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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1906)
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bnilding Well Meat You At the door with a nice roast steak broil or fry and at any time you give the nod We have been in the city long en ough for you to know all about us If we have given you sat isfaction in the past we ask you to continue your patron age in the future Yours to please DAVID MAGNER Phone 14 Fresh and Salt Meats PUBLIC LliiltARY NuTES S r Walter Se it was tho lirst of the great romrntiu v riters of modern Kn 1 ad As a boy he showed anexrn ordinary fondness for collectin - and learning by heart the legend- and old tun t ill 1 1 4 which were current in that part of Scotland where he was born Grown older he found equal pleasure in studying the records and traditions f early English and Scottish history From childhood he had a remarUatde gift for story telling and would weave together strange and curious bits of a- lore for the delight of his com panions Later he became for a while the most popular poet in Great Britain by publishing a series of romiinipo u s among which Marmlon The L idy of the Lake and Rokeby have en dured the test of time In 1811 Scott turned from poetry to prose aud published anonymously the historical Waverley novels which look the whole English reading people by storm This triumph was repeated in the splendid novels which followed in ripid succession Between 1815 and 1825 twelve of these so called Wawrky novels were written They were trans lated into all languages of Europe and exorcised a profound influence upon the whole subsequent history of European fiction Had Scott uever written wo would probably not have had the rom ances of Alexander Dumas The Waverley novels may be grouped under two heads novels of Scottiah life and n vels based upon incidents of English history Of the former the greatest are Guy Mannering Rob Roy The Heart of Midlothian and Old Mortality Of the latter the most famous are Iyiilworth Ivan hoe and Tsdisman Hentt miv be said to have created the historical nowl and to have quickened by means of it the national ride of his I countrymen At tho time of his death 1 1 ho was leeognlzed as a great public charaetorso that whenin his last illness he want abroad in search of health the British government placed a man-of-war at his disposal Tho romance of Ivanhoe is the i most spirited and stirring picture of the age of chivalry which English literature contains It is a vivid picture drama woven throughout with historic facts and vivified by the glow of a powerful imagination It touches a remote period of the past and makes it live again re- j vealing with bold free strokes a wonder ful succession of thrilling adventures while every page of it is true to life in stinct with human passion and profound in its knowledge of human nature If you have any magazines you want give the library just let the librarian know and she will send for them Library hours Morning 1030 to 12 oclock Afternoon 130 to 6 oclock Evening 7 to 9 oclock Sunday after noon 2 to 5 oclock Librarian Let The Tribune dj your printing Official Bulletin on We tcrn Nioa ka QnTterly U11 S lr Apr 1 190o issued by Depuy nrni si v r Bush and Chief rk lo ptiir tne State Bureau of SLalis k s ti been received fir distribution t 1- a very nitereslp g volume of 12S pan i titled Western Nebraska and i t giving in formation relative to that sectiii it is as exhaustive as p om jI and i intended to answer every querj th n the piospec tive investor ur homeseeker nignt iimko concerning conditions i i th Ai iltrn part of Nebraska A smdl folder urip of Xera ka is found within the liack cover which in dicates by a heavy division lme what part of tho slate is deserotnl in tho Bulletin The book is illustratd with scenes of western Nebraska and while it is not intended in the leat as a boomer it shows a surprising develop ment taking place in our western counties and it will be quit- duable to all who are in li ii area The Bulletin may be obtained without cost by nddressiig a lequusi t the State Bureau of Libor a id State Capitol Lincoln Nebraska Souvenir Postal Cards 1 he McCook Souvenir Potal Cards printed by The Tribukk are on sale at A McMdlens The Ideal Store I h Tribune Oilice L W McConnells The Post Oilice Lobby Ten different views printed Olu r designs are in preparation Price Two for five cents Cash Received on Account Chirge Paid Out and other cash ngister printed supplies at The Tribune oflice REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF TUB Citizens Bank of McCook McUook Nebraska Charter No 276 Incorporated in tbo state of Nebraska at the close of business May 19th 1906 resources Loans and discounts 270605 70 Overdrafts secured and unsecured 37 91 B mkiiiR liousofuruituroaid fixtures 1600 IK Current expanses and taxs paid 1410 00 Due from national stuto Mid private banks and bankers 110003 S9 Checks and items of exchso 6190 SI Cabh Bills 12422 1 Specie 6775 79 136297 9 Total 42ta 20 LTAUILITIES Capital stock paid in 5 f0000 00 Surplus fund 5800 00 Undivided profit- 10t8a OS Individual deposits subject to check 516420- 68 Demand certificates of de posit 51 755 20 Time certificates of deposit 7239129 Cashiers checks outstanding 29326 46 Duo to state and private banks and bankers 40342 49 353 001 12 Total 4246s7 20 State of Nebraska County of Red Willow Ps I A C Ebert cashier of the above named bank do solemnly swear that tho above state ment is a correct and true copy of tho report made to tho State Banking Board A C Edert Cashier Attest V Franklin Director James S Dotie Director Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of May 1906 II H Berry Tseal Notary Public