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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1912)
id isr if s 8E J r mt SF f sr lif 3T a csr Zssr S8C Senator John F Cordeal ol Mc Cook was at the state house on Tuesday long enough to deny tkt h intends to run for attorn ey general II re id he would be a candidate for re election to the t senate He desires to -try once more to get Ills primary bill thrcagh tli2 legislature Lincoln leumal - The mart spectacular fire of the winter was partial destnr tjn cf th grit insur ing luilcng in New York city Tu dv enaiing a 1ctg of sev iv1 miLon elcIais and six lives The vaults of the building con tan valuables thit is money jewels etc to the esti mated value of two billion dol lars Advertised List The following letters and cards remain uncalled for at the pu otliec December 28 191 L Letters Brown Mr Albert S Godenberger Miss Rostsie Gordon Mr Harry nail Mrs A W Shippee Mr Leonard Cards Davis Mrs A J Everts on Mr Frank Ouger Mr John TJlil William R January 4 1912 Letters Bane Mr John Baker Mrs Esther R Galois Charles F Haley Mrs Lawson Mr h Moore Mr A S Nord Mr Gust Robertson Mr Karl C 2 Sehacht Mrs Caroline Shoemaker Mr Carl Cards Fitzgerald Mr J Ilaley Sarah McQukton Mr Glenn Williams Mr Walter Wilson Mr Frank January 11 1912 Letters Ford Miss Anna E Johnson Mr A J Kroutwiek Miss L Kennedy R LaSell Mrs J E McCullock M iss J 2 Perry Mrs W J Jtoss Mass Ella Sehaclrt Mrs Caroline Cards DeJouge E Jones Mr and Mrs Tom Rodecker Mr H L Taylor Mass Alta Worsig Mrs Nellie LON CONE Postmaster Read The Tribune for the news Test Seed Corn Every farmer among our read ers shofuld test his seed- corn1 and now is the time to do it If you waat -until spring other duties will ojeupy your time The Novem ber freeze killed the germinating jpower of a great percentage of eprn and you should know wihait If wish information yon are planting you formation as to hxm -to test the seed corn write W R Mellor fWiwtarv of Agriculture - V 11 J3 I - t timjn HBBss Tfte 3Vt0o THfetitie ESTABLISHED 1882 F M KIMMELL Editor Largest Circulated Newspaper Published in Red Willow County Entered at postoffice McCook Nebraska as second class mat ter Published Tuesdays and Thursdays TYTTVrVTYVTVrTTTYTTTYTrTYTTrTTTTTTYTTVYTVTTTTTTVTYB I NEBRASKA AHEAD OF KANSAS 3 t Farm Products 3 10000000 -4 SAAAAAA A AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAi A A A AA A A A A A A XX XXXX X A A b According to reports of the la- admittedly below tJio actual bor bureau in Nebraska and the l 5lt rear Nebraska produced e i iwiif 1 t reports ct a s inilir Jenartnient - l 133000000 busnels oi corn and m Kansas Nebraska beat Kansas j Kansas had 103000000 las t year 2S000000 bushels in fca raised 46000000 bushels of production cf corn and Kansas j wheat and Kansas raised 50000- bcat Nebraska 4000000 on wheat 000 busliels This showing in the face of the The Irish poitalo crop in iaet that Kansas has 800000 more bra ska last year was worth a lit- pc pulallon than Nebraska is con- tie less tlian 60000000 and the sielered a remarkable one for crop in Kansas was wortli less braska The reports of both stat- than 2000000 es are considered as reliable as it All kinds of farm products in is possible to make under the con Kansas were valued at less than ditiens Labor Commissioner Guyc 300000000 and Nebraska they says Nebraska has the bst s were valued at 340000000 1 m cf reports of any state in the Nebraskas alfalfa crop last union the reports being gather- year alone is valued at 33 1 3 per ed by assessors under oath In cent more than all of the alfalfa tin- of Hvi siok and jf and tame grass of Kansas The much other property Mr Guav Nebraska alfalfa crop was takts the assessed value which is 000 -tons Council Session city council was in reg ular session Monday night with -the folloAving present Mayor MeAdams Councilmen Brown Siiansberiy and Middlaton Citv Clerk Sioll and Citv Attorney Wolff Minutes of previous meeting were read and approved Following bills Avere appiwed by th e finance committee and on motion wer ordered paid by the council A B Cuirii Co Charier Dewey L Tkorgrmson McCcok Hardware Co F L Wolff Frank Cain