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DEATH OF S R MESSNER
Passed Away at Danbury Satur
dayFuneral Monday
In the death of S R Messner
last Saturday in Danbury pass
ed from earthly scenes and act
ivity one of the early settlers of
Eed Willow county and one of
the prominent farmers and stock
men of the Beaver valley as well
as one of those high in Masonic
circles
The funeral was held in Dan
bury Monday and burial was
made in the cemetery a few mil
es east of that town A large
concourse of people from all over
the Beaver valley and from var
ious parts of this county attend
ed
Deceased was a member of St
John Commandery of this city
and several members from here
attended as well as a number
from other Masonic bodies of the
city Amony the Knights Temp
lar were TV E Hart M 0 Mc
Clure B E DeLong S S Silver
H G Phelps V B Mills and
C E Eldrcd Other Masons pres
ent from McCook were Clifford
Naden Lon Cone A G Bump R
J Gunn W T March T A End
sley Joseph Lowley
The pall bearers were Sir
Knights Hart Phelps Mills Eld
red DeMay and Morris Honor
ary pall bearers McClure and
DeLong
Master R J Gunn of McCook
lodge 135 was marshal S R
Smith of Indianola was acting
master during the ceremonial Be
sides there were a number of Ma
sons from Tndianola Lebanon
and other points in attendance
Deceased was one of the po j
tential factors in the settlement
development and advancement of
Red Willow county lie was
Stewart J T O Stewart rj uon ana tins win ue useu in im
M Stewart T B Stewart C R provements
Stewart F II Stewart
Are Grateful to All
For svmnathv flowers and as
from 100 up at Mc-
Subscribj for the Semi Weekly
Tribune 100 per year
One way to build up home institu
tions is to buy Anchor and 91
Patent The McCook Milling Cos
choicest flours
StX
The sanitarium is
a neautiiui nuuaing or sanusione
roofed with English tile and sits
in the center of a seven acre
tract of land west of Kearney
Fresh fruits at Magners
sistance in the death and burial near tjle lake Omaha Bee
of our son ana oruuier uunu
W Rogers we are most thank
ful to all the kind neighbors and
friends
Mr and Mrs W N Rogers and
family
For Sale in Hayes County
250 to 300 tons of choice mid-
land hay growing or in stack
privilege of feeding on place Al
so privilege of autumn and win
ter range No other stock for
past year running water Ad
dress R B Sheridan McCook
A representative
born Co compilers
Book and Church Directory was
in the city Friday and Saturday
Improvements were made on
the Leach property on Main ave
nue first door north of Metho
dist church this week
Rubber gloves 75e per pair
McMillens Drug Store
at
Good capable girl wants any
good paying work Phone black
302
Phone your drug wants to No
11 and Ave will do the rest
L W McCONNELL Druggist
Paint- for all purposes
L W McCONNELL Druggist
Kodaks
Connells
Farm Loans
Money to loan on land No de
lay if title is perfect and land de
sirable See or Avrite
DICK SIIRIGLEY
Wauneta Nebraska
Do you intend papering soon
If so now is the time to buy be
cause we have a number of od
lots of paper that we are
ing extremely low prices on
L W McCONNELL Druggist
Boot strans are all right for
of the Os i their specific purpose But they
of the Year j npver lifted the wearer very high
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We
never hesitate to guaran
tee Lily Patent flour At the
McCook Flour and Feed Store
MeConnell for drugs
If You Have
houses to rent list them with Whit
taker Gray They have several
applications on file now for hous
es Phone black 283 Office in Tem
ple block
We Serve to Please
lea cream soda and sundaes with
pure crushed fruit including all the
specialties
A McMILLEN Druggist
Dont Forget to Get Our
prices on corn and feed of all kinds
McCOOK MILLING CO
Huber handles the Carhartt gloves
and caps also and a full line ot
other makes
You will find them fresh and clean
at Magners grocery
BURRIS H
STEWART
LAID TO REST
Body Shipped to Tingley Iowa
Friday and Buried Beside
His Mother
Funeral services over the re
mains of B II Stewart were
conducted at the home Friday af
ternoon at three oclock McCook
lodge No 135 of which depart
ed was the late master being in
charge The lodge members
inarched from their temple to the
residence in organization Their
ceremonial was beautiful and im
pressive A large circle ot
friends were present to pay a
tribute of respect to the memory
of the departed and to give ten
der expression to the living of
their heartfelt sympathy A
watch from the same fratern
al body remained with the re
mains until evening train bore
the body to Tingley la a large
body of Masons escorting the re
mains to the train and F L
olfi accompanying the body to
