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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
WATER RIGHTS ON PLATTE
State Board of Irrigation Hears Argu-
ment in Gothenburp Case

SGate board or Irrigation Hears Argu-
ment in Gothenburg Ease.
LINCOLN, Oct 21.-The state board
OF irrigation and Engineer Dobson lis
tened to testimony and argument in
the case of the Farmers and Mer-
c. ants Irrigation company. The
Gothenburg company asserts that it
has a prior right to water in the
Platte river and was sustained i'm this
position a year ago by Engineer Will
son. 1t owns and operates one long
canal, of which one-half was con-
struced after the original water right
was taken out. The water right grant
ed by the board authorized the Goth
enburg company to appropriate 200
cubic feet of water per second and il
is now claimed that there is no law
to prevent the company from turning
the water so appropriated into the
new section of the canal The board
took the case under advisement and
will render a decision within the next
few days.
The Farmers and Merchants irriga-
tion works and property are valued
at not less than $175,OOO, while the
works and property of the other
are said to be worth approx
imately 100000. The former is cap
italized for $3,000,0O0
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
Settles Big Damage Suit,

DES MONIES, Oct 19-An impor-
tant damage suit against the North
western railroad, which was before
the supreme court at the last term.
has been settled, rather than second
trial be had. This was the suit of
J. ]. Mosnat, administrator of the
estate of Engineer Shaffer, who was
killed in the yards at Eagle Grove.
The first trial resulted in a verdict
for $4,000 against the company. but
it was reversed on appeal because OF
technical errors.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
Dewey Wasn't a Prisoner

1t has been said that Admiral Dewey
was made prisoner during the civil
war at the time the gunboat Mississ-
ippi was destroyed by the Confeder-
ates.. The admiral says that is not
true. Il was not captured" said he,
when asked ABOUT the matter, when
the Mississippi was run aground and
burned. About $50 of our men were
captured, but the captain and | man
aged to pull away in a boat down the
river and escaped capture. | have seen
the statement made several times late
ly and am glad to say that it is en-
tirely incorrect. l have never been a
captive
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
STATES DIVORCE LAWS.
Ex-senator Allen Gives His Opinion Re-
garding the Same.

LINCOLN, Oct Ex-senator Will
liamliam V. Allen has replied as fol-
| lows to the request of Labor Com
missioner Watson for an opinion re-
garding the divorce laws of the state.
Il am inclined to believe that our
statutes on the subject of divorce,
while crude and expressed in inartistic
language, doing no credit to the lit
erary ability of their authors, are suf-
ficient, and outline a proper policy
in divorce cases, and will, if conscien-
tiously enforced by the courts, accom-
plish desirable results.
The purpose of a divorce is the
destruction of the family sense. 1t
is true that in many cases it is to the
interest of the parties, the children
and the public that the family rela-
tion (Which should be the most sacred
relation in the world) should be ut
terly uprooted and destroyed, and that
it's destruction is more productive OF
the true interests and real happiness
of all concerned than would be a
forced continuance of a relation which
must be merely nominal
Much, very much, indeed, depends
on education; in fact the question is
more one of education than legisla-
tion. Legislation can regulate mar
riases, it can grant or refuse divorces,
but the refusal to grant divorce for
any cause in the present state of
society would doubtless lead to wide
spread immortality and to greater and
public injury than our present divorce
laws, imperfect as they can be, can
produce. While marriage under civil
institutions of this country is and
ever must remain a civil contract,
marriage is justly regarded by the
churches and by Christian people as
a holy ordinance. If the churches
shall take hold of the subject in
earnest they can doubtless regulate
the relation in such a way as to pro-
duce the least amount of friction and
thus minimize divorces. If they do
not the whole question must be left
to the slow but certain law of evolu-
ton. l would say upon the whole
that l do not know of any improve
ment which can be made in our di-
vorce laws at the present time, aside
from those that are merely verbal"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
Don'ts for Woman

Don't keep the match hoy in H.,
ct. NioS-
DON'T fold unlaundered curtains
Ion cool tomatoes in the ice bor
Dont buy cheap" lines as they o..
the dearest. are
Don't use cheap" soap in tho 1ou.
dry as it costs the most
Dont use a starch that will prodpco
' .nat marsh cracking effect, but % -
your grocer and order Defiance ST. -
10 ounce package for 10 cents Me- ~
Oy Magnetic Starch Co.. Omaha Nen S1'
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
Mrs. How.s Eads Memorial

Mrs. Eliza A. How, widow OF James
F. How, late president OF the WaDasn aoa aoa
Railroad company, has given SlVV'VVV
to Washington university. st. LOUIS, 10
be used for the erection of a memorial
to her father, Captain James b. Eads,
who built the Eads bridge across tnS
Mississippi river at st. Louis, ana Jet
ties below New Orleans. The git mas
been accepted by the board OF trustees
of the university, who will confer Win
Mrs. How as to the character OF me
mortal which shall be constructed.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
AMENDMENT TO PENSION LAWS.
Congressman Burkett Will Introduce 1t
in the Next Congress.