Eseher Doing Barnett Lumber Co P J Morrissy Nebraska Telephone Co John Eckstedt Red Willow Co Gazette R McDonald J R Stansberry Eel Fitzgerald J C Nicholson Fred Sehlagel I A Underbill E C Unelerliall Daviel Diamond Nick Snvdcr 06 1 00 37 50 9 70 62 50 Welsbaeh Street L Co 154 00 Jr hu W Bovd 3S 45 Charles Cress 20 25 Jennings Hughes Co 109 70 M R Osborn 2 00 92 2 75 43 50 5 00 9 80 66 50 1 40 34 10 12 50 W A Middleton 12 50 M A Pate 3 55 McCock Electric Co 88 50 Henry Bcstrom 2 00 White Line Transfer Co S8 40 L C Stoll 52 40 D F Ilostetter 1 00 A MeMillen 1 55 55 00 65 00 50 00 55 00 83 33 20 60 V Gunderman 20 60 jA M Wilson 8 00 i Russ Mateliell 2 30 James McAdams 18 75 A Rowland 18 80 Herman Brown 12 50 William Wood 12 50 Treasurers report was read and placed on file with the city clerk City Clerk was instructed to get engineers stimate on fuel oil engine suitable for use ait the water plant Councilman Stansberry intro duced a resolution to transfer 250 from the general fund to the fire fund which carried After which the council ad journed A special meeting of tlLe city council was held Tuesday to con sider the refusal of the city treas urer to comply with ordinances 212 and 213 The view of the council was that it Avas not un til ithose ordinances Avere enact ed thait the city Avas enabled to secure any interest on its funds and thait if the ordinances could be defied in other respelcits ithey could aJso be defied Avitih respect to interest and ordered the city attorney to commence proceed ings to enforce the ordinances As Ave closer the forms informa tion comes that the city treas urer has signified his intention to folloiw directions and instruc tions of ordinances above refer red to and the incident is closed for the present toifeMJMfa GEN HERKIMERS MONUMENT I Imposing Shaft on the Old Homestead Which Marks the Sturdy j Heros Grave j Albany N Y Renewed efforts are now under way lor the preserving or the General Herkimer homestead in the picturesque Mohawk valley of the state The brick house is still in very jgood condition although it remains practically the same as when occupied as a home by the sturdy old hero or the battle of Orlskany Only a few rods from the house is the burial place cf the general and tthis is marked by an imposing shatt erected by the state of New York iThe present movement to purchase IS S 0- 1 v I4 N m 7 WO Shaft to Herkimer the old homestearf and preserve it as rne of the historical spots ol the country has Le u Mtrted by prominent members ol the national and state committees on hitcinca spots Ke cently a large pilsrimnge was made to the place and inter swig patriotic er ercihes were csndueicd by the Uaugn tes of the American Revolution tomas h carter is dhad Fcr rer Montcra Senator Prominent in frtorai Pr iticr Passed Avy in rshington S Former United States SenKr tis Henry Carter ct Mantana or irrny 3 ears a notauie and picturesijui iure in national poliurs once nrr5 ol the Republican nationaJ c ommittet1 and since last Alarch chnirnin t 1 rse American sec tion ol tlit intiTriU joint com mifsion died at home in Wash ington recent Ly a the age of fltty seven years Mr Carter represented Montana in the senate for 12 tears He first sat in the senate in IX5 and stayed there until iail Ue came back in 1105 He first entire into national politics in 1J592 when be was made chairman of President Harrisons Republican national committee and at that time it was written- ol him he is a some- I The Late Thomas H Carter what undersized Montana man who looks like Uncle Sam just out of a ready made clothing store The late senralor had Irish parents whose birthplaces were within a lew mies of each other m the old country but they did not meet until they had migrated to Virginia He is survived by his widow Mrs ISHen Galen Car ter and two sons INDIAN HAS EARS TRIMMED He Undergoes Operation to Win a Bride Who Disliked Style of His Auricular Appendages Reno Nev Protruding ears with square corners are not considered necessary perquisites to the beauty of the Shoshone Indians in this state as was proved when a full blooded buck of that tribe hiToked the use or surg ery in order that his looks might