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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1910)
DAKBUKY Al Barlow waH in town last Thurs day jiving an exhibition on tbo Btieet with his trained doge Mrs Maggie Sandon wont to Con cordia Kansas Friday on aviait G G Adams died at tho hotol Tues day last una was taken back to Ala Wodnosdoy Griffith tho embalmer of Oborlin Kansas was over on a business trip Wednesday Clyde Metcalf of Oborlin Kas came ovor Wednesday in his nuto Guy Smith went down to Orleans Wednesday evening returning Thure day Theelevatorat llendley burned down Wednesday the train causing tho Gre Alvin Dow ol Bartley was over Wed nesday George Gill of Akron Colo came in Saturday last and epent Sunday at the Wm Greenway home Miss M Strain crue homo from McCoolt Monday where she has boon taking medical treatment Leonard Rogers came home Satur day and stajed until Sunday at the M M Young home Mrs Perry M Spense who haB been away for a few months came home Saturday There was a fairly good sized crowd out Friday evening to hear John Work give hiB lecture The ladies dorcas circle served sup per in the hall Saturday evening There was a crowd up from Lebanon Friday night Charles Rogers and family Mr and Mrs McDonald aud family and Mrs Dan Ulouse were Saturday afternoon visitors at M M Youngs Gaitha Noe departed last week for an indefinite visit in Colorado The band concert will be given April 30 in the opera house Mrs Ella Mack arrived Friday last for a summer visit with her parents James Robinson and wife left Satur day last for a visit with their son at Gates Center Kansas Rex Miles Mayo Green and Mose Miles left Monday last for a trip down in New Mexico Dan Ciouse and wife and Forest Hethcote of McCook were ovpr Satur day returning Sunday MARION S H Stilgebouer and family visited at Danbury Saturday night and Sunday S W Stilgebouer was a Bartley visit or Sunday His mother-in-law ac companied him boaw W P D Mav spent Sunday at his uncles jvt Danbury Mis Gdtewood entertained her sister from McCook closing di s of last week Mrs Vina Lobn and irother Mrs Miller of Inbu7y erw in town Sittireiay A swk fiuMt the engine of Friday doops imin u lire at G Weyen etband brai d up a feed rack and hog ini ont bog County Alorny Si wy Dodgeof Mc Cook was lock du ftT tisiness inter ests here clOb of Kst week Neta Stilgebouer m d Ruth Plumb were at McCook cks of 1 nt week to take Sth gtade examination Several from town attendnd the last day of school exercises at Frtii view Fri day S W Rodabaugh is building an ad dition 12x16 to E E Blakos house Powell Nilsoon shipped 90 head of young steers averaging 1500 lbs to St Joe last week Mr Powell came from Lincoln and accompanied the ship ment L D Gockley and wife visited their son northwest of town closing days of last week BOX ELDER The Misses Lillian and Leah Doyle are visiting an aunt at Lincoln V B Wolf returned home Tuesday from a visit in the eastern part of the state Dr Kay of McCook was called Tues day to see Mrs I H Harrison who s very sick with pneumonia Mrs Tom Elms returned home last Saturday from the hospital where she had been the past two weeks for treat ment George Younger is on the sick list W B Sexson is working for the Mc Cook Hardware Co F G Lytle and T M Campbell vac cinated there cattle last Saturday A W Campbell and daughter visited relatives at Osborn from Friday until Monday Mrs Al Schlosser of Beaver Crossing and Mrs Will Templin of Friend were called last week to the bedsidB of their mother Mrs I H Harrison We are pleased to learn that Mrs Harrison is gettingfalong nicely bnt sorry to note that her husband who has been con fined tojhis bed lor the past seventeen months is very near deattrB door Mrs John Miller who was caring for her mother Mrs Harrison returned to her home in McCook Sunday THE FINAL POSE It Made tho Thing Harmonious and Completo All Around In the early days of traveling by stagecoach across the Rocky moun tains the trip was likely to be relieved of monotony by incidents of no ordi nary occurrence But the fatigue of the journey was apt to wear upon the nerves of the weak and the timid Sometimes the passengers became so worn out as to lead to a suspicion of their sanity The Right Rev D S Tuttle In his Reminiscences of a Mis sionary Bishop describes an Instance in point One forenoon the coach rolled Into Denver and the six horses came pranc ing up to the oflice of Wells Fargo Co A large crowd was assembled as the incoming and the outgoing of the daily coaches were the great events for the town At the stop the only passenger quick ly threw open the coach door leaped to the ground ran hurriedly across the street and turning a baudspriug