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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1909)
Just OneHaIf the money you blow in foolishly if invested in a bank account would soon put you on easy street You owo yourself the protection a Savings Ac count will afford you If you are spending all you earn it is unfair to yourself and those who may bo dependent on you You havo noticed the manner in which small amounts expended count up in a month a part of such expenditures saved will allow you to havo an account at this bank Start with a dollar havo money in the bank The First National Bank of Mccook By F M KIMMELL Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co Subscription 1 a Year in Advance Tuesday June loth will be Flag Day Thk newspaper syndicate now engag ed in electing officers for Nebraska will of course not bo disappointed if the peo ple of the state take a hand in the mat ter latter Under the law passed by the last legislature of Nebraska corporations are subject to an occupation tax The tax is due in July and becomes delinquent in September Stranger things have happened in the Republican Valley than that Bank er C M Brown of Cambridge shall one day be heard from in no uncertain or inconsiderable way in the politics of Nebraska Judge Francis G Hamer of Kearney would like to be a supreme judge of our state He was in this city last Satur day and with his friends was circulat ing a petition to have his name placed on the ballot Omaha in the role of a martyr would be amusing if the case were not worse Omaha will gain in admiration from Nebraskans as she asserts her own self respect Sobriety and morality are stronger and more enduring foundation stones in any city than are booze and debauchery Political amenities seem to be some what strained up on Frontier county just now The Eustis News is not perfectly happy over the actions of cer tain Stockville politicians and robs the dictionary of such words as the gang clique pap suckers plug ug lies wire pullers old scouts arch conspirators etc to relieve his over pent mind Glad tidings from Atlantic City The United States brewers association through its representatives in national convention assembled sends out the gratifying information that the wave of opposition to strong drink is receding and human reason is again getting ready to ascend the throne The thing that makes this information particularly pleasing is the assurance of the presi dent of the association that the sobriety of the people is augmented by the steadily increasing consumption of booze rather than the opposite condi tion What do you know about that Bix Chairman McGrew of the executive committee of the Nebraska bankers as sociation is back from Washington and states that there the general opinion pre vails around the treasury department that the Nebraska bank guaranty law is unconstitutional While there he also conferred with the attorney - general and discussed the matter of getting into court on a test case The first step in the fight will be taken July 1 when the law becomes operative It is planned to start the case in federal court- One of the grounds on which cjj p will I f - t i thnt he piiition of t Unii Slatt of tit jertons prurty for tJt f nnr Hn Hunting Allowed No hut tiny alliwrl on my fnrmor on the VVUh lanf Japd hy pip tmdw penalt of tne lzr E 1 Flitckaft MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE Mrs S E Griggs is quite ill John Rick was a city visitor first of the week V7 B Craven and family have moved to Aberdeen South Dakota Miss Anna Hannan has accepted a position out of Lincoln for the next Bixty days Mrs C B Sentence and the child ren visited relatives in Oxford last week Miss Deborah Heckman entertained the Awl Os Tuesday evening of this weok J E Ludwick returned home Tups day on Nol from a short business visit in Omaha Miss May Light who was graduated from the Arapahoe high school this spring has returned to our city John Rice has another year in the university school of law Ho expects to spend the summer vacation hero J E Kelley enjoyed a little fishing excursion up to the Liston ranch in Hayes county Saturday and Sunday Clifford Wood and John Green were both down from Wauneta Saturday John is assistant caBhier in the Bank of Wauneta Mrs T R Stockron arrived from New York this week and will make her daughter Mrs A C Ebert an in definite visit Mr and Mrs A G Dole spent Wednesday night in the city on their way from Denver to Tamora for the benefit of his health Herman Pade went in to Lincolnon