Mj commission expires Oct 8 1907 The Backbone of a Mighty Nation is good food food for brain lood for Drawn food that is strengthening that gives energy and courage Without a proper appreciation of this great fundamental truth no nation can rise to greatness As an article of food soda crackers are being used more and more every day as is attested by the sale of nearly 400000000 packages of Uneeda Biscuit which have come to be recog nized as the most perfect soda cracker the world has ever known And so Uneeda Biscuit will soon be on every table at every meal giving life health and strength to the American people thus in very truth becoming the backbone of the nation NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY MESSAGES IN STEAW THEY MAY BE FOUND WRITTEN ALL OVER GREAT BRITAIN The Varlons WnniliiSM and Notices That Are Denoted liy the Wisps There In Quite an Extennlve Iun tiinttc In These SlRn of Straw When a farm servant in Perthshire and other parts of Scotland Is seeking u new situation ho doesnt advertise in the local newspaper or even apply to fanners in the neigborhoad He just waits for feeing day as the marker at Lady day amlMichaclmas is culled Then with a wisp of straw either be tween his teeth or in his hat he strolls up aud down the market place I That piece of straw serves the pose of a sanJwieh board Without a j word being uttered it is a sufficient m I timatiou that its bearer is a pljwniaa - stableman or other farm woiker and i seekh g employment with a new mas ter A similar custom still prevails in the north of England and in some parts of Ireland j Straw as a sigu that certain things are tor sale h ireiiueuuy usej Plaited into a horses tail with the cnl curled up it has such a meaning hut when the plait is partly unwound and allowed to hang downward It donates that ihe horse has recently changed ownership A wisp of straw fastened to the mainmast of a fishing boat or a pleas ure yacht in many districts is a sign that its owner is desirous of selling it On the Thames watermen place straw in the sterns of their craft for sale Dealers in fowls and eggs in the north of Ireland know without any waste of time whether farmers have any of the produce they seek to buy Farmers having these for sale erect a pole with straw tied to its top on their grounds as near as possible to a public road Cheeses -when sold at Chesters and other cheese fairs can instantly be detected by the handful of straw on top of them An even more popular use for straw is as a warning of danger When bridges are being repaired it is custom ary to hang a bundle of straw from an arch so that those passing beneath it shall be warned against falling bricks and such like debris A few wisps tied to a horses tail de notes that it is a kicker while straw for the same purpose is tied to its stall post In the stable To warn pedestrians who would cross a pathway running through fields that a vicious bull is grazing there Kent farmers fasten a bundle of straw to the gate leading to it Some farmers also give further warning by tyng straw to the horns of tho bad tempned animal Tramps in the south of Ireland figlu shy of entering farmyards whose gates nre adorned with Avisps of straw It is sufficient notice that fierce watchdogs are kept for tramps and trespassers As a warning to skaters in the Fen dis tricts straw Is strewn about broken and dangerous ice and should there be any holes In Its otherwise somid sur face these are marked by straw being stuck lengthwise into them Londoners frequently meet with straw as a sign of warning When wood paving is being repaired or the pathway is being dug up for any pur pose iron roils to which a rope is at tached mark off the dangerous area Very often a wisp of sraw is fastened to each rod as a further precaution to pedestrians Without the straw if the background were dark and the day were dull shortsighted and absent minded people might not be aware of their danger till the ropes were reach ed Straw too is frequently hung out side a warehouse to denote that the crane is being used and to so warn pa3sersby Huntsmen in the home counties know directly they see straw tied to the top of a tall red pole to ware barbed wire To warn hunting parties off fields newly sown with wheat or clover roots it is customary also with farm ers In central and northern England to bind bundles of straw to their fences and hedges During the shooting season on the big Yorkshire moors tall sticks are placed at Intervals along the pathways tliit traverse the gorse and ling and decorated with wisps of straw It Is a wurnlng to the peasantry that the sporting gentry are out shooting and that there is danger in crossing these particular paths Miners frequently warn their comrades of dangerous parts of the workings by throwing straw about the ground In Germany workmen repairing the roofs of houses hang a bundle of straw from the top window as a danger slg ual to passersby while bricklayers In Norway and Denmark tie a similar bundle to the top of a scaffold pole to signify that the chimney pots nre set and their work is finished In this country it Is customary In fixing fire places in new houses to place straw within the grate This denotes that the masonry Is not sufficientlj dry to withstand the heat of a fire A bundle of strawleft iu a field in Sussex Is a sign that the gleaners are not yet allowed to gather the corn lft by the reapers When wheat is being sown a stick crowned with straw is put up at each end of the field in order to guide the sower and prevent him going twice over the same ground Tied to hedges and fences straw is yet ngain used by surveyors as a guide In measuring allotments To denote when roads which are the property of the crown are closed