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Office Rooms 3 and 5 Wulsh 151k McCook
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For a mall package as a large one
Each will receive tho i ame thorough
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former it may in time grow to tbe later
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washing 3c per pound
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CITY LODGE DIRECTORY
A K A M
McCook LodkO No I3S A F A M mooto
ovory ilrxt nud third TunHiIity of tho month at
800 p in in Masonic hull
Ciiakiih L Faiinkhtock M
LoN CoVK See
It H M
Occonoxeo Council No 10 II AS M moots on
tliu last Satunlay of each month nt 800 p m
n MiiFonie hull
Ralph A Haoiiuuo T I M
Sylvester Cordkai Sue
R A M
KiiiR Cyrus Chnpter No 35 It A M meote
every Hrst and third Thursduy of each monthut
800 p m in Miibonic hall
CiAitiscn H Gray II P
Clinton R Sawykr Sec
KNIOHTSTKMriAR
St John Commaiidory No 10 K T meets on
tho second Thurcday or each month at 800 p
in in Mahonic hull
Emerson Hanson E C
Syiabstkk Cordkai Itec
EASTERN STAR
Eureka Chapter No 8G O E S moots the
Hccond and fourth Fridays of ouch month at
800 p m in Masonic hull
Mrs Sarah E Kay W M
Sylvester Cordkal Soc
MODKUN WOODMEN
Noble Camp No 003 M YV A moots ovory
second and fourth Thursday of each mouth at
8s p in in Ganschows hull Pay nssossmontH
ut Whito IIouso Grocory
J M Smi rii Clerk S E Howell V C
ROYAL NEIGHBORS
Noblo Cnmp No 802 R A moots ovory
second and fourth Thursday of each month at
230 p in in Gaupchows hall
Mrs Mary Walker Oracle
Mrs Auhusta Anton Rec
w o w
Moots second and fourth Thursdays at S
oclock in Diamonds hall
Chas F Markwad C C
W C Moyer Clork
WORKMEN
McCook Lodgo No 01 AOUW moots ovory
Monday at 800 p in in Diamonds hull
C R Uray Rec Fred Schlagel M W
DEGREE OF HONOR
McCook Lodge No 3 D of II moots every
second and forth Fridays of each mouth atS00
p in in Ganschows hall
Mrs Laura Osuhrn C of H
Mrs MatieG Welles Rec
locomotive engineers
McCook Division No 023 H of L E moots
ovory second aud fourth Saturday of each
month at 230 in Morris hull
Walter Stokes C E
W D Rurnett F A E
locomotive firemen
McCook Lodgo No 599 R of L F E
moots ovory Saturday ut 730 p ru in Gans
chows ball
I D Pennington M
Geo A Campbell Sec
railway conductors
Harvoy Division No 95 O R C moots the
second and fourth Sundays of each month at
300 p m in Diamonds hall
Joe Hegenbeegee C Con
M O McClure Sec
RAILWAY TRAINMEN
C W Rronson I odgo No 4S7 R of It T
meets lirt and third Sundays at 230 p m aud
i econd and fourth Fridays at 7 30 p in each
month in Morris hall Neal Heeler M
R- J Moore bee
railway carmen
Young America Iodgo No 155 R R C of A
meets on tbo first and third Thursdays of each
month in Diamonds hall at 730 p m
Con Kreigee C C
N II Snyder Rec Sec
MACHINISTS
Red Willow Lodge No fS7 I A of M meots
every second and fourth Tuesday of tho month
atS00 p in in Gauschow ball
D O Hewitt Pres
W H Anderson Rec Sec
BOILERMAKERS
McCook Lodge No 407 R of R M I S R of
A meots first and third Fridays of each month
in Odd Follows ball
KNIGnTS OF TYTniAS
McCook Lodge No 42 K of P meets every
Wednesday at 800 p m in Masonic ball
M Lvwritson C C
J N Gaarde K R S
odd fellows
McCook Lodge No 137 1 O O F meets every
Monday atS00 p in in Ganschows hall
Scott Doax Sec E H Doan N G
McCook Aerio No 1514 F O E meots the
second and fourth Fridays of each month at
S00pm in Diamonds hall Social meetings
on tho first and third Fridays
V - - R S Light W Pres
G C Heckman W Sec
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
McCook Council No 1126 K of C meets the
first and third Tuesdays of each month at 800
p in in Diamonds hall
G R Gale F Sec Frank Real G K
DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA
Court Granada No 77 meets on tho first and
and third Tuesdays of each month at S p m in
tho Morris hall Anna Hannan G R
Josephine Mullen F S
LADY MACCABEES
Valley Queen Hive No 2 L O T M meets
every first aud third Thursday evenings of each
month in Ganschow ball
Mrs W R Mills Commander
Harriet E Willetts R K
g A R
J K Rarnes Post No 207 G A R meets on
the first Saturday of each month at 230 p m
Ganschows hall
J M Henderson Cmndr
J H Yarger Adjt
L OF G A e
McCook Circle No 33 L of G A R meots on
the first aud third Fridays of each mouth at
230 p in in Diamonds hall
Adeline Dole Pres
Matie Welles Sec
p e o
Chapter X P E O meets tbe second and
fourth Saturdays of each monta at 230 p m
at the homes of the various members