No2 Tuesday morning to attend the session of the Nebraska Undertakers association this week Deaconess LeHew of the House of the Good Shepherd Utica New York is here on a visit to her parents Judge and Mrs J S LeHew Mrs J G Schobel Miss Marjorie and Miss Marion Sisson were guests of her brother Dr C C Copeland in Bea ver City Sunday and Monday Mrs Hartwell and daughter Miss Mary departed Tuesday night for Ridgewood New Jersey where they will spend the summer vacation John Calkins is navigating on three feet now a wagon wheel having put one of his feet out of commisson last Friday No bones broken however Mr and Mrs William Jeffries re turned Monday evening from Palisade where they have been at the bedside of his mother who is in failing health Rev Satchell came up from Oxford Monday to officiate at the Doyle funer al at Box Elder Tuesday afternoon He was formerly pastor at that point Mrs C D Ritchie arrived home Saturday night from her absence of a few weeks in Lincoln visiting her par ents and taking in the functions of un iversity commencement Misses Sullivan Marquiessee and Sidell all of Palisade were guests of Mrs William Jeffries over night Monday on their way to Kearney to attend normal at that place Glenn Rowell departed Monday for Boulder Colo to work for the U S Gold Corporation during the summer vacation a concern in which his uncle John Rowell is interested and an officer Postmaster Cone went down to Lincoln Tuesday to attend the Ne braska Postmasters Convention this week A flying visit to Omaha will also be made during his brief absence Mr and Mrs John Grannis arrived home Monday night from their visit in Texas and points southwest The Pecos valley didnt appeal to John very strongly but Houston seemed just about right Mrs Ester of Shepherd Michigan visited her cousin TB Campbpll end of week while on her way to Seattle via Salt Lake Citv and Los Aneeles She also visiting Joe Campbell at Yuma Col orado briefly enroute Mr Borgolte the temple theatre contractor arrived from Iowa Tuesday night and is pushing along his contract on the big building with increased vigor in order to reach completion within con tract terms if possible Miss Viva Phelan of McCook has been a guest at the home of her sisters Mrs C C Barker and Mrs Ed Marks for sometime past being called here by the illness of the latter We are glad to note that Mrs Marks is rapidly improv ing Alliance Times Tom Curran of Trenton isnt just exactly a Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde proposition but he is a dead ringer for his twin brother Jack Curran who used to be a conductor on the Burling ton out of McCook but who is now a citizen of Eldon Iowa So when Tom comes to McCook he has the pleasure and distinction of being quite generally taken for his brother Jack This has cme to be so unanimous a thing with Tom that he doesnt know any more whether he is Jack or Tom and his innocent vicfma urn none the wiser so careful dues Tom c nvni irfpntifv Egrsrs for Sale Pnr Bnrr l Plymouth Rck pfs S pi hhi Ii 52 00 per 100 Phon Hh 1H51 or blnck 2 Mrs J W KoutvS an arctic TRAGEDY Heroic 8olf Sacrifice In the Causa of Science Surely the darkest side of arctic ex ploration was never more poignantly exhibited than it la Iri Lleutenuut A Trollea account In Travel aud Explora tion of the death of Myllus Erichsen end ilugen and Bronluud members of the Danish expedition to northeust Greenland The Indomitable energy ot these men their self sacrifice In the cause ot science are on the highest plane of heroism For thirty days these men walked on with only one sledge and four feeble dogs covering u distance oi 150 miles or live miles a day Every morning they must have had only one wish one craving the crav ing for sleep sleep and rest forever And yet they crept out of their worn sleeping bags aud faced u new day because they would continue till they reached u place where there was some probability of our finding their bodies and Uagens Une map sketches Ten miles from the depot on Lam bert Land Myllus Erlchsen and Hn gen died Only Bronluud reached the depot leaving his dead comrades be hind and creeping along on his wound ed feet alone in the dim moonlight When he arrived at the depot he placed Hagens sketches and his own last report so that the search party could not full to find them and then wrapping himself up In bis furs lay down and died ESCORTING THE COURT Official Pomp and Splendor In Old Colonial Times In colonial days York Me was the county seat to which the judges aud lawyers from New Hampshire and