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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1908)
i in - TEMPERANCE COLUMN j 4 Conducted by the McCook V C T U Who la Responsible The saloon is the chief and most aud acious law broaUor of the age It is the arch destroyer of all that is dear to man It is sleepless relentless insatiable mighty There is but one power in the land that is stronger and that is the church If the saloon is to be overthrown tho church must do it Will she Tho question is one of purpose not of ability She can do whatever she will in this all important work Tho service which tho church has already rendered in antagonism to the saloon is not by any means to be dis paraged On tho contrary it is to be acknow ledged as well nigh invaluable More than all agents she has rescued perishing inebriates and softened the hearts of those who are forcing their brothers down to drunkards graves She more than anything or more than anybody else haa created the sentiment which rules dram sellers out of respect nble society and places drunkard-making in tho list of crimes Nearly all of her denominations have cried aloud against the drink traffic and have denounced it in unmeasured terms and some of these denominations have so legislated that none of their members can lawfully buy sell or use as a beverage the deadly liquid All honor to the church for her war fare against the saloon We give to her great credit and thank ful praise Unquestionably she has been and still is in the van Nevertheless we are persuaded that before she can fully accomplish the great mission to which we believe God has called her she must take a much longer step in advance and stiiko far heavier blows Her forces must be thoroughly and permanently organized and combined with kindred forces must constitue the opposition The foes of the saloon must unite against its friends The saloon has long carried the black flag Henceforth the church and her allies in this particular warfare must carry it too The battlo must be desperately fought and the field of battle must be the field of politics Bishop J N Fitzgerald We are sorry that the temperance lecture by Miss Belle Kearney was not better attended She is a pleasing and nntorf jiininrr onpfiker bavins traveled was enjoyed very much by those who heard her CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEIOENTS Christian Bible school at 10 a m Preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m 0 E at 7 p m All are welcome R M Aixsworth Pastor Episcopal Preaching services at St Aibans church at 11 a m and 730 p m Sunday school at 10 a m All 3re welcome to these services E R Earle Rector Catholic Order of services Mass 8 a m Mass and sermon 1000 a m Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday school 230 p m Every Sunday Wm J Kirwin O M I Baptist Sunday school at 10 a m Preaching service at 1100 a m Even ing service at 800 B Y P U at 7 p m A most cordial invitation is extended to all to worship with us E Burton Pastor Christian Science Services Sun day at 11 a m and Wednesday at S p m Meetings held in the Morris block Room open all the time Science litera ture on sale Subject for next Sunday Substance Methodist Sunday school at 10 am Preaching by the pastor at 11 subject The Hot and Cold Disciple Class at 12 Union rally of young peoples soci eties at the Christian church at 7 Union temperance rally at 8 M B Carman Pastor Evangelical Lutheran Regular German preaching services in the court room of the McCook court house every Sunday morning at 1030 All Germans and Russians cordially invited Rev War Brueggeman 607 5th st East Congregational Sunday school at 10 a m Preaching at 11 am by pastor Junior C E at 3 p m Prayer meet ing Wednesday evening at eight oclock The public is cordially invited to these ssrvicsSi G B Hawkes Pastor Evangelical Lutheran Congrega tional Sunday School at 930 a m Preaching at 1030 a m and 730 p m by pastor Junior C E at 130 p m Senior C E at 400 p m Prayer meetings every Wednesday and Satur day evenings at 730 All Germans cordially invited to these services Rev GustavHenkelmann 503 3rd street West PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES Tho librarian has been asked What do you do with tho money paid in for fines Thisia a legitimate question and perhaps many people would like to know something of tho items that enter into tho expense account Over thirtoen dollars have beou paid from the cent-a-day over duo fines during tho past three months for freight express and drayage Then there are such expenses as P O box rent safety deposit box postage and paste J UBIC This is tho item tnac suouiu gressors Wo have tue dooks roiuruuu by adults in such a condition of dirt and general stickiness that one could hardly refrain from making a wry face when obliged to handle them There is a natural wear for all books that go from the shelves but it is a most unnatural wear when a book is returned with its back entirely split away with loose loaves the charging slips showing they have been folded and creased with deliberate intention the corners turned down and in a generally unsanitary condition By united effort on the parts of the readers for better c ire of the -books the library might be carried on in a much more economical manner than with the present carelessness and disregard Librarian Employers and Employes Unite A meeting of prominent railway offi cials and labor organization officials was held in Chicago Monday at which time was formed an organization of rail way employers and employes to be styled the American Employes and Investors association The following statement of the meet ing was made public by P II Morrissey grandmaster of tho brotherhood of rail way trainmen The purposes of the American rail road employes and investors associa tion shall be by all lawful methods to cultivate and maintain between its members such a spirit of mutual inter oaf nnd 3iiph onncerfc on the Dart of all entertaining the welfare and prosperity pTtensivelv is cultured and renneu ana of American railroads