r h n h m fa 11 4 S7 HE T lllZ JZ2 Tr xr ggz at 23Ef vb AtoW wywf yj iwniww g nyy wHyi Laoi Friday Avas tlu 24th anni Aersary of the great blizzard of January 12th 1888 which Avas only equalled in death and dam age by that of 1873 The great Equitable fire in NeAV York city Avas started by a discarded match carelessly ln -- n OTiinl nT A r A 4lnl until they had fought Avith the flames for a half hour themseh s contributed to the destruction of the great building 3 The Lincoln Star concludes that the fact that GoAernor Aid rich is to haAre opposition in his roil- Tnnmmn o irm ip -on in nreak into tlie OA ernor s man sion And they Arill have a large undertaking GoAernor Aldrich richly deserAes another term Foleys Honey and Tar Compound is a reliable family medicine Give it to your children and take it your self when you feel a cold coming on It checks and cures coughs and colds and croup and prevents bronchitis and pneumonia A McMillen wygsassgzxasg a - ESTABLISHED 1882 F M KIMMELL Editor Largest Circulated Newspaper Published in Red Willow County Entered at postofflce McCook Nebraska as second class mat ter Published Tuesdays and Thursdays RTTTTTTTTTTTTTVYTTTrTTTYTTTTTTYTTTTYTYVTYYTTTTTYTT I Are With the Congressman Since the introduction of Con- ally compel n president to con gressman Nor ris civil service ex- suit to a large extent the tension solution iit has been dis wnfBd wishes of seniors in making nominations wlucli the covered that President laft and spnate mugt approvc To toke Postmaster general llitciicocic postmasters from exempt class are holih in favor of and -have and give them indefinite terms advocated this same course The Nev York Tribune discusses the case in language below 11 l Il Id f UVWIKt Paft has gone much further than any other president in urging congress to take the pestoffice imt of politics In- establishing a tenure based on competency and under the protection of the merit system would strip the senate of a perquisite- which it especially pnizes No federal office holder Norris of Nebraska a leading I is in a better position to do party Avestern insurgent thinks that he is making capital against Presi dent Taft by introducing a bill to put all postmisteis and postal employes under the aegis of the civil service regulations he is Avork tnan tlie postmaster ot a town or city witli his facilities for reaching and influencing vot ers The service was once a vast political machine and has erased to be so onlv because of the Yesiouslv mistaken for President j steady pressure of public ran ana increasing aisincuna ticn of administrations to permit posit masters to be active in poli tics President Tait believes that good behavior The president licient and economical admmis Avould be heartily glad to t ration is a far safer reliance er his present poAver to nominate than patronage in seeking populai postmasters for fixed terms but support and he Avould be delight congress has turned a cold pd to free himself of the annoy der to his suggestions because ana and drudgery involved in representatives and senators hate continually filling vacancies in to surrender the influence Avhich pest offices marshalships eollect they noAV exert in the selection of orships and surveyorships merely postmasters in their states or because the four year terms of tricts the incumbents expire Instead The right to confirm of resenting Mr Taft would Avel tial appointees is one most come the passage of some such ously guarded by the senate and measure is Mr Norris has intro the traditions of politics dueed ANNOUNCEMENTS 1 hen bv announce mv daey for Count Attorney sub ject to d cisicn of It pri marv CIIAS D RITCHIE Advenitesi delegates from nine states will maet in convention in Lincoln Janiuary 1G iio 31 He Declined Omaha Jan 11 Rober eil manager of a larn ed to get to the hay th har iL drcation that the governor has uarn dux you not been satisfying eArerybodAr Maybe But the some felloAv Maki Avenue I store here receaved a tjlegram lst night from Postmaster Grn ril Ilitclr eck and Tiiitcd States Senator Brown rf M braska of fering him the appointment as postmaster of Omha Mr Cow ell replied that it would im pcireble 1cr him to accept Special He ol h iind le donJa v U nre on part of employes to re- port the fire to the authorities In the Hospital Since Montie Walker sprung this one on Marion and Mnggs the other day and he has been in the family hospital ever since Dobson Heres a problem for yon old man A donkey Avas tied to a rcpe six feet long eigh teen feot there Avas a bun- IIoav did he manage it Sharp Oh Ive heard that one before You Avant me to say I give -it up and youll say So did the other donkey Dobson Not at all Sharp Then Iioav did he do it Dobson -lust Avalked up to said it AAas likelihood is that a rope on y sixfeet long So he But AA as you s simply want to tilnner th r0Pe wasn l tlcd t0 anr Foley Kidney Pills always give satisfaction because they always do the Avork J T Shelnut Bremen Ga says I have used Fo ley Kidney