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CITY LODGE DIRECTORY
A F A M
McCook Lodge No 135 A F fc A M meets
every first and third Tuesday of the month at
800 p m in Masonic hall
Lov Cone W M
Chaeles L Fahnestock Sec
E S M
Occcnoxee Council No 16 R S M meets on
last Saturday of each month at 800 p m
1 Masonic hall
EASTERN star
Enreka Chapter No 86 O E S meets the
socoud and fourth Fridays of each month at
800 p m in Masonic hall
Mrs C W Wilson W M
S Cordeal Sec
modern woodmen
Noble Camp No 663 M W A meets every
second and fourth Thursday of each month at
830 p m in Morris hall Pay assessments
at White Honse Grocery
JULIUS KCNRRT Consul
J M Smith Clerk
ROYAL NEIGHBORS
No le Camp No 862 B N A meets every
ceeond and fonrth Thursday of each month at
330 p m in Morris hall
Mrs Caroline Kdnert Oracle
Mrs Adgcsta Anton Bee
w o w
Meets second and fourth Thursdays at 8
oclock in Diamonds hall
Chas F Marewad C C
W U Moyer Clerk
workmen
McCook Lodse No 61 AOUW meets every
Monday at 800 p m in Monte Cristo hall
MAURICEGRIFFINReC MS JekningsMW
JMWENTZFinancier BoTZiNTForeman
DEGREE OF HONOR
McCook Lodge No 3 D of H meets every
second and forth Tuesdays of each month at
800 p m in Temple buildine
Anna E Ruby C of H
Mrs Carrie Schlagel Bee
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS
McCook Division No 623 B of L E meets
every second and fourth Sunday of each
month at 230 in Morris hall
Walter Stokes C E
W D Bobnett F A E
IOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN AND ENGINEMEN
McCook Lodge No 599 B of L F E
meets on the first and third Saturdays of each
month in Morris hall
I D Pennington Pres
C H Husted Sec
railway conductors
Harvey Division No 95 O B C meets the
Mcond and fonrth Wednesday nights of each
month at 800 p m in Morris hall at 304
Main Avenue S E Callen C Con
M O McCluke Sec
RAILWAY TRAINMEN
C W Bronson Lodge No 487 B of B T
meets first and third Sundays at 230 p m and
second and fourth Fridays at 7 30 p m each
month in iiorris hall C W Corey M
B J Moore Sec
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William E Hart T I M
Aaron Q King Sec
E A M
King Cyrus Chapter No 35 R A M meots
every first and third Thursday of each month at
800 p m in Masonic hall
Clarence B Gray H P
W B Whittaker Sec
KNIGHTS TEMPLAE
Rt John Commandery No 16 K T meets on
the second Thursday of each month at 800 p
za in Masonic hall
David Magner E C
Henby E Cdlbertson Rec
RAILWAY CABMEN
Yonng America Lodge No 456 B R C of A
meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each
iionth in Morris hall at 730 p m
W C Stephens C C
N V Franklin Rec Sec
machinists
Red Willow Lodge No 5S7 I A of M meets
4very second and fourth Tuesday of the month
it 800 p m in Morris hall
Theo Diebalt Pros
Fred Wapson Fin Sec
Floyd Berry Cor 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 PYTHIAS
McCook Lodge No 42 K of P meets every
Wednesday at 800 p m in Masonic hall
H W Conovkr C C
D N Cobb K B S
odd fellows
McCook Lodge No 137 1 0 0 F meots every
Monday at 800 p m in Morris hall
F A Denton N G
W A Middleton Sec
EAGLES
McCook Aerie No 1514 F O E meets overy
Friday evening at S oclock in Kelley building
316 Main ave
C L Walker W Pres
C H Bicketts W Sec
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS
Branch No 1278 meets first Mono ay of each
month at 330 p m in carriers room postoffice
G F Kinghorn President
D J OBrien Secretary
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBU8
McCook Council No 1126 K of C meots the
first and third Tuesdays of each month at 800
p m in Diamonds hall
G B Gale F Sec Frank Real G K
DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA
Court Granada No 77 meets on the second
and fourth Thursdays of each month at 8 p
in Monte Cristo hall ANNA Hannan G B
Nellie Ryan F S
LADY MACCABEES
Valley Queen Hive No 2 L O T M meets
every first and third Thursday evenings of each
month in Morris hall
Mrs W B Mills Commander
Harriet E Willetts R K
G A R
J K Barnes Post No 207 G A B meets on
the first Saturday of each month at 230 pm
Morris hall
Wm Long Commandor
Jacob Steinmetz Adjt
relief corps
McCook Corps No 93 W B C meets overy
second and fourth Saturday of each month at
