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A F A M
McCook Lodgo No 115 A F A M meets
evory flrat nud third Tmwliiy of tlio mouth at
8 -00 p in in Miisontc liall
Chaiuih Li Faiinrbtock W M
Low Cone Soc
h v H M
Occcnoxoo Council No HI ItS M mnetaon
the last Saturday of ouch iiioulli at 800 p in
u Miibonic hull
Kalfii A ITAonEita T I M
Syiaesteii Coudeai Soc
B A M
King Cyrus Chnptor No R A M meots
every Urstuud third Thursday of each mouthut
80 p in in Miibonic hnll
CrAIlKNCE IJ Gray II P
V B Whittakkk Sue
KNIGIITH TEMPLAR
St John Commnndery No 10 K T moots on
tho sncondTlnirwliiy or ouch month at 800 p
m in Masonic hall
Emuuson Hanson E C
Samuel S Q Auvnv Kec
EAHTEUN 8TAE
Eurolca Chanter N 0 O 13 S moeta tho
second and fourth Fridays of each month at
800 p in in Masonic hull
Mas Saeah E Kay V M
W E Haiit Sec
MODEHN WOODMEN
Noble Camp No GGJ M W A meotf every
second anil fourth Thursday of each month at
830 p in in Morris hall Pay assessments
at Whito House Grocery
S E Howell Consul
J M Smith Clerk
ftOYAL NEIOH110E8
Noble Camp No 8fi2 K N A meots every
second ami fourth Thursday of each month at
230 pm ill Morri hull
Mes Caeoline Kunert Oracle
Mes Augusta Anton Kec
w o w
Meots second and fourth Thursdays at 8
oclock in Diamonds hall
Ciias F Maekwad C C
W C Moter Clerk
WORKMEN
McCook LodRO No 01 AOUW meets every
Monday at 800 p m in Diamond s hall
C H Okay Kec Wm Wooton M V
I M Smite Financier
DEGREE OF HONOE
McCook LodRO No 3 D of H meets every
second and forth Tnesdays of each month at
800 p m in Monto Cristo hall
Mrs Della McClain C of H
Mrs Carrie Schlagel Roc
locomotive engineers
McCook Division No 021 t of L E meets
evory second and fourth Sunday of each
m0nth t 230 in MorrishaU
W D Burnett F A E
LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN AND ENGINEMEN
McCook Lodge No 599 B of L F E
meets ovorySaturduy at 730 p m in
chOWshall
I D pENNINGTON M
C H Husted Sec
RAILWAY CONDUCTORS
Harvey Division No 95 O R C meets the
Becond and fourth Wednesday nights of each
Morris hall at 304
month at 800 p m in
Main Avenue S E Callen C Con
M O McClure Sec
RAILWAY TRAINMEN
C W Bronson Lodgo No 4S7 B of 11 T
meets flrt aud third Sundays at 230 p m and
second and fourth Fridays at 7 p m each
month in Morris hall C W Corey M
R J Moore Sec
RAILWAY CARMEN
Young America Lodge No 456 B R C of A
meets ou tho first and third Thursdays of each
month in Ganschow hall at7 30 pm
Ray O Light 0 C
N V Franklin Roc Sec
MACHINISTS
Red Willow Lodge No 5S7 I A pf M meets
every second and fourth Tuesday of tho month
at 800 p m in Ganschow hall
Fred Landberg Pres
M L Search Fin Sec
Floyd Beery Sec
BOILERMAKERS
McCook Lodge No 407 B of B M I S B of
A meets first and third Fridays of each month
in Odd Fellows hall
KNIGHTS OF PYTniAS
McCook Lodge No 42 K of P meets every
Weduoday at 800 p m in Masonic hall
H W Conover C C
D N Conn K R S
ODD FELLOWS
McCook Lodgo No 137 1 0 0 F meets every
Monday at 80 p m in Ganschow s ball
H G Hughes N G
W A Middleton Sec
eagles
McCook Aerio No 1514 F O E meets the
second and fourth Fridays of each month at
SKX pm in Diamonds hall Social meetings
on the first and third Fridars
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
D m in Diamonds hall
G R Gale F Sec Fraxk Real G K
D VUGHTERS OF ISABELLA
Court Granada No 77 meets on tho first and
and third Tuesdays of each month at 8 p m in
the Morris hall ANNA Hannan G K
Josephine Mullen F S
LADY MACCABEES
Valley Queen Hivo No 2 L O T M meets
over- first and third Thursday evenings of each
month iu Morris hall
Mrs W B Mills Commander
Harriet E Willetts R K
g A R
J K Barnes Post No 207 G A R meets on
the first Saturday of each month at 230 p m
Qanschows hall
J M Henderson Cmndr
Jacob Steixmetz Adjt
RELIEF CORPS
McCook Corps No 9S W R C meets every
eecond and fourth Saturday of each month at
230 pm in Ganschow hall
Adella McClain Pros
Susie Vandebhoof Sec
L OF G A R
McCook Circle No 33 L of G A R meots on
