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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co
Subscription 1 a Year in Advance
OiuMNifeEn labor and combined capital
are yet to have their battle royal in
America Multiplying trusts are blaz
ing the way
The Trenton Loader suggests the name
of R O Adams of the Grand Island
Democrat as a suitablo victim for the
fusion nomination for lieutenant gover
nor That humantopus nigricollis would
make a better plug for a sower pi po
Oom Paul Kuuokus characteristic
comment on the death of his arch enemy
Cecil Rhodes was The Lord giveth
the Lord taketh away Blessed be the
name of tho Lord Oom Paul is said
to bo a high class Dutch joker It was
Cecil Rhodes regret that ho had loft
So much unaccomplished and had
done so little
The invasion of the Colorado and Utah
fields by tho sugar trust in their fight
on tho beet sugar people puts a new and
moro serious face on tho matter Tho
outcome will be anxiously awaited by
all interested in the success and prosper
ity of tho sugar beet industry in which
millions havo been invested in the west
already notwithstanding tho industry
is but in its infancy In this fight tho
Oxnards represent tho western interests
and should have the support of every
westerner
Result of Stream Measurements
W G Russell hydrographer of the
U S Geological Survey in Kansas has
recently reported facts of more than
ordinary interest whsci were brought
out by stream measurements conducted
in that state The past ar in Kansas
was one of exceptional dryness and tho
outflow of tho streams was smaller than
it has been for a number of years Still
tho measurements show that tho cities
and towns which draw their water sup
ply from the rivers need not fear a short
age One of the smallest streams to be
measured the Smoky Hill showed a
supply sufficient for 75000 people tho
Verdigris for 215000 tho Solomon for
240000 the Neosho for 750000 and the
Republican for 2000000 all at their
lowest stages It was alo pointed out
that if storage reservors were con
structed along these and other streams
and parts of the flood waters impounded
the supply for both municipal and
irrigation uses would be very much in
creased Mr Russell particularly em
phasized the importance of these
reservoirs in west central Kansas where
the rainfall is often not well distributed
throughout the year and where artific
ially stored water applied at the critical
crop growing period would be of the
greatest value
One of the
of the water supply which is now utilized
in Kansas as in other states of the
middle west is the large amount of
water which sinks below the sands and
gravels of the river beds and works
unseen down stream beneath the river
bottom Supply from this source is
employed in California for irrigation
with marked success and the use of tho
neglected water from the gravels of the
Kansas streams to increase the states
supply is also urged
Northern grown seeds 2 cts per
package at the Bee Hive
A Little Known Art Gallery
Probably few persons are aware that
some fifteen miles away from New York
in a factory town in the heart of New
Jersey Pattersou is to be found one of
the most interesting collections of pict
ures both old and new that this coun
try contains Here are six hundred
paintings comprising some of the not
able works of twenty five or thirty
masters of the sixteenth seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries including Rem
brandt Rubens Van Dyck Ferdinand
Bol Botticelli Reynolds Raeburn
Romney and Lawrence The owner
Mr Lambert is a successful silk manu
facturer who fifty years ago came to
this country as a poor lad and began
work as an office boy His splendid art
gallery is open to the public and is
really a great educative influence The
Outlook
Are you going to send away this
year and pay more for seeds than
the Bee Hive is selling them for
Helen Kellers Tribute to Her Mother
How shall I write of my mother She
is so near to me that it seems almost
indelicate to speak of her We never
dream of comparing our mother to
another it is enough that she is our
mother the being in whose beneficient
tenderness is security and joy To de
scribe her would be like attempting to
put into words the fragrasce of a flower
or the smile on a beloved face April
Ladies Home Journal
California and Return 45
Tickets on sale April 21 to 27 May 27
to June S August 2 to 8 Liberal stop
over arrangements and return limits
For additional information ask the
nearest agent Burlington Route or
