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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14

The board of county commissioner met pur-
suant to adjournment. Present +. ). Lotion \
Premer aud {. Il. Gray. commissioners Pc
Reeder, county attorney, and Cha Sknlln oyuH
Is clerk.
The official bond of T.. +. Newton. as car
stable of Red Willow Grove precinct. was ex-
amined and ON motion approved.
The following claims were audited and al
lowed and the clerk was instructed to draw
warrants ON the road funds of the respective.
commissioner districts a. follows:
FM Jennings. road WORK. Com. Dist. Mo- xN o.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14
His Society.

Tie west side woman observed an
old darky in violent alteration with
the driver of a cart.
"What is the matter?" she asked.
81 done tell i'm he cayn't 'buse dat
hawse," said uncle excitedly. IAN he
say it non O. my business an I done
tell i'm Use 4 membeh oh de human
bein' society."-New York Press.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14
County commissioners Proceedings

hcCook, Neb., Aug. ;. igA
The county board of equalization met pr.a
ant To adjournment. Present rs. Loftan 4
Premer and G T.. Gray. commissioners. T. r
Eeeder, county attorney. aud Chas. Stuslla
county clerk.
The state board Of equalization not hsving
made its report, the county board adiournrd ~
meet August III, 1905.
+, :. LoF1oN, ChniruEgt
Attest: CmAs. SKALLA. CIcrk.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14

The McCook c~hautauGua will open
Saturday afternoon, August - and con-
tinue nine days. Arrange to attend.
Season tickets now are $500; after
chautauqua opens $3.50.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14

THOMAS j. oBRIEN. said on landing at
experience goes, 1 have never received
the slightest demonstration of ill feel
ing on the part of the japanese toward
Americans. There is nc anti-American
feeling. Complaints have been made
by Americans that the Japanese man
agement of the Manchurian railroad
has INDUCED in a system of robbing
and of rebating detrimental to Ameri-
can traders. The Japanese do practice
rebating. just as we did up to a recent
date, but the Americans have not been
particularly Disseminated against be-
u they were Americans.
There is a great deal of talk about
the reception to be given the feet. Its
coming cannot but help to do 4 great
deal of good for both countries. The
Japanese fleet will be modified in
Tokyo waters all tie time of the visit.
This action of the japanese should not
be looked upon in any other light than
as a courtesy to the visitors. In fact,
the visit of the fleet comedies with the
period set aside for the annual review
OF the Japanese warships. England
intends TO mobilize her ships in Asiatic
waters in the same manner when the
fleet visits Australia for the purpose
of escortfng Uncle Sans fighting ma
chimes into sydney"
Speaking of emigration, Mr.. O'Brien
said he believed that Japan was sin
cere in its desire to preserve the home
policy of d%iscontinuing immigration of
its citizens to America.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14

ut the head of the
wr.r department.
At the recent
election for presi-
dent in Panama
Senior Obaldia had
no opponent, the
other candidate,
s e o Ricardo
Arias, withdrawing
previous TO the
casting of the votes
in order to avoid
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14

traces his Lineage hack to the union of
John Alden aud Priscilla MuIlens, so
beautifully immortaIizrd by LongfeIlow
in ms "Courtship of Miles Standish -
Judge Alden has another address tina
he is giving 10y request occasionally,
"Wit ard Humor Of the Bar" This
illustrious scion of the Mayhpue or colony
is one of the greatest speakers on the
American continent and McCook peo-
pie should hear his message of optim
ism.
The McCook chautauqua will open
Saturday afternoon, August % and con-
tinue nine days. Arrange to attend.
Season tickets nov are 3 co; after
chautauqua opens $3.50.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14

Thomas J. O'Brien, ambassador to
Japan, who is home on a leave of alb
sence, is very emphatic in asserting
that he has found no feelings of hos
tility toward Americans in the land of
the mikado. Congressman Hobson's
speech at the Democratic convention
predicting war with Japan, the resolu-
tons adopted on the subject of Asiatic
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14