Pills Avith great satisfac tion and found more relief from their use than from any other kidney med icine and Ive tried almost all kinds I can cheerfully recommend their to all sufferers for kidney and blad der trouble A McMillen fiagners Grocery The Quality Store Two Sections of Bill Congressman Norris bill plac ing postmasters etc upon the civil service list is attracting large attention We give tAVO o the important sections of the proposed measure That on and after the first day of July 1912 the following po sitions in the postoffice depart ment shall be included in the competitive classified service to Avfit First assistant postmaster general second assistant postmast ter generai third assistant post master general foiurth assistant postmaster general postmasters in mil postoffaces of the first sec ond and third class and after the said ifirst day of July 1912 vacansies in any of said positions shall be filled by piromobion or transfer under such rules and regulations as the ciAril service commission shall prescribe Such rules and regulations shall pro Aride for the transfer cr employ es in the railway mail service to and from positions in postoiffices and the transfer of postmaster assistant postmaster and clerks from one postoffice to another and to and from the postoffice department in Washington Pro vided that no postmastcir postmaster or other employe of any postoffice shall Aviithout his consent be transferred from the postoffice located in the city or toAvn of his residence It shall be unlawful for any employe of the poafcof fiee depart ment to be chairman -or a mem ber of any political committee or to have control or management of any political campaign or for any postmaster of the first or second class1 AArhile holding such position to engage in the native management or control of any business trade or profession that in any Avay interferes Avit h the full and proper performance of hits official duties Any employe the provisions of this section shall be removed from office If yon Avant Avtliat 3rion Avant in Paltry Foods and Egg Producer - handle the best known and beet sellers Dr Hess Panacea Prntts Peculator and lisrg Pro ducer International and the Big ard Poultry Tonr Mite Killeis Nov- z tlr ir to use Poultry Fc cds and E Pnrduceis and tab- advanln of the high prices of eggs A McMlLLEN Druggist CiT BE MISLED CcoI Citircro Should Read This Advice Kidney trcuhlc often fatal Bont experiment new and untried Use a totted and remedy and is dangerous and with something proven kidney Begin with Doans Kidney Pills Used in kidney troubles 75 years Doans have cured thousands Are recommended here and every where The following statement forms con vincing proof J H Millen of Oberlin Kans says Doans Kidney Pills did so much for me that I strongly recom mend them I had severe attacks of kidney complaint and had to get up often at nig ht to pass the kid ney secretions My back was very painful and it was all I could do to get around When someone ad vised me to try Doans Kidney Pills I immediately procured a box and it was not long before they cured me I am today enjoying good health For sale by all dealers Price 50 cents Foster Milbum Co Buffalo New York sole ageents for the Unit ed States Remember the name Doans and take no other Remember The Tribunes phone is 19 We Avill appreciate an item any time Do not allow your Kioney and blad der trouble to develop beyond tlie reach of medicine Take Foley Kid ney PEls They give quick results and stop irregularities with surpris ing promptness A McMillen Why Be Uncomfortable We have felt shoes to go inside overshoes for 100 German Socks Sheep Lined Shoes make this weather a pleasure VIERSEN OSBORN I IS IDOL OF THE TEACHERS Grace C Strachan Leader of Movement for Equal Pay In New York the New York Grace C Strachan iq considerable of a heroine among the 14000 women who teach in the schools of New York She is president of the Interborough Association of Women Teachers and was a leading advocate in the long struggle which resulted in equal pay for teachers regardless of sex In New York as elsewhere in Amer ican cities women predominate in the teaching force but until lately what men were employed received larger salaries The women believed they should receive the same remuneration vn t Ofc II M aB men doing similar work and finally they won out But the victory has not been altogether without Its drawbacks Heretofore because of the difference in salaries demanded the tendency has been to exclude the men in favor of the women wherever possible Now however the salaries being equal the women find themselves dif ferentiated against whenever men teachers are procurable The number of the latter however is limited and not very many women find themselves excluded from the better positions j Out of the campaign for the passage 1 of the equl ry bill have grown many charges of the corrupt use of money At the hearing held in New York Four Poiilt A Food llmm Cures iliss Strachan stated that the