write for a California folder to
J Francis Genl Pass Agt
5 30 Omaha Nebraska
Kafir Corn Seed
It is a well known fat that Kafir corn
seed is scarce next to impossible to get
but W T Coleman has been successful
in getting a few bushels of choice seed
Those contemplating planting any should
buy the seed at once before the market
is exhausted
Dont Borrow Money
to build your house this spring until
you have investigated the MeCook
Building Association plan Their
method of payment is cheaper than any
other See the Secretary for further
information
Its a fact Garden seed at
package at the Bee Hive
8A
2c a
yyznrtr
This signature is on every box of the genuine
Laxative BromoQuinine Tablets
the remedy that cures a cold In one day
The Finest Cake
Is made with Royal Bak
ing Powder Always light
sweetpure
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS
Mrs P A Henderson was a Denver
visitor today
Rohert Kkiiple has taken the road
as a commercial traveler
Ruv J A Badcon of Cozad passed
through tho city Thursday on his way
to Trenton to officiate at a funeral
Mrs A A Hackman has been enter-
taining her aunt Mrs R W Jeffries of
Omaha who is enroute to Pueblo Col
orado
Mrs C E Pope went down to Lincoln
this morning on No 12 to visit her
mother Will return home on No 3
Sunday night
Mrs U J Warren left on No 1
yesterday for her new home in Fort
Morgan Colorado with the heartiest
well wishes of a host of friends
ADDITIONAL RAILROAD NEWS
Gus Budig was off duty Thursday
Nos 45 and 27 are down on their
wheels and 214 is just is for an over
hauling
Dispatcher L E Canu is improving
famously and has indulged in a short
drive or two this week
Conductor E F Caffrey is in Denver
on a short vacation and II C Kiser has
his run during his absence
A J Fallert toolman for Mack
Hughes will quit on the first He will
go to Fort Morgan Colorado
Conductor C E Pope spent his Denver
lay over close of this week looking after
his mining interests in Colorado
Mr and Mrs John Stephens and
Master Ralph are down from Denver for
over Easter Sunday arriving on 2 yes
terday morning
PUBLIC SCHOOL ITEMS
Mrs Belle Iledlund returned to her
work Tuesday afternoon
Rev Frank W Dean spoke to the
assembly Monday morning
Miss Erninie Rathbun a teacher in
the Oxford schools visited our schools
Tuesday She was granted a day for
this purpose by the Oxford school board
The judges decided the debate last
Saturday evening on the question
Rpsnlvnd Thnr Rome nnpfion ho
most important features J granted Cuba in the way of a tariff on
sugar and tobacco in favor of the
affirmative side which was supported by
John Rice and Lloyd Wood Charlie
Kelley Darbie Burnett and Mary
Novotny upheld the negative
The program rendered this morning
in the assembly room was as follows
MorniiiK Hymn School
Vocal Solo Sadie OCounoll
Song School
Vocal Solo Winnie Phillippi
March Bhuicho McUarl
The question for debate for next Sat
urday evening is to be Resolved That
the United States has already acquired
too much territory
What the Burlington is Doing-
Omaha Neb March 8 The Union
Pacific is just one year behind lis in its
move to colonize in Wyoming said a
Burlington official this morning The
step is merely one to offset that already
taken by our line in the same state and
it presents another interesting phase of
the bitter conflict between the Hill and
Harriman railroads wherever they come
into competition or contact As a mat
ter of fact the Union Pacific is far behind
the Burlington in the present venture and
it realizes this fact Anything it may
do in Wyoming now will not suffice to
regain what it has lost there
What has aroused the Union Pacific
most immediately is probably not so
much the progress the Burlington is
making in Wyoming itself as the injury
it is inflicting on the Union Pacific in
other districts by taking away its resi
dent population and planting the people
in this new Burlington country
For instance since the Toluca Cody
line has been opened we have taken 500
Mormon families and put them in along
thatnew railroad They came of course
from the heart of the Union Pacific realm
This is not gratifying that system so
now it will endeavor to establish a coun
ter colony in a different portion of Wy
oming in an attempt to over shadow our
work in the same line
Despite what the Union Pacific may
do we will continue our colonization
work The Big Horn basin is the main
seat of our active work and this section
will be the scene of almost all Burlington
activity and construction for some years