Iowa as the joint representative
of the Masons and the Knights of
Pythias
Burris II Stewart the young
est in the family of thirteen boys
was horn in Little York Illinois
April 18th IS82 Died in Mc
Cook Nebraska July 13th 1911
lie is survived by his young wife
nee Miss Dora Oyster to whom
he was married June 1st 1910
The floral offerings from the
several Masonic bodies and 4rom
other orders and friends consti
tuted an elaborate and appropri
ate expression from brethren and
neighbors
A quartette Mrs Neal Quick
of Indianola Mrs A M Will
iams Mr T E McCarl and Mr
II N Rosebush sang several fa
miliar appropriate hymns
Pastor Bayne of the Congrega
tional churqli offered pra3rer an-
made brief remarks preceding the
ceremonial service
Four brothers accompanied the
remains from McCook namely E
M Stewart of Colorado Springs
Colorado J R Stewart of Diag
onal Iowa W W Stewart of
Tingley Iowa J T O Stewart
of Omaha Nebraska
There were thirteen brothers in
this unusual family ten brother
surviving the departed and in
addition to those going from here
it was expected that the six oth
ers as well as the father would
be present at the burial in Ting
ley Iowa viz L B Stewart of
Des Moines Iowa W B Stew
art of Chicago Illinois A R
Stewart of Columbus Ohio T
B Stewart of Bellevue Iowa C
R Stewart of Kit Carson
vsirln T TT Stoirjivt nf Tlno
r J t va9 J J rJj II til u
passed into
14th 1896
the spirit land July
Father Stewart sur
vives though being now in his
83rd year
The father and the ten broth
ers were present at the funeral
in Tingley Iowa which was held
in the M E church there Sun
day the fifteenth anniversary of
the funeral of his mother and
was conducted by the Tingley
and Diagonal pastors The large
church was filled many being un
lodges of Tingley and Diagonal
able to secure seats The K P
attended At the grave the six
younger brothers relieved the
pall bearers and gently laid all
that was mortal of their youngest
brother beside the mother he lo
ed so well
He was highly respected by the
people of Tingley where he grad
uated from the high school at the
age of fourteen not long before
the death of his mother fulfilling
her wish that she might live to
see the graduation of her young
est child
Since the death it has become
known that he was overcome
with heat about July 6th the
date of the first issue of his pa
per that this caused mental de
rangement although he struggled
to conceal his illness and contimn
his work and that the prospects
for mental recovery would not
have been favorable
McMillens Cream Lotion will re
move tan and sunburn
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Tuesday Evening Edition
A Reliable Formula
The pest association committee
held a session in the commercial
club rooms last Saturday
Mr Giese of the Great West
ern Sugar Co was present at
the meeting
It was made known that the
railroad company had agreed to
burn over its right of way
through Red Willow county to
assist in the work of destroying
grasshoppers and other pests
Discussing a dependable pois
on to use in destroying hoppers
etc the following formula was
given being that used at Brush
and Fort Morgan by the sugar
companies and sugar beet grow
ers
15 pounds bran 1 pound paris
green 1 ounce oil of anise half
gallon molasses
It was developed at the com
mittee meeting that some pro
gress is being made which Avet
conditions in some parts of the
county will still further improve
Still the committee urges ev
ery effort to be put forward by
ovory farmer to assist in erad
icating these pests By poisoning
hopper dozing plowing burning
etc - Destroy the hoppers Dis
turb the eggs
Abraham Jeffers Dead
Abraham Jeffers of East Mc
Cook died on Sunday morning
after a long illness having for
years been a partial paralytic
and quite helpless for last sev
eral months
Deceased was born in Clark
county Illinois July 24 1842
Died in East McCook Nebraska
July 16 1911
Funeral services were conduct
d at the home Tuesday after
noon at three oclock burial en
suing in Longview cemetery of
this city
Four children survive him Mrs
Mapes of East McCook Mrs Wal
tor Bales of Ravenna Nebraska
Henry and Ed Jeffers
Deceased was a member of and
carried insurance in the Wood
man ordor which conducted the
services
Golden Wedding-
Fiftv years ago last Saturday
July 8 1SG1 Mr and Mrs Geo
Stennett of Cottonwood town
ship were wedded in Illinois and
the fiftieth anniversary of their
wedded life was observed at their
home last Saturday About 125
relatives and friends were presen
to help them celebrate their gol
den wedding lloldrege Citizen
Above are the parents of Mail
Clerk C II Stennett of our city
who was presnet at the
tion
o Tmvn Officers Installed
