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Notice Of Finai Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
u WI IFMIsTIMN. Mont NOV no

UNITED STATES LAM OFFICE,
LEwIsTowN. Mont, Nov. 30, 1901.
Notice IL hereby given that
THOMAS FLANERI,
of Steele, Montana, has filed notice of his inten-
ton to make final %1ive-yrar proof in support of
his claim, viz: Homestead entry No. 1904, made
January Il, 1903, for the NEA NWA, VIZ NEia,
NWA SEA section :, township II north, range
ID east, and that said proof will be made before
ChAs. Il. BOYLE, L. :. commissioner. at his office
in Fort Benton, Montana, on January III, 1905.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of said
land, viz. William Reeder and Dick Reeder, of
For, Benton. Montana: Mager !. Brough,on and
Sidney u AtoT, of Steele, Montana.
q. Il. HckOlN, Register.
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Desert land..FtnaI Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
LEwIsrOwN. Mont. Nov, %. l9C

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
LEwIsrowN, Mont, Nov. %, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that
JOHN MURRAY,
one of the heirs of Lewis C. Murray, deceased,
Of Big Sandy. Chouteau county, Mont, has filed
notice OF intention to make proof on his desert.
ship % north, range is east: lots 1 and s, section
3, sen NEA and lot 5, section 4, township "a
north, range ID east, before Edgar B.: Newhall,
U. 3. commissioner, at his Office in Big Sandy,
nary, 1908.
He names the following witnesses to prove the
complete irrigation and reclamation of said land
John Munro and Frantz BLY,, of Big Sandy, Mon
tana, George Allen and George Barkley, of Fort
Benton, Montana.
C. X. McKOIN, Register.
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where he was born: in Danvers, where
he dwelt for parts of several years: in
Center Harbor, n. H., where he spent
many summers, and elsewhere in New
England the hundredth anniversary OF
his birth is a day devoted to his mem
Dry. Throughout the nation grateful
thousands whose lives have been intlu-
enced for good by the gentle Quaker's
simple rhymes join in the devotions.
Yet Whittier not always was the
gentle poet. There was a considerable
period in his career when he was a
stern and fiery bard. That was during
the antislavery movement in New
England. For the poems he wrote In
opposition to human slavery Whittier
Is destined to be known In our literary
history as the poet of freedom. His
voice was lOudest and longest In that
crusade for nearly a generation. Not
only did Whittier write many stirring
poems in the cause, but he wrote un-
counted columns Of prose, for during
many years he was a working uewspa-
per editor and general contributor.
Both Lowell and Longfellow wrote
antislavery poems, but Whittier's notes
were the keenest and carried their
protest farthest. Very early Whittier
came under the influence Of William
Lloyd Garrison, the Massachusetts
compositor who was the head and
front Of the abolition movement when
it first took definite shape. In fact,
Garrison ~''discovered' Whittier. This
is an old story, but one well worth
retelliug IN this connection.
Helped by His Sister.
The poets father was a poor farmer
near Haverhill. John Grecnleaf was
born on the Old faru4. \ barefoot boy.
he worked daily In the fields, His ia
nous poem. The Barefoot Boy" is au-
Biographical, When he was Il lad of
fourteen the master Of the country
school which he attended-'Sttll sits
the ~Schoolhouse by the road'-present-
Ell him with a copy of the poems of
Robert Burns. The boy read and re-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-01-08
Notice Of Final Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND Orr,cr

United STATES LAM OFFICE,
TREAT FALLS, Mont, Nov. 80, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that
FRANK :. SCALESE,
of Goiu Butte, Montana, has filed notice of his
intention 10 make final ~iiveyear proof in supper,
of his cisin', VIZ: homestead entry No. 12,lty,
SWA section u, township 35 north, range 2 east,
snd that SAID proof will be made before John
McDoweli, . : commissioner. al his oFce in
Cold Butte Montana, on January 10th, 1905.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and c~ultivat on of
said lana. w; Jed l.. Secrist, Edward Chris
tan, kooeft Christian and John Cameron, all of
Gold Butte, Montana.
j. VI. BrRLINGANE. Register.
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Desert land--Final Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OrPIcE,