to come Many new lines will be built pen
etrating different districts of the basin
Just now details for the settlement
of many families near Feuton along the
Burlington and Bench irrigation canal
are being contemplated and at least 400
families will be taken into the basin
this year
Two cents for a package of seeds
at the Bee Hive
Big- Horn Basin
Are you interested in the Big Horn
Basin of Wyoming
Its a rich but undeveloped portion of
Northwestern Wyoming It contains
marvellous openings for small ranches
along good streams in the valleys with
one million acres of government land
open to settlement under the United
States land laws
The Burlington Route has just pub
lished a folder descriptive of the Big
Horn Basin It is Illustrated and con
tains an accurate map It tells about
the lay of the land character of the soil
products yield irrigation and opportu
nities If youre interested better write
for a copy Its free 5 30
J Francis Genl Pass Agt
Omaha Nebraska
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We snt at the table together
She cast a shy glance at me
She certainly looked like an an eel
Oh Charley Please order me Rocky Moun
tain Tea McConnell Berry
W wholesome
A Visit to a Synagogue
Standine on an avenue lined
shall rule the world
witn
modern though unpretentiousgray stone
houses the synagogue is architectur
ally in harmony with its surroundings
Its exterior in severely plain Several
monoliths supporting the heavy cornice
give tho structure the appearance of a
temple Tho roof is of red tiles The
building is long and low Unlike a
church it has neither steeple nor boll
tower
One mounts a short flight of steps and
and enters a lobby Pushing through
tho massive inner doors that swing noise
lessly and easily on their hinges one
finds himself in an interior done in olive
green and gold When the day is dark
tho light of the sun that filters through
the stained glass windows is not suffici
ent to dispel the gloom and a myriad of
artificial lamps aid nature in tho illumi
nation A gallery surrounds three sidos
of the auditorium The sloping floor is
sot with opera chairs The organ loft
and choir are in the rear opposite the
pulpit which is on a raised platform
Behind the pulpit the wall is recessed
and hung with a panel of black velvet
embroidered with some device Above
is a marble arch set upon columns and
over the arch an inscription in Hebrew
When we entered the organ was play
ing softly There was a scattering of
worshipers among the seats The hush
that pervades holy places while the con-
gregation is assembling prevailed
Scarcely a word was spoken The peo
ple flowed in with slight disturbance of
rustling skirts and were ushered to their
places The synagogue is in one of the
better parts of the town and those who
attend its services are prosperous and
well looking None of them but seemed
to be sufficiently nurtured and comfort
ably even richly clothed
Presently the music ceased and the
rabbi who appeared shortly before
roje and read a few passages evidently
from some book of devotions Then the
organ pealed forth again and the choir
sang So the service continued for half
an hour or more the reading and the
music alternating During a portion of
the time the congregation stood but for
tho most part it remained seated Once
there was a responsive reading the voices
of the worshipers sounding in a rum
bling monitone The rabbi was a tall
slender young man who modestly at
tired in a suit of black wore neither
robes nor beard He conducted the ex
tremely simple service sometimes in
English sometimes in Hebrew The
passive and stolid Jewish countenances
while apparantly unmoved by anything
that was said or done denoted strictest
heed to every utterance
A lecture followed the formal part of
the service The subiect Pessimism
was treated from the ethical standpoint
The speaker called attention to the grow
ing tendency to look upon the dark side
The press of the city chronicles almost
daily the attempts made not only by
men and women but even by children to
end existence Philosophers teach that
life is not worth living The novel of
to day usually ends drearily The cul
mination of the drama or the opera is a
tragedy The tendencies were deplored
and an effort was made to show the uses
of suffering and adversity and it was
asserted that the philosophers the nov
elists the dramatists and the poets do
not themselves believe in the doctrines
they affect to espouse The world is
growing better not worse and the ener
gies of most men are bent toward making
