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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1907)
Q i k 6 Osage Indians Are he Wealthiest People Per Capita In the World Squawi Who Are Heiresses Running Deer and His Russian Bride J J J A J 1 j rrrr y t Y - Rich Redskins has long been an idea in THERE that the only good In dian -Is a dead Indian but when a man has a million dol ors or two in his possession he is apt tto be considered of some account whether his skin Is white red yellow brown or black The red men of Amer ica have lost the most of the land over which they once roamed and which as tribes they claimed to own Generally speaking they never owned these lands as Individuals and the white men have gradually dispossessed them on the iound that such title as the red men could assert could not bo maintained In rtho face of the need of the civilized world for their territory Sometimes the lands of the Indian have been taken after duly ratified treaties of Balo and sometimes they have been taken with Httlo or no ceremony but seldom has a tribe of aborigines re- celved for Its lands anything like their alue according to the white mans real estate market Nevertheless some of the western Indians are among the richest people In America They own large funds held in trust for them by the government accruing from sale of lands and the lands which they have retained have vasfty Increased In value on account of the proximity of the cities 3ind towns of the paleface or on ac- count of their wealth In products which Tiro comparatively useless to the red man in his native state but are greatly desired by white people For instance the discover of oil and natural gas on lands belonging to the Osage Indians lias made them a very wealthy people some say the richest per capita in the whole world Chief of -the Osages is called the richest Indian 111110 Sf ill s A i AN OSAGE SQUAW ca America and his wealth is estimated at 2000000 while that of his entire family is put at 10000000 Since the wealth of some of the red skins of today has been noised abroad the phrase fortune hunting in the west has taken on a new meaning it may now signify rnarrying a rich -squaw An instance of this is the - case of Tobias Nicholas who disap peared from Philadelphia at the close - 5f the civil wr but returned recently much to the surprise of his relatives SjfIio thought him dead He married ihe daughter of a rich Oklahoma In- ilan and thus got a start in the rail- - ioad construction business Sometimes the case as to sex is re- and a white woman marries an Indian brave who has money and Sands Several years ago Nellie Lutski an American girl of Russian extrac tion became the bride of Running Oeer one of the richest and most aris tocratic of all the Osages in - ma Nellies father was a tenant of 523mnlng Deer and the latter loaned S atsti money so that he might send s wife and daughter on a visit to SUissia In gratitude for this favor 3kHss Nellie on her return aided Run- sing Deer In his campaign for in the tribal council Then -- tie two fell In love and there was a wedding Often an Osage belle f3slngs her husband a dowry of Srom 15000 to 2o000 and v -girls of this kind are popular even -among white young men who live In isbeir vicinity But the old Osage war- sdLors and the wise women of the tribe c32se nverse to the white men who come Toolng the daughters of the nation CTfzeferring to have them marry young tzssn of their own race and thus pre- srve Its identity Every member of taa tribe buck or squaw or papoose supposed to be worth as much as SSBOOOO and among the Osages are In- iSEajis with fine estates comfortable xszs even elegant homes giving Xsace of education and taste while na the other hand some who are real- Icgrzich still live In tepees perhaps al- Tircwlng their hired men to occupy the zxodern homes they have erected 3 r V i - - Took it Literally It is told of the late Chauncey Sha rer who bears the Baine relation to New Yorks anecdotage that Sydney Smith does to Londons that ho em ployed in his law oillce a stunted youth of very tractable temperament One day Mr Sliafer returned from lunch in a lively mood and by token of the madeira he had consumed sum moned Billy into his private ofilce Boy he said carelessly go over to the special term and see what in theyre doing up there The late Judge Brady was presiding over the trial of an action involving many interesting questions of substan tive law hence the courtroom was empty save for the litigants their coun sel and the necessary witnesses Judge Bradys kindliness toward women and children was proverbial and when Billy stood against the railing of the inclosure his face barely reaching the balustrade the judge noticed him im mediately He interrupted the argu ments of counsel and turned to Billy Well my lad he said in suave judicial accents what can I do for you Im from Mr Shafers office Billy replied and he wants to know what in youre up to over here Success Magazine From Out the Grave In the little village of Tewiu Hert fordshire England there are five large trees growing out of a single grave and thereby hangs a curious story On the slab that marks the grave was carved the inscription Here lyeth Interd the body of the Right Honorable Lady Anne Grime stone wife of Sir Samuel Grimcstone Bart of Gohambury In Hertfordshire