The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19
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The Weekly Happenings Of Neighboring
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INDIANOLA.

s. II. Smith was in Lincoln, last Friday, on
business of the law.
Z. r. Banks and I. A. Sheridan wandered
up to the seat of county affairs, Monday.
Mesdames w. NJ. McCallum and A. w.
Hoyt visited McCook friends ON Friday last.
Rev. Houston is absent attending the
commencement exercises at the Franklin
academy.
Mrs. E. K. Banks and Miss Cora Grass
drove up to the county capital, last Friday
afternoon.
Hon T. H Lice and wife of Exeter visited
friends and relatives in Indianola during the
past week.
Mrs. Hammond returned home, last Friday
afternoon, from visiting her son Jay at Nc
Cook, tor a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. w. Dolan drove over to
Oberlin, Kansas. the close OF last week, on
business, he having some real estate interests
in that section.
w. r. Starr moved his law office and legal
effects TO the county seat. last Friday alter
noon, by wagon, locating IN splendid quarters
in the court house block.
Anna Holland has lately returned from
Denver, where she has for the past few
years been a most deservedly popular teach
er in the Denver public schools.
WALL bOIdH anu guy LdIlDOIuI ttuIIleu from
the Orleans chautauqua, Sunday night, where
they had been assisting in a musicale under
the leadership of Prof. l.. w. Smith. They
report a delightful time at the Frontier chau-
tauqua.
County Attorney and Mrs. Reyes left on
No. 2, Saturday morning, for St. Louis. They
will visit relatives in the vicinity and incident
ally look in on the big convention and do their
share towards selecting the next president.
Wednesday, MIS-. Crago, Judge Beck and
others returned from Orleans. The zephyrs
of Tuesday night having blown over the camp
ground tents and the rain submerged their
bedding and camp outfit to such an extent
as to make a longer stay rather unco,n-
Portable.
Colonel W. r. Starr has removed his bus
mess to the county seat, but when it comes
down to domestic bliss and solid home COM
forts, good water, ample shade and pleasant
home surroundings, he says there is no place
cupy his present home at this place.
The extreme heat of the past few days
has caused w. o. Bond to lose a few fat
hogs. Good shade and water are very
handy things to have around if you have
any fat hogs on hand. So thinks w. O.
He was short on these essentials, we under
stand. and SO the piggies turned up their
toes.
Hon. Ed. Allen of Arapahoe, who we learn
desires TO represent this senatorial district in
the coming legislature, recently visited the
boys in 1ndianola with a view of gainlng their
favor and help for the place. From what we
know and hear of Allen, he is a gentleman
well qualified for the position, and no doubt
would prove a most honorable and efficient
member.
Ii is very consoling to the people of
1ndianola that the court house bond propo-
guage of a former issue of The TRIBUNE,
the people of McCook have exemplifed their
integrity. That is, if by so doing the in
tegrity question is settled. We are glad to
know it, as some of us had imagined that
the stock of integrity was a little short in
the vicinity of the standpipe.
Hon. Jno, J, Lamborn, the gentleman that
the newspapers are trying to locate in the
various counties of southwestern Nebraska,
recently spent a short time in this famous
burg. Whatever may be said of John, the
least is, that he has always been true to his
friends, to Indianola, Red Willow county and
this state; and neither his friends nor those
who are not his friends have any doubt of his
ability or integrity in private business or pub
lie duty.
lIlulduOld - preparing 10 nave q gOOC ola
Independence day celebration. There will
be games galore. dancing and feasting. Pa
triotism and lemonade will flow freely. PHI.
McKillip, a former Red Willow county boy,
now finishing a law course at Harvard univer-
sity, Cambridge, Mass, will deliver the ora
ton. Pat is forging way ahead in the educa-
tional line. He is one that believes there IS
always room at the top. We anticipate a
masterpiece of patriotic eloquence.
Yes, 3. B. Duckworth is a very successful
alfalfa raiser. In fact he is generally sue
c~esSful. He was a very successful farmer
on Beaver creek. He has made the Indian.
tnown far and wide Throughout the valley.
And then again. b. is one of the most sue
cessful and entertaining story ~tellers. In
holding an audience he is away ahead of
Matt Rollins or Michael Dooley. He can sit
on a stump and, in a few minutes, can draw
more tears, or expound more s~ide-splitting
propositions than any man among us.
Il Hollands ditch seems somewhat like
the historical millsite; there is a real good site
for a ditch, but their is little if any water in
your ditch. The fact is the early spring rains
washed out dam and dykes and Holland has
been too busy to make the necessary repairs.
The people out here are pretty slow on the
water question. Mr.. Holland, unaided and
alone, brought the ditch and water into the
but the property owners did not seem to |
appreciate the grand advantage of good sup
ply of water to irrigate their trees, gardens,
lawns and farms, and have done very little to
MI. Holland in his very liberal and
beneficial enterprise. We suggest that the !
people of 1ndianola do something to assist
MT. Holland in building and keeping in repair
this very useful improvement. |
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