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Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co
Subscription 1 a Year in Advance
Official Paper of Redwillow County
The railroad rate question will bo well
advanced toward satisfactory solution
when the water in the railroad stocks
has been squeezed out
The great leading eastern trunk lines
are joining in an effort to end the pass
nuisance and it looks now as though
they would anticipate legislative action
in this respect The slogan for railroad
management and legislatures should be
Passes only for employes while engaged
in company business
RHritESENTATivE Nonius of Nebraska
proved himself to be tho friend of rail
road employes through a bill ho intro
duced intended to prevent their employ
ment beyond a reasonable number of
hours at a stretch His bill provides
that any railroad engaged in interstate
commerce cannot require or permit any
conductor brakeman engineer fireman
train dispatcher or telegraph operator
who has worked continuously for twelve
hours except in cases of casualty or un
avoidable emergency to again go on
cuty or perform any work until after
eight hours of rest The violation of
this law is made a misdemeanor punish
able by a fine of 8500 for each offense
Tho interstate commerce commission is
directed to investigate complaints and
bring the matter to the attention of tho
district attorney whose duty it is to
prosecute Washington special to Lin
coln Journal
SCHOOL CREEK
Little Zella Vandervort is suffering
with eczema
Mrs Noel from Denver visited at John
Dutchers last week
Mr Titten and family of Panama
visited their old friends J Frye and
family Saturday and Sunday
J B Rozelles are moving to Indianola
this week
Frank Emerich is visiting his mother
at Fairbury
S M Gray and wife returned from
their visit at Beatrice Monday evening
Ed Vandervort attended a sale north
of Cambridge Tuesday
Bessie Webber is stajing with Mrs
Frank Emerich
Fred Buhler shelled corn Monday
Chas Vandervort is picking corn for
Newt Smith
J Frye is hauling his rent corn from
the Beaver
Robert George visited a few days this
week with Jno Dutcher
RURAL FREE DELIVERY NO 1
J I Lee has a new windmill
Miss Mary Downs is at the Hughes
home for a while
William Schlutsmeier is suffering with
boils on his hand caused by corn-husking
W H Smith has purchased the
Julius Kunert place in north McCook
Consideration S2000
Send your Christmas presents early
You will avoid the rush and reduce
greatly danger of damage or loss
Mrs C C Byfield went down to In
dianola Wednesday morning on No 2
to spend a few days with her parents
Gerald Wilcox has this week added a
fine young male to his herd of hogs but
a big and promising fellow
John Schlagel is building a house on
the forty east of Frank Dudeks and
will move here and farm the same next
season
Anna Fletcher who has been visiting
her aunt Mrs J H Warfield departed
Tuesday for her home in Monmouth
Illinois
A fine twelve pound boy at the home
of Mr and Mrs Sam Hughes this
week No taint of race suicide at
Hughes farm
Mra Mary Whittaker and son George
departed on last Saturday morning for
Cheyenne Wyo on a visit
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LLOYD C GRISCOM
fount American Diplomat Who
Mndc Hit With Japanese
Lloyd C Griscom -who as minister to
Japan figured a great deal in the dis
patches from the orient during tho hos
tilities between the mikado and the
czar may soon be an ambassador the
youngest In the diplomatic servlco of
the United States and perhaps In that
of any country liaising the American
legation to the rank of an embassy Is
expected to heighten the cordiality of
tho relations already existing between
Japan and tho United States and Mr
Griscom has contrilluted not a little to
the promotion of tills friendship Al
though so young he has quite a list
of diplomatic achievements to his cred
it and his career has not been lacking
In interesting adventures His father
Clement A Griscom was formerly
president of the International Naviga
tion company The present representa
tive of the United States in Japan was
born In Riverton N J in 1872 He
enjoyed a liberal education graduating
at the University of Pennsylvania and
studying law at that Institution and
IiIiOYl C GIOSCOM
also at the New York Law school He
got his first experience in diplomacy
about a dozen years ago as private
secretary to Thomas F Bayard then
American ambassador to the court of
St James In 1S95 9G he was a news
paper correspondent In South America
and In his company were Somers Som
erset and Richard Harding Davis The
adventures of tha party figured after
ward In Mr Davis story of Three
Gringoos In Venezuela
He was an officer in the war with
Spain and on Its conclusion was ap
pointed secretary of tho United States
legation at Constantinople and was
charge daffaires In the absence of
Minister Straus during several strenu
ous periods He got 100000 from
Abdul Hamld for damages to the prop
erty of American missionaries was
with the sultan when the latter averted
a panic in the palace during an earth
quake and was one of several diplo
mats attacked by Turkish soldiers In
a riot In reward for his services at
Constantinople he was appointed min
ister to Persia He married Miss
Elizabeth Duer Bronson about this
time The ceremony in St Margarets
London was a notable event In so
ciety and diplomatic circles and he
took his bride on a wedding journey of
a thousand miles through Persia
CARL V OF NORWAY
The Danish Prince Who Has Been
Sleeted to a Throne
The first king of Norway Prince
Charles of Denmark has been known
as the sailor prince and as Norwe
gians are famous as a seafaring people