W Hv wn wh 101 rnOL The officers elect of McCook I
F installed last
eel on before were P II Stew- v were duly
mllt bcl
art who died in 1S64 and E W11 CoiT1
St- IflfU Mntln qwh e ueputy granu master
occasion The new
young
for
officers
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C II Jacobs R S A McMillen
Chaplain Roy Hiler Conductor
Hal Durham I G
Birthday Party
Little Evelyn Converse was
five years of age last Friday and
soni twenty little friends helped
her celebrate the occasion with
Installation Service
Next Sunday morning at 1030
oclock Rev Evers will conduct
the installation services of Rev
O R Richart as pastor of the
German Evan Lutheran church
of our city All Germans in
vited to attend these services
Stationery
We have a fine assortment
of
Box Paper from 10c to 100
A McMHjLEN Druggist
Colorado Irrigated Lands near
Denver several thousand acres of
fine level land will come under
irrigation next spring Write for
full particulars M R Stewart
535 Empire Bldg Denver Colo
MeConnell for drugs
McMillens
cure
Corn Remedy will
ms
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McCOOK RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA TUESDAY EVENING JUNE 181911
COMPLETE LIST OF FILINGS
Saturday Was Last Day to File
for Nomination
Complete List of Filings
Saturday July 15th was the
last day for filings for nomina
tion for county offices Follow
ing we give a list of all filings
made
REPUBLICAN
County Clerk
Chas Skalla
County Treasurer
Arthur B Wood
C B Gray
A L Cochran
Clerk of District Court
Elmer Kay
Comity Sheriff
M C Murray
E F Osborn
Chas AY Dewey
Orville B Woods
D C Baker
County Judge
James E Ryan
Seth S Silver
J C Moore
County Superintendent v
Elizabeth Betteher
Countv Surveyor
Chas W Kelley
Countv Coroner
David F Smith
County Commissioner 1st Dis
William J Stilgebouer
DEMOCRATIC
County Clerk
Chas K Dutcher
County Treasurer
J J Iladley
Otto Puelz
Clerk of District Court
D W Colson
County Sheriff
L A Fitch
L M Iliggins
Countv Judge
Frnk M Colfer
W George Sheppard
peeially prominent -in politics be- County Superintendent
ing one of the leaders of theJRe J Annie McDonnell
rmblican partv from its earliest County Commissioner 1st Disk
organization in the county
Card of Thanks
We wish to extend to the peo
ple of McCook and community
Mike Esch
John W Randal
K
State Buys Sanitarium
araey Neb July 14
our sincerest thanks for the bpeciaD Dr Georgiana
versal sympathy tender kindness an of this city has sold the Elm
and generous assistance given at wood sanitarium to the state for
the time of the death of our be- 240C0 to be used as a tubercu
loved husband son and brother losis hospital as provided for by
Burris II Stewart Signed Mrs house roll No 89 passed by the
B n Stewart P Stewart J R j late -legislature As -10000 was
Stewart W W Stewart W B I appropriated for this hospital
Stewart L B Stewart A R 16000 remains of the
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McCOOK WON ANOTHER
Took Alma Into Camp by a Score
of 11 to 6
McCook maintained her winning
gait last Saturday afternon in a
game with Alma on the local
field There was a good attend
ance and the interest was sharp
Some of the details appear be
low
ALMA ab r
Richmond c 4 2
Schart 3b 5 0
Tanner p lb 4 2
Bradie ss 4 0
Whitted If 4 1
Astin cf 4 0
Kintsel lb 4 0
Beyer rf p 4 0
Watts 2b 4 1
McCOOK
Kennedy lb
Norman ss
Milligan If
Barbazette 2b
Harmon rf
Green c
Hopkins If
Carhill 3b
37
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4
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4
5
Reynolds p 4
Score by innings
Alma 10 0 0 3
McCook 15000
Summary
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2
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35 11 7 5
0 0
1 0
Earned runs McCook 5 Alma
3 2 base hits Barbazette Car
hill Richmond 3 base hits Ken
nedy Whitted home runs Tan
ner wild pitch Reynolds 1 base
on balls off Reynolds 1 off Tan-
Jner 4 off Beyer 1 hit by pitch
ed ball Harmon struck out by
Reynolds 13 by Tanner 2 by
Beyer 5 Umpires Colfer and
Jackson Time of game 135
Monday Afternoons Game
It is the opinion of the fans
Jiat the game of Monday after
noon between Alma and McCook
was the best of the season on the
local grounds and one of the
best seen here in years It re
quired eleven innings to settle
the discussion the final score be
ing 3 to 2 in McCook s favor
McCook plays Arapahoe at
Arapahoe this afternoon Tile
i boys went down on 12 this morn-
I ing
I It will be McCook and Cam
bridge at the B M grounds
tomorrow afternoon
Down in Missouri
He paid for his paper twice a
years subscription each time
celebra j but refused to pav for the third
year However he had taken it
from the postoffice each week
