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A G BUMP
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and Insurance
Room Two over MeConnells drug
store McCook Nebraska
JOHN E KELLEY
ATTOENEY AT LAW and
BONDED ABSTRACTEB
McCook Neiiraska
CaAKentof Lincoln Land Co and of McCook
Waterworks Oillco in Postollico buildiiifj
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nFNTI VT Phone 118
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Office over McAdaras Store Phone 190
H P SUTTON
Mccook
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WIcCOOK NEB
Telephones Oilico 1G0 residenco 131
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KNIGHTS OP COLUMBUS
McCook Council No 112G K of C meets tho
Urst and third Tuesduj oi each month atS00
p m in Diamonds hall
G It Gale F Sec Frank Real G K
g A K
J K Barnes Post No 207 G A R meets on
the first Saturday of each month at 2i0 p in
Gauschows hall
1 M Hendeuson Cmndr
J If Yargek Adjt
eastern star
Eureka Chapter No SO O E S meets the
second and fourth Fridays of each mouth at
bU0 p in in Masonic hall
Mrs Sarah E Kay W II
Sylvester Cordeal Sec
degree op honor
McCook Lodge No 3 D of H meets every
second and forth Fridays of each mouth atS00
p m in Ganschows hall
Mr Laura Osburn C of H
Mrs MatieG Welles Rec
ROYAL NEIGHBORS
Noble Camp No SG2 R N A meets every
second and fourth Thursday of each month at
2o0p m in Ganschows hall
Mrs Mary Walker Oracle
Mrs Augusta Anton Rec
LADY MACCABEES
Valley Queen Hivo No 2 L O T M meets
every lirst and third Thursday evenings of each
mouth m baupchov liall
Mrs W R Mills Commander
Harriet E Willetts It K
DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA
Court Granada No 77 meets on tho first and
and third Tue days of each month nto p m iu
the Morris hall Anna Hannan G It
Josephine Mullen F S
l of g a r
McCook Circle No 3 L of G A R meets on
the first and third Fridays of each mouth at
230 p in in Diamonds hall
Adeline Dole Pres
Matie Welles Sec
p e o
Chapter X P E O meets the second and
fourth Saturdays of each month at 230 p m
at tho homes of the various members
Mrs C W Britt Pres
Mrs J G Schobel Cor Sec
FENNEY WALKER
GENERAL CONTRACTING PAINTERS AND DECORATORS
Not How Cheap but How Good with Us
Office and Shop west of First National Bank
Steel Ceilings Sold Put Up and Decorated
KILL THE BRUTE
SKIN HIM PROPERLY
AND SHIP HIS SKIN
AND ALL OTHER
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TO THE SHIPMENT HOUSE
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CITY LODGE DIRECTORY
A V A A M
McCook Lodgo No iB A Ffc A M moots
ovory iiretnnd third Tucxday of tin month at
8WJ p in in MuMtnic hull
iiaumm L Faiinbhtock W SI
Lon Conk tine
II H M
Occonoxoo Council No H5 IttS 31 moots on
thu last Kutiinluy of ouch month ntb00 ji in
n Masonic hull
KaiIii A IlAOiiKno T I M
Svivkhtku Couiiai Soc
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KiiiKCyniKCiiniiUir No It A M moots
ovory llrnt and third Thursday of each month at
800 i m in Mnt onic hall
ClauinciH Guay If l
Cmnton It Sawyku Sec
KNIOIITHTEMIIAU
St John Coiiimandory No 1G K T moots on
tho second Thnreday of each month at 800 p
in in Mahonic hall
JJMKKHON HANSON J U
Svivihtju Coudkai Hoc
MODISKN WOODMttN
Nohlo Camp No f M W A moots ovory
second and fourth Thursday of ouch mouth at
8l p m in Ganschows hall I ay assessments
at Wiiito Hoiiso irocory
J JI Ssm li Clerk S E IIoviii V C
w o w
Sloots Horotid and fourth Thursdays at S
oclock in Diamonds hull
Ciiah F Makkwad C C
V C Moykk Clork
WOIEKMKN
McCook Lodge No 01 AOUW meets ovory
Monday at 800 p in in Diamonds hall
C H Guay Roc Fuki Sciiiagii M W
joroMonvi hnoixkkrs
McCook Division No ffiSJ It of L E moots
ovory MM oiid and fourth Saturday of ouch
month ntJ 0 in Morris hall
Waitku Stokus C E
W I HUttNKTT F A E
LOCOMOTIVE riltEMEN
McCook IodKo No rS9 It of I
meets ovory Saturday at 7 p m
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I D Pennington M
Geo A CAiir nnii See
KAIMVAY CONDUCTOKS
Ilarvoy Division No 95 O It C moots the
second and fourth Sundays of each month at
300 p m in Diamonds hull
Joe Hegeniierger C Con
M O McCiure Sec
RAILWAY TRAINMEN
C W Rronsm lodno No 4S7 It of R T
meets iirht and third Sunday at 230 p in and
econd and fourth Fridays at 730 p m ouch
month in Morris hall Neal Heeler M
It J Moore Sec
RAILWAY CARMEN
Youhk America I odco No 15G R It C of A
moots on tho iirst and third Thursdays of each
month in Diamonds hull u730 p in
Con Kreiger C C
N II Snyder Rcc Sec
MACHINISTS
Red Willow LoiIko No fiiiT I A or M moots
every second ami fourth Tuesday of the month
at S00 p m in Gauschow hail
D O Hewitt Pres
W II Anderson Rec Sec
1IOILERMAKERS
McCook Lodpo No 407 It of It M I S 15 of
A moot first and third Fridays of each month
in Odd Follows hall
knights of rrriiiAs
McCook LoiIro No 12 K of P meets every