Mrs G H Thomas Pres
Mrs C H Meeker Cor Sec
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Not How Cheap but How Good with Us
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Steel Ceilings Sold Put Up and Decorated
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fi FINE SiGNLAHGUAGE
Droll Incident In the Reign of
James I of England
A TRICK ON AN AMBASSADOR
The Different Interpretations of the
Same Acts Performed by a Crochety
Spaniard and a Hard Headed and
Canny Old Scotch Butcher
It Is said that King James 1 on re
moving to London was waited upon by
the Spanish ambassador a man of eru
dition but who had a crotchet in his
head that every country should have a
professor of signs to teach him and the
like of him to understand one another
The ambassador was lamenting one
day before the king tins great desider
atum throughout all Europe when the
king said lo him Why I have a pro
fessor of signs in the northernmost col
lege in my dominions viz at Aber
deenbut it is a great way off perhaps
GOO miles
Were it 10000 leagues off I shall
see him said the ambassador and
am determined to set out in two or
three days The king saw he had com
mitted himself and wrote or caused to
be written to the University of Aber
deen stating the case and desiring the
professors to put him off some way or
make the best of him The ambassa
dor arrived was received with great
solemnity but soon began to inquire
which of them had the honor to be pro
fessor of sigus
Being told that the professor was
absent in the highlands and would re
turn nobodj knew when the ambas
sador said I will wait his return
though it were twelve months
Seeing that this would not do and
that they had to entertain him at a
great expense all the while they con
trived a stratagem There was one
Geordy a butcher blind of an eye a
droll fellow with much wit and rogu
ery about him He was got instruct
ed to be professor of signs but not to
speak on pain of death Geordy cheer
fully undertook the role The ambas
sador was told that the professor of
signs would be at home next day at
which he rejoiced greatly
Next day Geordy was gowned wig
ged and placed in a chair of state in
a room in the college all tho profess
ors and the ambassador being in an
adjoining room The ambassador was
shown into Geordys room and left to
converse with him as well as he could
the professors awaiting the issue with
fear and trembling
The ambassador held up one of his
fingers to Geordy Geordy held up two
of liis The ambassador held up three
Geordy clinched his fist and looked
stern The ambassador then took an
orange from his pocket and held it up
Geordy took a piece of barley cake
from his pocket and held that up
After which the ambassador bowed to
him and retired to the other professor
who anxiously inquired his opinion
of their brother
He is a perfect miracle said the
ambassador I would not give him
for the wealth of the Indies
Well said the professors to de
scend to particulars
Why said the ambassador I first
held up one finger denoting that there
is one God he held up two signifying
that these are the Father and Son I
held up three meaning the Father the
Son and EToly Ghost he clinched his
fist to say that these three are one
I then took out an orange signifying
the goodness of God who gives his crea
tures not only the necessaries but the
luxuries of life upon which the won
derful man presented a piece of bread
showing that it was the staff of life
and preferable to every luxury
The professors were glad that mat
ters had turned out so well so having
got quit of the ambassador they next
got Geordy to hear his version of the
signs
Well Geordy how have you come
on and what do you think of yon
man
The rascal says Geordy What
did he do first think ye He held up
one finger as much as to say You
have only one eye Then I held up two
meaning that my one eye was perhaps
as good as both his Then the fellow
held up three of his fingers to say that
there were but three eyes between us
and then I was so mad at the scoun
drel that I steeked my neive and was
to come a whack on the side of his
head and would ha done it too but
for your sakes Then the rascal did
not stop with his provocation here but
forsooth takes out an orange as much
ns to say Your poor beggarly cold
country cannot produce that I show
ed him a whang of a bear bannock
meaning that I did ua care a farthing
for him nor his trash neither as langs
I ha this But by a thats guid con
cluded Geordy Im angry yet that I
didnt thrash the hide o the scoun