stood on his head with his heels up against a supporting wall Several men followed him quite sure that here was another passenger craz ed by the long sleepless ride One said to him In a tone of sympathy Why capn whats the matter Slowly coming to a right side up posture the man answered Well my friend Ill tell you what it is This standing on my head is the only posi tion which I havent been in during the last twenty four hours in yonder coach and I wanted to make the thing harmonious and complete all round IN A CHINESE BANK The Way the Clerks Use the Abacus and Counting Boards The Chinese have a way of getting hold of the first principles of things even though they may nzt have devel oped them into elaborate and scientific systems f A foreigner especially if he be of prepossessing appearance is received with great civility at a Chinese bank Rchroffl shouts the head clerk This word is not as it sounds German but a corruption of Hindoo sarraf or bankers assistant In response to this call a native cashier appears noiseless and deferential with a smooth shaven skull a four foot pigtail and a spot less flowing garment With great rapidity he will make an exchange of notes doing his calculat ing on au abacus a frame of wire and beads similar to those used in country schools everywhere years ago His long lithe fingers move over the beads more quickly than the eye can follow but theres no mistake in the total Perhaps the visitor will want a large piece of money changed into small coin Instead of going through the wearisome operation of counting out the 300 pieces included in this trans action a simple ingenious aevice is employed A flat wooden tray is pro duced containing a hundred recesses each just big enough to lodge one coin and just shallow enough to prevent the possibility of two lurking together The pile of small coins is poured out on this tray aud with one jerk of the clerks wrist the hundred recesses are filled and the surplus swept off Har pers Weekly A Bit of Correspondence The following correspondence end ing in true Irish fashion actually passed between two men in England some years ago Mr Thompson presents his compli ments to Mr Simpson and begs to re quest riiat he will keep his doggs from trespassing on his grounds Mr Simpson presents his compli ments to Mr Thompson and begs to suggest that in future he should not spell dogs with two gees Mr Thompsons respects to Mr Simpson and will feel obliged if he will add the letter e to the last word in the note just received so as to rep resent Mr Simpson and lady Mr Simpson returns Mr Thomp sons note unopened the impertinence it contains being only equaled by its vulgarity He Got the Book Bishop Doaue used to tell the follow ing story on himself Dr Doaue said a parishioner at the end of a service 1 enjoyed your sermon this morning I welcomed it like an old friend I have you know a book at home containing every word of it You have not said Dr Doane I have so said the parishioner Well send that book to me Id like to see it Ill send it was the reply The next morning an unabridged dictionary was sent to the rector Judge Quite Real And cant heact at all demanded HI Tragedy Well upon occasion b fan replied Lowe Comedy For instance only to day I saw him getting next to some free luuch aud lip acted for all the ivorld like a man who was starved to death Catholic Standard and Times Swift Thinker Harker You seem in a deep study A penny for your thoughts old man Bluffwood Oh Im a rapid thinker and have 500 thoughts at once Pass me over a five spot Exchange A Cheap Hat She I dreamed last night that yen had bought me a hat for a present He Well thats the first dream of a hat you ever had that didnt cost me money Side Lights On Speaker Cannon HE coming contest between JoCfries and Johnson has lost much of Its interest Of course it will no doubt prove a greit contest but for the real thing in scraps it Is to con gress and not to San Francisco that we must go Take that recent 100 round battle between Speaker Can non and the insurgents for instance What heavyweight ever lived who could long stand up In an affair of that kind After the smoke of battle had lifted after the dead bad been buried and the wounded tenderly cared for one of the insurgents paid this trib ute to the speaker Uncle Joe Is the best lighter 1 have ever seen In public life I am against the speaker and against the house rules and have fought him on every issue but I gladly take off my hat to him as a gallant old scrapper who is not afraid of a fight and a defeat After the all night struggle over the Norris resolution the speaker entered his room almost exhausted His face showed the straiu of the tremendous fight which he had been