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I f If 1 S M SUBSTITUTE POWDE Absolutely Pure The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Graani of Tartar WAIUMN0 LIME PHOSPHATE Come and Settle JH persons indebted to the estate of S X Wilson for stallion service are requested to call on the under signed at once and make settlement Give this your prompt attention please as the estate must be set tled up at the earliest possible date M O McCLURE Administrator Jieteivod en Account Tali Hvz Cash Credtr slips etc issr ai The Tribune office Per 1 a3f sne HAPPY WOMEN FSsnty of Them in McCook and Good Reason for it Wouldnt any wontwi e happy After years of backache suffering Days of misery nights of unrest The distress of urinary troubles She finds relief and cure Xo reason why any McCook reader Should suffer in the iace of evi dence like tiiis Mrs A M Wilson 204 E Second SL McCook Neb says My back inhered me for years and there was s dull i e across my kidneys and ins 1 he Tain in my back became xovp I exerted myself and of sen I 1 ai headaches and dizzy spells H could i ci ttccp and there were nan other JVgreeabJe sjrrotcms s kiinsy comprint in evidence On vr friends advise I finally procured Doans Kidney Tills from McConnells irug store ana I scon found them to 3e jast what I - tided This remedy strength en e 3 m back and kidneys and before log effscted a complete cere Statement given Jure 2G 1007 Re endorsement On June 21 1310 Mrs Wilson I MISS BERTHA WELLS TROMBON 1ST Whoopip cough is not dangerous when the cough is kept loose and expectoration easy by giving Cham berlains Cough Remedy It has been used in many epidemics of this liscatD with perfect success For ale bv ail dealers said I am pleased to verify the statement I gave in 1907 recommend ing Doans Kidney Pills This rem edy is a specific for kidney com plaint For sale by all dealers Price 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York sole agents for the Unit ed States i Remember the name Doans and take no other Legal Notice To all persons interested in the estate of August Droll deceased Notice is hereby given that Ed varJ M Lol executor has filed i3 final account ard rerort cf his ad ministration and a petition for final settlement and disshargo as sih and for the distribution and assign ment of said estate to the porsorc entitled thereto It is ordered that the same be heard in the county court room in said county on the 10th day of Tun 3 1D11 at one oclcck p m Witness my hand and the seal ol sail Court this 22nd day of Ma 1011 J Seal J C MOORE j j County Judge First publication May 25 3ts j J t f All hh jiiii3ft ELEPH0NE TALKS No 5 THE SLOW ANSWER Your telephone bell rings it rings again You are busy and do not answer The ope ator finally reports to the party calling jou They do noi answer Note she never says They are not there Then she disconnects you Five seconds later just six seconds too late you answer You get no reply You angriy exclaim My bell rang Your delay caused either the loss of a customer or incon vsnience to a friend You cannot afford either At certain hours in the day everybody wants to talk at the same time and telephone calls come quick and fast At such times all we ask is for you tobe considerate remembering that the Central on your line will answer you as quickly as possible and will do all any operator can do to give you quick and accurate service Nebraska Telephone Company CHAS W KELLEY McCook Manager BULLARD LUMBER CO SELLS THE BEST Lumber and Coal ttfr BULLARD LUMBER CO Phone No i Deaths t f T Shining By JAMES A EDCERTON Copyright by American Press Associa tion 191LJ Its establishment In 1868 Memorial day has grown stead ily in popular regard as the most touching of our patriotic holi days This year it has an added sig nificance in that we are celebrating the semicentennial of the beginning of the great war in commemoration of which the day was founded The list of Union dead in 186J was not a long one few big battles having been fought Bull Run Balls Bluff Big Bethel and Wilson Creek were about the only engagements worthy of note During the first year both sides were feeling their way and preparing for the campaigns of the future There was only one Federal general lost but he was a man of great promise Gen eral Nathaniel Lyon There were six Union colonels and several minor offi cers among the years dead the two most