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By F M K1A1MELL
La rgest Circulation in R ed Willow Co
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Entered at postofliee McCook Nebraska as
second clasa matter Published -weekly
The Dalilman but in has cost
ka democrats the governorship
entire state ticket three con-
smen ana gave u luc
rr rr campaign wc over went
L ouLa Hastings Democrat
Tt is but fair to assume in the
light of Mr Dodges letter printed
in the Danbury News of last week
that our esteemed county attorney
does not entertain as high an opin
ion of McCook as he did before the
election Perhaps
late unpleasantness
haps honors are about even
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The football season closed Thanks
giving day with a total of only
eighteen deaths to tho record of the
new emasculated mollycoddle rules
This is a reduction however of
inoal from the fatalities of last
year
All signs fail in dry weather is
an ancient cod By the same token
the average political signs were
worthless this year For instance
down in Fillmore county Charlie
Sloan Republican carried his home
county by a plurality of 1369 Hitch
cock carried the county uy ouo uu
Aldrich won by 232
On The Firing Line
One machine operator at Marion
reports hulling a thousand bushels
of alfalfa seed in twelve days run
this season
The new big shep feeders at Mar
ion are finished They are perhaps
the largest in the country
Wray Colo is to have the third
bank It will be known as uie reu
ples State Bank Capital 15000
The Trenton foot ball boys should
learn the Good Indians prayer It
is almost a divine attribute to be a
good loser
The Great Western Sugar Co paid
to Colorado beet sugar growers for
October deliveries of beets 2800000
One thousand acres of sugar beets
is the mark but we can beat it
Diamonds
a Good
Investment
Everybody knows the pleasure that
beautiful diamond
comes from owning a
mond but few people realize that a
diamond is a good investment It
can never deteriorate for every year
sees an increase in the market
ue of these most precious sparkling
tU stones Invest in a diamond Get
rJ the pleasuer of owning it and know
K ing the value is constantly increas
1 n i i iorTr rwtT onr line
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we want to show you the unusual
values we are offering
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STAND PAT FOR NEBRASKA
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Back to the soil has been a pop
ular slogan for some time and the
facts warrant the advice Wise are
the men who are investing their sur
plus money in Nebraska lands and
if you are a reader of statistics you
will be pleased to learn that invest
ments in lands during the past year
jhave reached large figures For in
I stance over a million and a quarter
acres have changed hands in fifty
one of our ninety one counties dur
ing Uie year ending April 1 1910
and the total paid aggregates over
578000000 -The average price is
a - iorp The average price is
i nighest in York county or 9779 and
lowest in Custer county 2654 The
figures are not available for Kea wil
low county The nearest county men
tioned is Phelps and the average
price for that county is 54 per acre
Read these figures and then re
call that fifteen years ago this low
est average was a fair average price
for the best farm lands in the state
If you like standing pat on any
proposition let it be on weDrabKu
lands on Nebraska investments and
enterprises And let us mention in
cidentally that Red Willow county
and McCook are in Nebraska It will
pay
Thfi Tribune recalls that 25 years
asro this entire section of Nebraska
was but one great cattle range
and only a few years before that it
was the hunting ground of the sav
age and the pasture of the buffalo
lust a casual glance about yon will
disclose a truly marvelous change
Enterprising cities and towns are to
be found on every hand McCook is
a particularly bright jewel in this
wondrous transformation scene It
would be difficult to duplicate it any
where in a quarter century Its su
perb public buildings ana cosy
oraes its miles of splendid cement
sidewalks handsome lawns and
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Lodge is Now Being Formed
- McCook Nebraska
poses of the Lojal Order of Moose
vill be found in the lofty sentiments
elative to humanitvs welfare
Religious and political rights are
ully recognized by the teachings of
the Order but questions of a politi
cal jov sectarian nature find no place
within its sacred precincts and are
forbidden within its portals
PURITY
The Loyal Order of Moose is a
moral agent The influence is ex
erts is most beneficial Nothing
base or degrading is tolerated with
n its precincts or by its members
anywhere The principle on which
it is founded and the teachings it