his love for the sea will help to make
him popular with them It was report
ed at one time that if elected king he
would take the title of Haakon VII
which would connect him in associa
tion with the last of tho vikings
Haakon VI who reigned in the four-
CABZi V OF NOItWA
teenth century But he has selected the
title of Carl V Prince Charles was
chosen king of Norway as the result of
a plebiscite in which the vote was 2-18-431
for a monarchy and 04445 for a
republic He Is the second son of the
Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark
and was born on Aug 3 1872 In 1896
ho married Princess Maud the favorite
daughter of King Edward VII of Eng
land They have a son Prince Alexan
der Edward Christian Frederick wfeo
was bom July 2 1802
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Code of Honor
at Annapolis
case of Midshipman Minor
Meriwether Jr of the Naval
academy at Annapolis has
raised the query whether a
false sense of honor prevails to a large
extent among the young men in at
tendance at this institution The Unit
ed States Military academy like other
academies where instruction for naval
or military service is Imparted has
many time honored traditions and the
conduct of students is often governed
more by them than by the regularly
adopted and published rules of the
school Midshipman Meriwether had
a disagreement with a fellow student
named James H Branch Jr Meri
wether is alleged to have insulted
Branch applying to him the epithets
sneak and coward According to
the code of honor said to prevail
among many students at Annapolis
this necessitated a challenge from the
person insulted In former times the
difference would have been settled by
pistols or swords but as dueling is
not allowed in these days the fist fight
with referee timekeeper and seconds
has been substituted Meriwether be
longs to the third class at the academy
and Branch belonged to the second
Meriwether thought he was being ill
treated by Branch his superior officer
in the cadet organization and took the
matter up with his class
It is said that the class to which
Branch belonged directed him to chal
lenge and that Meriwethers class di
rected him to accept the Invitation to
combat At any rate the contest was
held in strict accordance with the un
written rules of the code of honor
which it Is reported is not only accept
ed by the students of the academy but
indorsed by the officers of the navy
These provide that the contestants
shall fight stripped to the waist for
twenty eight rounds if able to stand up
that long When it is considered that
matches between pugilists are usually
limited to a less number of rounds
than this and that even then tho men
are trained for weeks beforehand for
the contest the severity of a struggle
in which two youths of less than twen
ty and without any tpainlng fight for
such a length of time is apparent
Branch received injuries from which
he died two days afterward and steps
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TECUMSEH TUC GOD OF 25
were at once taken by the head of the
navy department Secretary Bonaparte
for a full investigation of the whole
subject The case brings up not only
the question of abolishing fights of this
character but the propriety of many
other customs or ideas which prevail
at Annapolis At the bottom of the
traditional code of honor Is said to be
a perverted idea of what constitutes a
gentleman
The United States Naval academy
the university of the seas is a great
institution and one of which every
American may be proud and it is held
by its friends that investigation of the
Meriwether Branch case may result in
abolition of abuses just as in the past
the Investigation of flagrant cases of
hazing resulted in diminishing such
practices Hazing of plebes that Is
men in their first year continues but
has been robbed of some of Its rougher
features Many of the traditional prac
tices of this nature are considered
harmless and necessary to prevent the
plebe from assuming that as soon as
he has entered the academy he is quali
fied to be a rear admiral Taking a few
reefs in his pride inspires him with re
spect for superior officers and eventual
ly has more influence than all his
studies In making a good sea fighter of
him When tho candidate for admis
sion to the academy takes his examina
tions he observes a curious custom
which is called saluting the god of
25 To do this he walks up to an old
figurehead of the Delaware in front of
the chapel representing the Indian
chief Tecumseh stands erect and sol
emnly touches his hat to it This cere
mony Is supposed to help him not to
fall below 25 In his marks The plebe
is subjected to a great many tests of
patience and good nature called run
ning He cannot dance at balls walk
in Lovers lane or speak to an upper
classman without saying sir He Is
asked
Well who are you
Smith sir
Oh no you are not You are the
wild man from Borneo Do you savvy
Now tell me who you are
The wild man from Borneo sir
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INDIANOLA
Mrs Noel of Denver was in Indianola
a short time last week
J R Neels folks are entertaining a
lady friend from the east
gMiss Katie Keohlin came home Satur
daymorning fromher trip east
ggJobn Neel is adding tho finishing
touches to a new barn lately erected on
his place
Cal Newberry with his wife and sister-in-law
Miss Lucinda Hovey wero in our
city Tuesday
Tho show in the opera house was well
attended and those who attended it pro
nounce it fair
Several of the young people of Indian
ola attended the dance at Hartley Sat
urday evening
Many new faces are seen each night at
church This is as it should be All
are welcome come again