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Nov. 30, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that
OLIVER j. JONES,
OF cold butte, Montana, has filed notice of in
tention to make proof on his desert land claim
No. 1853, Tor lots ! and ., and ny SEN section 4,
township, q, north. range ? east, before John
McDoweii, y: 5. commissioner, at his Office in
Cold butte' Montana, on Saturday, the nth day
Of January, &0S.
He names the following Witnesses to prove the
complete irrigation and reclamation Of said
land: Edward Christian, Richard Roscoe, Da-
yid Oakes Sweet and Robert Cook, all of Gold
Butte, Montana.
j. NJ. BURLINGAME. Register.
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Notice OF Final Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
LEwIsTowN, Mont, Nov. 30, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that
JOHN MURRAY,
one of the heir vt lewis c. Murray, deceased,
of Big Sandy, Montana, has filed notice of his
intention 10 make dnal ~tve-year proof in supper,
of his claim. viz: Homestead entry No. 5099'
made May -, 1907, for lot I, SWA SWA section
IS, lots 2 and 3, section 80, township 25 north,
range IL east, and that said proof will be made
before Edgar b. Newhall, E. s. commissioner
at his office in Big Sandy, Montana, on January
Is, 1905.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF
said land, viz: John Munro and Frantz BLY,, OF
Big Sandy, Montana; George Allen and George
Barkley, of Fort Benton, Montana.
G.. 4. NCEOIN RecisteP,
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Desert land..FInaI Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
ERraT EAIIS Mont Doc


GREAT FALLS, Mont, Dec. ~, 1907.
Notice Is hereby given thatthe following named
"utryInen have filed notices Of their intention to
make final proofs under their entries, a. de-
-cribed, before Chas. II. Boyle, L. s commits
,!oner, at his office in Fort Benton, Montana, on
TAUrsday, the Goth day of January, 1908, VIZ;
MARY +. DICKINSON,
u >.eele, Montana, who made desert land entry
10 1925, Helena series, for the Wa SEA. SEA
SEA section "a, township 30 north, range 10 east,
slt
ELIZABETH A. DICKINSON,
': i.r"at Falls, Montana. who made deacrt land
rU,ry No. $50, Great Fall- eer.e-, for the SER.
~Ela and lot 4, section Is: E4a NE4 and lots !
nd :, section II; SW4 SWl4 section Il; NWia
H"t, section 20. township 20 north, range II
1T, Unsuryeyed as adjusted.
hey name the following Witnesses TO prove
- complete irrigation and reclamation OF lands
. braCed in -aid entries: Eddie Boyd, Maurice
II. Jensen, William Z. Dickinson and Harry b
Nickinaon, ali of Steele, Montana,
j. NJ. BURLlNGAME, Register
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Desert Land--Finai Proof,
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GrEAT FAILS, Mont. Dec. l., ~,
Office is hereby given that

Office is hereby given that
CARY II. PATTERSON,
assignee of William ID. Hurst, OF Fort Benton,
Chouteau county, Montana, has filed notice of
intention to make proof on her desert land claim
No, SIS, for the SW14 SEA, SEA sWl4 section
II, townshlp - north, range II east, before Chas.
II. Boyle, u, s. commissioner, ut his Office in
Fort Benton, Montana. on Thursday, 23d day of
January, 1905.
She names the following witnesses to prove the
complete irrigation and reclamation of said land
Julius Nagle, John F. Allen, james o. Patterson
and Fred Thies, all of Fort Benton, Montana.
j. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
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City Editor-How did you happen {
murder the kings English 50:
Reporter-We.i. ! WIS just trying =
Hi, ce,-N Kansas 'iry Times
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Poet Who Never Married.

While Miss Bray was in school her
portrait was painted by al able artist
Of that section. Years afterward. be-
cause Whittier had admired this like
ness, she gave it to him. 1t hung in
his study until after his death, Miss
Bray married another man and sur
vived her poet lover for years.
But more or less authentic history
provides US with still another love at
fair Of this dear old poet, who never
married. After his Haverhill academy
experience In book learning and love
making he returned to the farm. His
father needed his help in the fields.
But all the while the youth was writ
ing verses diligently. He had com
posed that extra long piece entitled
"Mogg Megone,' an Indian tale in
verse, which vas published consider,
ably later. His shorter pieces went
the rounds Of the country press and
attracted the attention Of George Den
nison Prentice, then editor Of the New
England Review at Hartford. Conn.
Prentice was about to go to Kentucky.
where he became famous as editor Of
the Louisville Courier-Journal. He rec
commended Whittier TO succeed him at
Hartford. so the young man became
editor Of the Review. IL health caused
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books and tuition by making slippers;
also, after the manner Of romantic
youths in his day and in ours and in
all days past and yet to be, he fell in
love while at school. Evalena Bray,
poetic first name and unpoetic second
name for a poets sweetheart! She
was barely seventeen and Whittier
barely nineteen when they met. She
had hazel eyes, soft brown t~resses, fair
complexion and rosy cheeks. She lived
in Marblehead, and her family was
twice proposed to Evalena. But Eva
lena was light hearted and gay, while
her lover was a Quaker lad, saying
'thee' and thou and scorning the
lightsome follies Of this world.
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alty at tre RIVER PRES Office
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-05-08
AMERICAN CONSULS.
Their Duties Are Misunderstood by
Many of Our Citizens.