promulgates cannot be otherwise
than elevating and helpful to its
members
No fraternal order in existence pos
sesses a more beautiful or ennobling
ritualistic ceremony No man can
take its vows and listen to its in
structions without becoming a bet
ter citizen a more devoted husband
a more affectionate parent
The Loyal Order of Moose does
not tolerate interference with ones
religious or political views Politi
cal or sectarian discussion are not
countenanced in the lodge room
but patriotism obedience to law
ni Trfc nnrt resnect for the
opinions of others insisted upon
As one enters a lodge room so he
departs a free man
AID
In the broad sense of the word
the Loyal Order of Moose is an aid
tr its members If misfortune
overtakes a brother if sickness
onnunf nr husiness reverses
fall him it extends the helping hand
For him it speaks the good word
contributes to his purse and helps
him to overcome difficulties
Aid and protection at a timely
moment are often of incalculable val
ue It may be that unpenning mui
al injury can be averted that a
home can be saved from blight that
honor can be preserved untarnished
Material calamities may oe me inu
tecting arm or utter tne woru
warning
The Loyal Order of Moose is a
cMoiri nf offense and defense not
only to every brother but for those
whn are near and dear to him
Against all of the ills and discour
it
agements to wnicn man is ueu
is a tower of protecting strength
or
be-
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of
PROGRESS
One of the chief aims of the Loy
al Order of Moose is to be progres
sive Rapid growth and large
spreading shade trees its modern
sanitary and up-to-date civic equip
ment are the surprise of all
And surprise need not be contineu
to the citys development for the
county has marvelously advanced as
veil Many well tilled and devel
oped farms dot the landscape over
vaere not many years ago the
o grass and prairie dog flourished
Vnd this has all come to pass under
nat might be deemed adverse cir-
umstances for both towns and coun
try were settled by people poor m
purse if rich in courage and pur
pose
vr this connection it is pleasing uuu
suggestive to note that for the most
nart those who are now the leading
Ind representative men of means in
town and country are tnose wno ime
stayed and remained faithful in ad
versity as well as in prosperity
for both come to every section of
country These have won a com
petency by investing their time and
money and energy here and not in
following everv hither
and thither with the changing seas
ons and the recurring years final
ly to come back broke in purse
and spirit
The Tribune Deneves uiau
signs point to a genuine return to
he farm If we read aright now is
tha timP tn stay with Nebraska s
land and enterprises and to pass up
the thousand and one schemes of
fered to separate the Nebraskan from
his land and livestock and money
Stay with Nebraska She has
mother to hundreds
been a prosperous
dreds of thousands of poor farmers
laborers business and professional
been lightly
men Her wealth has only
ly touched on the surface There
ire homes and prosperity here for
lundreds of thousands more
Red Willow county can easily sustain
several times its
tain a population
iresent enumeration
ir ivo hup tn the fact that the
Order is never allowed to grow stale
and unattractive by adhering to
in forms and practices that the times
i ior onePii tn annrove It is
UlttJ UUC v---
ni that both the Order ana
The Loyal Order of Moose was or- te individual member shall keep
anized in Louisville Ky April 12 step with civilization in its onwara
1SSS It was not a class and upward march
tion but is open to all good white By special dispensation from uie
male citizens professional business supreme lodge the initiation tee nab
j a i ji n t on will be Siouu
ana worKingmen oi sounu mum aim ueen ituutcu -
bod in good standing in the com
munity and engaged in lawful occu
pation and between the ages of 21
and 55 years
Its period of greatest activity and
growth has been within the last four
years in which time the message of
the Moose has been carried into ev
ery state in the Union and now has
over 350
members
lodges with over 300000
DECLARATION OF THE PRINCI
PLES OF THE LOYAL
ORDER OF MOOSE
He that loveth his brother
Abideth in the light but
He that hatth his brother
Abideth in darkness
A brotherhood founded upon the
splendid principles Purity Aid and
Progress is designed to bind civil
Tied mankind closer together with
of fraternal love and to teach
jreat truths which have for tlieir
the elevatien of society
The origin of the aims and pur
The benefits are 700 per week in
sickness or accident 10000 in case
of death and a free college for your
children also a physician to care
for the sick and injured by adoption
of the local lodge
The dues are 75 cents a montn