230 p m in Ganschow ball
Adella McClatn Pres
Susie Vanderhoof Sec
L OF O A R
McCook Circle No 33 L of G A B meots on
the second and fourth Fridays of each month at
230 p m in Morris hall
Mary Walker Pres
Ellen LeHew Sec
p e o
Chapter X P E 0 meets the second and
fonrth Saturdays of each monta at 230 p xnt
at the homes of the various members
Mrs J A Wilcox Pro3
Mrs J G Schobel Cor Sec
PYTHIAN SISTERS
McCook Temple No 24 Pythian Sisters meets
the 2d and 4th Wednesdays at 730 p m
M J Cordeal M E C
Edna Stewart M of B C
ADVERTISBAIENT
In Iirtct y jrt of iaiv ear
Jacs for the vcck iuai sj Dc 0 lJS
thare aic roprojetoJ iv- cl iss iroYi
one end of the country to tlic oilier
All but ten shew grdijr or loss in
creases Cut or the tti cities cowinu
decreases deelfje ot iusiness fear
are in prohibition states The great
est falling off is in Alabama and Mis
sissippi states which adopted prohi
bition about a year ago
STATE TREASURY EMPTY
The Oklahoma Daily Stata Capital
issue of Dec 3 says that notwithstand
ing the heavy burden of taxation the
state treasury is empty and state war
rants are refused when presented lor
payment drawing interest at C per
cent The people of Oklahoma are
groaning under the excessive burden
of state and local tax levies due to the
ill effects of the prohibition law The
newspaper quoted above contains an
item from Stillwater Okla as fol
lows Stung by an extravagantly ex
cessive high state tax and declaring
that their taxes had been raised from
50 to ICO per cent over 1908 the tax
payers of Cimarron township of
Payne county have employed Attor
neys Biddison Eggleston of Pawnee
to represent them in a suit filed
against Payne county to seek some re
lief if possible from the confiscatory
taxes imposed by a prohibition ad
ministration
WHATS THE MATTER WITH
H
MERCHANTS GROANING UNDER
THE LOAD
The merchants of Pittsburg Kan
are protesting against the retormeis
who periodically demand entorcement
of the prohibition law The Kansan
of that city in a recent Issue said
Over a dozen merchants on Broad
way have expressed their disapprova
of the law that has driven the traiK
of the miners and their iriends froi
Pittsburg to the camp stores ami
scrub saloons Its an outrage on the
merchants whose capital has been in
vested here One man who owns hs
own building and has been in Jjusi
ness here for years says he has ueoi
a prohibition sympathizer in the past
and thought it was all right but salt
he T never thought it would strike
Pittsburg we had open saloons sc
long I had begun to think we were im
mune from the operations of the pro
hibitory laws Other laws are a
lowed to grow obsolete and I felt thai
it would be the same with this laAV
Even after the agitation began 1
looked over the IM of agitators and
saw so few men interested who wen
city builders and taxpayers that i
thought no one would heed them
much Another Broadway mercban
said T have the blue prints read
for remodeling the front of my build
ing on all sides whats the use ri
me going in debt to enhance the value
of my property and he adding to mj
taxes when there isnt business
enough now to pay the present ex
penses If a canvass of the merchants
on Broadway were made seven out o
ten of them would say the mock en
forcement of a prohibition that is or
in this city is a detriment to business
and of little or no moral force what
ever
ENORMOUS INCREASE
Secretary Knapp of the Kansas
state board of control shows in a re
cent report that taxes levied in that
state in 1899 state county city town
ship and school district amounted to
1332832990 and in 1D07 for the
same purposes the levy was 2498
50333 This increase of over 7000
000 m less than ten years is provokin
bitter controversy in that state
WHATS THE MATTER WITH
KANSAS
The Kansas City Dajly Star of Nov
2G 1909 contains the following edl
torial Kansas has been able toboast
of an increased total value of its farm
products every year expect one in the
past fourteen years But this has
been due to advancing prices of fanr
products rather than to increased pro
auction In some respects Kansas a
riculture is perilously near the verge
of stagnation or even of decadence