daughter of the late Right Honorable the Earl of Thanet who departed this life Nov 22 1713 in the sixtieth year of her age The village story says that Lady Grimcstone persisting in a lifelong de nial of the existence of a God on her deathbed declared In answer to the exhortations of her friends that if in the other world she found that there was indeed a God five trees would grow out of her grave The woman died and was buried Shortly after the interment the five little shoots be gan to appear growing constantly un til Ihey split the masonry and wrecked the railing about the tomb New York Tribune Animal Peculiarities A herd of wild Asian buffaloes will charge any foe even a tiger to save the life of one of their number that has been wounded Elephants baboons and other animals will do the same thing in a wild state On the other hand monkeys have been known to fall upon one of their number that is ill and drown him pos sibly as an act of mercy Similarly wolves destroy one of the pack that becomes helpless If an otter is trapped his brother ot ters will run around him all night showing the utmost concern A writer in the London Spectator states that he has seen sparrows in groups discussing and lamenting when one of their number had fallen into a trap Next day when a robin was caught the sparrows paid no attention He adds that he had seen a big pig try to help a smaller one through a hole in the fence paling by pulling at its head Chinese Music The Chinese have eight instruments for making their ritual music the bell the flute the drum the sonorous stone the fife the plume the shield and the ax The last three make no music but are used as decoration or emblem in the musical ceremonies and are enu merated as musical instruments In every ceremony there are always two instruments of each kind sometimes as many as four or six never an odd number in order to emphasize the duality of the Chinese people For in stance one drum announces the be ginning of the music and its mate strikes the last note one bell calls and its counterpart answers Why He Felt Happy Vernon told me this morning re lated the lady with the cold blue eye that he passed the tree where two years ago he carved your initials and his own and encircled them with a heart He says he felt so glad he al most danced for joy Ah said the tall brunette anxious ly then he must still love me after all Did he tell you why he felt so happy Yes dear He said some men were cutting the tree down A la China Mamma Come now son and take your medicine like a good little boy You know in China all the children take medicine when well to keep them from being sick Little Boy And do they whip the children in China when they are good to keep them from being naughty St Louis Republic His Strong Point Managing Director Well and what are your qualifications for the post of night watchman Applicant Well sir for one thing the least noise wakes me up Illustrated Bits Poor Holland Little Ella Im never going to Hol land when I grow up Governess Why not Cause our geography says its a low lying countri Life Family Division Friend So that Is your little boy He looks very intelligent Proud Mant ua Just as I was at his age My laughter now Is more like her fa her Nos Loislrs i BARTLEY Dr and Mrs llathorn left on No 12 Monday for an extended visit in the oast Thoy will stop over at Chicago and Kowanoo 111 and visit Mrs Hath orns relatives and then proceed to Milo Maine the old home of Dr llathorn where many of his relatives reside While in the east tbo Doctor will at tend the rounion of bis regiment at Bangor Maine Eerry Premer went to Cambridge Monday and secured two brick layers to work on the opera house hern which is to bo completed by October 1st Street Commissioner Jennings has done a fine job of grading on one of our main streets The gentleman in charge of Smith Cochrans Store is well liked by the former patrons of the store Several Bartley Sports visited Cam bridge Monday and Wednesday attend ing the ball games Postmaster Clatk is well fixed again and mail business running smoothly We are informed the insurance company is trying to avoid part payment of what they owe him Every business man in Bartley knows Mr Clark lost twice as much as he was insured for and see no reason of the company refusing to fulfill its obligation Dr C H Miller is attending to Dr Hathorns practice now George Wheeler sold 1000 bushels of wheat to Jim Sipe Wednesday for 74 cents per bushel Dr Arbogast and sisters were Cam bridge visitors Wednesday If the papers of the county would publish the primary election law wo be lieve it would be of great benefit to the voters generally Five hobos were arrested at Bartley Tuesday and one of them sent up for thirty days for knocking the conductor of a freight train off the car The pun ishment seems to us not sufficient for tho crime DeArmond and Chandler are yet trying to settle the question of possession of DeArmonds farm The lawyers will get the price of the crop this year The old meat market was moved this week and a new store building will be erected where it stood DANBURY Mr and Mrs Mark Roberts loft for Denver Colo Tuesday evening to look up another location The base ball tournament has been postponed until August 20 21 22 23 John Newman left Tuesday for Fruita Colo for a vacation and outing Fred Hall is