drel London T IYs Weekly
The Wily OvI
A party of horsemen were traveling
along Bridge creek a tributary of Bad
Water river Wyoming when their
horses suddenly shied off the track at
the sound of a rattle Search was
made for the snake but it was finally
found that the sound proceeded from
the burrowing owl which lives in the
burrows of the prairie dog often it is
said in company with the rattlesnake
Seated on a post the party heard the
owl give a third rattle And whenever
they passed the spot it gave warning
by its rattle and the horses alway
shied off the track in alarm American
Naturalist
Beware of no man more than thy
self Terence
BARTLEY
Mrs Olmstead loft Hartley Thursday
on 13 for Black Kivor Washington
with her Bon Will Mrs Olmstead hnB
been a long time resident of Bartloy and
has property hero Sho is going for
her health but will not sell her residence
hero so that sho will have a good homo
in n good town if she desires to return
Mr nnd Mrs Rao Iliudman woro
ovor last week to visit Mrs Hindraans
parents Mr and Mrs Axtel Thoy
returned to tho Beaver this wook
W P Wndo of Holdrege was in Bart
loy making arrangements to orect a
business building to be used exclusively
for furniture aud undertaking goods
Mr and Mrs A J DoArmond are
rejoicing ovor tho advent of a fine girl
baby born Tuesday morning
Tho Lewis Stock company occupied
our opera house three nights last week
The play was entirely satisfactory to
tho attendance Tho receipts for tho
throe nights wero 32135 Blind Boone
will bo hero ono night May 21st
Postmaster S W Clark put in 500
feet of cement walk in front of his busi
ness lots last week
Tho Duff elevator has ju3t been fixed
up in first class shape with several
hundred dollars repairs
Two thousand dollars has been sub
scribed to put up a cement telephone
oflice just south of the post ollico Wo
will thon hnvo both day and night
service About 200 new phones have
been ordered in the town and country
The high school social in the Chris
tian church last week was a pleasant
affair and netted a nice sum of money
C E Matthews and Will Flint went
to Holdrege Wednesday to tho Bryan
banquet
Town election passed of quickly
Officers elected A F McCord Jag
Sipe and Frank Prours Ira Sheets
was the only hold over trustee
GRANT
Jake Wesch who has been sick the
past week is recovering
B W Benjamins children who wero
down with pneumonia aro a little bet
ter this week
Edwin Towlo entertained II Blunk
and family last Saturday
The Banksville base ball boys organ
ized Sunday They expect the Prairie
Dogs to play on the Banksville diamond
Friday April 17 190S
Mrs August Wesch who has been
visiting at Hastings expects to return
Thursday
Clara Cunningham visited with Mrs
Alma Johnston near McCook last Sat
urday
This is examination week in district
51 Also practicing for the entertain
ment to be given the last day of school
on the evening of April 37 All patrons
and friends of the school are cordially
invited
Ernest Anderson and Miss Daugherty
were visitors at the J Wesch homo one
evening during the past week
too late for last week
Peter Wesch a well known old set
tler of Grant precinct died March 28th
190S He was 74 years 5 months and
24 days old at his death Deceased was
born in Germany Oct 4th 1833 He
has lived in Red Willow county this
state for 22 years and was well known
by everybody Six sons in Red Willow
county and one daughter in Portland
Ore mourn his death
Jacob Wesch and son sold a fine
bunch of red hogs to W Waldo last
week
RED WILLOW
Mrs Sawyers excellent well one of
the very few dug wells still in use caved
in last week She is having a new one
drilled close to the old one
Mrs Taylor and son Horace have been
quite sick with grippe Horace is better
but Mrs Taylor continues ill
Mrs Sexson is still very sick with
grippe
Vira Loomis returned from Haigler on
April 5th and went to Michigan on
April 8th Mrs Rose Hauxwell is the
only one of the Loomis family left in
this country
Lucy Miller who has been with Mrs
Owens Longnecker for the past three
months left on Monday to take up the
position she formerly occupied in Hard-
estys drug store j
Mr and Mrs Daharsh were visitors at
Mr Sexsons on Sunday
Mr and Mrs Smith and sons and
Miss Rozelle took dinner at John Long
neckers on Sunday
INDIAN0LA
April fools day had its usual num
ber of victims
Mrs F S Phillips has gone to Yampa
Colorado for a visit with her daughter
Mrs Little
Marjorie Phillips has the scarletina
The family are under quarantine
The first of the series of lectures com