conspicuous being Colonel Elmer E Ellsworth and Colonel Edward D Baker Lincolns friend The first to fall in point of time was Colonel Ellsworth The three events that aroused the north to fever pitch in lSiil were the firing on Fort Sumter the Baltimore inahsarie and Ellsworths death This gallant wllii ur was only twenty four at the time of his 3 t ln had orgnukrtl two rem incuts ol uuivtw one in Clm ago and one in New lurk and wi planning a rioigUiiiutiuii uf the militia ur the country lie had iKn participated 111 Mi Lincolns campaign tor the preii dency and had accompanied the pi evi dent elect to the capital n the call lor troops on April l Ellsworth has tened in New York and organred a regiment of lJOO zouacs tiom the tire department iu three week he had marched his m legimeut thiough Pennsylvania avenue and on May 2J was ordered to Alexandria Va where he aimed with his -command 011 the morning ot the 24th Seeing a COu lederate Hag tloatiug over the Marshall House he entered the hotel and de manded ot 1 lie proptietor to know whose Hag it wjus Receiving an eva sive answer he went to the roof with two or his soldiers took the flag down wrapped it about Ins body and dc ended 1 lie ropnetor Jackson ivmid him 111 a dark iisac ai li t liisuorth dead heini killed in 1 urn n one of the soldieis The Mid news made Ellsworth the iieio of 1 in New York state a reuiniciu tit man Iroin each town wis made iif in his honor on June in was totighi really the Hi si engagement of the war at least the first where organized forces op posed each other on anything like equal terms Because of palpable iilunders it proved an ill starred bat tle for the Union side General Pierce was in command and was sent out from Fortress Monroe by command of General Butler Two federal offi cers lost their lives Lieutenant Colo nel John T Greble and Major Theo dore Wiuthrop Colonel Greble was the first regular army officer killed in the great con flict He was twenty seven years old was n West Point man and for four years had been an assistant professor of ethics at the Military academy lie had also served in the artillery branch of the service in Indian troubles In lSliO he asked to be transferred to Fortress Monroe and rendered efficient service in preventing its seizure Major Theodore Winthrop was a graduate of Yale a traveler and nov elist At one- time he was aid and I My Soldier Uncles Grave 1 By ROBERT DONNELL Copyright by American Press elation 1311 OT long ago 1 read that a mon umunt had been raised on Johnsons island at the mouth of Saixlusky bay in Lake Erie to the memory of the Confederate of ficers who died there as prisoners of war and were buried on the island The information had personal interest for me My uncle after whom I am named lies buried there Forty years after his death I visited the island to search for his grave and I found It Johnsons island lies three miles west of Sandusky O From 1SG2 to 18G3 this little island about a mile wide by a mile and a half long was used by the Federal government as a prison for Confederate officers Born several years after my name sake uncles death I had beard my father tell frequently of his brothers capture imprisonment and end My father supposing that his brothers grave was unmarked never visited the island but I determined In boyhood that if ever an opportunity offered I should go there and try to locate the grave of my uncle In the autumn of 1904 T was in Sandusky on business To gain some Information about the Island prison I visited a newspaper of fice The editor received me cordially I told him the object of my desire to go to Johnsons Island 1 presume however I said that search for my uncles grave tvIII be fruitless He took from a pigeonhole a small Warks First Year of the Civ War military secretary toGeneralBuller When killed at Big Bethel while lead ing a charge of his troops he was thirty three years old Among his ef fects were found two novels in script which were published after his death Bull Run took the heaviest toll of officers of any battle in 18G1 On the Confederate side two brigadier gen erals and other officers were on the list The Union officers killed were Colonel James Cameron of the Seventy-ninth New York Colonel John S Slocum of the Second Rhode Island Major Sullivan Ballon of the same regiment Captain Levi Tower of the First Rhode Island and Captain Otis H Tillinghast chief quartermaster