directing The newspaper men asked him for a statement Gentlemen said he this house of ours has talked about 175000 words since the clock struck noon yesterday mostly about me but like the mummy of old Rameses I havent got a word SPEAKEU CANNOn AND SOME OF HIS CHAK ACTEK1STIO POSES to say But I can dance a little step for you to show you that they havent got the old man down yet Weary almost to the point of drop ping the speaker straightened himself up stepped into the middle of the room and for several minutes danced a lively jig while a congressman pat ted Julia It was just a little side light in the greatest period of stress and storm through which Ducle Joe Cannon has ever passed Speaker Cannon is sometimes rather harsh in his comments At a banquet once an inexperienced speaker was called upon He nervously arose and coughed and began Gentlemen my opinion is that the generality of mankind in general is disposed to take advantage of the gen erality of Sit down son interrupted Cannon Youre comiug out of the same hole you went in at Mr Cannon is a great smoker and can tell gbod tobacco a mile off Once he got into an argument with a con gressman over the best way of select ing a weed aud a couple of days latei presented the latter with a cigar Aft er smoking it a moment the congress man said Now thats what I call the real thing Where did you buy it Joe The name of the tobacconist was given and 0 cents sent by a messengei for some more of the same brand II would be impossible to do justice tc the look of astonishment which ap peared on his face when the messen ger arae back and handed him an un broken box full of the cigars Speaker Cannons career is pretrj ancient history having been published scores of times He is a widower witt two daughters Miss Helen Cannor presides over his home in Washington while his married daughter Mrs E X Le Seure the wife of a Danvilh banker acts as mistress of the Dan ville home He was born in Guilford N C 01 May 7 1STG and with the exceptior of one term has been in congress sinct 1S73 holding the office of speaker ir the house for the past seven years II you want his authentic biography ai written by himself here it is Mr Cannon was born of God fear Ins and man loving parents He made himself and he did a darn poor job of it i Xj j 2 Asj i Old English Laws About Buttons CONSIDERATE He Spared His Guest the Unpleasant Littlo Detail Two friends one a prosperous look ing business man and the other at least well dressed chanced to meet not long ago and the second gentle man remembered that it was his turn to buy the dinner so they were soon repairing to a fashionable restaurant Their orders were generous and they lingered long over the good things not forgetting cigars at the end When they felt that they really had to leave or else pay rent tho host showed a bit of fidgetiness and re quested that the other go outside and wait for him that there was an un pleasant little detail he wished to discuss with the proprietor and could not think of embarrassing his friend by having him overhear it The friend did as requested stepping out side and waiting at the nearest corner ne had been waiting only about live minutes when of a sudden the door of the restaurant flew open and his erst while host snot tlirougn it as from a catapult followed by some most un complimentary terms Whats wrong was the first in quiry of the waiting friend Oh nothing much was the an swer except that the unpleasant lit tle detail I had to discuss with the proprietor was that I had no money to pay for the dinners Pittsburg Gazette Times A FAMOUS GOOSE Peter the Pet of the English Cold stream Guards Possibly the most remarkable crea ture ever attached to a regiment was Peter the ever famous goose of the Coldstream guards This curious pet was presented to the Coldstreamers when they were in Canada by the late Hon Adolphus Graves and soon it ac quired a fame which eclipsed that of all rivals in the way of pets in the army When the guard was mounted of a morning Peter always marched off with them It is recorded that one night the goose saved a sentrys life by flying in the face of a rebel who was just going to fire at the soldier Peters timely aid disconcerted the rebel who fired at random The sen try immediately responded by shoot ing the rebel dead When the guards came home and were quartered In London one of the sights when the regiment marched out was to see Peter strutting at the head of the battalion till they passed the barrack gate when the goose re turned Unhappily Peters fate was unheroic nis end was ill in accord with his martial career for he was ruu over and killed by a cab and that not even a taxicab It was a poor kind of an end