In almost every city and town in
Europe-or all over the world, for that
matter, If the city is of any size-there
is an American consul or consul gen.
eral. And, while the office of these
functionaries is commercial in reality,
looking after the imports and the eX-
ports between our country and others,
still they take a friendly interest in
American citizens travelling and are al
ways ready to go out of their way even
to be obliging in personal things. |
explain this somewhat in detail, says
an experienced traveller in the Define
atOr, as so many people, especially
women, seem to have a notion that q
consul is created for their especial ben
eft. And n of the most serious trOu-
bles these men have is with those who
if heir money runs short expect the
consul to furnish them with some and
often get insulting and threatening if
1t is not done. The same may be said
in regard to our ambassador, for,
diplomatic, their offices are always
open, and any information Is always
cheerfully given in case an American
is in difficulty.
There are always certain public re-
ception days at the homes of III IN
suls and u ambassadors, to which it
is not difficult to obtained invitations.
In fact, it is often announced in the
daily papers that Americans in general
are welcome. say on days like Thanks
giving, Fourth of July, and SO on. In
something of the lives of ones COM
patriots away from home.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-05-08
DANBURY.

Born to Albert Mustgrave and wife
baby girl, May 9Th.
Fred Newman departed, last Friday
evening, for his home in DesMoines, Ia.
S. w. Stilgebouer is attending to the
Marion bank while his son is attending
the bankers association at Hastings.
T. E. Mcdonald is attending the
bankers association at Hastings.
George Gill, Sadye Greenway, Wane
Hethcote and Kate Greenway attended
the show at McCook. last Thursday.
The Congregationallsts have hired a
minister who is expected to arrive, this
week.
Mayo Green, who has been visiting at
Friend, Neb., for the last week, arrived
home Tuesday.
Mrs. w. A. DeMay and son Hal were
Cedar Bluffs visitors, Sunday.
Mrs. Rena Dewey and children are
here visiting at the Dolph home.
Mrs. Carrie Shepherd is visiting with
her mother Mrs. Sarah Boyer.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-05-08
PLEASANT RIDGE,

This section was quite we'll represent
ed at the Campbell Bros show in Nc
Cook, end of last week.
Mrs. Oliver Mahon went to McCook
Friday last, to have some dental work
done.
Mrs. Jacob Betz enjoyed a visit from
an uncle from Beatrice, latter part OF
last week.
T. F. West has been hauling out furn-
iture with which to furnish his new
home.
One of Tom Gains horses was bitten
by a rattlesnake, last Friday.
T. F. West and Peter Smith delivered
fat cattle on the McCook market, last
week.
We are more than thankful for the
rain, as moisture was the one thing
most needed.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-05-08
BURIED ALIVE.
The Mode of Death Selected by a Chi
nese Murderer.

Rough justice as it Is administered
In most parts of China is sometimes
tempered by individual tastes, as al
incident printed in one of the China
port journals attest. A man in Suchien,
condemned to die, preferred to be
buried alive, and his wishes we're car
ried out to the letter.
During the famine two brothers
who lived in Suchien fought desper-
ately TO stave off starvation from their
families and bad blood arose between
them. At last the elder brother sold
refused to divide the proceeds with his
younger brother the latter chopped off
his head with a cleaver.
Because it was too expensive to
carry the murderer several scores Of
miles to the nearest yamen of justice
the local elders, including the father
of the murderer, whose coffin had been
sold, sat in justice upon the culprit and
condemned him to death. He asked
that he be buried alive instead of re-
ceiving the horrible torture of the
thirty Slices" The father interceded
with the other elders to get them to
grant his sons request.
A grave was dug, and the victim,
with his arms and feet securely bound,
was trundled in a wheelbarrow to the
edge of the pit by his wife. There,
upon the murderer's own request, his
bonds were loosed, and he walked to
the grave, lowered himself. into it and
was ready.
The victims wife put a felt hat Over
his mouth as his request, and then she
helped the elders to fill in the grave
with six feet of earth.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-05-08
The Livinu Present,

