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Political Announcements
I announce my candidacy for
the nomination for state repre
sentative on the Republican tick
et subject to the primaries to
be held April 19 1912 adv
W A REYNOLDS
I hereby announce myself as
a candidate for the office of
County Assessor Red Willow
county on the Democratic ticket
subject to prima rv election held
April 19th 1912
JOHN H WESCII
BHffifF
SILAS R BARTON
Republican Candidate for con
gress 5th Conjjres jioual District
primaries April 19th
Have been farmer school teach
cr deputy county treasurer
Grand Recorder A 0 U AY
and State Auditor These public
positions should certainly quali
fy me to know your needs 1
would like your support and if
elected it will be the great am
bition cf my life to serve you
faithfully honestly and well adv
The non partisan character of
the city election may be derived
from the fact that the Republican
ticket contains three Democrats
while the Peoples Water Ticket
has but two Democrats- on it
Our Democratic brethren evi
dently concluded -that there had
been -enough speech making and
resolving and viewing with pride
and condemning and sundry oth
er opera bouffe and vaudeville
stunts in the two preceding city
caucuses So they nominated a
ticket and let it go at that And
Frank Golfer could easily have
given them a literary gem the
equal of either of the city plat
forms in point rhetorcial excel
lence or worth of subject matter
In the light of Dave Diamonds
Monday night overflow speech
Mayor McAdams is perhaps satis
fied now tliat he made an error
in has -water commissioner ap
pointment Dave hasnt learned
one or two valuable lessons in
public life- 1st Not to talk too
much- 2nd Not to indulge in
excessive letter writing The first
and last duty of a public officer
is to do his duty Again if
serving iby appointment fidelity
to this chief is not an undesirable
qualification Failing in re
quisite resignation is the altern
ative
Wants for rent for sale etc
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ESTABLISHED 1882
F M KIMMELL Editor and Publisher
Largest Circulated Newspaper Published in Red Willow County
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Entered at postaffiee McCook Nebraska as second class
matter Published Semi Weekly on Mondays and Thursdays
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Vitp for Williard A Prince
Hie Peoples Candidate for Con
urevs Prim iries April 19 1912
adv
Mayor McAdams may have
made some mistakes during his
term of office It doubtless is
trui1 that some have not been
pleated with the manner in which
he lias conducted affairs How
ever few will deny him the
jit of having made an honest and
j sincere effort to give McCook an
j efficient business like -city gov
wnjnaat Confronted most ser
iously soon after coming iiiti cif
i fiic with the otwnaI water ques
tion a vigorous beginning w
mads by him and the city
cil in the solution of that
lin by the purchase for the city
-of the water plant Since its
aequiisrViic n a steady careful
font has been made for the bt
termnt of till v oome
rlVitely urgent improveinoint
harve been made and cijhens
omm ended The moral ill
dent to Ciity Life have besn plac
ed under regulatiion and reark
Jtioms some of the more flagrant
ones abated ilm refunding c
50000 worth of wafer bonds
consummated last week is a cred
itable stroke of business eeonomy
which will save McCook 500 in
interest alone annually not to
mention the- elimination of the
sinking fund expense by provid
ing for the annual retirennent of
2500 of these water bonds
Fairly in the light of
things accomplished Mayor Mc
Adams has given a good account
of life stewardship not in grand
stand and spectacular promises
but in common sense honest bus
iness like accomplishments which
recommend him to the considera
tion of unbiased citizens
SAFE GUARDS
Naturally and of course every
safeguard should be exercised in
a project as large and important
as the proposed McCook Irriga
tion Ditch enterprise and the
parties within the proposed dist
rict will see that such vital mat
ters as water supply and proper
construction of reservoir and
ditch are clearly determined
Then again the state engineer
will pass upon the entire matter
But it should be remembered that
the prospective buyers of tlie
bonds will also have their ex
perts carefully go over the de
tails and the prospects for a
successful enterprise So the-
there are serveral safeguards
wliich should be utilized But the
project lisould be utilized to the