woen nTCio Lice and had spent 100000 to bring about the r fv0 py v- Mies btrc a denies thit any of this money vs J to hfiucrcc legislation Most cf t out to lawyer Cn the other i hand Owen Behcn has been charged j before the grievance department of the J Bar association with having raised a corruptien fund to further legislation for the men teachers CROCKETTS LONE STAR HOME Old House Ncsr San Antonio Treas ured as a Memorial to the Tcxa3 Hero San Antonio Tex Davy Crocketts old home in Texas in the vicinity of San Antonio is treasured as a memo rial to the Lone Star hero whose ad venturous career in the early days of the west is filled with many thrilling events As one of the defenders of the Al amo he has won fame as a martyr to liberty He was one of the six sur vivors who surrendered to the Mex ican general Santa Anna and was shot after the surrender by Santa Annas orders Crocketts career has fur nished the theme for many a thrill ing tale of the frontier He was born in Tennessee in 17SG and his youth was spent in hunting and pioneer work in the western part of that state He was elected to con- Davy Crocketts Home gress from that state in 1S2G but his opposition to certain of Jacksons measures resulted in his defeat in 1830 He joined the Texans in the struggle for independence from Mexico in 1836 and was one of the famous 140 who de fended the Alamo at the cost of their lives UMBRELLA ROUTS A FOOTPAD Plucky Pennsylvania Young Woman Beats Bold Purse Grabber Till He Runs Away Altoona Pa Instead of screaming and then fainting when she was held up by a bold highwayman while on her way home with half a months pay In her purse Miss Margaret Dixon a pretty auditor in a shoe store cour i ageously repelled the insolent fellow She was carrying a closed umbrella and when the footpad attempted to wrest her handbag from her grasp she bravely began beating him over the head The attack took him by surprise and he was on the run before he knew It and there was not a single pedes rjian in sight The Danger of La Grippe is its fatal tendency to pneumonia To cure your la grippe coughs take Foleys Honey and Tar Compound R E Fisher AVashington Kas says I Avas troubled with a severe attack of la grippe that threatened pneumonia A friend advised Foleys Honey aad Tar Compound and I got relief after lakinir the first few dnsps T tir three bottles and my la grippe was cured Get the genuinein the yel low package A McMillen Here is a remedy tliat AVlll cure your cold Why waste time and mon ey experimenting when you can get a preparation that has won world Avide reputation by its cures of this dis eases and can always be depended up on It is known everywhere as Chamberlains Cough and is a medicine of real merit For sale bj all dealers When you want a reliable medicine i for a cough or cold take Chamber- Iains Cough Remedy It can alwas I be depended upon and is pleasant and safe to take For sale by all dealers i Foleys Honey and Tar Compound Cures inn Every Case Mr Jas McCaffery Mgr of the Schlitz Hotel Omaha Neb recom mends Foleys Honey and Tar Com pound because it cures in every case I haAe used it myself and I have recommended it to many others who have since tald me of its great cura tive power in diseases of the thnrnt and lungs For all coughs and colds it is speedily effective A McMHIen Mrs A R Tabor of Crider rIo had been troublde with sick head ache for about five years when she began taking Chamberlains Tablets She has taken two bottles of them and they have cured her Sick head ache is caused by a disordered stom ach for which these tablets are es pecially intended Try them get well and stay well Sold by all druggists Persons troubled with partial par i al3sis are often A ery much benefit 1 ted by massaging the affected parts j thoroughly when applying Chamber 1 Iains Liniment This liniment also relieves rheumatic by all druggists pains For sale j Charles Durham of Lovington 111 has succeeded in finding a positive cure for bed Avetting My little be wet the bed eAery night clear thro on the floor I tried several kinds of kidney medicine and Avas in the drug store looking for something differ ent to help him Avhen I heard of Fol eys Kidney Pills After he had tak en them two days we could see a charge end when he had taken tvc thirds cf a bottle he was cured That is abevt six weeks ago not wet in bed since A and he has McMillen THE WORLD ALMANAC 1912 Jidition In thi compact volume cl valmble and nei tstlng lafonrntion a co nplcte iip to ilite la Itself ton mil find accnnte of tbe special ses iinni nf Consrevs the elation leasti 5tautics aaj comianso iv recirocitv the 1tnuaii Canal markets trors uicret e n I rt e f af product rost of linns anal hci anil iia ters explor ations and irnoration3 of 1911 m s inmat3 1 disagreement and other crca on i vent itroUh of the Totted State nfula tion and wealth of countries state an 1 m nicl pahties Conressioril record sportirs re id current weights and 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