in charge at tho News office in John Newmans absence Misses Dora Mary and Katie Green way returned from institute in McCook last Sunday Mrs Oscar Thomas returned from the hospital in Lincoln last Wednesday Word was received from Indianola that a baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Sargent last week G B Morgan and family left Wednes day evening for Jamestown Va via Chicago and New York and from the latter by the way of the Atlantic to Jamestown They expect to bo gone about four weeks Young Foley and Van Gundy from Lyle Kans stole a watch from Isaac Nutt and left town by the way of the railroad toward Marion where they were caught by Marshal Rice and brought back to Danbury and fined 25 and costs Their parents came over and paid the fine and took the boys home wiser and to be hoped better boys Mrs Millie Alvoid aid children left for their home in Peoria 111 last Mon day Will Yates visited at his homo in Beaver City the first of this week THE MARSEILLAISE It Was Written by Rouget de Lisle In One Brief Hour On April 23 1792 Rouget de Lisle the military engineer who had assum ed the aristocratic prefix to become an officer was a guest at a banquet given by Baron Dietrich first mayor of Strassburg Patriotic excitement was at its height Marchons Aux armes cito yens were phrases on every lip But as the champagne went round the la dles grew weary and pleaded for an other topic Patriotic songs A hymn for the army of the Rhine Something better than the jingling Ca Ira The host first suggested a public competi tion and a prize Then he turned to Rouget de Lisle and asked him to compose a noble song for the French people Rouget de Lisle tried to excuse him self Again the champagne passed round and just as the party broke up a fellow officer about to quit Strassburg next day begged De Lisle for a copy of his forthcoming song I make the promise on behalf of your comrade Dietrich replied Rouget de Lisle reached his lodging close by but not to sleep His violin lay on the table Taking it up he struck a few chords Soon a melody seemed to grow under his fingers No sooner had he put down the notes than he dashed off the words Thus having In a brief hour secured for himself an undying name he threw himself upon his bed and slumbered heavily Reader Magazine ItNDIANOLA Wo are having some more warm weather Sevoral of our citizens attended the Chautauqua at Cambridge last Sunday L B Simmons of Edison came up last week and visited with his father-in-law for a short time Mrs Charles Hoag wont to McCook Saturday morning for a visit with her daughter Mrs Gray Bonnie Smith was a McCook visitor Sunday night and Monday Leonard Smith and son Kenneth have returned from their trip out west Mrs Andy Lambert living north of town who has been seriously ill is re covering Ernest Crabtree and R E Smith painters are in sunny KanBas for a week or two plying their profession Mrs Simmons and daughter of Edi son are the guests of C B Hoag and family Miss Milly Walton is the new central girl Bernice Toogood is Ler assistant Mrs John R Neel who has been very sick is convalescing nicely now and able to be around again W A Dolan and family attended the Chautauqua at Cambridge last Sunday in their new auto Doctor Mackechniemet with quite an accident lately while out in his new automobile enrouto to see a patient His machine which is a fine new one broke down when several miles from homo and had to bo hauled in for re pairs Luckily the doctor was not hurt Walker Andrews and two daughters Nellie and Flossie visited friends in Indianola Monday Editor Byfield and wife visited friends in McCook first of the week Miss Vira Burgess and Milly Bently left Tuesday morning for a visit in Arkansas The members of the Epworth League were entertained at the home of Rev E Smith Tuesday evening in honor of Mrs Carrol and daughter of Holdrege Nicholas Colling with his wife and two children arrived in our city Friday morning for a visit with friends and re latives Mr Colling and family have been visitiug in Cheyenne and Denver and are on their return trip to their home in Hastings Iowa Leonard Smith and force are finish ing up a second crop of alfalfa hay on their farm east of town Tho hay is fine and the weather favorable for taking care of same Mrs John Burt is visiting in Iowa this summer She expects to be away several weeks Mrs Annie Lee went to McCook Wed nesday morning on No 1 Miss Lena Hill left Wednesday morn ing for Denver where she will resume her work in tbe hospital She has on joyed a nice long visit at home this summer C II Russells folks are expecting relatives from Chicago soon Velton White made a business trip to McCook Sunday Joe Carmichael was taken sick the first of the week with symptoms of typhoid It is hoped his sickness will not terminate seriously Miss Lou Jaynes who is recovering from a recent illness has gone to Wis consin to recuperate and visit relatives R F D Nol It should be clearly understood that the government mail boxes and posts are not hitching posts and must not be used for that purpose Mail Clerk Amos Bower returned to work Sunday after a layoff of about two weeks at home F M Kennedy is slowly improving from his attack a return attack of blood poisoning Mr and Mrs Joseph Downs returued home Monday from a visit of a few days in Minden where he owns real estate