his superior
He r e in a I n t d
with a view of
getting tidings
from the little
bridge burner
Darkness w a s
setting in when
a spot appeared
down the road
It moved but
slowly Sudden
ly the captain
started to meet
It The boy bridge
burner staggered
toward him and
fell i n to his
arms Then he
noticed that the
little fellows
fell into his arms dothing was cov
ered with blood A Confederate had
shot him not knowing that he was a
child just as he was disappearing in
some bushes after accomplishing his
work
The little bridge burner recovered
He was too young to enter the Union
army but the government educated
him to command men in its uext war
POULTRY IN HIS BASS DRUM
Unlucky Drummer Had to Share His
Prize With the Colonel
During the latter years of the war
the armies were frequently obliged to
make rapid marches without their pro
vision trains and at other times were
obliged to pass through devastated re
gions where there was not the slight
est prospect of obtaining anything in
the way of food As a result of all
chis the men were constantly devising
ways and means of obtaining secret
ing and transporting food about their
persons
On one of the marches of the Army
of the Cumberland the soldiers had
orders not to forage but as their ra
tions were rather low it took sharp
watching on the part of the officers to
prevent the men from foraging when
ever the chance presented itself On
one occasion the bass drummer of one
of the regimental bands managed to
secure two turkeys and six chickens
which he secreted in the interior of
his bass drum When they i cached
camj that evening the band was or
dered out to play for a review that
had been arranged on lhe spur of the
momeut for a distinguished officer who
had arrived on a visit All this hap
pened before the bass drummer had
time to remove his live poultry from
the inside of bis drum and of course
when he struck it it gave forth no
sound whatever This exasperated the
colonel who shouted repeatedly to
drum harder Finally in a great rage
he came down to where the latter
stood pounding fr dear life and sweat
ing like a field hiwl
Why in blank blank blank dont
you beat that drum louder he shout
ed
Colonel said the drummer in i
voice husky with nnzuish theres two
turkeys and six chickens inside this
drum and half of them are for you
Well why in blazes didnt you say
so the colonel replied Fall out at
once and go back to your quarters
As a matter of course the colonel
subsequently shared in the repast
Rallied by General Stecdman
When the line of General Steed
mans division of the reserve corps
was wavering in the face of the leaden
hail at Chiekamauga he rode out and
took the flag from the color bearer
Go back boys go back he ex
claimed but the flag cant go with
you He was a man of powerful fig
ure The line was strengthened and
swept on against the foe
All Were Pretty
During an equestrian performance a
number of ladies in the front stood
up thus obstructing the view of those
persons who were seated In vain
were they collectively requested to sit
down till at last a happy thought oc
curred to one of the sufferers He
called out in measured toues
Will the pretty lady in front kindly
sit down whereupon about fifty old
women briskly seated themselves
London Tatler
Old School Prejudice
Doctor I met a medical practi
tioner of a new kind the other day
and I cant classify him He diagnoses
all diseases by looking at the finger
nails of his patients What would you
call him
I should call him a humbug Chi
cago Tribune
The Feminine Instinct
What on earth made your mother
brim home that bundle of feathers
Im sure I dont know dad unless
It was because he saw it marked
down Baltimore American
ACT QUICKLY
Delay Has Been Dangerous In Mc
Cook
Do tho right tiling at tho right
time
Act quickly in timo of danger
Backache is kidney danger
Doans Kidney Pills act quickly
Cure all distressing dangerous kid
ney ills m
Plenty of evidence to prove this
Mrs B Hurley of 204 E 2M th st
Kearney Neb says Last winter
I caught a heavy cold which settled
on my kidneys and made me miser
able I was rarely free from a dull
aching in the small of my back and
the kidney secretions passed so fre
quently as to annoy me greatly I
drank large quantities as I was al
ways thirsty and a doctor whom I
consulted told me I was in the grasp
of diabetes lie treated me for the
trouble but I became no better and
was suffering intensely when Doans
Kidney Pills came to my attention
I used this remedy and the first box
brought me such relief that I con
tinued with it until completely cured
I sincerely hope that my statement
will be the means of benefiting other
persons afflicted as I was
Plenty more proof like this from
McCook people Call at McConnells
drug store and ask what customers
report
For sale by all dealers Price 50c
Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
sole agents for the United States
Remember the name Doans and
take no other
Famous Speakers
The program for the state Sunday
school convention to be held at Be
atrice June 7-8-9 is especially strong
in having upon it two workers of in
ternational reputation as well as
several known the country over Mr
William A Brown is the missionary
superintendent of the international
association has been on the mission
ary field also a pastor in this coun
try and until recently was the as
sistant secretary of the Young Mens
Missionary Movement He will bo
present for the entire meeting ap
pearing on the program each day
Mrs Mary Foster Bryner element
ary superintendent of the internation
al association was formerly one of
the international field workers in
which capacity she has done most ex
cellent work and gained a wide ex
perience She has toured Mexico in
the interests of Sunday school work
and is one of the strongest speak
ers on the platform today Her
Studies of the Child delivered on
Wednesday and Thursday will be
worth going a long distance to hear
A reception will be given for her on
Monday evening
In addition to these speakers may
be noted Mr V D Stem speaker for
the adult section of the program
known all over the country for his
success in the work of mens classes
Rev J M Kersey D D of Omaha
and Edw F Dennison Boys Work
Secretary of the Y M C A at
Omaha These names also speak for
the exceptional strength of the pro
gram and its educational value
An Explanation
After a great deal of worry and
study we have at last figured out
how so many country editors get
rich Here is the secret of their suc
cess There is a child born in the
neighborhood the attending physician
gets 10 the editor gives the loud
lunged youngster a great send off and
gets 0 It is christened and the
minister gets T and the editor gets
500 It grows and marries the ed
itor publishes another long winded
flowery article and tells a dozen lies
about the beautiful and accomplish
ed bride The minister gets 10
and a piece of cake the editor gets
000 and a request to carry the
grooms subscription account another
year In the course of time she dies
the doctor gets from 5 to 100 the
minister gets another 5 the under
taker gets from 50 to 100 the ed
itor publishes a notice of death and
obituary two columns long lodge res
olutions a lot of poetry and a card
of thanks and gets 0000 No won
der so many country editors get
rich Ex
The High Cost of Living
Increases the price of manv neces
sities without improving the aualitv
Foleys Honey and Tar maintains its
higr standard of excellence and its
great curative qualities without any
increase in cost It is the best re
medy for coughs colds croup whoop
ing cough and all ailments of the
throat chest and lungs The gen
uine is in a yellow package Refuse
substitutes A McMillen
Iron
Pure Iron is only a laboratory prep
ration Cast iron the moet generally
useful variety contains about five per
cent of Impurities and the curious
thing is that it owes its special value
to the presence of these Pure Iran
can be shaved with a pocket knife
Impure Iron can be made almost aa
hard as steal
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