Wednesday at 800 p in in Masonic hall
M Lawritson C C
J N Gaarde K It S
ODD FELLOWS
McCook Liodfjo No 137 1 O O F meets ovory
Mouda atb00 p in in Ganschows hall
Scott Doan Sec E II Doan N G
EAGLES
McCook Verio No 1511 F O E meets tho
second and fourth Fridays of each month at
bU0 pm in Diamonds hull Social meetings
on tho first and third Fridays
It S Light W Pres
G C IIeckman W Sec
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HIE CLEARING HOUSE
Methods of the Big Bank Ex
change In New York City
MARCH OF THE MESSENGERS
The Way Millions on Millions of Dol
lars In Checks Change Holders In a
Few Minutes In the Daily Balancing
of Accounts Between Banks
Clearing That word Is the order
for the shuffling of many feet and the
pattering of thick envelopes upon hard
wood Men with leather hags hung
against their chests like bass drums
pass up and down rows of desks at
which other men sit and as they go by
deftly hand out brown paper packages
containing the equivalent of millions in
gold Thus do the banks of New York
transfer money each business day
As vast as the figures involved in the
operation are they do not make an
impress upon the mind One is more
apt to wonder whether the gray haired
messenger in the blue serge suit would
succeed in disorganizing the line if he
gave the wrong envelope to bank No
40 and if so whether he would lie con
demned forever by his associates But
no one seems to make a mistake and
the visitor has no reason to worry
about the possibility of misplacing 2S
000000 even for half a second The
machinery of the clearing house is al
most loo perfect to slip a cog
Tho clearing house begins to show
signs of activity as early as 930 oclock
when the vanguard of bank runners
makes its appearance They travel in
pairs and are mostly young men al- j
though
the veterans have not all re- i
tired Their badge of olliee is a bag i
any sort ot bag suit ease telescope
kit bag canvas bag Sometimes it has
the name of the bank it came from
printed across the end More often it
bears no distinguishing mark
Further its identity is frequently
hidden behind an exceedingly shabby
exterior That is perhaps a virtue At
all events it is not considered good
form in banking circles to bo ostenta
tious A strong bag even though it be
old and chafed is just as good a vehicle
for a fortune as a new one and is less
likely to produce burnings in the heart
of a thug So this is the reason why
the young men avIio sweep up the mar
ble stairs look as if they were carrying
bags filled with their own clothing in
stead of other persons checks Self
conscious thoy are not despite the loads
they carry and one might well imagine
they were going upstairs to change
their garments for gymnasium suits
But when the visitor reaches the floor
above and climbs to the little gallery
at one end he realizes that not basket
ball but another game is to be played
Already the players are preparing to
take their positions At the side walls
are benches on which delivery clerks
are silting their bags at their sides
and opposite is a solid counter divided
into about seventeen compartments to
the front of which are affixed if occu
pied the name plates of different
banks Beyond the first is a second
counter and between the two a rack for
hats and overcoats A broad aisle with
more benches and hatracks separates
the two rows of counters from dupli
cates on the opposite side of the room
Settling clerks who take their places
on high stools behind the outer rows
of counters face the walls Those at
the inner counters face the center aisle
At the elbows of the settling clerks
stand their assistants who are re
quired to sign the exchange slips pre
sented with each package of checks
As the clock nears 10 one glances
from tho high dome with its row of
electric lights to the scene below The
clerks at the compartments have made
themselves comfortable The messen
gers standing at ease before them
have slung their bags and are ready
A minute passes A man appears at
the rostrum in the gallery and rings a
gong twice Eyes below are uplifted
as he makes an announcement about
out of town banks that will hereafter
clear through different correspondents
That is not of particular interest but
he pauses briefly and then utters the
magic word Clearing
The messenger for bank No 1 crosses
the room at one end of the counters
and takes the place of No 97 who has
moved down a pace Simultaneously
fifty other men have taken a step for
ward and the tramping and scraping
of feet come No 1 has
slapped an envelope down before the
clerk at No 97s compartment dropped
a ticket into a slot offered an exchange
slip for signing and passed on to No
0G without uttering a word Each of
No 1s fifty associates has duplicated
his performance in every detail and
so the exchanges as they are called
have been fairly started