Massachusetts often went and the court sessions were attended with much official pomp and ceremony lu Old Colonial Houses In Maine Em ma Huntington Nason quotes from a record left by Johu Adams who as u young barrister went to York in 1774 and who made at that time the follow ing entry in his journal When I got to the tavern on the eastern side of the Iiscataqua river 1 found the sheriff of York and six of his deputies all with gold laced hats ruffles swords and very gay clothes and all likely young men who had come out to that place to escort the court into town This gives us a hint of the pomp and splendor affected by the court officials of those days when the judges wore robes of scarlet with large cambric bands and immense wigs and the bar risters had gowns and also bands and tie wigs As the Judges aproached the shire towns the sheriff met them with an es cort and flourish of trumpets Their arrival was announced by cannon and the daily summons to the court before bells were introduced was by beating a drum A Patriot National and local characteristics come out oddly enough at school ex aminations A subinspector hearing a class of London Irish boys repeat Mu caulays Horatius inquired whether three soldiers would be likely nowa days to hold a bridge against a whole army Would three Englishmen for exam ple he said No sir said the class Would three Scotsmen They again dissented Would three Irishmen Please sir shouted an excitable little fellow one Irishman would do it How She Secured Office Mrs Mary East is said to have bpen the pioneer woman in England to hold some of the offices as to which wo mens elieribility is now in dispute but she was elected because she disguised herself as a man For thirty six years this remarkable woman while mas querading as a man and acting as land lord of the White House inn at 1op lar served assiduously on juries and in parish offices In 1744 she was head borough in 1752 overseer of the poor When her sex was finally discovered she retired to private life with the competence she had acquired as an Innkeeper An Accomplice The doctor looked at the patient 1 am very sorry he said that you didnt let me send for Dr Gookins some time ago Its scarcely worth while to bring him here now Oh well doctor said the patient wearily perhaps you can make use of him as an accessory after the fact Cleveland Leader A Sin of Omission Knowing Child Mamma punisbpd me for something I hadnt done yes terday Auntie Thats rather unjust Are you sure Knowing Child Yes she punished me because I hadnt done my lessons Illustrated Bits Last Chances The ordinary man feels that If he fails at everything else he can make a good living raising chickens The av erage woman feels that If worse ever come to worst she can take roomers Chicago Record Herald Correcting Him Judge Up again Casey for evading the law Casey Dont cub It In jedge 01 nit - o io j priori It instead of runiiii mil tu o nit ii- iinr IUc K ICvfrviMm that tlmu reprovest In nimt lir l hM Mill vr - 4i n tttMil fillllt Hi PONDEROUS PLODDERS How Elephants Cross a River That Has Steep Banks It Is a great sight to nee a line of elephants crossing a riwr with steep bunks They go down slowly striking the ground with their trunks before each step and never making n slip or a miss although you feel every min ute as If they wen going to take a header Into the water Then they wade or swim as the case may be and they swim beautifully not hesitat ing to cross half a mile of deep water If need be I must say however that the sensa tion of sitting on the back of a swim ming elephant is the reverse of pleas ant You fancy yourself on an enor mous barrel which may roll round at any moment and take you under Be sides that elephants swim so low in the water that you are sure of a wet ting which in India means an excel lent chance of fever Having crossed the stream they must climb to the top of the bank and tills Is the most peculiar operation of all Down on their knees they go and with trunk aud tusks dig out a foot hold for themselves and so step by step work their way to the top their position being sometimes like that of a fly climbing up a wall As they reach the top they give a lurch sideways aud shoot one leg straight over the bank then give a lurch to the other side and shoot out the other leg in the same way which brings them into the posi tion of a boy hanging by his arms from the edge of a roof Then they come to their knees and finally with a great sera milling and kicking of their hind legs bring themselves to level ground