In the Next congress.
LINCOLN, Oct. 19-Congressman
Burkett has prepared an amendment
to the pension laws, which he will in
troduce at the opening of the next
session of congress. By it the differ
ent ratings on account of disabilities
under the new law or the law of 1890
will be abolished The effect of Mr.
Burkett's amendment will be to make
a minimum rating of S12. The law
of 1890, commonly called the new law,
pensions a soldier who is unable to
perform manual labor, in accordance
with the degree of his disabilities
and in proportion thereto, from Sc to
$12 a month. This degree of disabil-
ity is determined by a rating board,
located at Washington, who make up
their decision from the evidence sent
in and the ratings thus made are not
always satisfactory to the soldiers.
Mr.. Burkett takes the position that
the war is now removed almost forty
years and that after the experiences
the men went through it must be
presumed that few of them are able
to perform manual labor and he
thinks the time has come when it is
no longer necessary to have an inves-
tigating committee to cipher out just
the degree of their disability.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
His Patriotic CornIce.

A patriotic citizen of Philadelphia
has recently manifested his loyalty 10
the flag by painting the corniee OF his
house red, white and blue. In a row OF
houses in which the prevailing colors
are yellow or dark brown, the effect
is quite striking, and nearly every
passerby bestows a surprised glance
on the odly painted dwelling. The
owner of the house is veteran OF the
civil war, and, possessing no flag, he
decided to paint the cornice of his
home in this way as a mark OF pa
triotism.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
Lucky School Ma,ams

catherine F. Mcmahon, a retired Du5-
ilc school teacher of New York cjtv
mas received from the supreme cont
tne writ she asked for, compelling the
Dodru OF education to pay the pensio,,
VI one one-half OF her salary which an ac-
VI i9eo gave her. This result wins tn
.: ease Ior some forty other teachers re
oireu previous to 1894, when the pen-
sioh law 1or thirty years service IN
the public schools was nascod 'i'e III
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
Would RuiId Reservoir.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 21.-
President George ]. Gould of the
Northern Pacific, with officers of that
road and the Denver & Rio Grande,
left here by special train over the lat
ter road for Denver tonight. During
the afternoon the Parker City branch
was inspected and tonight the special
tied up at Springville Tomorrow the
Tintic mining district will be visited,
then the San Pete valley branch will
be inspected thoroughly.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
A Church Marriage Rnreau

Inc Rev. j. F. X. Coleman, pastor
OF ST. Johns Catholic church. at Fred =
erlck, Nd, announced to his eongre-
Satlon one Sunday night that he was
gong TO lnaugurate matrimonial bu-
reau In his church. Think of it,
SAID Father Coleman, "a congregation
ike ours, with over LOO members. and
you seldom hear of a marriage. There
certainly is something wrong. and this
is wnat L am going to endeavor to rec
tlIy- There is no reason for this state
OF analrs, as there is plenty of mar
rlageble material right here. and even
much past that age, and l am going to
endeayor to utilize it to advantage or
know the reason why"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
THE WORK GOES SLOW
Admiral Bowles Calls Attention to Lack
of Progress in Construction.
DELAY CAUSED BY STEEL STRIKE
isfactory to the Bureau-More Naval
Construction Wanted - Naval Yards
Limited by Dry Docks.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-The an
nual report of Admiral Bowles, chief
| of the bureau of construction and re-
| pairs, calls attention to the slow
progress in the construction of the
ships made in the last year, owing to
strikes and delays of delivery of
armor and steel forgings. He points
out that under the present system for
the purchase of armour the response
sibility for delays emanating from
this sources rests with the government
and renders it liable to suits for dam
age by the ship contractors. The con-
struction bureau, he says, has made
considerable progress toward the
standardization of ship fittings, which,
he says, will reduce the original cost
of ships of the navy and decrease the
expense of their maintenance. He
touches upon the tests of fireproofed
wood conducted by his bureau and
says that while the products of the
two processes submitted both possess
desirable qualities, neither wholly
commends itself to adoption by the
navy.
Admiral Bowles strongly recon-
mends that the floating dry dock at
Havana, recently purchased from the
Spanish government, be sent to the
site of the new naval station at Olon-
gapo, Philippine islands, as soon as
the repairs on it are completed 1t is
essential, he says, for the efficiency of
the navy on the Asiatic station, both
from a strategical and economical
point, that the government should be
in possession of a dry dock in the
Philippines at the earliest possible
moment. He says the dock just pur-
chased can be placed in condition for
use of vessels up to 10000 tons dis
placement within the limit of the
sum appropriated by congress for it's
requirement.
Admiral Bowles earnestly recon-
mends an increase in the number of
naval constructors, which is now linn
tied by law to forty. This number,
he says, is entirely inadequate to the
present needs of the service and he
urges that the limit of the corps be
increased by congress to sixty. He
says the efficiency of the navy yards |
the country is largely linn
tied by the lack of dry docks and mod |
ern buildings for the equipment of the |
yards. The navy yards, however, |
the application of modern engineer
ing to their mechanical equipment |
as well as modern methods of organ
lzation to the scheme of administra-
ton, which, if properly applied, should
result in greater efficiency in the con-
duct of the work and greater econ
omy in the expense, which is now out
Of proportion to the work done.
Admiral Bowles says the construc-
lion bureau has been taxed to it's ut
most by the work of designing new
vessels and supervising vessels now
and that these conditions
nave been aggravated by lack of
such navy department buildings avail
able for the technical and clerical
;taffs of the bureau. He reports a
ack of craftsmen of the requisite
qualifications and expresses a desire
o obtain for the bureau more grad
lateS of technical schools.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
Land Leasing Tour.