Charles Bryan is not an obtrusive
man, but he is not Il bit slow in the
game of politics despite his seeming
modesty and is a postmaster of concili-
alton. He tried his hand at this with
excellent results during the gathering
of the Democrats in Colorado. Mr..
Bryan does not greatly resemble his
more distinguished brother. He has
aided much in carrying out the politi-
cal plans and policies of the latter and
is apt to figure quite a little in the
campaign now beginning.
He is business manager of Mr.. Bry-
ans paper, the Commoner.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14

president. Five years ago this mouth
he celebrated the fortieth anniversary
of his entrance into the navy, and he
has seen a great variety of service. He
was in command of the gunboat Tope-
ka during the Spanish war and made
a notable record in connection with the
operations against Spanish vessels in
West Indian waters. About fifteen
years ago he was appointed naval at
tache at the United States embassy III
London, and it was while serving in
this capacity that he met the lady
who is now his wife and who was at
the time visiting the British capital.
The New Hampshire lay at Newport
when Admiral Cowles boarded her
previous to the start for Quebec. He
was received with honors due his
rank. The ships company was called
to quarters. and the rear admiral read
his orders from the navy department.
His pennant was then run up and sa-
luted. When it comes down the mill
tary mast of the New Hampshire after
she returns it will not be raised again,
as he retires next month. Captain
Cameron MGR. Winslow is in com
mand of the New Hampshire.
Senior Don Jose Domingo Obaldia, the
newly chosen president of the republic
of Panama, was minister to the United
States from Panama and so is we'll
known at Washington. Judge Taft's
first visit TO Panama to straighten out
differences between the government of
the canal zone and the government of
the republic was undertaken in his
company, and the Latin American dip
lomat and statesman has always been
4 warm admirer of the man who won
a reputation as secretary of peace while
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14

Ambition is like love-impatient both
of delays and rivals.-De lham.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14

Benjamin F. Butler of Massachusetts
was a t~ireless worker when he started
On anything. He and his secretary,
Clancy, oftentimes sat in the library
until almost daylight when the general
wanted to finish up anything.
During the night sessions of the SEN
ate toward the close of congress a SEN
ator called on General Butler @ene
morning at 5 o'clock. The same SEN
ator called again when the senate adj
journed the following morning at day
break and found the general and
Clancy still at work.
Don't you eve stop?" the senator
asked.
NO" General Butler said. Satan
finds some mischief still for idle hands
to do"
General, 1 never knew before lust
who my employer was" Clancy said,
bowling.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14

- SN HE controversy
Z ! ! ! ! !: !. ]. 3: +. !. 6. !. : !" !. !. !. !. !. J" ].
MM4sE y between Will
M##MM liam j. Bryan
H#MWHwzN ~ and Colonel James
MMA NJ. Guffey, lie
WMMMMM Der Of the Democrat
%N#H#% icnationalcommittee
A#B from Pennsylvania.
~ recalls the fact that
1t was Mr.. Guffey
W AZ who was largely in
strumental in bringing about the nomi-
nation of Judge Alton b. Parker for
president in 1904. Colonel Guffey is
one of the best known oil producers in
the world. He has been so success
full in discovering new oil territory
that oil men used to say, "If Jim Cuff
fey dropped out of n balloon he'd light
on top of IL new oil field" He was in
strUmental in the discovery of the
great Beaumont oil field in Texas. He
is interested in gold mines as well as
oil, and a Colorado town not very far
from the meeting place of the Demo
cratic national convention is named
NA' hii' NOi'hCi buhSJ 10 vi OColCl
ancestry and is descended from Will
liam Guffey, who came to America in
1873 and fought at Fort Duquesne.
Rear Admiral William Sheffield
Cowles, chief of the bureau of equip
ment of the navy, who represents the
United States navy at the Quebec ter
centenary, is a brother-in-law of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. His cruise 10 the wa
tiers of the st. Lawrence to participate
in the Canadian festivities marks the
first important voyage of the battle
ship New Hampshire, which conveyed
him thither. She is the newest, largest
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14