for a bird with such a record London Telegraph Buttons have engaged the attention of legislators even more frequently t than hats Five acts have been pass ed to piotect the button industry of England aud some of these are still unrepealed An act of George I in flicts a penalty of 40 shillings on anv j person using or selling buttons made of cloth serge drugget frieze or cam let This law says the London Mail was a source of intense 9- Daily annoy- ance to foreign visitors and the author of Le Parisien a Londres a guide written in 17S9 is careful to explain its provisions at considerable length He adds however that foreigners who are able to prove that their clothes were made in their own coun try escape the penalty when first sum moned on the understanding that they change their buttons within twenty four hours Lively Times In Billville Well sir said the Billville citi zen ef they aint a power o confu sion in the skies after awhile Ill give it up Whats the trouble he was asked Well over yander is Deacon Jones prayin fer rain an jest crost the way is Elder Brown pertitionin fer dry an the whole poperlations crowdin rouu bettin whichll win An the high sheriffs done sarved notice to all of em to appear in court an answer to the charge o gamblin in futures an he says hell git enough cash out o tue gang to finish the artesian well an paint the town hall Uncle Re mus Magazine Guarded His Beard As Sir Thomas More laid his head on the block he begged the executioner to wait a moment while he carefully placed his beard out of reach of the ax for he said it hath not commit ted treason which reminds one of the story of Simon Lord Lovat who the day before his execution on Tower hill bade the operator who shaved him be cautious not to cut his throat as such an accident would cause disap pointment to the gaping crowd on the morrow English Magazine Small Audience Bacon Did you say the professor al ways counts ten before he speaks Egbert No he only counted eight at yesterdays lecture Yonkers States man His Proof Mrs Youngwife What have you ever done to prove your love for me Mr Youngwife Darling Ive contract ed a lovely case of chronic dyspepsia Judge Remember you must die Let this not startle you but let it soften you while there is yet time to do some good In the world 6 7 - I I i ffiBsmwim l i iwjTOWUKTifcXi sAifoMi fi n m avnnrnyvnyvtTnTyfivvnyyv Y tzzbSzZma - t e n a i naa - Jewell Gasoline Stoves are sold in McCook by H P Waite and Co I II I I IMW D J I - QHT A K1 FLING f B to Hiiro SION ARM STACKER which extends after it iB half way np with tho load and is oper ated with ono horso Alo our Pat d PUSH RAKE and Denver Mado MOWER Our Clients and Competitors Acknowledge This 225000 invostod in onr factory to back our Roods Onr elegant illustratod printed mat tor and pricos delivered at your station sontfroofor tho asking AS1 CERTIFICATE and SOUVENIR FREE j THE PLATTNEB IMPLEMENT CO DEPT 7 DENVER COLO Kindly mention this paper mm Back to the Farm The greatest advertisement ever given to western farm lands is contained in the present discussion regarding the high cost of living Our population and its demands has increased beyond ratio of in reased soil products The man who owns a farm is surer today han ever before of its future value and worth to him Nearly a nillion immigrants come annually to this country The west is in creasing in population at the rate of half a million a year The nan who owns a 30 or 40 acre worn out farm in Europe is consid ered independent yet the west offers you 320 acres tracts of Mon lell lands or 80 acre tracts of Government Irrigated land at a price hat comes near being a gift With the absolute certainty that these lands will be beyond the -each of the homesteader in a few years It Will Pay You to Get Hold of a Western Farm for yourself or your son before it is too ate Get in touch with me mmmm i D CLEM DEAVER General Agent Land Seekers Information Bureau Room 6 Q Building Omaha Neb THE TRIBUNE 150 Value for 100 i rhrttcwmfWit n WfS V Franklin Pres G H Watkins Vice Pres E A Gkeen Cshr The Citizens National Bank of McCook Nebraska Paid Up Capital 50000 Surplus 25000 DIRECTORS V Franklin A McMillen R A Green G II Watkins Vernice Franklin STANSBERRY LUHBER CO Everything- in Lumber At Live and Let Live Prices Phone 5o McCOOK NEB r 3 iMfcAtVAUiMut iiLauujuikitli i jliimuji J D W COLSON FIRE INSURANCE AGENT I have ResidencerandBusinessProperties for Rent Office Phone 16 Residence Black 333 McCook Nebraska hiqhpriced Mccooki Living expenses have advanced 50 percent in the past few years but you can get the BESTtOFiALL KINDS OF COAL at the SAMEOLD PRlCEof the Bullard Lumber Co Phone No i Zj M O McCLURE Mgr v N V 4 U A i