LINCOLN, Oct. 21.-Land Commits
stoned Follmer has planned to make
a land leasing tour through northern
Nebraska beginning at O'Neill in Holt
county on November 18. Subsequent
auctions will be held as follows: Bas-
sett, November 10; Ainsworth, No
vember %; Chadron, November %;
Harrison and Alliance, November 80,
and Gering, November 81.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
Professors Talk to Earmers.

SIDNEY, Neb, Oct 19.-The court
house was packed with farmers and
stockmen, who listened to addresses
delivered by DR.. Peters and Prof.
Smith of the experiment station at
the state university. They discussed
the diseases of animals and the sim
plest manner of curing them, stock
feeding and classes of food that were
best adapted to the conditions here.
Many questions were asked and thor
oughly discussed.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
Highest Award on Cocoa and Chocolate.

Buffalo, N. Y, Oct. 10, 19O1.-The
judges at the Pan-American exposi-
tion, Buffalo, have awarded three gold
medals to Walter Baker & Co. (Limit-
ed, Dorchester, Mass. for the supe-
riority of their breakfast cocoa and
all Of their cocoa and chocolate prep
arations and the excellence OF their
exhibit. This is the 9Th highest
award received by them from the
great expositions in Europe and
America
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
Aspen Tunnel is Opened.

EVANSTON, Wyo., Oct 21.-The
great Aspen tunnel through Piedmont
hill, east Of here, was turned over to
President Burt of the Union Pacific
by Contractors Fitzpatrick Bros. & Col
lins Tuesday. The first train passed
through the big bore Monday, being
work train. The first passenger
train to pass through the big hole in
he mountains was the one in which
the president and other high officials
of the Union Pacific were passengers.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-A COM
parative statement of the commerce of
the island of Cuba for the ten months
ended April 80, 1901 and 1900, has been
prepared in the division of insular
affairs of the war department. tt
shows that the total value of mer-
chandise imported during the ten
months ended April 30, 1901, was $54,-
412,262, against s59,925,339 for the
same period of 1900
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
An Experienced Secretary.

Miss Hagner, who is to be Mrs.
Roosevelt's secretary, was for time
clerk in the war department. She L;
a daughter of DR.. Charles E. Hagner.
OF Washington. She has acted as sec
retary for Mrs. Charles Emory Smith
Mrs. Elihu Root, Miss Paulding, Sen
ator Depew's niece, and other women
prominent in official life.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
Canadians Try Surnrisinc.

PRETORIA, Oct. PA force of
Canadian scouts surprised a Boer
laager near Balmoral The Beers fed
after a short fight. The Canadians
had two killed and an officer and two
men wounded
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25

A descriptive article on Norway con
tains some striking instructions for
the use of fire escapes taken from !
local hotel, of which the following
lines are part: THE plated snotte~
should be found in every room. To
increase the hurry, let down the BODY
one by one until all shall be left. The
cord should be put out the ground
from the shoulder Hereunder
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
Cape Colony in Rebellion.

LONDON, Oct. 21-Mr. Kruger has
received a message from General
Schalk-Burgher that the greater part
of Cape Colony is in rebellion, says
dispatch from Brussels to the Daily
Mail, and that the Beers have armed
$4,000 Africkanders in the past three
months.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
Cowboy Carnival at Hyannfs.

LINCOLN, Oct. 1S.-Governor Saw
age and several state officials will go
to Hyannis this week to attend the
cowboy carnival at that place The
program includes an exhibition by
Captain Hardy, shooting tournament
and several other events.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
Awarded the Highest Prize.