The state never has been able to raise
a bigger corn crop than it produced
twenty years ago There have been
eight years Jn two decades when the
number of swine was greater than
Coburn reports on the farms this
year Kansas had more cattle ten
years ago and more hogs twenty
years ago than at the present time
Records such as these are forgotten
m me general jubilation over steady
increases in the value of the aggre
gate output of the farms They fur
nish indubitable evidence that pros
perous as Kansas is the state is not
making the headway in agriculture
that it should be making Compari
sons wth other states are as unfavor
able as comparisons of present with
past production The average yield of
corn per acre in Kansas for ten
years was 231 bushels to the acre
compared with 277 bushels in Ne
braska and 345 bushels in Illinois
The Star does not attempt to an
swer the query propounded in the
above headline The one simple an
swer is that prohibition drives out of
a state its enterprising and indus
trious producers of wealth
IN THE HOLE
Kansas City Kan is deep in the
financial hole The city council
passed an ordinance
in October au
thorizing the issue and sale of
in paying the citys debts A citizen law
ADVliRTlSLVlLNi
into court and enjoined the sale
jvilis Hero is a statement of thu
City This caused the eiiltiT down
of the police force to less than ono
half its former number Last Feb
ruary one of the banks of Kansas City
Kan refused to each a city warran
went to that convention with three o
lty represented in the convention
There were a number of strong
speeches made by men who said that
at the time the prohibition law was
earnest effort to enforce it and if ii
the view of the people of Iowa u
proved to be a failure and not a good
thing for the state they would agree
that the law should repealed i
heard several very good speeches
made there by business men who
claimed that they had been in favor
of the measure at that time but who
now thought we had seen a sufficient
trial of it and concluded that it had
proved a failure They said their cit
ies were suffering to such au extent
that they could not stand it any long
er without relief and they asked the
legislature to give them relief The
feeling of that convention generally
was that the law had been a curse to
the state of Iowa especially in the
larger cities At Des Moines the sec
retary of state Mr McFarland indi
cated to us that he favored a system
which while retaining the prohibitory
law for the state would allow any
community that wished to withdraw
and establish a license system with
regulation If such a plan as that
were carried out would it be better
than the present I think so That
would be practically local option
KILLED A GREAT INDUSTRY
William P Daniels of Cedar Rapids
testified A great proportion of the
Germans are settled along the line
of the river and a great many of them
engaged in the grape industry and
wine making A few mjles south of
here we have a colony of Germans
which might in one sense be called
a socialistic colony They hold their
property largely in common They
manufactured a great deal of wine
some time ago They are a very law-
abiding people and the prohibitory
law has stopped their business entire
ly in that respect They have com
plied with the law without any com
pulsion My observation with refer
ence to the whole state is that a large
number of Germans pass us by on ac
count of the prohibitory law and that
that law has not influenced any large
class of people to come here The
period during which we lost immigra
tion and the period of our greatest de
pression was during the time of the
greatest attempt to enforce this law
and when there was but little prospect
or agitation for the repeal of the lav
But whether it is simply a coincidence
or not it is a fact that business and
immigration both have improved late
ly commencing almost immediately
with the prospect of the repeal of the
tip f IT
AKOTHETS SHOES7
i iJitlou of fiat city in 19GS The A Phra8B 7hsi Had Jti n f
p hc treasury in Kansas City
v0 ulll Cuatenu
is empty The deficiency in the j Ta ttsilu Ur
ea fund reaches over 139000 From J lk J ult
tli fund the current expenses