of General McDowells army Colonel Cameron had served in the Mexican war and had studied law in the office of President James Buchanan Colo nel Slocum had been a brevet captain In the Mexican war promoted for gal lant conduct at Contreras Major Bal lot had been clerk and speaker of the Rhode Island house of representatives and judge advocate general of the state militia Captain Tillinghast was a West Point man and had served in the Mexican war General Nathaniel Lyon who was killed at Wilson Creek Mo on A tiff 10 was prhans the man chiefly re sponsible for koepiii MK ouri in the Union He was a West Point gradu ate born In Cnnpeftliu who led on made a captain bv brevet if lie Mex ienn w had served in ti Indian troubles in California then in Karsa during the disorder before the war and at the time of hi dear was a hriirndipr renera in command of flu western depaitment Early in 111 In tooJi Cam Jackson which chaicrert rpppcts in St Louis Latr he defeat ed the Confederates at Boonville and Bus Spring Then the enemy receiv ed great re enforcements and had fiv to one against Lyon but nevertheless he attacked them at Wilson Creek and fought on until twice wounded and fipally killed lie willed most of his property to the government to aid th Union cause It was generally pre- 1 dieted that had Lyon lived he would have become one of the greatest Un ion commanders j Colonel Noah L Farnham succeeded Colonel Ellsworth as head of the aves lrevii usly he had been an oii er o he Seventh New York Of Ant 11 he aiose fiom a sickbed it lead his troops In an action at sas was fatally wounded On Sept 10 Colonel John YV Iowt of the Twelfth Ohio was killed at Car- nifex Terry while clearing out the Ka liawlia altv Colonel Lowe had been a soldier in Hie Mexican war Colonel Edward D Baker who fell at Kails Bluff on Oct 21 was one o the most romantic figures in America 1 history Born in England and left ar orphan in Philadelphia atvi early ae he made a I hint for himself nnu a i brother emigrated to Illinois and be came one of the leading lawyers in j the state A member of congress at I the outbreak of the Mexican war he I enlisted and before It wa over com ma tided a brigade Gointr to the Pa cific coast he was elected a Unifpd States sen tor from Oregon but hi high position did not prevent him frou effering iis services at the outbreak of the civil war While raukint onlj as a colonel at Balls Bluff he reallj commanded a brigade and had beer nominated for brigadier general Colo nel Baker was pprlmps the leading or ator in the senate He was a devotee friend of Abraham Lincoln and Intro duced the president elect to deliver his first inaugural address pamphlet opened to a certain pijf read i name my own then tiirpid t a diagram on nuiitlicr page run he finger along the paper and let it rest on the same name bearing a number There he said take this booklet along for guidance Theres the grave f I AMuvOomES ITT OWN NAME WAS ON THE STONE of your uncle in the burial plot The graves of several hundred of the of ficers were marked a few years ago a wartime diagram of the burial plot having been discovered by which they were located correctly In fact two such diagrams were discovered and compared The movement started -with us northern people but the money was raised in the south Each gn ve is marked with a small marble ead stone bearing the name rank an date of death of the officer A steam launch took me to the island and 1 walked to the burial ground Using the diagram supplied by the Sandusky editor it was but a moment before I stood with uncovered head at a gravestone nearly in the middle of thb Rttle cemetery My oivn name was on the stone Also there was carved briefly the mil itary rank of my uncle the detach ment to which he belonged and the date of his death Commanding a Mis sissippi battery during the terrible siege of Port Hudson he had fallen into the hands of the victorious Fed erals Though my sentiments have been al ways for the northern cause as were those of my father himself in wartime brother divided against brother 1 withheld no homage from the gallant Confederates whose mute pathetic lit tle headstones surrounded me For many miniftes I stood alone and silent above the southern dead I recalled the letter still sacredly preserved by me which the commandant of the pris on had written to my father announc ing my uncles death He was a gal lant Christian