in that neighborhood Ho may decide to locate in East McCook Miss Nettie Endsley is an Indianola visitor this week Lester Johnston was shot in the face one day last week with shot from a shotgun and painfully injured though fortunately not severely He had mounted the chicken house to observe tho operations of some out-of-season hunters when one of the party deliber ately shot at him from a distance with the result above indicated Notwithstanding the open season for chickens does not begin until Septem ber 15th and closes November 30th and the quail season from Nov loth to 30th hunters are already in the field and the young birds are suffering accord ingly RED WILLOW Little Alice Longnecker has been quite sick with indigestion but is somewhat better Mr Hatcher has returned from Mc Cook where he has been taking treat ment Ho has been much helped Threshing is over with us at last On account of rain each night the men only worked half a day at a time while the women put in a full day getting meals lriaTOirortW One Thine 1 1 I I We distinctly aim at in this business is that every man who knows us or who reads our ads shall get the idea that this is the store for Quality In Merchandise Wed a good deal rather be known as the right place for good stuff than as a place where you get low goods for high prices a We have a few LeftOvers to sell at LOW price but we have New Goods coming in every day at standard prices It is always easy to quote CUT prices hiif it is what thet nrir hnv that TOI IiJT Izzzz zzz r J BANKSVILLE G W Sigwing is having his thresh ing done this week by llarve Rowland Cedar Bluffs met Grant on the dia mond last Sunday and when the smoke of battle had cleared away the Bluffs had 18 scores to tho half dozen made by Grant There was a dance and ice cream so cial at tho home of Jacob Wesch last Saturday night with a good time for all Charlie Spaulding and John Per kins were the musicians E E Ellis is threshing for Jacob Wesch and son this week The dance Saturday night was at tended by many McCook people Lightning set out a prairie fire Mon day night northwest of Banksville BOX ELDER The skating rink is now open G H Harrison is threshing also A T Wilson and L A Bible J A Kerr is visiting at home this week Mrs Belle Johnson visited Wednes day with her daughter Mrs Charley Wilson Nels Wolfe has the best spring wheat we have heard of this season It went thirty two bushels to the acre Rev Kerr gave a very good discourse last Sunday evening on the subject Shall I Dance He spoke in a plain but kind manner and then left it to their good reasoning if they should dance or not COURT HOUSE NEWS COUNTY COURT Marriage licenses since last report Alonzo L Olmsted 23 and Inez J Styer 1G both of Danbury Married by county judge Aug 3rd John H Bur mood 31 and Ola Clark 18 both of Galesburg Maude When you refused him my hand papa did he get down on his knees Pater Well I didnt notice just where he fell New York MalL 7j SJsSQQSQ2yS Q3S2lr2j5Zyla NOTICE 099 iniJL3 IT 7T1T iO t L -1 i miL i i j NOTICE In addition to my shoe department I have ob tained an expert shoemaker and will do all kinds of shoe repairing as well as shoes made to order Clothing Shoes 66 rrj JliOVT No 8S23 NOTIfi OF ALTHORIZ VTION Treiiir fopirtmi ii Oflice r Comptroller of the Ciirrinrv Wa hiiigtcju 1 C AuUit 3tii 1107 Whereas I5y evidence presented to the under iuned it lias been made to appear that THE JlfCOOK NYTIOXW IJVNK in the City of McCook in the County of Red il low and State of Nebraska ha- complied with all the of the Statute- of the United State- required to he complied with before an a ociation shall be authorized to commence the of Banking Now TiiLKEFoni J P Kane Deput and ActiiiK Comptroller of the Cnrreucj do hereb certify that THEJIi COOKN VTIONAL BANK in the City of McCook m the Count y of Red Willow and State of Nebra ka is auth orized to commence the bu iness of Banking a provided in Section Fifty one hundred and nine of the Revised Statute of the United State- In- Testimon y Wiicueof witness my hand and eal of thi oflice this Fifth day of Atiiru t 1WV TPKVXE official Deputy and Acting Comp- bEAi f trollcr of the Currency Firtt Auut 1007 Lat October 11 1107 ORDER OF HEARING In the county court of Red Willow count State of Nebra ka In the matter of the estate of Angelo 1 Welles decea ed State of Nebra ka Red Willow county ss To all persons interested in the estate of An Kelo 1 Welles deceased You are hereby noti fied that on the sixtii day of August lJOTMatie G Welles administratrix of the estate of AiikcIo P decea ed filed in said court her final account as said administratrix and that said final account will be heard on the twentv fourth day of Auti t at the hour of ten oclock a m at the county court room in the city of McCook in -aid county and you are hereby cited to appear at the time and place above designated and show caus if any why said account should not be allowed It is hereby ordered that -aid Mattie U administratrix give notice to all per ons inter ested in -aid estate by cau insr a copy of this order to be published m the McCook Tribune a newspaper printed and publi hed in said coun ty for three successive weeks prior to the duty set for -aid hearing- Dated this Itth day of August 1007 sEAi J C Mooke County Judge BEGGS3 CHERRY COUGH SYRUP Cures BRONCHVIS nWt jO f