again In spite of these perilous ascents and descents I never knew an elephaut to miss his foothold although there was a case where one of the herd got stuck in the mud and sank gradually deeper and deeper uutil only his head and part of his back could be seen The rajah ordered ten other elephants to be brought up and they were hitch ed to the unfortunate animal and by pulling together at the given word brought their bellowing comrade out of the mud with a plomp like the pop of a thousand ton cork Times of In dia SITE OF MADRID Arid Now It Once Abounded In For ests and Gardens Travelers find it hard to believe that Madrid ever abounded with water The modern town stands on so bleak and arid an eminence its surround ings save in early spring are so parched and dusty and the water ped dlers cry of Agua Agua Is so in sistent and ubiquitous one fancies Madrid must have been thirsty from the beginning Yet its ancient coat of arms was a large flint half Immersed in water with steel hatchets striking it on ei ther side the ascending sparks form ing a sort of canopy around it Ap pended was the motto 1 was built on water My walls are of fire Such Is my emblazonment This device was emblematic only of the city in its early days before Charles V had started It on Its head long career of greatness merely be cause he credited its climate with hav ing cured him of a fever He it was who first conceived the project of ele vating it to the rank of capital It was left however to his son Philip II to promulgate the decree declaring the town to be unica Corte At that time Madrid was a small town embowered in gardens and woods and meadows and with springs and wells lavishly supplied by nature The Manzanares now a melancholy meager stream was of a measurable depth But with the apportioning of her territory into palaces aud lodging houses for the royal hangers on aud the cutting down of the trees to swell the royal treasury the inevitable fol lowed The sun of well nigh 400 sum mers has burned and reburned the site of the old town and its bestripped suburbs and dried up the natural mois ture At present the climate of Mad rid is nearly the most trying in all Europe From Calverts Madrid A City of Changes Cattaro the Austrian sea gate of Montenegro was held by Montenegro once for a little time Montenegro ac quired it in 1S13 with the aid of a British squadron Any inhabitant of Cattaro who was contemporary with the rise and fall of Napoleon must often have had to pause and think what country he belonged to for ing been Venetian for centuries Cat- J taro became Austrian by the treaty of Campo Formio and Italian in 1S05 by i the peace of Pressburg It was ab sorbed in the French empire in IS10 and wrested from it in 1S13 and final ly in 1814 Russia compelled Monte negro to give it up to Austria Sheridan Made the Rhyme The prince regent aftervard George IV once offered 50 to any one who could Qnd a rhyme for porringer This was merely childs play to Sher idan who happened to be present With scarcely a moments thought he 6aid i The Duke of York a daughter had J He gave the Prince of Orange her And now by zounds Ill take your pounds For theres a rhyme to porrlngerl I London Answers His Degree Hn the son you sent away to n -ii by In- wmti vvrik iit the rn ur h id i y - - u -- I iiliSi i The Stays on American or Ellwood Fence Dont Slip m i TK injStretching nor Break in Hanging Look Out for this in Buying Fence American -- ITS SHArt SI 5 p yJ JZx - s k2 J3 When crops fail pork is higher than a cats back The up-to-date fanner raises cheap pork by fencing the entire farm pig tight with American fence for that is the best as well as the cheapest Plow and sow in patches a few weeks apart rye wheat rape or cane Turn your hogs loose and let them go gallagher and you will soon pull up in front of our store in an automobile We are selling fence now let us know now what you can use this summer and fall phone 3 1 McCook Hardware Co Iihfi mm Wl LIVE AND LET LIVE The INSURANCE is the only stove in which pro vision is made to prevent the escape of gasoline should the burner be accidentally blown out or left open It is Safe Simple Durable Economical UN M fr rSsfhi - ESS2 msmsam ps2ii TROUBLE AHEAD There is always trouble for those who do not look around It pays to look around Quality makes lots of difference to the value of lumber We put quality first yet our experience will help you cheapen the house or barn you want to build so that you can afford to build let us 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