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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1907)
UMPIJ jyjPJWygf PPfe1 The First Masons In America I of the Masonic order MEMBERS the Jamestown ex position and take a side trip to WiHhuiiBliurg the suc coasor of Jaincstown as capital of the jVlrglnlu colony may find on Francis Btreet In that old town a very dilapi dated frame house of two stories which should appeal to their sentiments as brothrcn in the order It is the oldest imlldlng now standing In Virginia which has been used as a Masonic hall This weatherhoarded and weath erbaten old house with its brick chim ney rising from one end and a funny little cupola sticking up from the mld dlo of the roof ridge was the first headquarters of Masonry In Virginia Patrick Henry was a member of the lodge that held meetings there The nnclent building which was Intended for a residence has been unoccupied and its crumbling window shutters have been closed for years There is now some talk of putting the building In better order In that old house the first grand lodge of Virginia was organized Else where In Williamsburg the lodge has today a commodious modern hall In which there Is used an antique richly carved mahogany chair which was pre sented to the lodge by T onl Botetourt colonial governor This chair Avas used by Washington at his first Inaugura tion In New York city and by Presi dent Arthur on the occasion of the presentation of the monument at York town In Richmond Is ft wooden building which Is said to be the oldest In America built for Masonic purposes Only one other Masonic building in fact antedated It and that Is no lon ger standing The old hall in Rich mond was completed Dec 10 1787 In this hall memorial services In honor of George Washington were held Feb 22 1800 several lodges uniting in a union meeting A reception was ten dered there to General Lafayette on OLD MASONIO HALIi AT BICHMOND MA SONIC LODGE AT WIIiXiIAMSBUBQ Oct 30 1S24 on the occasion of the famous Frenchmans visit to the coun try for whose freedom he had fought under Washington According to the record Worshipful Brother Lafayette was unanimously elected an honorary member of the lodge The Williamsburg building of course is much older than the Richmond hall but it was not built for Masonic pur poses It Is interesting to mention the fact In this connection that President Mc Kinley when a captain in the Federal -army was initiated Into the Masonic or der in Virginia The story goes that Captain McKiuley visited an army hos pital near Winchester where a Fed eral surgeon was attending some wounded Confederates He observed that the surgeon handed sums of mon ey to several of the Confederates Why are you doing that McKin ley inquired Because they are Masons was the reply This so Impressed the future presi dent that he went to Winchester and immediately made application for mem bership In the local lodge of Masons After the war he transferred his mem bership to Canton O where he be came a Knight Templar A majority of our presidents have been Masons President Roosevelt was made a Master Mason by the lodge at Oyster Bay after he became vice president Mr Fairbanks also became a Master Mason after be coming vice president President Roosevelt participated a few weeks ago In the laying of the cornerstone for the new Masonic temple In Wash ington He has been elected to the chapter degrees of the Xew York rite President Washington was a noted Mason of his day He joined the lodge in Fredericksburg Va across the Rappahannock river from his boy hood home at the age of twenty one In 1753 The Bible Washington used in taking his Masonic obligations is still sacredly preserved by the Fred ericksburg lodge It was used in the cornerstone laying ceremonies at Washington June 8 Andrew Jackson served as grand master of Tennessee Garfield was one of the most active Masons who ever occupied the presidency He waa a member of Pentalpha lodge la Washington and always took deej Interest In Masonic affairs DODGED THE ISSUE A 8tory About Lincoln and One of His Would Bo Advisers The following story was told years ago by Mr Dixon of Rhode Island a Republican congressman of promi nence In war days It was when the war was still only half over and many people at the north felt that a more vigorous policy was demanded There had been a meeting of prominent northern men Including governors of northern states They passed resolu tions that the campaign should be more aggressive and commissioned Mr Dixon to call on Mr Lincoln tell him of the meeting and read to him a record of Its conclusions Mr Dix on said that he undertook the task with a good deal of satisfaction and felt like a very large Blzed man when he went up to the White House one evening to deliver himself of his mis sion Mr Lincoln listened without Inter ruption to what Mr Dixon had to say a silence which added not a little to the Impresslvcness of the latters elo quence When Mr Dixon was through Mr Lincoln said to him Dixon you are a good fellow and I have always had a high opinion of you It is need less for me to add that what comes from those who sent you here is au thoritative The governors of the northern states are the north What they decide must be carried out Still in justice to myself you must remem ber that Abraham Lincoln is the presi dent of the United States Anything that the president of the United States does right or wrong will be the act of Abraham Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln will by the people be held re sponsible for the presidents action But I have a proposition to make to you Go home and think the matter over Come to me tomorrow morning at 9 oclock and I will promise to do anything that