The Red Cloud chief., 1908-01-31

less the next TWO receive bet
ter patronage than the preceding num-
bers.
John Johanek of Esbon, Kan, a
nephew of Mike Kudrna, was in the
city Monday, the guest Of John Pol
nicky. lie was on his way to Chcy.
enne county, Kansas, to- look after his
real estate interests.
The Citizens Concert Band will give
n concert next Tuesday evening.
Everyone should turn out and encour-
age the boys by their presence. The
concerts this winter have lot received
the patronage they deserve.
The first of n series of silver medal
contests under the auspices Of the w.
G. T. u. will be held about the middle
of February. The medal has been
ordered aud will soon be on exhibition
in one of the store windows.
Roy Anderson of Salt Lake City,
Utah, is visiting with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Anderson. Roy came
near losing al eye recently through
an accident, but it is now hoped his
eyesight will be completely restored.
Jim" Brown, one Of the old time
railroad boys of Red Cloud, and who
is now switching in Sheridan, Wyo.,
was shaking hands with friends here
Sntrlny Ia ap ~, HE txn 4, go D;,-
crton to see his aged mother, who is
very i'll.
down and killed by an automobile
while visiting in Canada a few months
ago, has instituted a damage suit
against the guilty parties. He left
for Canada last Sunday to look after
the suit.
j. o. Lindley was called to- West
boro, Mo, the latter part of last week
to look after his interest in an estate
the existence of which he was unaware
OF until he was summoned to Missouri
last Friday. Here's hoping he gets a
nice slice of it.
Subject of sermon at the Congrega-
tional church next Sunday morning,
"The Temptation of Christ" In the
evening Mr.. and Mrs. Carruthers of
Hastings will speak at the twenty
seventh anniversary of the Christian
Endeavor movement. A cordial invi.
tation is extended to all.
win Elliott, a ~17-year-old lad who
was employed some time ago by l.. M.
Crabill, was arrested Saturday upon
the charge of stealing an Overcoat
from George Griffith. lie vas caught
with the goods on him, and on Mon
day he pleaded guilty and was sen.
fenced to ten days in jail.
Two of Red Clouds nice girls were
returning from church one night no,
long ago and heard what they thought
were some chums thrilling to them,
They returned trill for trill about a
dozen times and then discovered that
they were flirting with n windmill
which was screaming for oil.
Cloyd Cummings, who is i'll at Il
sanitarium in Beatrice, underwent an
operation last Saturday by which a
large piece of bone was removed from
his left foot. 1t was feared for a time
that amputation would have to be re-
pnrtnI IN A 1aSf rnnnrfS C1nul yyn
getting along as nicely as could be ex-
pected.
The switch engine and crew have
been restored to the Red Cloud yards,
Engineer A. Clark and Fireman Clayt
Brown being in charge, with Switch
men Beard and Goth doing the yard
work. 1t took but a short time for
the management to discover that it
does not pay to have the train crews
do the switching.
Mike Stroll, one of our prosperous
Bohemian farmers, returned Monday
from a trip to Friona, Tex, in the
Panhandle country, where he went in
search of land. While he did not
make q purchase, he was more than
pleased with the country and thinks
the Panhandle has a bright future.
He has, however, decided to remain in
Webster county for the present.
Under a new ruling of the ~postofice
department publishers of newspapers
will be required to pay the third class
rate of l cent each upon all papers
that are not paid for in advance. As
a consequence we will be forced to