Miss Edna Reynolds has gone to Illi
nois where she will yisit her mother and
other relutives for awhile
Earl Allen who is away attending
school is expected homo to spend the
holidays with his parents
Another lot of land buyers are in our
midst Now is a good time to sell your
farm if you are so inclined
Frank Ryan was married last Wed
nesday to Miss West daughter of Newt
West living near Stockville
Mr Frank Hardesty was the man who
drew the lucky number at the Catholic
fair in regard to the handsome rocker
Miss Josie Fox has resigned her school
whore she was teaching north of town
and is learning the art of dressmaking
Mr Hicks adjuster of the German
Mutual Fire Insurance Co was in these
parts lately looking after Mr Waddells
fire loss
The Epworth League has been reor
ganized after a long rest and bids fair to
be better than ever before with Miss E
Smith at the helm
The ladies of the Catholic church
held their fair this week in the Masonic
temple The fair occupied three even
ings Tuesday Wednesday and Thurs
day
Many nice articles are to be seen this
week at the Catholic bazaar Raffling
and grab bags appear to be the leading
features of the fair with supper each
evening
Rev Carman who has been assisting
with the meetings here returned to Mc
Cook Wednesday He will be with us
again however Thursday night and
afterwards
A lad named Hage living somewhere
in the vicinity of Lebanon held the num
ber that entitledhim to tho overcoat
which was raffled off at the Masonic
temple this week
Meetings are still in progress at the
M E church The attendance is good
and splendid sermons are given Rev
Carman of McCook is with us and all
realize the benefit of his presence
A small accident which might have
been a serious one occurred Monday
evening at the home of Mr and Mrs
Clark Hedges Mr Hedges came home
at night and after divesting himself of
his overcoat which he hung in a closet
proceeded to build a fire in the stove
Presently he noticed more smoke than
was necessary and detected the odor of
something burning and found his over
coat to be on fire one sleeve having al
most entirely burned out Ho is at a
loss to know how the fire originated
Good reading cheap may be secured
from The Tribune clubbing list
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Day by Day
has time rotated
until here we are
again at another
Xmas anniversary
We wish you A
Merry Xmas and
at the same time
invite you to be
come a patron of
our bank
A Years Interest
on money deposit
ed for our invest
ment will buy your
Xmas presents a
year hence A
years deposits
subject to your
checks will broad
en your credit and
helpyour business
First
National
Bank
JOE HIGHT
CONTRACTOR
and BUILDER
Farm Buildings a Specialty
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tnousana pairs oi ueen quality
Shoes would not be made and sold daily
did they not furnish the fullest measure
of style comfort and economy
We present here one of our endless
varieties But the newspaper cut can
not do justice to the shapely toe the
soft Gun Metal leather nor the clever
shoemaking You must see this boot
to appreciate it
But remember this is only one of many We
have Queen Quality styles for every taste and
for every need many new ones received this week
350 and 300
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Real Estate
Loans and Insurance
Room 6 Walsh Block McCook Nebraska
Large list of FARMS and RANCHES
for sale in Southwestern Nebraska
Farms rented and taxes paid for non
residents
Consult or write me if you have lands to sell or want to buy
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UP-TO-DATE HIGH PATENT
BUFFALO HIGH PATENT
Famous Kearney Mills
This famous flour is sold by PAUL P
ANTON to an increasing number of satisfied
patrons Try a sack Youll be satisfied
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RED WILLOW
Mrs Ilatcher has been quite sick and
confined to the bed
Mrs Graves came last week to assist
in nursing her father
The ladies are meeting today to have
a sewing at Mrs Blacks
Mr and Mrs Barrett attended church
here last Sunday and visited friends
Mrs LDngnecker is still confined to
the bed A sis weeks siege is very try
ing to any one
H W Billairs came in last night He
was hero when he was a young man and
his old friends will be glad to welcome
him and his family
Jlaud Quigley is working at the eleva
tor He is so busy he lets his two young
er brothers into matrimony before him
Claud is a nice young man
Very interesting and instructive meet
ings are held at the church Bro Wil
son is an excellent speaker and all should
come to hear him There are large aud
iences and good attention All are cor
dially invited
The young folks are beginning the
season early Louis Elmer and Alice
Cramer Ward Quigley and Ethel Ken
nedy Sadie McNeil and Charley Broom
field will encourage others
A lot of turkeys are on hand for Christ
mas and they are growing larger and
fatter Turkey is very toothsome eating
O the difference between now and the
olden times In geting our Christmas
presents ready we recall tho little lump
of white sugar which our little boy was
so glad to get as his only Christmas
present
Mr Waddell was fortunate in
into Mr Canagas good house Only
those who have experienced it know
what it is to be burned out Over forty
years ago there were three houses burn
ed just before Christmas and it was
years before we got used to it There
were over forty of us white and black
turned out with a heavy snow on -the
ground but the kind neighbors took us
in Mr andMrs Waddellhave realized
the kindness of Red Willow peSple as we
did of old Washingtofflotig ago
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