It is an interesting coincidence that
both the Democratic and Republican
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-05
OPEN TRIP LANDS IN SUMNER.
President Will Issue Order Soon, II Is
Believed,


Indications strengthen the belief
that the president has definitely decid.
ed to issue his proclamation opening
Trip county Indian lands to settle.
ment, and that the registration, draw.
ing and filing will take place during
the coming summer.
When the Indian department took up
the matter of alloting the Rosebud In.
dams they decided to wait until the al
loting was entirely completed before
confirming any of the allotments. The
decision has been the only obstruction
to an early opening. Pressure has
been brought to bear on the Indian
department for some time to induce
the officials to confirm the allotments
as o o as the papers were forwarded
by the alloting agent. This the depart.
ment had decided to do, and all the al.
lotment applications received by Agent
Scriven up to date have been forward.
ed to Washington. With the exception
of a few changes in allotments to be
made, practically all of the applica-
lions were in the hands of Agent
Scriven.
1t is believed from information re-
ceived that the registration will take
place in July, the drawing in August
and the filings during the last of Al.
gust and the month of September.
Agent Scriven is doing his work up
just as fast as possible in order that
there may be no delay resulting from
his portion of the work.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-05
MANY VIOLENT DEATHS.
Suicides Head the Number In South
Dakota So Were Drowned.

Suicides Head the Number In South
Dakota SO Were Drowned.
During the year 1907 there were
392 violent deaths in South Dakota,
suicides and drownings being In the
majority. They are classed as fol-
lows:
Suicides, SO; murders, IL; drowned,
So; accidental gunshot wounds, 25;
railroad accidents, 81; burned to
death, 35; killed by horses, II.
The weather was responsible for
81 deaths, as follows: Sunstroke. L;
lightning, II; freezing, 10.
The favorite method of suicile was
by the frearm route, % shutting
off" that way. Twelve sought deliver.
ance from the pains of the world by
the use Of poison, and the anne mum.
Der adopted the moose. Three cut
their Threats and three drowned them.
selves, while one found death In front
of a train.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-05
LAYS CRIME TO SOCIALISM.
Thief's Attorney Says Clients Moral
Standard Was In Middle.

In making his final plea for leniency
toward Erwin NJ. Hilton, convicted of
stealing gold precipitates from the
Golden Reward Mining company at
Deadwood, Attorney S. c. Policy, for
the defendant, made an impassioned
appear on the ground that his client
had been largely Influenced by the
doctrine that ito the producer belongs
the wealth thereof"
"At the time these thefts were com
mitted there was a labor strike on in
he. Hills" the attorney said. 1T was
4 period of animosity between capital
and labor, with her %agitators,
politicians. publications and others
openly advocating that the profits OF a
business belonged equally to the la
oorer as well as the owner. This de-
'endant had this talk dinned into him
and it so affected him that he became
unable to discern the right from the
wrong doctrine. | beg the court to
AXE this fact into consideration in the
sentence" :.
This denunciation of certain social
site theories was listened to by a
number of socialists and created a
mild sensation in the court room.
Judge Rice checked it by sentencing
Hilton to sixteen months in the state
oenitentiary at Sioux Falls.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-05
State News of Interest
ON n