menced at Shorts opera house Wednes
day evening by Rev Simpson of Cam
bridge
Eunice Horton and Maude Goben left
on train No 14 Wednesday evening for
the east Miss Horton goes to her
home in Indiana and Mis3 Goben goes
to visit relatives in Milton Illinois
Mrs Hammond of Denver is in town
visiting old time friends and neighbors
Young Stothnrd and wifo o Koarnoy
Nob camo on No 13 Monday morning
They intend making this their homo
W II Smith and wifo left Thursday
night on train No 14 to Oklahoma for a
visit with the children
G W Burt was at McCook on busi
ness Monday
Patrick Callnn has a sick son at his
place
Frank Mnrsh loft Tuosday ovoning
for Omaha to boa member of tho fodoral
grand jury
Tho election hold hero Tuesday re
sulted in the license victory with a ma
jority of nineteen votes
Dan Crtshon of Danbury was in town
Wednosdny
Tho Indianoln jail is completed
Mrs TIIaloy returned homo Wednes
day evening
C W Dow and J L Sargent went to
Yampa Colorado Tuesday
A small crowd attended tho Bryan
meeting at Holdrege Wednosday
DANBURY
Mrs R E Pogue and two children of
Bortrand Nob arrived hero Tuesday
for a four weekti visit
Mrs Stevens and Mrs Moore of Leba
non were Danbury visitors Monday
Quite an excitment was caused in
Danbury when Al Boyors house caught
fire from an overheated stove but was
soon extinguished
Mrs Alfred Ashton and children
visited at the DoMay homo over Sun
day
Isaac Wade of Lexington Indiana
delivered a temperance lecture to a largo
crowd at tho Congregational church
Sunday night Ho departed for his
home Monday after two weeks visit
with friends and relatives in this com
munity
Will DoMay of Marion was a Dan
bury visitor over Sunday
The Royal Neighbors had a dinner in
the town hall for their children Mon
day All enjoyed themselves
Harvey Creasman who was severely
injured by a horse is improving
W J Stilgebouer and wifo and S W
Stilgebouer attended the funeral of
Herbert Drath at Ilerndon last week
Mr Drath was a grandson of S W
Stilgebouer by marriage
Mr and Mrs Oscar Tnomas visited
in Atwood last week
Minnie and Esther Dolph gave a party
for their friends last Saturday evening
About 51 was cleared at tho school
entertainment last Friday evening
Mrs James Morgan and daughter
departed for Kansas City where Mr
Morgan is
Joe McGuire and wife will move into
the house vacated by WRBurbridgo
Miss May Moss went to Cedar Bluffs
Monday to assist Mrs Alfred Ashton
in her housework
R F D No 1
Mrs Joseph Downs and son Ed were
out from McCook Sunday visiting Ash
Creek friends
Grant Clark of Albia Iowa was a
guest of W P Broomfield and Jos
Downs Saturday Sunday
Mr and Mrs Alpha Warfield are with
his parents while he is recovering from
an attack of rheumatism
Mr and Mrs J B Fiechtner and
Mike Fritz and family were visitors on
School Creek Sunday
A moving picture show was an en
joyed entertainment in the Nelson
Downs school house Tuesday
Dr Campbell and chaffeur of Lebanon
met with an accident Wednesday of
last week while returning home from
McCook Just south of the middle
river bridge while running their chug
wagon at a good speed the auto ran into
a deep hole with the result that the
doctor was thrown out of the car head
long into the river The medic waded
out and went on his way as soon as the
chaffeur could restrain his laughter
He Drew
A very pretty girl had a bashful art
ist for a sweetheart but he would nev
er come to the point One night after
he had made a desperate attempt to
test her feelings she looked at him in
a very significant way
What do you mean by that he
asked with a startled look
Do you profess to be an artist she
replied evasively
Yes
Do you think you are a good one
I flatter myself that I am
Well I dont think so
Why not
Because you cannot even draw an
inference
He did though and now they draw
conclusions
Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture says that the unbounded
prosperity of the agriculturist is not due
to chance but is the result of intelli
gent scientific business methods A
reader of The Weekly Inter Ocean has
placed before him each week the prac
tical and approved methods to which
Secretary Wilson refers It is a good
investment Only 125 for The Weekly
Inter Ocean and this paper one year
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the Pacific coa3t during the sum
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First and third Tuesdays to the
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Auction sale for choice of the
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