prts llttd itA ri h h
nu maintenance of the fire depart- i ih tM1 t
mnt are pad Formerly the saloon I rill V kivv r ulm
licenses and fines cause an annual I ljt
Mtlltlll llllIsl iIlS
payment into the treasury of about
previously liivlkiiviI shot- This s
Sr0000 ail of which is lost to thsv ts Cvn tbi sbiti lukfii inn
tin- riu bind u a of a
thni wiHifij
old hull
Ti skhi w vs luyrtl from above Mi
he k and cut nf this f fit- shoe v i
UntV ifistit tn Im idoiteil sii n
iui uiu ruabun mat ire oaiiK was tlien l pul in ihis sun taking into hi
carrying like warrants eighteen arms hiii a a Uim it la pri sunicd iti
months older than the one presented i yon- it sirs nf tlu iiuiu making tin
in February The less of revenue adoption if lun wn also sons who
made it necessary to raise the 1 a wciv if tin stepped into the shoe
rate which was in 19 4 and 1905 19 J aferwrL this sign showing thi i
per 100 property valuation and which consent to-the-adoption
is now 310 per 100 A man in this way could adopt nu
A GREAT TAX BURDEN
The Pitfsburg Kansan says Stati
taxes are nearly 1000000 in ece
of anything levied belore Thats Lie
ilhgitiurm sou making him his law
fill heir hut in that rase the fa Hum
was obliged to- step- into tin shoe first
If there were any full grown sons
they stepped into the shoe afterward
situation in Kansas Do the peoij f there were no full grmvn sons then
nice it Not much hut they tt
dance must pay the fiddler
WHY IOWABUSlPiESS
REVOLTED
In 1S94 Iowa abandoned the policy
of statutory prohibition and pa
law permitting the larger cities to -cense
the sale of liquor Snortly be
fore this was done the Canadian com
mission visited Iowa and look
the next of Ian did the stepping and
j without his roiispxit by the way thi
spei ial adoption tonld not be made
i Witnesses to- the ceremony in tin
use of the shoe were required to es
tahlish its legality
I It will be seen that this was con
sidored an important ceremony and
since so much shoe stepping was
done it is not strange that the expres
slon as now used passed Into common
speech Chicago Record Herald
OSTRICH BATTLES
muuy xuucii oi wuicn related to io
injury prohibition had inilicted upon The Great Birds as Strong as Horses
business interests Extracts lioij Box With Their Feet
such testimony taken from the oflicii Ostriches battle for supremacy with
records of the royal commisoion a j as much ferocity as stags bulls buf
given below They ouuht to be ied faloes and other animals An ostrich
by every business man in Nebraska
PROTEST OF BUSINESS MEN
E A Hughes mayor of Clinton
testified Are there any beiiei
that you have noticed to come to yoar
community from the prohibitory iaw
I should certainly say not La t
spring there was a convention calu j
at Ues Moines or rather a call was
made on the mayor of each citv i
tllr ct ntc rT Tnri nn v i
fight is amusing inasmuch as ii
amounts practically to a boxing match
with the feet wherein the combatant
lightly dance around each other
There is however this difference il
any human boxer could hit as hard
with his hands as can an ostrich with
its feet the championship would bt
decided by a single blow In sparring
the ostrich stands on one foot with
the other foot and the wings raised
I tu buuu a tue bll wie opeu amj tue neck dis
uu i uiiaioniig ui Lie mayor niiA
three representatives of the business
interests to meet in convention at Les
Moines lor the purpose of soliciting
che legislature to give us some relier
in relation to the prohibitory law 1
teuded lie strikes with the force oi
a trip hammer
Sometimes on an ostrich farm a
keeper will become involved in such a
mixup in which event it is not infre
quently the case that the human
emerges from the scrap with a brokei
our citizens but there was present at leg arm or head
it a very strong representation from
Under modern training an ostrich
all over the state and ir the voice or equals a horse in power and indeed
that convention can be credited wita can perform many of the stunts
having any weight or with giving us whereof his equine colleague is capa
an indication of the condition of at- ble In one respect however he ex
fairs throughout the state of Iowa gen 1 eels the horse for by the aid of its