gentleman the com mandant had written of his fallen foe The pathos of war then and the burrowed its way into my soul forever Stooping I picked up a few acorns and oak leaves from the grave of the man whose name I bore Then I turned away and walked down to the launch WAJOT HMJf JTiiT5rB nmcRi fey STACY EBCEIL Rallie ol drum and the shril oi l Where is there piujc the likr to this March March Maich 7 AGGARD feet at the martial air 8 Quicken step to the rhythm there x t Time the tyrant must stand aside Heie are fighting men true and tried Men who sneered in the painted iace Oi Death and iought for a victors place Men who slept to the fitful rune Oi wai and dreamed to the cannons croon Dreams ol home and the wives wan eyed Or mothers brave If the dreamer sighed Or moaned i sooth twas a dreamer s right Day was day and the night was night Codes of courage had they apart Nor was there fear in the dreamers heart Who there in the mud lay down to rest And dream his dreams of the one loved best March March March Rattle ol drum and the shrill of fife This is the day of the nations dead I M jnh March lhrcti Gray and gaum ith their weight of years Then toK ot wiejths and their lolls ot tears Se- th widow and children come And maihii tree to the strumming drum Their hau as gray as the suits of those Who fought then fight to a bloody close Come the nu n who have lived to tsll The tales unloid by the men who fell And Rags hii most on the breeze today Wave alike to fhe blue and the gtay March I March March I t II V i I i it I iic i in i t tiif Mtiotj i ur i I i I riloi Subscribe for the rntju The McCook Tribute It is 100 the year in advance BEGGS BLOOD PURIFIER CURES and Purifies the Blood fWiTTT yreggre Your Neighbors Experience How you may profit by it Take Foley Kidney Pills Mrs E G Whiting 360 Willow St Akron O says For some time I had a very serious case of kidney trouble and I suffered with backaches and dizzy headaches I had specks floating be fore my eyes and I felt all tired out and miserable I saw Foley Kidney Pills advertised and got a bottle and took them according to directions and results showed almost at once The pain and dizzy headaches left me my eye sight became clear and today I can say I am a well woman thanks to Foley Kidney Pills A McMil len All grades of Oxford flour and each sack guaranteed at the McCook Flour and Feed Store BEGGS BLOOD PURIFIER CURES and Purifies the Blood Liii Sanifariuin I Suipho Salina Springs Located on onr own premiss sad u4 in the Natural Mineral Water Unsurpassed In the treatment of Rheumatism E jurt Stomacu Kidney and Llrev Di ioases Mi rtr Chrjfc Kiitrm OR 0 V EVEJI TT tfgr Lincoln Rs like Walsh DEAI SB IS POULTRY EGGS IJ Rubber Copper and Brass Highest Market Price Paid in Cash stroetiu P W let or ni Heating PlumbiDg MMdletonRuby Are prepared to fur nish estimates on short notice They keep a complete line of Bath Tubs La vatories Sinks and other plumbing mater ial including a good line of lawn hose and sprinklers Phone No 182 McCook Nebr New Government Irrigated Lands Opened in the Big Horn Basin THE RALSTON UNIT and other choice lands comprising 14000 acres of government Shoshone Project within three miles of Powell Wyoming will be opened to entry June 23d 1911 Come wih me on June 20th homeseekers date and let me help you celect a valuable claim My party will arrive at Powell in time to make your selections before the opening This is the land for which so many settlers have been waiting and is a part of the rich valley surrounding Powell and Ralston where over 400 farmers are already located You can see the bumper crops now grow ling on these Government irrigated farms YOU HOMESTEAD THE LAND and buy water rights from the Govern ment at actual cost on the ten payment plan without interest The Gov ernment Shoshone Dam insures permanent and ample water for all time NEW FOLDER just from the press contains a map and plat of these farms and pictures showing crops grown last year also the dam storage lake and several farm scenes Send for it QUICK D CLEM DEAVER Immigration Agent 1004 Farnam Street - OMAHA NEB rea2agcgAfe tr1rIirwfriyipy ifrwr i ptw myrw n t v v v iV V v itft V Franklin Pres G H WATKiNSVice Pres E A Green Cshr The Citizens National Bank of McCook Nebraska Paid Up Capital500Q0 Surplus 25000 DIBECTOKS VvFranklin A McMillen E A Green G H Watkius Vernice Franklin ftUUtafcft 1 V ffl