as will best pro mote their successful and profitable oper ation for the benefit alike of their em ployes investors and the public to en courage by overy proper method cordial and friendly feelings on the part of the public toward American railroads and their businessto publicly provide means and methods for obtaining consideration and hearing from all legislative bodies and commissions empowered to enact laws rules and regulations affecting the conduct and operation of railroads to do whatever lawful things may be ne cessary in order to secure a fair return alike to capital and to labor interested in American railroads with due regard at all times to efficient service fair treatment and safety to the public This association shall at no time be used for partisan political purpose nor shall it take part in any controversy if any which may arise between railway employes and railway officers There wore present in person or by representative officials from many of the leading railroads in America and of the railroad labor organizations Rate on Shoes to oe Advanced The railroads have given notice of a 50 percent advance in the freight rate on boots and shoes The rate will ap ply west of the Mississippi river and will go into effect January 1 The shippers have protested formally to the railroads and informally to the inter state commerce commission The advance is to apply on packages not protected with cement coated nails These nails make it necessary to tear tho box up in opening it and they are used principally as a protection against pilfering for which the railroads are liable As applying west of tho Mississippi river this rate the shippers assert is a discrimination against Missouri river jobbers and unreasonably high The rate is now GO cents from St Louis to the Missouri river Lincoln Star A Guaranteed Cure For Piles Itching Blind Bleeding or Protrud ing Piles Druggists refund money if Pazo Ointment fails to cure any case no matter of how long standing in 6 toli days First application gives ease and rest 50c If your druggist hasnt it send 50c in stamps and it will be for warded postpaid by Paris Medicine Co St Louis Mo Bound duplicate receipt books three eceipts to the page for Bale at The Tribune office ATTAINED HIS AMBITION Senator Isaac Stephenson and His Un usual Career The Republican primary elections in Wisconsin were unusually exciting hls year and the issues were much omplicated Honors were somewhat livlded between the followers of Scn ttor La Follette and his opponents Representative John J Jenkins of the Eleventh congressional district was lefcated for i renominatlon by Irvine L Lenroot formerly speaker of the jtate assembly and an ardent La On the other hand United ette man most interest tho patrons of the library - Senator Isaac Stephenson car- t U lw ncu nf nnqtfi tm9tO ri i nr nr S A fWilr rt ir lu nmv iiv luu Uww w ww - - - I lit ill iiiitit v w - -www 1UI lb W J J - w - and more paste that the books can oe made to servo as long as they do Tho public would be more amazed to know how short is tha life of a popular book upon the shelves and in the matter of paste our patrons could be a great help in reducing the expense We have patrons who aro kindly thoughtful and careful of tho borrowed book even though it is public property And wo have others Yes there aro others to whom wo have been obliged to say If all our readers treated the books as unkindly a3 you we would soon have no library Why can we not put moro conscience into the care of public property Why should not parents teach the children to respect the rights of a good book And children are not the only trans itor Stephenson was originally a strong supporter of Senator La Follette but luring the last session of congress iwiium himhiiiii in unw t jimm ii ii mi iihiiwiihiiii immh Sf f 0j ff r r - urnwiwiiii SENATOR ISAAC STEPHLNSON they differed on several occasions as to he proper policy to be pursued on leg islative questions The senator was chosen to the senate in 1907 to fill the unexpired term of John O Spooner who resigned and ut that time he had Senator La Follettes support He will be eighty next year md it was long his ambition to round jut his career in the chamber where Webster and Clay and Calhoun and Sumner made their fame as orators md statesmen He attained the ful filment of his long cherished wish at in age when most men are ready to lay down the cares of active life His brother Samuel who died last year had similar aspirations In fact years ago both looked forward to sit ting together first in the house of rep resentatives and afterward in the sen ate Samuel got as far as tho house but did not reach the higher chamber The other brother the present senator first entered the house of representa tives in 1SS3 and he served three terms Samuel went in as Isaac went out the brothers living in adjoining congressional districts Toward the end of his third term Isaac was dozing in his seat in the house on an uncom monly hot day in September when a messeucer brought him a telegram When he opened it ho jumped to his feet in astonishment The telegram was from Ishpeming where the Re publican congressional convention was being held It was very laconic but it looked good It ran Nominated on second ballot for congress Sam When at last the Wisconsin representa tive vras convinced that the dispatch was geniuine he is said to have replied Better late han never now get there Ike - Senator Stephenson has very exten sive lumber interests and is reputed to be several times a millionaire but ho started as a poor boy NEW G A R CHIEF Colonel Henry M Nevius and 3 Ji s V - W sv m -2 vfe -to S5 m His Grand Army Honors The honor of being at the head of the Grand Army of the Republic is one which is being enhanced as the years go by in consequence of the way in fthick death is thinning the ranks of he veterans of the civil war Colonel i S lb f -if 95H 1 fe n y COLONET HENISY ZI ZIZTTLTX Henry M of Rc 1 Bank X T who was cl20bv i k iiuniirr in c hiof of tho G A Ii cU l e kj it rational encampment ii lcu v i the hoor away