to vehicular traffic large bundles of straw are suspended at each end of the thor oughfare Fastened to a pole stuck in a newly sown field a bundle of straw secres as a scarecrow Secured to the roof of a farmhouse In many parts of Ireland it Is an Invitation to passersby to enter and drink the health of the bride and bridegroom who aro within bud nlien strewn thickly across the street so that the noise of traffic Is deatlened it denotes as 13 well known that a pcidou is lying dangerously 111 Iu its vicinity In the west of England neighbors show their disgust of wifo beaters by tying straw to the door han dles of the houses In which such cruel husbands live 1 The driver of the first caravan of a traveling circus inevitably throws straw out at intervals so that those following behind shall know which path he has taken Similarly when an army is marching to action the ad- vance scouts provided with bundles nf I straw fasten a bunch at each turning 1 or a little way down the road so that the officers in charge may know for a certainty the route their scouts have fa ken Despite the Invention of knitting ma chines many elderly women in the north of Ireland still cany wisps of straw stuck Into their belts These form sheaths for their knitting needles and are a further sign to all and sun dry that their wearer is willing to make knitted goods to order Even policemen on night duty use straw especially where there are many warehouses and offices upon their beats Providing themselves with straws about a foot long many con stables place one immediately beneath a door between a gate aud a post and in other places If the straws have been disturbed or crushed they know at once that there is need for investi gation into the causes This simple trick has been the downfall of not a few clover housebreakers London Standard LAND VALUES Aionlliinpr Rise of Ileal Instate IriceN In TJiis Country To those who are skeptical of the wisdom of investing money in real es tate there are numerous instances of cities where every inch of land is of great value which have been built upon sites formerly sold for little or even given away The United States and Canada aro rich in such examples Canada especially lias been the scene of great bargains in land During the first years of its history James I made a free gift of the whole of Canada to gether with Newfoundland and Nova Scotia to the famous Lord Stirling Some 200 years later a member of the suit of the governor of the colony was granted 100000 acres of land by Wil liam IV Later this was increased by the addition of 500000 acres Sixty years later a Canadian land company was given 3000000 acres 2000000 be ing paid for at the rate of t0 cents an acre and the rest a free gift As late as 1SS0 the Canadian government actu ally made the Scotch Canadian com pany a present of 2000000 in cash as a bonus with a free grant of 2o000000 acres As there were many conditions as to the development of the territory In the terms of the grant the bargain was not so one sided as it at first ap pears Every one knows that the whole of Manhattan Island was sold by the In dians for 2 L Yet a pbt of ground which was once a farm and was grant ed and still belongs to Trinity church yields a yearly income of 10000000 Pennsylvania the second most popu lous state in America containing scores of prosperous cities has an area of about 45C0O square miles This tract of land was given over to William Peun in settlement of a comparatively trifling debt which Charles II owed to Penns father and which he found him self disinclined or unable to pay in cash The same improvident king was the one who rented 2700000 square miles of the land about Hudson bay for a 3 early rental of two beavers and two elk per annum This has proved to be one of the best speculations in land on record Some 200 years after the deal the company of owners sold tho major part of this vast territory to the Cana dian federation for 2j00000 and in the meantime it had been bringing in an average income of 300000 a year Less than 300 years ago the present site of Liverpool was sold for 2230 by a small London syndicate who had bought it from Charles I for even less The site of Johannesburg and most of its gold mines which are said to contain over 14000000000 worth of the precious metal were sold less than thirty years ago to an Englishman named Pratt for the sum of 1300 In spite of its cheapness it was a bad bargain for him for because of his activity in the first Boer war his prop erty was confiscated and he was driv en to England In a penniless state New York nerald The Cadln Wisdom There Is a story current among the Persians which Bets forth the disclos ing power of wisdom whereby a wise man uncovers the thing that is hidden A certain cadi - or magistrate was called upon to decide a curious case A woman was claimed by two men as wife one a peasant the other a mirza or scribe Each of the two men swore to the truth of his claim The woman for some reason was silent The cadi unable to get any evidence which cor roborated the claim of either of the men ordered the woman to remain for a time with his own wives The nest day he handed her over to the scribe and ordered the peasant to be severely bastinadoed that Is beaten on the soles of his feet Then the voman broke silence for the first time and praised the just Judge The spectators also applauded the Justice of the cadi but failed to see tho grounds of his Judgment I told her to milk a cow said the cadi and she could not Then hand ing her my writing case I told her to put It In order She took the silver spoon and replenished my Inkstand Only the wife of a man who could write would have done this 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