limit of the water supply
McCook General Hospital
Located in the Heckmaa House one block west
of the Court House
Will be open to receive patients after
ary 18 191 2 A Hospital devoted to McCook
and southwest Nebraska Skilled attendants
in charge
D J REID Surgeon Proprietor
KQTED CAREER ENDS
John Bigelow a Famous Diplo
matist and Author
Fame Won as Editor and Representa
tive of America in France Dur
ing Civil War His Lifes
Span 94 Years
New York John Bigelow Sr dip
lomatist and author died at his home
in this city aged ninety four years
Mr Bigelow sometimes termed the
first gentleman of Nev York was
almost the last connecting link be
tween the great men of the first half
of the nineteenth century and the
present day Born at Maiden Ulster
county N Y in 1S17 of a well known
family he was prominently associated
with the great men and the determin
ing movements of the country during
his entire life
In 1849 at the invitation of William
Cullen Bryant Mr Bigelow became
an editor of the New York Evening
Pest in which position he continued
until I860 Under his editorship the
paper came to a great influence
Sainte Beuves critical letters were
published under his supervision Walt
Whitman was a reporter and later a
war correspondent under Mr Bigelow
Artemus Ward worked for the paper
at the time and it was at this period
that Bret iarte was remarkably
regular at the office on pay days
Mr Bigelows series of articles on
the effects of slavery in the West In
dies worked up some of the feeling
which made Lincolnt election pos
ribo in I860 and at the emancipators
urging the editor went as minister to
France during the trubulous times of
the civil war
Tn France Mr Bigelow succeeded to
much the same power and position
that Benjamin Franklin and Thomas
Jtffercn had held mare than 50 years
previously
It was at this time that Mr Bige
low discovered Franklins Autobiog
raphy of which he edited the author
itative edition Later a Life of
Franklin was written and
edited
Mr Bigelow was appointed an ex
ecutor of the estate of Samuel J Til
tlen and in addition to his ordinary
lip
Ttrtfes as an executor he undertook
those of the literary administrator
TUdcns Wrtings -were published
and later a Life of Samuel J Tilden
xtas written
During all this time a constant
stream of magazine article pamphlets
and heroics were coming from the
His literary activi
ties were frequently interrupted by
ether political appointments and hon
erary positions given him but since
I8GT his main thought was given to
his writings
His Life of William Cullen Bry
znt with whom he was associated so
many years was published In 1893
and1 in 1908 at the age cf ninety one
yearsv his greatest work Retrospec
tions of an Active Life was publish
ed in three volumes Bigelows
retrospections covered more than
half of the Hfc of the nation
To the very last Mr Bigelow kept
a clear- head and an active mind for
all the problems of the nation writ
ing with- the ease and the elegance of
the alder school and with an accuracy
all his own on every subject that in
terests fcrm
Two sans of the aged author Major
John Bigelow Jr of the United
States army and Poultney Bigelow
the writer have attained distinction
in their respective fields Mr Bige
low was a trustee of the New York
public library of the Metropolitan Mu
seum of Art and a member of many
learned and honorary societies in this
country and abroad
Pastor Is Some Farmer
Sandusky O Not satisfied with
the good work he is doing in saving
souls Rev C H Schoepfle of Birm
ingham has set out to show the far
mers of this neighborhood that his
duties are not so arduous hut that
they give him time to work a few
wonders In agriculture
Considerable rivalry has been ex
cited among the fanners of this
neighborhood in ability to grow
prodigies in the various agricultural
productB It was started early this
fall when Frank Kuhl produced some
enormous ears of corn Others sprang
up from time to time to claim recog
nition hut Rev Mr Schoepfle hided
his time The secret of his plans
came to light when he drove to town
with two enormous carrots which
tipped the Scales at Fix and three
quarters pounds 1
HONOR GLADSTONE BIRTHDAY
Natal Day of Englands Grand Old
Man Always Appropriately Ob
served in Great Britain
Glasgow The anniversary of the
birth of William Ewart Gladstone
Englands Grand Old Man is the oc
casion of celebrations throughout
Great Britain to the memory of the
statesman who was five times prime
minister He was born on December 29
1809 and died in 1898 with mental
powers still unimpaired and fighting