and the court of appeals in that
state held that mere acceptance
ol the paper at the postoffice as
a part of his mail created a liabil
the itv Tho oniiiion rnnds
are The preparation and
William Hammel N G A Uon 0f i newspaepr involves
Fitch V G S L Doan Warden mucll mwltal and physical labor
as well as an outlay ot money
One who accepts the paper b
continuously taking it from
much glee and joy from three to j for thp snbJeription price
six o clock Games occupied the
afternoon and retreshments were
later served and enjoyed by th
folks
the
postoffice receives a benefit and
pleasure arising from such labor
and expenditure as fully as if he
had appropriated any other pro
duet of anothers labor and by
such ael he must be held liable
Friday afternoon at 3 oclock
the W C T U will hold a
meeting at the home of Mrs S
E Callen All members and
friends are urged to be present
The Ladies Aid society of the
Methodist church held a Kensing
ton in the church basement this
afternoon The Willing Workers
of the Junior League will serve
ice cream this evening in the
same room
For Sale or Trade
My lot 70x150 on West B
cheap for cash or will trade
St
for
cows and heifers
G W PREDMORE
13 4t Haigler Nebr
Toilet Soap
We carry a large line of toilet
soap from 5c a cake up
A McMHjLEN Druggist
The ice man still occasionally
finds his wagon wheels in the
sewer trench
AVY
NUMBER Sfc
DIRECTORS MUST BE ACTIVE
No Lax Interest Permitted in
National Banks
Washington July 14 Direct
ors of national banks who fail to
hold meetings frequently and
who give other evidences of a
lack of personal interest in the
affairs of their banks will hereaf
ter find a national examiner ov
erhauling their institution at least
four times a year Orders were
issued to all examiners todav to
request banks in their districts to
hold directors meetings at least
once a month to maintain a dis
count committee an examining
committee and to adopt a perm
anent system of approving loans
and discounts
Barton for Congress
State Auditor Silas R Barton
has announced formally his can-
umacy ior tne ncepunn an con
gressional nominaiton Vn Fifth
Nebraska district Mr Barton re
turned yesterday from a trip to
Grand Island and gave out the
statement as to his candidacy at
once
Mr Barton may not have a
easy race in his Fifth district
campaign Presuming that Con
gressman Norris enters the ra
0 6 for the senate which is the ex-
11 pectation of the other Fifth di
trict aspirants now there are
said to be at least two
cans who will contest with the
state auditor These are Repre
sentative Prince of Grand Island
and Secretary of State Junkin of
Gosper county Lincoln Journal
Curtis in the -Balance
It is rumored that Curtis has
been given an extension of fif
teen days in which to make good
on her offer to tlie State Board
of Public Lands and Buildings of
certain lands for the location of
the proposed southwest agricul
tural school The law for mak
ing the appropriation for the
building went into effect last
week but no definite move to
ward the establishment of the in
stitution has been made by the
authorities lloldrege
Progress
Notice
The Republicans of the First
Ward First Precinct in Willow
Grove Precinct will meet in the
basement of the Commercial ho
tel in the City of McCook Tues
day evening July IS 1911 at
eight oclock for the purpose of
selecting delegates to the Repub
lican countv convention
J G SCnOBEL
Committeeman
Loss Nearly 20000
Two lads set out fire in the
slaughter house yard of Rogers
Modrell last Thursday and
about 18 tons of alfalfa hay and
some fencing were destroyed It
was only by a narrow margin
that the loss did not extend to
buildings The parents made
good the damage to Messrs Rog
ers Modrell
Juvenile Court Matters
A session of juvenile court was
held before County Judge Moore
Saturday evening EmoryrThay
er was before the eourtharged
with connection Avith the theft of
W A Golds bicycle His case
was continued 30 days and he
was placed under the care of
Probation Officer E Benjamin
Walter Allison who was charged
with the same offense could not
be found hence was not arraign
ed
20 per cent discount this week
on any suit in the house except
Blue Serge
C L DeGROFF CO
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advertisement
this issue
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The Ladies Guild of the Epis
copal church will meet with its
president Mrs Chas W Taylor
on next Thursday afternoon
ESTRAYED One buckskin
colt 3 years old weighs about
1000 One black yearling colt
weighs about 700 Kindley let
owner know if found Mrs Ed
Carfield 4 miles north and 4
miles west of Cedar Bluffs Kan
sas 18 2ts
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