it a still pleasanter place in which to be
The service concluded with music and
a benediction the only exhortation to
the Diety The chiefest points of differ
ence between the Jewish ceremonial and
that of a Christian denomination are
that the congregation has no part in the
singing and that no collection is taken
up But one who goes seeking the un
usual or the sensational will be disap
pointed
The word synagogue brings to mind
the past We hear it and we think of
Judea of Jerusalem of the Holy Land
and of the days before our era It is as
sociated with things ancient with things
ioreign ro tne new worm we see in
our minds eye a land where civilization
has not progressed for two thousand
years we see be robed and be whiskered
rabbis of venerable age presiding over
flocks whose members wear a dress that
is strange to us who speak a language
that we cannot understand We think of
a bright sunny country rather arid and
unfertile yet cheerful withal support
ing a patient and long suffering people
the remnants of a race that having sur
vived the persecutions Of centuries has
been dispersed to the four winds We
see their temples of unknown date the
stones worn by the tread of generations
of men We assume as is our custom
with whatsoever we are unfamiliar that
their rites are deeply mysterious
We are surprised to find them build
ing their synagogues in this young land
We had not expected to see them congre
gated in numbers large enough to make
a show of strength We all but question
their sincerity We supposed that
they had abandoned the faith of their
fathers They are inoffensive people
content to believe constantly and unfal
teringly without seeking converts with
out caring what belief other men profess
without obtruding their views upon the
unfaithful We had come to think of
them not as a religious sect but as a
clan whose sole purpose in life was the
acquisition of wealth Indeed they have
become supreme in the realms of finance
It has been predicted that one day they
Advertised Letters
The following letters were advertised
by the MeCook postofiice March 21 1902
Claude Blnomfleld Geo Heurv
Mr J E Tolle J Leonard 4
Mis Edith Russell Mrs Maggie Stevens
X P Wells
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New Stylish
UpToDate
Goods
on the B M R R
A wonderful opportunity to visit the
Northwest
The Big Horn Basin of Wyoming is a
country of great resources and now un
developed It has just been made acces
sible by a new line of the Burlington
Route and presents many attractions to
the home seeker
Folder on Big Horn Basin free on
request
For tickets rates or additional infor
mation apply to nearest agent Burling
ton Route or write to 4 20
J Francis G P A Omaha Neb
FOR SALEHouse 8 rooms with
bath room and modern improve
ments Best location Enquire of
S CordeaL
B Y P U Measuring- Party
The social at the parsonage Friday
evening last under Baptist Young Peo
ples Union auspices was a complete
success About sixty persons were
present and a joyous time was had
Refreshments were served and there
was music A card set forth one feature
of the affair in the following language
A Measuring Party is ffiven you
Tis something novel as well as new
The invitation is in the sack
For use in bringing or sending back
Three cents for every foot youre tall
Measure yourself on door or wall
An extra cent for each inch give
And thereby show how high you live
With muic and song recitation and pleasure
We meet one and all at our Party of Measure
Residence For Sale
Six rooms bath room closets etc
Write me for price and terms
H L Donovan MeCook Neb
The Hadell Mercantile
its millinery opening
Orchestra
Co will have
this evening
The baseball park fence suffered in
Wednesdays jrale
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Breakfast
WHEAT
If you want a good
food for your child
ren try Wheatose
It is easily and
quickly prepared
and very healthful
Follow cooking
directions to get
the full benefit
All reliable grocers
have it
California Breakfast Food
We dont ask only 2c per package
for seeds as the Bee Hive
Do you appreciate honest dealings
results
fair treatment
Then
Coming Masonic Events
April 10 the grand commandery of
Knights Templar of Nebraska will con
vene at Free Masons hall in Omaha
The twentyfive commanderies in thestate
will be represented by over 100 delegates
The session will probably last two days
On that occasion Mount Calvary com
mandery of Omaha will confer the de
grees of knighthood and at the conclu
sion a priory of the order of Malta will