the first and third Fridays of each mouth at
230 p m in Monto Cristo hall
Mary Walker Pres
Ellen LeHew Sec
p e o
Chapter X P E O meets be second and
fourth Saturdays of each montj at 2S0 p m
at the homos of the various members
Mrs G H Thomas Pres
Mrs C H Meeker Cor Sac
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TIME IN TURKEY
The Hours Are Always Changing and
Holidays Aro Numerous
Iu addition to laziness Iu Turkey
there Is inaccuracy The Turkish of
ficial is naturally inaccurate aui habit
and conceit make him more so This
perhaps is due to the way in which
Turkey measures time Twelve oclock
In the day corresponds with sunset
that is to Bay whatever hour the sun
sets it must always be 12 Conse
quently the hours change always get
ting later the first half of the year and
earlier in the last which compels ev
erybody to put his watch to daily tor
ture So no one in Turkey can Hatter
himself that he has the exact time
The most strict of Englishmen soou
4oses his national punctuality so when
two Turks make an appointment it is
within the limit of half an hour or an
hour and even then they dont gen
erally arrive till after the time agreed
on each one calculating on the utmost
possible delay on the part of the other
Consequently the state employees aro
not bound down by very severe dis
cipline No one expects them to arrive
at their office at any particular time
especially as the majority of them go
hardly at all As for the most indus
trious they appear for two or three
hours In the afternoon only aud rather
late In the morning state offices are
usually closed Besides this workdays
are rather scarce for the race of offi
cials Friday is the Sabbath of the
Mohammedans Saturday Is the day
after a feast day and one does not do
much then Sunday the Greeks and
Armenians remain like good Chris
tians at home and the Mohammedans
generally imitate so good an example
Monday Is again the morrow of a feast
day Wednesday there Is a meeting of
the council of ministers and few em
ployees go then to the ministry With
religious festivals added in it is easy to
understand that out of the 3G5 days of
the year there are not many left to con
secrate to the interests of the Otto
man empire Nicholas C Adossides In
American Magazine
THE CABIN BOY
Ho Has Become Practically a Thing
of the Past
An old sea captain who brought his
ship into port recently after a long
voyage from the east was talking about
the changed conditions in the merchant
marine since he entered it fifty years
ago
I was thinking particularly he
said of how the cabin boy has com
pletely disappeared or at least how ex
tremely rare he is now I went to sea
when I was twelve years old and got
my full share of the many duties and
few pleasures that belonged to the job
I took I waited on the officers or
the passengers if we had any helped
the steward in the pantry and even
had to assist cookie despite the chron
ic kicking I put up over that imposi
tion Besides all those things of
course the crew made me run errands
for them and everybody in general
seemed to regard the boy as the
scapegoat for anything that went
wrong All new cabin boys were un
mercifully laughed at if they were
either homesick or seasick and there
were various practical jokes which had
to be tried on them by the seamen 1
remember well how I was told the first
day I came aboard never to throw any
thing to windward except hot water
and ashes and how I was green enough
to follow these orders implicitly The
sight of my red and streaming eyes set
the crew into roars of laughter
fThose times are gone Theres no
place at sea for any one but an able
bodied man now Even the mess boys
so called on the liners and in the navy
are all men The modern changes in
the build of vessels have left no work
fit for a boy and I dont believe you
could find one now unless on some very
small craft Philadelphia Ledger
Power of Habit Strong
The habit of looking under the bed