In the meantime the settling clerks
are doing their share of the work
Long sheets of paper in front of them
are being filled out with the totai
amounts of the checks presented by
the men who are circling about the
counters making monotonous but not
unpleasant sounds with their feet
Suddenly when you are just beginning
to understand what it is all about a
halt is called No one says anything
but every one stops You ask why
and some one says the exchanges have
been completed You ask how 300
000000 can change hands in exactly
fifteen minutes by the clock and tha
same person looks at you with a pity
ing smile and remarks Why youve
just seen it done
There is marked silence for a mo
ment after the feet have stopped mov
ing The crowd in the room beclns to
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thin out for the delivery clerks are
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going taking with them tho packages
of checks which have been deposited
with the settling clerks The latter
still have work to do Their assistants
rescue the little tickets from the com
partments Into which they were drop
ped and the settling clerks scan the
amount of them to see if they agree
with the totals on the exchange slips
When first he entered the room the
settling clerk gave the proof clerk In
the managers gallery tle amount of
the checks he brought with him Now
he ascertains the total of the amount
deposited with him Soon he Is able
to tell whether his bank has a debt or
credit balance and this information he
communicates to the proof clerk Then
the clearing house knows exactly how
much cash will have to he moved from
bank to bank in adjusting balances
Forty five minutes is the limit allow
ed for making the exchanges and prov
ing the balances and fines may be Im
posed if the allotted time is exceeded
But it is rarely necessary to impose
fines so rapid is the work of the mes
sengers and so simple the system of
exchange Most of the work is done
before the messengers get to the clear
ing house The checks for exchange
with other banks are Inclosed in sep
arate envelopes and these envelopes
are arranged in consecutive order in
the delivery clerks bag so all needless
delay in depositing them is eliminated
To make the clearing finally complete
it is of course necessary to exchange
the cash Accordingly says James
O Cannon in his book on Clearing
Houses before half past 1 oclock
each debtor bank in compliance with
the requirements of the constitution
pays into the clearing house tho amount
of its debit balance and obtains a re
ceipt for tho same signed by the as
sistant manager After half past 1
oclock the creditor banks receive at
the clearing house their respective bal
ances and give their receipts for the
same in a hook provided for that pur
pose but in no case can a creditor
bank receive its balance until all the
debtor banks have paid in New York
Post
A MARKET IN MOROCCO
The Best Place to Study the Ways of
the Wily Natives
The place of all places to see the
Moorish people is at their markets for
every class and kind of them is there
and when you have sccn one market
you have seen them all for there is a
racial similarity in the Moors the world
over
The first thing about a Moorish mar
ket that attracts the attention of a
traveler is tho fan caching odor or
rather the multiplicity of odors for
there is a composite character about
the smcil of a Moorish market that can
not be equaled anywhere outside of
China Before you can even hear the
continual wrangle and jangle of the
market place you can smell it
Once there the interminable jumble
of things and folks is disconcerting
and the evidence of dirt everywhere
takes from an American all desire to
deal in eatables for the Moors seem to
bo wholly insensible to dirt of any
kind and every kind and have no objec
tion to fruit and berries that have come
In unprotected over miles of dusty and
sandy roads
These people are natural traders sec
ond to none in their ability to obtain
the highest possible price or equally
ready willingness to let the article go
for a mere pittance rather than miss
making a sale
They will begin the price of a lamp
at o shillings and after a little haggling
will come down to 1 shilling but if you
move on they will thrust the lamp into
your hand and ask you to give them
anything for it that you will and it is
a sale no difference how small may be
your offer
in nearly an countries tne every
where present and always the same
donkey is an inevitable adjunct of a
Moorish market The whole animal
kingdom would be searched through in
vain to find any creature more wholly
devoid of impulse and sentiment than
this imposed upon little beast
Like a fatalist philosopher he is
wholly resigned to the order of things
and nothing can cause him to stir from
the even tenor of his ways Caressing