be improved Johnny Joyce a Shoshone Indian visited the office of a local physician and asked that his square and pro truding ea7s be reduced In size In explanation he stated that the Indian maiden of his choice refused to marry him on account ol the manner In which his organs of hearing had grown The operation was performed suc cessfully and Joyce with his hearing appendages trimmed on the bias com pensated the physician for the labor nrenared to ratnrh t his hntno w t - r jrTzzjrr i zznaExtti Kv mjizjbt i i ijjfaTJy irje HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Preliminary debates to eleeide avIio are to lie on the debating team Avill be held in the II S auditorium on the evenings of January iSih anel 19th i Night school last Aveeik Avas taught by Supt DaAis during the absence of Mrs Douglass Miss Lcla French is filling the position this Avcek During the zero Aveather the attendance has lieon surprisingly good There have been feAV ab sences anel Icav eases of sickness reported as a result cf the cold suap Supt Baivcs AViLll be in Lincrln January 15 16 and 17 Aiin the junior normal principals Avill con fer Avith the state superintendent on plans for the junior normals of the coming summer The radiator in the ventila tion shaft cf thi high school room burst Sunday night result ing in a ratiher uncomfortably Ioav temperature during the mora ing while repairs Averr md On- ly one grammar grade av2i eli misseel on account cf it Met With Couccil Guy II Pratt gvnernl superin tendent Omaha anel Dietrccit Manager Wylie of Hastings Ne braska Telephone Co aviv in the city yesterday anel helel somie consultation Avith the mayor and city council over the proposed anel desireel reductcon in tele phone rates These gentlemen left for the east last evening cpj 10 but no definite action has as vet been announced Marriage Licenses Roy C Green 20 cf McCook Nebraska annd II at tie B Buh 18 of Cambridge Nebraska Married by County Judge F M Golfer January 6th 1912 William W Lewis 33 and Charlotte Nichols 22 belli of MeCcijk Nebraska j Mrs W B Whittiaker rce ivrd Avca d this Aveek of the elcz th of a brother in Oregon Mr Evert1 The h r Avas cuttiing iiiibor rd v found daael in the M s Whittakcrs friene i ri enderly smp athiye aaci1i her and with the laughter at tending school in our cty J F Cordeal spent pirt of the Aveek in Lincoln delivering a pa per before the state historical society among other activities- You can buy heavy fleeced underwear for 75c at Hubers Reduced from 100 TO WOODMEN The delegate from Franklin to She coming Head Camp cf the M W A at -Chicago in other words the eelitor of the Sentinel nd the Avriter of these lines vill vote against the proposed aise in rates Avhich the camp s called to consider first last md all the time While it has nlways been our private judg nent that a small reserve fund iould be a good thing and might some daA rroAe the salvation of ur noble order should a plague h some other catastrophe sweep iihe land yet if the members themselves elo not Avant it Ave aay amen let the people rule As far as Ae can discover it is the unanimous and opinion of our membership that the rates should neb be and Ave shall never A ote against the expressed AViisihcs of our constituents in so Aital a question- and slap the face of those Aho sent us to represent them in anything mucih lea3 -in a great fraternal order We Avill never Aiolate the faith at those aatIlo sent us to this jjreiait Ileiad Assembly those Aviho entrusted us with their credentials to go as a delegate by directly opposing their Avell knoiwn Avrishes and Ave do not believe any other dele gate has a rig lit to do so If this- lueation of raising the rat es liad been an issue and had been fought out by the boys at home Avhen Ave Avere chosen that is if in the local camps and in county camps and finally at the state camps it had been looming up in the oversliadoiAving man ner it uoav is and Ave liad favor ed an increase in rates and liad Avon out then Ave Avould liave been justified in standing by our guns and A oting for the side that Avhipped and put us across as a deleirate But the Question - gj - kvas not an issue and came up