convene and its degrees will be con
ferred in full form
KHKIXKKS APRIL 13
Prospects now are that the largest
class ever initiated by Tangier temple of
the Mystic Shrine Omaha will be the one
initiated during coming ceremonial ses
sion of April IS It is estimated that at
least sixty candidates will be present as
over twenty petitions have been accepted
and many more are awaiting the regular
business meeting of March 28 while
more will come at the special business
meeting preceding the ceremonial session
GKAXD LODGE JUVK 4
June i has been fixed as the date of
meeting of the next grand lodge in Om
aha More delegates than ever are
expected jthe number approaching 1000
The question is now being seriously raised
of cutting down the representation of
lodges as the size of the grand lodge is
becoming unwieldy and lodge legislation
is consequently handled in a slow and
bunglesome manner The lodge year
ends March 31st from which date all
reports are made
Killed a Mad Dogf
A mad dog has been creating some
consternation among the farmers and
stockmen in the Spring Creek neighbor
hood ten or twelve miles north of
MeCook and considerable anxiety was
ended Wednesday by Perry Shepherd
who killed the animal which had bitten
three hogs and three horses on the
Shepherd place It is not known
whether or not other animals have been
bitten by the dog but there is much
rejoicing over the mad animals death
COURT HOUSE NEWS
OISTniCT COURT
Following are the filings in district
court since last report
Mathias Fossen vs Nicholas Uhren
equitv
Carl G Cavis vs Robert P Barr
deceased equity
Notice Royal Neighbors
There has been a camp of Royal Neigh
bors organized in MeCook by Organizer
Mrs Ami C Teel Their regular meet
ing night is the first Tuesday night of
each month in the Odd Fellows hall
All Royal Neighbors are cordially invited
to meet with us
Mks J II Bennett Recorder
Corn
Wheat
Oats
Rye
Hogs
Eggs
Butter
MeCook Market Quotations
Corrected Friday morninf
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Did 3rou hear any one say the Bee
Hive had quit handling seeds
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and satisfactory
Trade With Honest John
who guarantees satisfaction
New Easter Kid Gloves
Best i and 125 glove ever
sold in the city
Spcl Easter Dress Goods
Mercerized Linens Batiste
Lawns and Grenadines
Beautiful Lace Curtains
All new Prices ranging
from 85c per pair up
Elegant Table Linens
New designs in
and qualities
Black Cat Hosiery
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all prices
best hose on the market
Everything In
Dry Goods Shoes Carpets
and Groceries
OUR PRICES ALWAYS AT THE BOTTOM
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Burlington Low Rates Northwest
To Billings Montana 81500
To Codv Wyoming S1G73
To Helena and Butte 2000
To Spokane Washington 82250
To Portland Tacoma Seattle and
Eossland B C 82500
Above rates will be in effect every day
in March and April from Missouri river
terminals and from nearly all stations
Corrugated Iron Warehouse
IT P Waite is having a warehouse
built on the lot north of the freight
house on Lower Main avenue The
building will be of corrugated iron
18xi8 feet in dimension The carpenter
shop on Lower Marshall street in the
rear of his store is being torn down and
the lumber will be utilized in the interior
of the new warehouse which will bo
used to store implements and machinery
especially of the McCormick make
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your horse feel
oats What a difference
tween the grain fed and
rrass fed horse The
strong and full of ginger
his
be
the
first
the
second flabby weak and tired
out before he begins The
feeding makes the difference
Children are not alike either
One is rosy bright eyed full
of life and laughter another is
pale weak and dull The feed
ing again is responsible
Sickly children need special
feeding They dont feel their
oats Scotts Emulsion adds
just the right richness to their
diet It is like grain to the
horse The child gets new
ippetite and strong digestion
Scotts Emulsion is more
riian food It is a strong
Tiedicine It rouses up dull
children puts new flesh on thin
les and red blood into pale
ones It makes children grow
Scotts Emulsion makes ordi
sTir
fesssd
nary food do its
duty
This picture represents
the Trade Mark of Scott3
Emulsion and is on the
wrapper of every bottle
Send for free sample
SCOTT EOWNE
4C9 Pearl St New York
50c and 1 all druggists
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