State Engineer Lea Is Member of the
Congress and viii Supply Literature.
The Dry Farming Congress, which
recently met at Salt Lake City, made
provisions for extending it's member
ship beyond the appointments to the
annual meetings of the congress, and
provided for the publication and dis
tribution Of pamphlets and literature
covering the methods and results OF
such farming.
They provided for an affiliated
membership, which is 10 include an
nual members, who will be expected
to pa an annual fee of 81, II .
memberships which will require -s-
ment of $40. Any of the affiliated
members who come into the organiza-
ton under these terms will be fully
accredited delegates to any sessions
of the congress, and will receive all
the circulars and pamphlets printed
covering the work of dry farming.
This literature will be a valuable ref
erence for any farmer who is work
ing in the Northwest, and will help
the Dakotas to the extent Of thousands
of dollars annually, as has been shown
by the application of the methods to
the dryer sections of Western Nebras-
ka and Eastern Colorado. State En-
gineer Samuel II. Lea OF Pierre, who
Is one Of the executive members Of the
national organization, will supply any
one who desires to secure this litPra-
ture with all the necessary informa-
ton as to the methods OF becoming
members of the organization, or Sc
curing the literature. This work has
been shown to be especially applica-
BILE to soil In which there is a mixture
of gumbo, and the western part OF
South Dakota can easily increase its
crop output many fold by practical
workings of this method of farming.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-05
FIXES LAND SALE DATES.
State Board Will Make First This
Year on April 10 at Beadie.

"
Year on April 16 at Beadie.
Under the provision Of one of the
statutes of the last legislative session
the state land board is required an
nually to offer not less than so, 900
acres of state lands for sale, until a
certain stated portion of such lands in
the state are disposed of.
Under the provisions of this act the
board has selected the counties in
which they will make offerings this
spring, and has set the dates when
lands will be offered. The dates in
counties are principally in April, for
the different counties being: Beadle,
16; Kingsbury, II; Lake, IS; Miner,
20; Davidson, 81; Hanson, %; Hutch.
inson, 90; Bon Homme, "a; Turner,
20; Hamlin, 81; Brown, %; Marshall.
%; Edmunds, 30; Mcpherson, May 1;
Sphinx, May 2.
The unsold lands in these counties
will be offered for lease on the days
following the sales except where the
following day is Sunday, in which case
the lease books will be opened by the
county auditor On Monday. In the
counties of Marshall, Edmunds and
Mcpherson, about IL, acres OF en-
dowment land will be offered. while in
the other counties the offerings will
be Of state school land.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-05
income Tax Case Appealed.

The case wherein the settlement of
an income tax upon the estate of e.
Bollman, deceased, is to be decided in
the circuit court at Rapid City and
presents some knotty legal points to
that court. Judge Lewis of the county
court held that the property of the de-
ceased, consisting of 100000 in notes
and mortgagers secured by Pennington
county real estate, was in the county
at the time of his death and subject to
the income tax of Pennington county.
The states attorney differed and ap-
pealed the case to the circuit court.
The taxes on the property amount to
about 5000.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-05
GAMBLING PLACES RAiDEp.
WATERFOWL Is Aroused by Action and
Votaries Are Getting Away.

Sotaries Are Getting Away.
Four Waterfowl preachers have
been the cause of more commotion
in that city recently than an explo-
sion OF dynamite, for upon warrants
sworn out by them three we'll ap-
pointed gambling houses were raid
ed. The proprietors were placed I'M
der arrest, but were admitted to bail
to appear at the next term of the cir
cult court. The prosecution is under
the state law which provides a pen
atty of fine or Imprisonment or both
and the ~confiscation and destruction
of the property seized.
The ministers had been In CORE
spondence with Attorney General S
w. Clark of Redfeld, and the order
to proceed with the arrest and prose
cution of the proprietors Is said to
have come from him. The raid was a
complete surprise to the patrons and
proprietors of the houses and brought
CONSERVATION to all. concerned, and
many are leaving the city.
The Young Peoples Christian Fed
Grafton of Waterfowl is back of the
preachers, and how much evidence
they have is not known. 1t is under
stood that they have had spoilers out
for several weeks, but the committee
in charge Of this business will give
out no information.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-05
c., Q. G. @. BUYS CROUCH LiNE7
Burlington is Said to Have Forced
Sale.