before the iboys m the ranks m no manner -whatsoever There fore Av e aro opposed to the pro gram and Avail vote NO wnenetv cr it comes up it ne Avay to re- JtniLMllTSOt3iJxyimMMjjtPumtJimijmmmriwKrT7ri9riLFfimfii3ittfM 9 JJJHm MJHIH1Mllll V JIWJHMWIU For Overcoats Suits Underwear Caps Mittens do it themselves The members of the Woodmen lodge joined the order voluntarily on the basis cf the rates as they are iioav By joining each member of his oaah accord accepted the rates in fore and in this sense aelopted them They are his idea of Av hat the rates ought to be eilse of course he Avoulel not haAe joined The rates are thus curs and not the head officers They belnog to you to me and to the other felloAV The Avay to change them Is by the consent of the members And if the head officers can mot com ince the members that the rates ought to be changed then it is none of their business and they ought to go Avay back anel sit doAn The head officers are our servants nothing else Tliis logic is incontrovertible and can not be refuted On it Ave stand Let the members themselves vote on a change If they do mot Avant it that is their privilege This question has not been left to the rank and file to- h Aoted on Therefore Ae register our Aote against the head officers program Franklim Neb tun el CHURCH NOTES AND TOPICS Adventist Services at 11 a m and 8 p m Saturday and at 8 p m unaay Christian Sunday school at 10 a m preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m H M Mitchell mil ister German Evan Lutheran East 6th St Services every Sunday morning at 1030 oclock and evening at 730 0 R Eichert pastor Congregational Subjects for next Sunday are Morning ChrisHanlty as Christ Tauglit It Evening The Print of the Nails Divine Science Unity health meeting on Tuesday and Friday even in ga NeAV Thought Sunday school three oclock on Sunday afternoon 123 W D street Baptist Sermons at 11 a m and 8 p mK Bible school at 10 Christian Endeavor at 7 p m A hearty welcbme to all who Avish to worship wdth us D Jj Mc- Worth of Winter Goods On every purchase of 500 or over we will give 25 per cent Off This Fur Coats Duck Coats Flannel Shirts All Shoes Except Ralston This means a 25 Mart ner Marx Suit or Overcoat for 1875 i i a r j i A kxal rti T r i us ha of Don Home of Hart Schaffner Marx Clothes f i - - hjuj - lJJMTrIS i JL Catholic St Patricks Church S 30 a m Ioav mass and sermon 1030 a m high mass and ser mon 230 p m Sunday school 800 evening services ReA Wm Patton 0 M I pastor I Episcopal Sunday sehcol at j 10 Morning prayer and sermon at 11 Special missionary ad- dress to parents chilelrera and mends at -A Offering for Do mestic anel Foroign Missionary society All are Avelcome In the County Court of Red WilloAV county Nebraska In the matter of the Estate of Stepdien Belles eleceaseel State of Ne braska Red WilloAV County To all persons interesteel in the estate of Stephen Bolles deceas ed Yon are hereby notified tluat Marilla Bolles executrix of tlie last AA ill and testament of Steph en Bolles eleceaseel has filed hoi final account in said matter and a petition for final settlement and discharge anel that the resi due of said estate be assigned in accordance AAith the terms of said AAill Said final account and petition Avill be heard in the coun ty court room in the city of Mc Cook in said county on the 29th day of January 1912 at one oclock p m and you are here by cited to appear and sIioav cause if any such exists at the time and place above designated AAihy said account should not be aMoiAved anel said petition grant ed Witness my hand and the seal of said court this 5th day of Jan uary 1912 FRANK M COLFER Seal County Judge First publication Jan 8 6ts Notice To- the creditors of the estate of Carrie M FarnsAvorth deceas ed You are hereby notified that the time for filing claims against said estate expires June 29 1912 and -that the county judge of Red WiUoiAv county Nebraska Avill sit on the first day of July 1912 at the hour of nine oclock a m to examine all claims against said estate Avith a view to their ad justment and allo Avanee Dated December 23rd 1911 Seal J C MOORE 4 County Judge C E EL DRED Attorney H i r j w i J Vi