to the last for the cause of liberty
In the last few years of his life his
speeches and letters drew serious and
Gladstone Statue in Glasgow
forceful attention to the horrors in
Armenia an did much to increase
English opposition to the bloodthirsty
rule of the sultan
The funeral progress from Hawar
den castle his home in Cheshire to
London was most impressive every
mile of the route being lined by sor
rowing crowds Many statues and
memorials scattered throughout the
land hear eloquent testimony to the
place he held in the affections of the
people One of the finest monuments
to his memory is the wonderful statue
by Thorneycroft which stands in
George square Glasgow
m KiGTORiC SOUTHERN SPOT
Louisburg in the State of North Caro
lina Is Also a Center of Senti
mental Interest
Louisburg N C Considerable sen
timent and historic interest are con
nected with this town which is the
county seat of Franklin county It is
the birthplaco of the Stars and Bars
and it is there the Methodists held
their first conference in America a
century and a quarter ago
A picture of the court house at
Louisburg is presented herewith It
was upon this court house green that
the first Confederate flag was un
furled A request had heen sent out
from Montgomery Ala by some one
in authority urging that models of
the flag be sent in O R Smith of
Louisburg now living though eighty
five sent the model which was adopt-
rjp js
Franklin County Court House
ed He got Miss Rebecca Murphy to
make the flag which was 12 by 15
feet
As the Widow Winborne she is still
living at the age of eighty one March
18 1861 before North Carolina se
ceded the accepted flag first to be
flung to the breeze by the Confeder
ates was raised on the court house
green as stated
Butter Tubs Full of Earth
Chicago Forty tubs of choice
black Iowa soil at 15 a tub has cost
the B S Pearsall Butter company of
Elgin III 600 which amount the
company officials thought they were
spending for fancy Iowa butter
We do not know whether the good
honest fanners shipped us dirt or
whether the butter was stolen in
transit and the soil put in the tubs
We are out 600 and will investigate
Man Rescued by Human Chain
Chicago Roy Harris was rescued
from drowning in the Chicago river
by William Burton a bridge tender
and Poltcemaii Patrick Lyons who
formed a human chain and pulled him
out of the icy water as he was sinking
for the third time
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torm
The snow storan which eoini
meneed yesterday continued all
last nigiht and is still doing- val
iant service today A strong
wind lias been driving the heavy
snow fall for mamy hours with
the result that country roads are
practically blockaded today and
traffic 13 railway is little bet
ter botili passenger and freight
srevice being temporarily tied
up
Tliis is undoubtedly the worst
storan of tlie winter incst snow
and worst drifts and- perhaps ttihe
most destructive to unsheltered
stock
Then again coining so late in
iha winter season is unusual from
that point of view and unexpect
ed in its severity
No 14 is the last train to ar
he
Winter
rive here frcaii the west this
morning Trains 6 16 and 2 were
held at Akron -
Train 3 of last night did not
leaive jMcCook for the west until
about 11 oclock this morning
aud then started with two engin
ies No 12 for the east this
morning was also1 double headed
Train 13 from the southwest was
also several hours late
Trains 9 13 and 1 will trail
out after No 3 some time this
afternoon
No 13 arrived from the east
ait noon today about twa hours
late Trains from the east aTe
all moving on nearly schedule
time but west of here -the case
is very different
If you want THE NEWS read
The Tribune
Public Sale
I will sell the following listed property at my ranch 1 rnile south
east of McCook commencing at 10 oclock a m on
FRIDAY MARCH 29 1912
26 Head of Horses 26
from i yr old to heavy brood mares with colts at side
25 Head of Brood Sows 25
all to farrow in April
125 Full Blood Shropeshire Ewes 125
mostly with lambs at side
25 Head of Calves 25
coming yearlings soon
Allstuff will be sold in lots to suit purchasers
Farm Implements
i lumber wagon double top box nearly new i pronged alfalfa
disc i alfalfa wheel barrow seeder
FREE LUNCH AT NOON
Terms
security
Sums under 10 cash 8 months time at 8 per
cent on sums over 10 on notes with - approved
No property to be removed until satisfactorily settled for
F S Wilcox Owner
COL C M MATSON Auct
P WALSH Clerkr
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