OdlOs
On good authority it is announced
that the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad has taken over by purchase
the Missouri River & Northwestern
railroad, known in the Hills as the
Crouch line and operating between
said to have been forced by the Bur
iington.
The Crouch line runs but thirty
nine miles and is known as "the road
Of curves" Il twice has been washed
out, had several bad wrecks and dam
age suits as a result, and ali unusually
hard uphill fight for maintenance ever
since it was opened, nearly two years
age. It always has been the popular
supposition that the road was owned
by the Milwaukee line and that it
some day would become a strategic
factor In that lines western progress.
Several announcements of its extern
sion into the Wyoming coal fields have
been made recently. c. d. Crouch.
the builder and one of the stockhold-
ers, Is now in the East on a financial
mission, which was recently said to
have terminated successfully.
The agents of the road at Rapid
City deny the report Of the sale, but it
is generally credited in railroad cir
Giles throughout the Hills. A firm Of
Cleveland bankers for some time have
been largely interested in the opera
ton of the Crouch road.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-05
ANNIE is
Pretty Austrian Woman Charged With
Forging Bothers Attorneys.

Pretty Annie Miljas, the Austrian
woman of Lead, who is being tried in
the circuit court at Deadwood for
forgery in the second degree, is the
aus of much trouble to the local at
torneys who have the case in charge.
Her quick, evasive answers to their
shower of questions has unarmed
them more than once. She is accused
Of having raised the amounts on sew
eral checks on Lead merchants and
also of stealing a packet of checks in
transit between two banks, erasing
the paid" stamp and repassing them.
After these charges are disposed OF
she will have to answer to the charge
of trying to extort a large sum of
money from T. J.. Grier, superintend-
ent of the Homestake mine, by means
of threatening letters written to him
in which it is alleged she said that
a plot was on foot to destroy his home
with dynamite unless the money was
paid within t~wenty-four hours.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-05
NURSERY LAW BADLY DRAWN.
Bond Provision Does Not Make Deal
ers Liable.

ers Liable.
The supreme couort holds that the
nursery stock law, passed at the last
legislative session, is good SO far as
it was drawn to make 1t effective. but
was SO loosely drawn in part to make
that particular feature of it inocuous
and of no effect.
The law contained three main fea-
lures: First, requiring all nursery
stock offered for sale in the state to
have been inspected by some compe-
tent entymologist and the condition of
the stock as to its h~ealthiness TO be
certified to by such authority; second,
to secure a certificate for the privilege
of sale by application to the state
board of agriculture, and the payment
of a fee of SO for such certificate,
with an allitional fee of $3.50 for cop
les Of such certificate for each agent
of the nursery operating in this state;
third, requiring the nurserymen to put
up a bond of $4,000, presumably to
protect his customers against poor
stock.
But while the court holds the two
provisions of inspection and a certifi-
cate to do business to be good, 1t holds
on the bond provision that it is so pro-
vided in the law that the bond demand
manded does not require any sureties
of any description, or that the nursery
man shall incur any obligations in any
manner whatever in giving it; that by
the giving or writing of such a bond
as the law demands could not in the
slightest degree affect the liability Of
the nurseryman, oil the recovery by
any one who may have sustained dam
age by any of the acts of the nursery.
man in violation of the act. 1t is fur
ther held that the state board Of agri.
culture could not be clothed with pow
or to modify an exact statute.
Therefore, as no consequences
either beneficial or injurious, a pos.
sibly result therefrom, the giving of
the bond should not be required as a
condition precedent to the issuance Of
a permit"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-05
COUNTY TO NAME BOARD.
Supreme Court Ruling Is Of Provision
Primary Law Omits.

m Law Omits.
By the repeal of the c law
last winter and failure to include in
the primary law any provisions for
the manner of nominating county
commissioners, Secretary Wimpf, in
sending out his instructions to county
auditors this year, will authorize the
selection of the commissioners by the
vote of the whole county, IN the.
strength of a supreme court de-
cision that they are county officers.
The caucus law provided for their
nomination by the districts in which
they reside, the election law itself
providing that they are to be elected
by the votes of the whole county. In
making the provision for nominations
by districts, the caucus law repealed
the old statute providing for their
nomination by the county general
convention. With both repealed the
secretary will act under general pro-
visions, and the court decision in his
ruling. That is another of the pro-
visions of the primary law which will
be looked after at the next legislative
session.