and even food do not seem to add any
to his satisfaction and beating and
abuse do not detract from his tranquil
lity His features are perfectly immo
bile
As he stands in the market place one
may pet him and give him bits of grass
or fruit and he will not raise his head
or even open his eyes He is the su
preme ineffable resignation in flesh
nnd blood And no Moorish market is
complete without him by the score
Worlds Events Magazine
How to Stick Stamps
Say remarked the postoflice clerk
who was off duty as he watched a
friend affix two stamps to the corner
of an envelope why dont you put
those stamps on horizontally instead
of vertically Dont you know you
would save a lot of work for us stamp
ers if you put your stamps beside each
other instead of under each other We
always have to make two strokes when
canceling vertically pasted stamps by
hand and they dont work well through
the stamping machines either
Is that so inquired his friend as
he took another envelope and proceed
ed to affix two stamps to it In a ver
tical position Then by the great
horn spoon why doesnt the govern
ment sell its stamps in horizontal
lines Look at these nere I bought
20 cents worth of two cent stamps
and they come to mo in vertical lines
If I buy five twos I get them attached
one to the bottom of the other Do
you think Im going to the trouble of
tearing each stamp off just to please a
government clerk by pasting them side
by side Guess again New York
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INDIAN0LA
James Kennedy viaitod at tho Maisol
homo Sundny
Mrs Tom Ilnlcy and fnthor returned
from thoir visit to Arapahoo Sunday
evening on 5
Andy Bnrbor was a loser by fire
Friday aftornoon to tho oxtent of most
of his hay and a lot of cattlo sheds
Tho fire is supposed to liavo boon start
ed by somo ono Hinolting and caroless
ness
Mrs Walker Andrews and daughter
Nellio woro visiting friends in town
Tuesday
Miss Edna Thompson is tho guest of
Bartloy friends thia week
Miss Kato Vering who has just closed
a successful term of school on School
Creek roturnod to her homo near
Marysvillo Kansas
Tom Haley was a Cambridgo visitor
last Wednesday
Mrs li li Duckworth who has boon
very ill for tho past two months is re
covering
J L Curry of Yuma Colo was in
Indianola Tuesday on business
Lewis Sargont accompanied by his
daughter and nophow Marion Dow
drovo over to Danbury Monday
Miss Grace Smith of McCook was a
visitor in tho V II Smith homo Satur
day night and Sunday
Miss Lottie Kennedy was a guest of
homofolks for a fow days last weok
Miss Dolly Ilaydon eamo down from
McCook Sunday morning and spent tho
day with friends
Thomas A Haley and family attended
church on Ash creek Sunday morniug
J L Townley and daughtor Alice ex
pect to visit England somo time this
spring
W II Smith has just finished putting
up a now windmill in place of tho old
one blown down during tho late storm
At the caucus Friday and Saturday
evening tho following nominations were
made
anti saloon ticket
For mayor C S Quick
For clerk Frank Marsh
For treasurer Frank Neol
For councilmon 1st ward J R Noel
and J 13 Hillers
For councilman 2nd ward Chester
Strockey
CITIZENS TICKCT
For mayor W W Wilson
For clerk J E Ryan
For treasurer G W Short
For councilmen 1st ward Win
Fritsch and Charles Thompson
For councilman 2nd ward Austin A
Gamsby
DANBURY
Albert Allen of Lourle Mont is hero
visiting friends and relatives
A fire escapo is being put on the
school house this week
John Remington and family of Kan
sas are hero visiting this week
George Bastian and Beth McDonald
were visiting in Marion Sunday
J L Sargent and daughter Phyllis
and Marion Dow of Indianola were Dan
bury callers Monday
Mrs W A DoMay was a Traer visit
or Monday
CliUord Naden and family of McCook
are visiting friends and relativos this
week
Mrs Earl Peacock of McCook is visit
ing at the Dolph home this week
Mrs Carrio Shepherd and children of
Indianola are visiting tho parental
Boyer home this week
Prof Gibbs mother from eastern
Neb is hero visiting this week
Miss Myra Poole of Lebanon
the first part of the week with
Beth McDonald
Mrs
spent
Miss
RED WILLOW
Taylor has been sick for some
days
Mrs Charles Rinck
is in very poor
health
Vira Laomis has como from Mullen
Nebr to visit her sister Mrs Rue Haux
well and then to go to Ilaigler to see
her brother and sister before leaving for
Michigan where she expects to make
her home with her father
Mrs Guttridge from Crete was a
visitor of a day and night at Owens
Longneckers
Mr and Mrs Maiey who spent the
winter in California are visiting Mrs
Sexson
Mrs Lewis Elmer and little daughter
spent several days at Louis Long
neckers
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the basin subject to homestead
under tho big government ditch
or under private ditches 100CG0
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