you by then have deter mined upon as the right and proper thing to do Good night Mr Dixon left the White House feel ing even larger than when he entered It assured that the president put a higher value upon his abilities than he himself supposed Dismissing this pleasant thought he consulted with himself as to what would be done when the responsibility fell on him to doclde the policy of the president of the United States Many suggestions occurred to him but one after another was dismissed as for some reason out of the question When morning light broke he had not determined upon his course upon the policy which he was to impose upon the president He de cided he would not go to the White House that morning He did not go the next day or the next Indeed three weeks went by before he saw the president Then it was at a reception at Secretary Sewards and Mr Dixon tried to get by in the crowd without attracting special attention But the long arm of the president shot out grabbed Dixon and dragged him one side By the way Dixon said Mr Lincoln I believe I had an ap pointment with you one morning about three weeks ago Mr Dixon said he did recall a mention of something of the sort Where have you been all these weeks asked the president Here in Washington said Mr Dix on but to tell the truth Mr Presi dent I have decided never to keep that appointment I thought you would not when I made it for you was Mr Lincolns comment It makes a big difference when a man has the say when the responsi bility rests Individually on him as to what he will do or refrain from doing The Eye of tho Crook Now you may or may not know it but the confidence man of tiptop at tainments cultivates the control and expression of his features with as much care as does the professional beauty this for the reason that his looks are among his most valuable as sets For the first stage In turning a trick whether this be done In a Broadway hotel or a downtown office building is for the operator to get a hold on the confidence of his victim by impressing him with his the formers frankness and honesty through the me dium of his steady gaze cheery smile and sincerity of expression in general But wise people are not taken In by these things Apart from all else those who have had much to do with criminals whether mugged or unmug ged will tell you that there is such a thing as the crook eye which In variably gives its owner away It Is as I once heard a clever detective put it an eye behind the eye a some thing sinister peeping out from the bland and childlike gaze which the con turns on his prospective gull Josiah Flynt in Success Magazine The Feminine Touch You can always detect the aes thetic note in the eternal feminine said the observant bachelor There Is just as much difference between the sexes as there was In that old era when the foxy Ulysses devised his trick to pick Achilles out from a bevy of Greek maidens The other morning I was walking down Broadway to my office when I noticed a scrubwoman coming from her early task in one of the big buildings In the financial dis trict In her hand she carried a news paper that she probably had picked out of one of the waste papenbaskets When she got in front of an excava tion for a big building she stooped and picked up a piece of two inch plank about a foot and a half long She stopped and wrapped the newspaper around that board and made a bundle as neat as a box of candy and trudg ed along A laboring man might or might not have carrledthat piece of board home but he wouldnt have thought of making a package so neat that It gave no Idea of Its prosaic but useful contents New York Press Tb CUT THEM ALL OUT Xnemiea One Is Likely to Meet In His Vocabulary la the dictionary of fools we find I eanV very often plenty of ifs and lots of words like luck and destiny and phrases like If I only had time or a chance like other people Did you ever think that many of the words and phrases which you constant ly use are your real enemies that they leave their hideous pictures and black shadows in your mind How many times have 3011 been kept from doing a good deed by such phrases as Oh I cant do that I am afraid that that will not turn out well Oh I know I cant do that Some body else can do that a great deal bet ter I am afraid to try I havent the courage I fear I shall take cold or catch some disease if I do this or that I believe that those two words I cant have ruined more prospects and have kept more ability doing the work of mediocrity than any other two words In our language I am afraid of this or that is a ter rible hinderer a terrible blighter of ambition a cooler of enthusiasm All achievement and all efficiency de pend upon Initiative and that is easily killed by the fear words the words which express doubt and uncertainty By thy words thou shalt be justi fied and by thy wordsthou shalt be condemned Success VALUE OF WALKING Benefits to Be Derived From This Form of Exercise There is hardly an instance of a long lived man who has not been for tho best part of his life a brisk walker and for some reason or other has had to take exercise pretty well every day Riding is nil very well and so are other exercises but there is nothing like n good walk because it stimulates the blood and the muscles and necessi tates being in the open air If those who complain of being stout would only think of this and never omit a dally constitutional they would be amply rewarded It will keep them young and their figures presentable It is simply a remedy that no one heeds to Sitting about In the open air is all very well and Is far better than sitting In the house but it does not keep you In good health It is quite another thing to over fatigue oneself There Is nothing bet ter