for burglars the young woman said
is something that folks laugh at but
I have never been able to get myself
out of it I never feel perfectly com
fortable unless I look no matter where
I happen to be To my mind there
isnt any place except a safe deposit
vault burglars are unlikely to be Ir
fact the habit is so strongly ingrained
In me that one night when I was stay
ing in a small country hotel where
there was nothing but a folding bed
In the room I took it down and then
looked under it before I got into bed
Tuats a fact I laughed at myself the
minute after Detroit Free Press
London in White
After a few vM rho White City
oie feels rather desirjsis of white
warhirr the whole of idmi Why
not Whito is an ndnjir Uilo lrk
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Kccpr T Up Dntc
Yes sa t y yorrs f
a sad stcry lr i1 i rlie i Hi
story you trlO 1 re ytr
Well 1 U IJrriiii
Pete you rurily wtlnt a
man to go U dat rrr an nor show
any Vashincton Star
Accents
In the midst of a rambling speech
the political orator declared The sit
uation is grave the crisis is acute
And the gentlemans speech added
the newspaper reporter was
flex Youths Companion
RELIGIOUS ACROBATS
Dangerous Aerial Slide Annually Per
formed In India
InrMa offers many curious things In
the way of religion and the strangest
of them all is the aerial slide which is
performed annually at Kulu in the
nimalaj as At a point where there is
a clifi overhanging a precipitous gorge
several hundred feet in width and a
hundred feet in depth a rope is made
fast to the rock The other end of this
is carried across the gorge and there
secured to a slake The total length
of the rope between the two points Is
when drawn taut 2500 feet and the
end attached to the cliff is several hun
dred feet higher than that fastened on
the opposite side of the ravine Thus
a slide is contrived and it is a danger
ous one to all appearance
It is down this incline that the per
former has his path For the lofty
journey a sort of saddle is provided
made of wood with holes in it through
which the rope passes But before a
start is made the whole length of the
rope is wet to prevent the saddle from
catching fire from the friction The
performer sits astride this seat and to
his legs are fastened bags of sand
which serve two purposes they enable
him to maintain an upright position
during his lightning like descent and
they increase the momentum The
lower end of the rope is carefully
wound with bits of carpet to check the
speed before the stake is reached
Without this precaution the performer
would be dashed to pieces
The terrific velocity of the descent
for the first few hundred yards is
shown by the stream of smoke that
trails from the wake of the saddle de
spite the fact that the rope has been
wet Afterward the incline diminishes
somewhat and the pace becomes corre
spondingly slower By the time the
goal is readied the jheri as the per
former is called Is able to come to a
standstill without disaster
This slide in the air Is supposed to
reveal the will of the gods as to the
crops of the approaching season If
the perilous trip is accomplished in
safety a plentiful harvest is assured
Naturally therefore every care is tak
en to minimize the dangers of the per
formance The ceremony is of ancient
origin aud those who engage in it as
jheri form a small caste apart New
York Tribune
A MEDF0RD STORY
Legend of the Phantom Ship and Its
Mad Pirate Captain
The town of Medford Mass has a
legend of a phantom ship beside which
the Flying Dutchman is only a peace
ful merchantman The Medford story
runs that a ship laden with rum and
gold and silver bars put out from that
place in the days when the Spanish
main was infested with pirates It
was headed for a West Indian port
but got into the doldrums and -was so
long becalmed that water and provi
sions gave out and all hands perished
of thirst and starvation When the
wind came up again the ship sailed