He that hath SO many causes of JOY,
and so great, is very much il. love with
sorrow and peeyishness who loses all
these pleasures and chooses to sit
down upon his little handful of thorns.
Enjoy the blessings of this day if God
sends them, and the evils Of it bear
patiently and sweetly, for this day only
is ours. We are dead to yesterday,
and we are not yet born to the morrow.
But if we look abroad and bring into
one days thoughts the evil of many,
certain and uncertain, what will be
and what will never be, our load will
be as intolerabIe as it is unreasonable.
Jeremy Taylor.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-05-08
An Ancient Suez Canal.

1t is certain that in ancient times a
canal connecting the Mediterranean
and Red sea- did exist. Herodotus as
cribes its projection to Pharaoh Necho,
600 3. G. The honor of its completion
is given by some to Darius, by others
to the Ptolemies. HOW long this canal
continued to be used we do not know,
but, becoming finally choked up by
sand. it was restored by Trajan early
in the second century A. D. Becoming
again useless from the same cause, it
was reopened by the Caliph Omar, but
was finally closed by the '~unconquer-
able sands about a. D. 767, in which
state it has since remained. This an
cient canal, from Suez to Bubastis, on
the east branch of the Nile, was 90
miles long, from 1OS to 16O feet wide
and 10 feet deep.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-05-08
Ancient EnameJs.

It is certain that glazes having the
composition Of good enamels were
manufactured at a very early date.
Excellent glazes are still preserved, and
some of the bricks which have been
found among the ruins of Babylon
have been ascribed to the seventh or
eighth century B. G. The glaze on the
Babylonian bricks was found upon Y
animation to have a base of soda glass,
or silicate of sodium. Glazes of a SINH
lar character were also manufactured
by the Egyptians as early as the sixth
dynasty. There can be little doubt that
the Greeks and Etruscans were also
acquainted with the art of enameling.
New York American.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-05-08
TORTURED TO DEATH.
The Horrible Fate of a Number OF
Regicides.

The Horrible Fate of a Number of
R%egicides.
The lot of the regicide when caught
is not usually a Very enviable one. To
be hanged is the least he can expect.
Perpetual solitary imprisonment is a
far more dreadful fate. 1t drove Bres-
ci, the assassin Of King Humbert of
Italy, to suicide, and it transformed
Lucchini, who murdered the empress of
Austria, into a hopeless imbecile.
Among the plotters implicated in the
murder Of the late shah of Persia one
was tortured to death in prison, while
another was incased in wet plaster of
paris, which on setting slowly crushed
the life out of him. Three of the as
sassins of a previous shah were boiled
alive in huge copper caldrOns.
So late as the year 1881 the two
Mavromichaelis, who slew Count Capo
d'Istra, the first president of Greece,
were immured within close brick walls
built around them up to their chins
and supplied with sailed food, but no
drink, until they died. Damiens, who
attempted the life of King Louis XIV.
of France, was first barbarously tor
tured and then torn to pieces by wild
horses. This punishment was carried
out in one of the principal squares of
Paris March %, 1857. Ravaillac, who
ass~assinated Henry ". of France, suf-
fered a similar fate.
The murderer of Selim III. of Turkey
vas publicly impaled, lingering five
and a half days in dreadful torment.
Those who did to death his immediate
successor, Mustapha ", were tortured
and starved on alternate days and de-
prived of sleep by night until death
came to their relief.-Chicago News.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-05-08
Fountain Pens.

1t is q popular fallacy that fountain
pens are quite a modern invention. AS
erence published in 1895 contains an IL
lustration of a fountain pen, the ap-
pearance of which is very much like
those sold at the present time. Its
construction, however. was somewhat
elaborate and clumsy. the pen consist
ing of various pieces of metal which
had to be screwed and unscrewed be-
fore the pen could be used.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-05-08
INDIANOLA.