from former Governor Van Sint of Minnesota Ho i a native of New Jersey and when the civil war broke out was studying law in Michigan in the office of liussell A Alger He en listed from Michigan in the Lincoln cavalry In front of Fort Stevens when the Union army was engaged with General Early he lost an arm During his service in the field he held commissions in the Seventh Michigan and Twenty fifth New York cavalry regiments Colonel Xevius has twice been department commander of the G A R in the state of Now Jersey He has served as a member of the New Jersey legislature and on the bench ajfrfi TRIPS FORMAfilNERS Some Points of Peril That Are Dreaded by Seamen MERCILESS KENTISH KNOCK This Real Davy Jones Locker Is a Vast Cemetery For All Ships That Are Gripped by Its Relentless Sands Sable Islands Fingers of Death The exact location of Davy Jones locker is not shown on any ocean chart extant principally because It is a state and not a place but if any one ocean death trap deserves the title it Is the Thames estuary The British naval department has a chart upon which it marks tha position of wrecks with n black dot On this chart the Thames mouth tract is a solid black spot So numerous have been the wrecks that the dots run together The point where tho black dots actually pile one on top of another is the Kentish Knock and this is the place among all of the oceans danger tpots that deserves the title of Davy Jones locker At the Kentish Knock it is not keel shattering rocks of piercing points of coral that wreck the ocean travelers It is sand treacherous clinging sand that grasps the doomed s hip with a grip of steel and holds it Lu mly while tho angry sea beats it to fragments Muiv n vcsspl posted at Lloyds as missing would be duly accounted for if the Knock sand would give up its bootv Theio i no hope lor ship or man when rsither Neptune 5itks toll at the Kentish Knock for the nearest land is twenty miles away and the nearest lifeloat at Margate thirty miles away The sands of the ocean are far more dangerous than the rocks The sand banks externl over more space there fore offor more points of contact than the rocks which usually rise in one slender pinnacle The waters flow over them In smooth waves and there are no warning breakers Next to the Thamesmouth tract in point of danger is the Jlugli the salt water river on which Calcutta stands The most trying part of a kirge vessels voyage from New York to Calcutta is the last few miles of this calm river In this strange river in windless weath er and flat calm water vessels have been lost dashed to pieces on the ever shifting sand banks by the force of the tides The sands grasp the keel of tho marked vessel and she stops but the tide moves on with relentless force and the helpless ship is carried over on her beam ends She careens over and founders with all on board One of the worst shoals in the Hugh bears the name James and Mary It was the name of a great Indian merchant shipwrecked on the sunken sand banks Another diiuger point dreaded by the master mariner has neither sand nor rocks but a groat submarine waterfall In the English channel there is a point just beyond the Shambles banks where there is a sudden drop in the sea bot tom The channel tides sweep over the banks and down this sudden drop creating rapids equal in fury to those of Niagara The American ship Georgian foundered in rortland race the name by which this danger point is known and all hands went down with her Ships bound to New York from Eu rope pass quite near a deadly hidden shoal which runs out from Sable is land lying off Sable cape in Nova Scotia The shoal runs out for miles in five directions like the fingers of a great hand reaching out for what it can destroy When tlio gales blow heavy seas boom upon tho shoals with sufficient force to shatter the stanchest vessel afloat and when the wind ceases the beaches are strewn with wreckage and the bodies of those who have per ished The distance from the shore is too great and the surf too heavy for the life savers to reach n struggling vessel and few lives are saved at this point Ten vessels have been wrecked in this trap in a single day The rocky danger points in the ocean havo nearly all been tagged and light houses have been erected on the most dangerous all except one There is no lighthouse on the Virgin rock and there never will be Out in the mid-Atlantic a giant pinnacle rears its head up from the ocean floor and endeavors vainly to reach the surface of the sea It is too short by about eighteen feet There it stands with its sharp point hidden by tho ocean waves waiting to pierce the bottom of some unsuspecting vessel and send it down to join the pile of ships ribs and dead mens bones that litter the floor around its base The waves seem to bo in league with the rod for if a vessel of light draft tries to pass over its head the waves shoot it down into a trough at the bot tom of which the point of the rock is wsiting to rip out her keel These danger spots however are but annexes to the real Davy Jones locker the Kentish Knock that cemetery of rhips and uen where dripping ghost of nirter mariners and their men flit over the ruins of their vessels C Ii Winslow in Los Angeles Times Bridge Builders We read of the heroes of the battle field the ocean and various other call ings but there is another class of men whose work Is also heroic but who are seldom heard of men who face death high in the air They are what the engineer calls riggers and are the creators of the -worlds big bridges and the huge skyscrapers of American cities Without their bravery and skill the towering structures which span the worlds great rivers and gorges could not be put together Yf Ida World Magazine igM v ih rwmiyp pffiifWiffPFW 1 i tan McCook Views in Colors Typewriter Papers Box Writing Papers Legal Blanks Pens and Holders Calling Cards Manuscript Covers Typewriter Ribbons Ink Pads Paper Clips Brass Eyelets Stenographers Notebooks Photo Mailers Memorandum Books THE T 1 S UlTiiI 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