away with her ghastly crew was seen
by a buccaneer chased and over
hauled
The pirate captain made fast to his
prize without firing a single shot and
attributing the vessels nouresistance
to fear or lack of arms he was the
first man to leap on board But the
rope with which the captured ship
had beeu carelessly lashed to his own
parted under the strain of the seaway
and he found himself rapidly borne
away from his comrades on what he
soon discovered to be a floating coffin
A stiff breese filled the sails of the
derelict and before his own vessel
could overtake it night descended on
the ocean and the pursuing ship lost
sight of it altogether Left alone in
pitch darkness on the grewsome craft
the pirate went mad with terror and
seizing the wheel raced away before
the wind and according to the legend
was condemned to range the seas for
ever thus in command of his horrible
prize
Woe to the ship that encountered it
scudding along by moonlight or in the
lightnings glare manned by skeletons
aud steered by a shouting gesticulat
ing madman and when on several oc
casions it was sighted in the fog off
Medford it was considered as the her
rld of storm and disaster and the loss
of many ships New York Press
Jcnry Q jick Method
Tennys rnr le who wis a sehool
teachor ict her on the street one
bcattfii May Cry and ached her if
she v1 t to the Maypole dance
Xo 1 aif t Jin
Th iy Stt Cszv lU her uncle
yon irt ra ay I iiut roing You
nirrt I a not goiirV And he
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ut Journal
Jury zt tho Theater
An an spctaclt was witnessed
at tin Ti - Iloyal Xolson Auck
land when the jury who had beeu
locked cp three nights- because they
eoud not acree to a verdict iu a mur
der case were allowed to witness a
living picture display They had ex
pressed a desire to attend the theater
as a relief and the judge consented
Auckland News
A Work Maker
Binks is weak financially isnt he
Tie hasnt much money but he gives
employment to a great many men
Who are they
Other peoples bill collectors Lon
don Tit Bits
GRANT
An eujoyablo dance at A C Woschs
January 1st
Tho dance nt Tom Mombys was well
attended last Saturday evening
Edwin A Towle wn9 called to tho bed
side of his father C II Towle at Hond
ley Nebraskn Sunday morning Tho
father is reported dangerously ill
Jog Relph mnil carrier on route 2
from Cedar Bluff Kansas had a runa
way last Friday morning while cover-
jingbis route Tho buggy was badly
smashed up although the team didnt
get away Tho carrier escaped with
slight injuries
Tom Relph nnd Bert Evorist were in
this neighborhood Inst week buying
cattle and horses
Miss Claudia Hatcher county supt
visited school district No 01 Tuesday
Abram Peters August Weeks and
Don Thompson each lost n number of
cattlo from cornstalk diseaso
Wo understand that John Henry
Wesch will bo the next young man to
set up tho cigars to tho boys
BOX ELDER
Fred Adams and wife returned to
Maywood last Friday to visit her par
ents before going to their home in Estes
Park Colorado
F G Lytle entertained a nephew
latter part of last week from Sutton
Mr and Mrs F G Lytle went to Al
ma last week to visit Mrs Lytles sis
ter Mrs Dixon
Public Sale
Having rented my farm and decidod
to move to California I will sell at
public auction at my farm 8 miles south
and 2 miles west of McCook Neb and
10 miles north of Traer Kan on
Tuesday January 26 09
commencing at 10 oclock a m sharp
the following described property to wit
Eighteen Head of Good Horses--one
dark brown horse 10 yrs old wt 1100
one light bay horse 6 yrs old wt 1100
one well matched dun team 7 and 10
yrs old wt 1100 each one dark brown
horse 6 yrs old wt about 1200 one
bay horse I yrs old wt about 1200
one black horse coming 3 yrs old wt
1100 one bay horse coming 3 yrs old
wt about 1000 one well matched black
team wt 000 each one bay mare with
foal 10 yrs old wt 900 one brown
mare 8 yrs old wt 900 one span of
sorrel colts 2 yrs old 1 sorrel colt