erally it certainly showed strongly wings the ostrich can leave behind
that the effect of the iaw was the swiftest running thoroughbred In
mental to the state of Iowa in a harness an ostricn has at riot Springs
eral way and in each individual local- Ark paced in about a horses time-
Harpers Weekly
His Unlucky Day
Even the least superstitious are of ten
submitted to the people they were m struck by the misfortunes which at-
tavor ot it It was first represented tend some persons on certain dates A
to the people of the state by the pro- large firm in the city has in its em
hibitionists that all they asked was pluy a living instance of the fact On
a fair trial of the law and a fair and J -lane 12 an employee lost his left arm
by coming in contact with machinery
The accident disabled him for his then
employment and he was given that
of i messenger On another June 12
he was run over in the Strand while
on an errand Result a broken leg
The next accident was a fall on the
stairs in the firms buildings again
June 1U the right arm broken this
time The fourth mishap on another
anniversary broke three ribs The
firm took the case into consideration
and issued an order that in future the
employee was to take a holiday on
that date an order with which he has
now complied for several years Lon
don Chronicle
His Second ThoughL
A politician named Blank got a place
for a clerk during one of the sessions
of the legislature of his state The
clerk was very grateful says the Sat
urday Evening Post At the end 41
the session he came around to Blank
and said Mr Blank 1 want to tell
you how much I am indebted to you
for your kindness in getting me the
place I have bad It meant more to
me Mr Blank than you may think I
thank you from the bottom of my
heart Also 1 want to say Mr Blank
that if there ever comes a time when I
can do anything for yon anything at
all you are to command me 1 will do
anything you may ask me to do I am
at your service
Blank thanked the man and he
started to go As he reached the door
he turned and said Of course Mr
Blank I would prefer that it should be
something honorable
Could Fill the Bill
Superintendent What we want is a
night watchman thatll watch alert
and on the qui vive for the slightest
noise or indications of burglars some
body who can sleep with one eye and
both ears open and is not afraid to
tackle anything See Applicant 1
see boss Ill send my wife around
Lippincotts
Took It Back
I give you my word the next per
son who interrupts the proceedings
said the judge sternly 4wiII be ex
pelled from the courtroom and ordered
home
Hooray cried the prisoner
Then the judge pondered Judge
More than we use Is more than we
need and only a burden to the bearer
Seneca
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to the hiweks
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les Combined with oilier vvt 11 itiour
ingredients long estuhhtdud for thbir
usofulm ss in the trmiinriil of
tion it foims a tablet which is
just like candy Thfy nuiy bn taken t
any cuue eiiher day or nifihr withoul
f iitr of then cmiHiiitf nny
whatever Thoy do notgript pore iur
cause nausea They act without cu Hir
ing any pain or exceasiv 1 m ss o the
bowels Thoy aro ideal for children
weak delicate persons and agd people
as well us for the most heart periu
They come in two packages 1
tablets 10 cents 1G tablets 2i curity
Remember you can oblnin them only li
our store The Rexall Storo L W
McConnell
A Traveling Salesman
H F Beers bT7 7th Avenue Peoria
111 writes 1 hnve been troubled for
some time wish kidney trouble so se
verely at times I could scurunly carry
my grips After usini ono hottl ii
Foleys Kidney Pills 1 hr vo been
ly relieved unit cheerfully reeoninu nc
them to all Folojs Kidney Pill t are
healing and antiseptic nnd will restort
health and strength A AlcMillen
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Cash Credit slips etc for sale atf
thu Tribune ollice Per 1000 GOc
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ATTOEIfEY AT LAW and
BONDED AB3TEACTSE
McCook Nebraska
Eft Agent of Lincoln Land Co and of McCooi
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