w. r. Starr Of McCook transacted
business in town, Friday.
George NewIand of Lebanon was 10
town, Friday.
Alma Noe of Danbury visited in town,
Saturday and Sunday.
Robert Lee and wife were McCook
visitors, Sunday.
Jim McCallum of Okeene, Oklahoma,
arrived here, Sunday morning, for a
visit with folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ii. Smith returned
home, Sunday morning, from Oklahoma,
where they have been visiting the past
few weeks.
The Ladies' Aid society of the M. f.
church had a cement walk put in at
the church.
Miss George visited at her home in
Cambridge, Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Schoonover visited at her home
in Oxford, Saturday and Sunday.
A. d. Burress and wife attended the
quarterly meeting in BARLEY, Sunday.
S. r. Smith was in McCook, the first
of the week, on business.
A nice rain fell here, the first of the
week, and broke or badly bent the hearts
Of the dry weather "prognosticators."
Mr.. Hyatt of Holdrege was in town
on business, Tuesday.
G. S. Quick shipped two car loads of
hogs and one of cattle to st. Joe, Tues
day evening.
Fred Chessmore is having a dwelling
house built south of the depot.
News reached here, Wednesday morn
ing, of the death of James McClung at
the home of his son Frank of Montana.
G. L. Walker stopped here, Wednes-
day morning, on his was to BARLEY
where he will do some papering.
The council, at a meeting Tuesday
evening, granted saloon licenses to the
following persons: Clark McClung and
Charles III. Hyatt; and a license was
also granted to John McClung to oper-
ate a pool and billiard hall.
The old hill, north of town, commonly
known as Zion or Gospel hill, which
was for several years supposed to be
good for use as post holes and the
growth of weeds, has at last become
the property of men with sufficient
enterprise and brains enough to foresee
its advantages as a suitable site, and the
Improvements they are making are in
deed pleasing to behold and the time is
not far distant when it will be the most
beautiful residence portion of our city.
John Maisel and Will Fritz attended
the dance in haywood, last Saturday
night.
Charles Dayton of Fairmont is visit
ing George Maisel.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-05-08
TEMPERANCE COLUMN
Conducted by the MccOOk W. c. T. 0.
FATHERS AND MOTHERS, ATTENTION.

FATHERS n MOTHERS, ATTENTION.
Do you know that many OF the boys
in this town, some as young as six and
seven years Of age, are seen every day
smoking cigarettes and pipesY Boys
fifteen years of age, that we know Of,
can go into cigar stores IN McCook and
buy tobacco, without any trouble what
ever, and they supply the smaller ones.
When the law prohibits such a thing
! why do not the fathers and mothers see
that the law is enforced. IL they would
make an investigation among the boys
they could get all the information they
wanted and by taking it to the proper
officials the law would be enforced. Let
US all work together to save the boys
now from this deadly habit. Don't put
it off; look into it at once,
Cigarettes, they're deadly. It's not
the tobacco, its the a~crolein produced by
the burning paper that does the harm.
And let me tell you, a~crolein is one of
the most terrible drugs in it's effect on
the human system. The burning of or
binary cigarette paper always produces
acrolein. That is what makes the
smoke irritating. L really believe it
often makes boys insane. We some
times develop a~crolein in the laboratory
in our experiments with ~glycerine. One
Whit of it from the oven drove one of
my assistants out of the building the
other day. | a hardly exaggerate the
dangerous nature of acrolein, and yet
that is what a man or boy is dealing
with every time he uses an ordinary
cigarette Thomas A. Edison.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-05-08
A CUSTOM HOUSE TALE.
The American Who Landed In Ger
many With a Box of Candy.

many With a Box of Candy.
Germany is jealous of the foreign
candy maker and exacts a rigorous toll
upon anything in the shape of confec-
tionery that across its borders.
Ignorant Of this, one of Uncle Sans
sonS disembarked from a liner at a Ger
man port carrying in his hand q five
pound box of candy bearing a New
York trademark. At sight of the box
the Teutonic customs officials exhibited
marked activity and prepared to seize
upon 1t.
"Not for NINE" said the American.
Il won't give up a SOu I'd rather eat
the stuff here and now" He opened
the box and commenced to dispose of
its contents without delay. Everybody
in sight was offered a handful. Nobody
declined except the customs officer,
who said blandIy that he had not a
sweet tooth. The traveller himself ate
many pieces. 1t was not long before
the last bit had been eaten.
AS soon as the box was empty the
official seized the traveller by the arm.
Line SenIeHldn' lie Will
accompany me to the bureau, where
We'll make out his bill for duty. Come.
1t is at the other end of the dock"
Never" said the American You
have no right to charge me duty. l
didn't bring it in. I'll see my consul
right away, and he'll send a big feet
and lombard this blooming town"
Softly" said the officer. you'll pay
duty, all right. There are fifteen wit
nesses to prove that that candy of
yours was consumed on German soil"
The duty was paid, and the consul
has not as yet been consulted.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.