weanling lspan of black colts lyrold
one riding pony
Thirty five Head of Cattletwenty
five choice milk cows a number fresh
and balance will be fresh soon ten
calves coming yearlings
Farm Implementsone 8 ft Deering
header and binder combined nearly
new one G f t Deering binder one Mc
Cormick corn binder one 2 row corn
weeder one3 secsteel harrow two discs
one 10 hole disc drill one 1 horse disc
drill two riding listers one walking
lister one riding cultivator two walking
cultivators one feed grinder two riding
plows one walking plow two lumber
wagons one truck wagon one 2 seated
wagon one 2 seated surrey two top
buggies one nearly new two 10 ft
water tanks
Threshing Machineryone 12 horse
Avery engine one 2Sxl6 J I Case
threshing machine one J I Case seven
sweep horse power all in running order
Miscellany100 bu corn 200 bu
barley 35 bu cane seed 10 tons hay 2
header boxes 750 lbs barbed wire a lot
of posts 1 sets of work harness 1 set of
buggy harness 1 set single harness
FREE LUNCH AT NOON
Terms Sums under 81000 cash
on sums of S1000 and over a credit of
eight months will be given purchaser
to give bankable paper drawing ten per
cent interest from date until paid Five
per cent discount for cash on sums of
81000 and over No property to be re
moved until settled for
ANDREW ANDERSON
JHWoddell Auct VFranklin Clk
Public Sale
I will sell at public auction at my
home four miles north and one mile
west of Perry station on
Thursday January 28 09
commencing at 10 oclock a m the
following described property to wit
Seven Head of Horses one grey
horse G yrs old wt ibout 1250 one
bay horse 6 yrs old wt about 1150
one grey mare 12 yrs old wt about
1050 one black mare S yrs old wt
about 1050 one grey mare 2 yrs old
wt about 900 one horse colt 1 yr old
wt about S50 one weanling colt
TwoMHch Cows and One Heifer
Four Shoats wt about 60 lbs each
Six Dozen Chickens
Farm Implementsone 8 foot Mc
Cormick binder cut 130 acre- one
Western Belle riding lister one Bradley
Ideal disc 16 inch one steel harrow 3
section one walking ilw lG inch one
walking cultivator two setb of double
work harness one tight box lumber
wagon one t p buggy one Sharpless
cream separator
30 Bushels of Seed Oats
Household Goods and other articles
too numerous to mention
FREE LUNCH AT NOON
Terms Sums under rlOOO cash
on sums of 81000 and over a credit of
eight montt s will be given purchaser
to give bankable paper drawing ten per
cent interest from date until paid Five
per cent discount for cash on sums of
S1000 and over No property to be re
moved until settled for
GUY CAMPBELL
JHWoddell Auct VFranklin Clk
Real Estate Filings
The following real estate filings have
been made in tho county clerks office
since Inst report
Lincoln Land Co to S R Mes
snor wd to lots 1G 18 blk 2
Danbury 200 00
William 1 Parrott et ux to Da
vid Parrott wd to se qr 11-1-
Robert x Morrison et ux to
Farmers Mtg it Loan Co wd
to e hf 15 w hf sw qr 14 nw
qr nw qr lot 3 blk 23 lots 1
2 3 bik 22 all in 3 28 27000 00
L D Vanderhoof ot ux to Fred
Stnvens wd to w hf ne qr 2G
3 28 2000 00
United States to heirs of Ark
ansas Downs pat to se qr ne
qr 19-2-28
Francis Day et al to William N
Downs qcd to same 1 00
Joseph Downs ot al to William
N Downs qcd to same 1 00
James M Downs et ux to Wm
N Downs qcd to same 1 00
Allen E Pennington et ux to
Francis M Pennington wd to
part sw qr se qr 17-1-26 50 00
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RED WILLOW
E A Sexflon was quito sick for a
whilo but is going about again
Holton Longnuckor nnd family loft on
Sunday for McCook whero thoy will re
main for a while so Mrs Longnocker
can receivo medical treatment
Dora Sawyer is staying at Louis Long
nockors and attending bchopl driving
with littlo Blossom
There was quito a hilarious charivari
at Mr Critch fields one night lu3tvook
when Mr Owen Critchiield brought his
bride homo
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