than to get into a healthy perspira tion by walking It is just like drink ing a glass of cold water in the morn ing It Is so simple no one believes in it This may not suit everybody but those it does suit it will keep in health Pittsburg Press Help the Editor An Oklahoma editor puts forth this plea My friend help the editor in his wide eyed search for news When your friends come to you if you are not ashamed of it tell him when your wife gives a tea party if you will have recovered from the effects of the gossip drop in with the news when a baby arrives fill your pockets with cigars and call if you go to a party steal some of the good things and leave em with the item in our sanctum If your wife licks you come In and let us see your scars and tender sympathy through the paper If your mother-in-law has died dont be bash ful about it give in all the common place news In short whatever makes you feel proud sad lonesome or glad submit it to our twenty four carat wisdom and see our matted lock part and stand up on end with grati tude which will pour from every pore with moisture from a dew besprinkled earth Topeka State Journal The Bird Got Wise A gentleman by way of a joke placed a golf ball In the nest of his ancient parrot Polly sat with exemplary pa tience on her novel egg and appeared pretty nearly heartbroken when the weeks went by and she found herself unrewarded At last she could stand it no longer A terrible screeching brought her owner downstairs at 4 oclock in the morning Whats the matter Polly he asked as he noticed that the birds beak was chipped through trying to get at the in terior Matter screetched Polly Great Scott Im bunkered London Tele graph Pedestrian Rights Only in Great Britain so far as I know does the law hold that a foot passenger has an equal right to the highway with the wheeled traffic and that it is the duty of the driver of the latter to avoid at all costs the former even if he has to do so at considerable inconvenience and often danger In other countries on the contrary it is the duty of the pedestrian to give way to the wheeled traffic Atlanta Con stitution Poor Old Sol An astronomer says that an enor mous dark planet Is rushing toward the sun and that the Impact which is to take plaVe in a few thousand years will be frightful Great Caesar If thats the case Old Sol stands a good chance of having the spots knocked out of him tfMorristown Times What Ma Said Little Girl to lady visitor Please Miss Jawerer let me see your toague Miss J surprised Why my dear Little Girl Why ma said youd no end of a Sketch We never enjoy perfect happiness Our most fortunate successes are min gled with sadness Some anxieties al ways perplex the reality of our satis faction Cornellle NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION To James D Wright non resident defend ant You are hereby notified that on the 22nd day of August 1907 Alice Wright filed her pe tition against you in tho district court of Red Willow county Nebraska the object and prayor of which are to obtain a divorce from you 011 tho grounds that you have willfully abandoned the plaintiff without good cause for the term of three years last past and for the custody of Iola Wright a child born the issue of said marriage You are required to answer tho said petition on or before Monday tho 29th day of September 1907 8-23-its Alice Weight Plaintiff By Starr Eeeder her attorneys To George Lillie non resident defendant You are hereby notified that on the 12th day of August 1907 Annie Lillio filed a petition against you in the district court of Redwillow county Nebraska the object and prayer of which are to obtain a divorce from you on the ground that you have been guilty of extreme cruelty toward this plaintiff and that you havo willfully abandoned tho plaintiff without good cause for the term of two years last past You are re quired to answer said petition on or before Monday the 23rd day of September 1907 Annie Lillie Plaintiff By Starr Reeder her attorneys No 8823 NOTICE OF AUTHORIZATION Treasury Department Office of Comptroller of the Currency Washington D C August 5th 1907 Whekeas By satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned it has been made to appear that THE McCOOK NATIONAL BANK in tho City of McCook in tho County of Red Wil low and State of Nebraska has complied with all the provisions of tho Statutes of tho United States required to be complied with before an association shall be authorized to commence the business of Banking Now Thekefoee I Thomas P Kane Deputy and Acting Comptroller of the Currency do hereby certify that THE McCOOK NATIONAL BANK in the City of McCook in the County of Red Willow and State of Nebraska is auth orized to commence the business of Banking as provided in Section Fifty one hundred and sixty nine of the Revised Statutes of tho United States In Testimony Wiiekeof witness my hand and seal of this office this Fifth day of August 1907 T P KANE i official I Deputy and Acting Comp- seal 1 trolfer of the Currency First August 9 1907 Last October 11 1907 The Only Bi tfcpfeaAjriuifcaisiikijw jB Sftaifcfria ifaff o t gxzJL s THIS YEAR - X m Srol11 gShow McCook Monday Sept 16 Gollmar Bros the Greatest of American Shows A million dollar menagerie 3 big rings elevated stages and quarter mile hippo drome track The greatest amusement organization of modern times A herd of big elephants Daisy the cutest baby elephant ever born to life a sacred white camel the the only living black hippopotamus in all creation a man destroying Ylack Vark 500 People 10 Kinds of Music 300 Horses The Mighty Spectacle The Queens Birthday With a monster ballet of 100 dancing girls Tho cleanest 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