Buffalo, n. Y, Oct.-The New Do
nestle Sewing Machine Co. has today
been awarded, at the Pan-American
Exposition, the highest prize, the COW
eted gold medal, for the best fami.,
sewing machine.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
Augusta De Forest Dead.

NEW YORK, Oct 21.-Augusta de
Forest, the we'll known actress who
played leading roles with Alexander
Salvini, John Mccullough and Edwin
Booth, died at her home in this city.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
Glad White is to Return.

BERLIN, Oct. 20.-The news re-
ceived here that Andrew D. White,
the United States ambassador. returns
to Berlin in November to stay has
caused great satisfaction in Berlin.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
Woman Suffragists Active.

BLAIR, Neb., Oct. 21-The local or
ganization of woman suffragists are
making big preparations for the COM
ing conference of the woman suffrag-
lists.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25
Leuderiuk Resigns,

SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Oct. 21.-
(Via Galveston)-J. Lenderink, secre-
tary of the United States legation, has
resigned his position and will soon
leave for the United States.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25

Mrs. Edwin H. Conger, wife of Min
ter Conger. passed through Omaha
on her way to China. She was ac
companied by Mrs. j. R. Drake
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-10-25

Half of the misery in the world
comes of want of courage to speak
and to hear the truth plainly, and In
a spirit of love.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02
It Saved His Baby.

"My baby was terribly sick with
the diarThoea, we were unable TO
cure him with the Doctors assis-
lance, and as last resort we tried
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
diarrhoea Remedy" says Mr. J. II.
Doak, of Williams, Ore. 81 am
happy to say it gave immediate le-
lief and complete cure" For sale
at the Post Office Drug Store.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02

THE open hunting season for
grouse, peasants, patrldges and
fool hens is from August Is to De-
cember l, and the penalty for VIC
lation is from $40 10 $50. The Rod
and Gun Club of Boomers Ferry
should see to it that this law is en-
forced in this neck of the woods,
1t was violated shamefully last
year. and there is good reason for
believing that it is being violated
already this year. BY making an
example of a few of these law
breakers the practice would be
stopped and game would be more
plentiful.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02
A Ministers Good Work.

81 had a severe attack of bilious
collie, got bottle of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy, took two doses and was entire
ly cured" says Rev. A. A. Power,
of Emporia, Kan. My neighbor
across the street was sick for over
week, had two or three bottles of
medicine from the doctor. He
used them for three or four days
without relief, then called in an
other doctor who treated him for
some days and gave him no relief,
so discharged him. | went over to
see him the next morning. He
said his bowels were in terrible
fix, that they had been running off
so long that it was almost bloody
fiux. | asked him if he had tried
Cham berlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and he said, NO
| went home and brought him my
bottle and gave him one dose; told
him to take another dose in fifteen
or twenty minutes if he did not find
relief, but he took no more and was
entirely cured. l think it the best
medicine | have ever tried" For
sale at the Pest Office Dug Store.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02

The editor of this paper is no
more than human and is Just as
liable to be mistaken as anybody
else. The unfortunate part is the
position he occupies If he was a
lawyer and made mistake he could
demur it; if a bookkeeper he could
erase and add the collmn again; if n
laborer he could take his ray and
find another job; if business man
he could take the goods back and
refund the cash; if a druggist he
could lay the blame on the doctor
if doctor he could bury the mis-
take; or if minister he could &c
to the Almighty and be forgiven
But being poor wicked editor
with all the weakness of mankind
his paper is held up by the public
which at once says, Just look al
that, any fool ought to know better
And us poor editors have got t
look meek and take our medicine
We've no escape-EX.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02

The CosMoPoLITAN for August
reveals the late GRANT ALLEN in a
new light-that of a keen and
clever artirist of modern society,
not only in England, but in the
world at large. The COSMOPOLITAN,
Immediately on his death, secured
from his son all his papers, and the
clever allegory-"The Temple Of
Fate"-in the August number, is
one of those selected. Like "The
British Aristocrscy" in the April
COSMOPOLITAN, the present article
impresses itself on the reader with
direct fearlessness which is new
quality in the authors work. If
it is true that all the world loves a
lover, then EDGAR SALTUs's clever,
ipigrammatic story of the princes
who have relinquished thrones
position, withdrawing
marry the women they loved
should indeed be popular.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02
a WORTHY SUCCESSOR.
Something New Under the Sum-"

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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02

The hot winds in Kansas this
year will not BLOW in the usual crop
of populists. The corn crop was
badly scorched, but there was a
bumper of wheat crop, and this,
with the good prices prevailing for
many kinds of farm products, will
leave bleeding Kansas ahead of the
deal this year. Its a poor year for
clamity. Even Towne and Petit
grew have become octupi.