No assessments
FREE COLLEGE FOR YOUR CHIL
DREN
The Moose lead and never follow
and theirs is the creative rather than
tya emulative instinct and in the
propostion of establishing a free col
lege for the children of Moose we
establish a precedent without paral
lel in the educational moves of oth
er orders Join a good thing Be a
charter member
Call on National Organizer H W
Curtiss office over Ludwicks Furn
iture store McCook Nebr Open
evenings until 9 oclock
Wells Pumos Windmills
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Rnld and installed Pumps repaired
wells drilled In fact everything in
this line taken care or prompt uuu
at reasonable prices
McCOOK HARDWARE CO
A Deadly Weapon
There is a horrible weapon favored
by certain of the hill tribes in the
Ghauts of western Asia which con
sists of four sharp curved blades hid
den under the fingers and securely held
in place by rings passing over two of
them With such a contrivance Shi
vaji the Marathn hero is credited
with having disemboweled his Mo
hammedan overlord when making a
pretense of rendering him his humble
submission The vagnaks tigers
claws as they are called are dis
tinctly more brutal than their western
prototype the knuckle duster
Wide World Magazine
Iti Destination
Heres a nickel said n thrifty
housewife to a tramp at her door
Now what are you going to do with
it
Well mum replied the hungry
man if I buy a touring car I shant
have enough left to pay my chauffeur
if I purchase a steam yacht there
wont be enough left to defray tne cost
of manning her so I guess mum Ill
get a schooner and handle it myself
Everybodys Magazine
Not an Unmixed Evil
Poverty has Its blessings said the
philosophic friend
Thats right replied Mr Sudden
gift It was annoying to be wiped
out in Wall street as I was last week
But it put an immediate stop to two
threatened breach of promise suits
Washington Star
Thoughtless Babies
None of my antics will stop that
kid from crying
Too bad
I should say so Darn a baby that
cant realize when it Is being amused
Louisville Courier Journal
I carry a complete line of
hair goods Switches puffs
and curls made from your
combings L M CLYDE
PHONE 72 Ill W B St UP STAIRS
DE F0UGUIERES VISIT
TKe Famous French Dandy Who Will
Lectcre Us About Dress
Get out your high hat and your swal
lowtail coat and your patent leather
shoes Mr Man and let us show M
Andre de Fouquieres that he has made
ze grand mistake For this famous
Parisian dandy arbiter of fashionable
life in France leader of cotillions and
writer of successful comedies who has
declared times without number that
Americas men do not know how to
dtess is now coming er here to
give us some pointers in that respect
In talking of his trip recently he said
The women of the Tinted States
all they are exquisite But the men
-non nun They take their fash
ion from London Englishmen dress
like bookmakers like horsemen Amer
icans follow them The result It
is to weep But allow me to teach
him If he will but listen to me l win
show him how to dress so well that
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ANDKE Dli FOUQUIEKES
when he gois abroad he may hope
even to be mistaken for a citizen of
that dear Paris
Monsieur will tind that we are all
from Missouri and want to be shown
and he will a No tind that the sterner
sex in America will uver come to
wearing corsets or high heeled shoes
It should be suggested that if he real
ly wants to make a big hit over here
with the average man struggling to
keep up with the soaring prices he
should tell them how to get hotter
clothes at le s money
The Double Red Cross
Although the double red cross has
been used in America for more thau
iAternatioual em
the
four years as
blem of the crusade against tubercu
losis few people have known how it
originated until the announcement of
the history of the symbol was made
public recently by
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the National As
sociation For the
Study and Proven
tion of Tuborciilo
si It has ben
ascertained tliit
the double red
cross was iirst
suggested as the
symbol of the in
teraational Anti
tuberculosis asso
ciatiou in Berlin
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The proposer of the symbol was Dr
G Sersiron of Paris who is now as
sociate secretary of L Association
Centrale Francaise Coutre la Tubercu
losa The double red cross is similar
in shape to a cross used frequently in
the Greek Catholic churches and also
to the Lorraine cross of France
FIRST IN AMERICA
Trackless Trolley Now Being Success
fully Operated In California
To a company in California must go
the credit ot having installed the first
trackless trolley in America one now
being success ally operated in Laurel
and run
canyon near Los Angeles
ning between Hollywood and Bunga
low Land a distance of a mile and a
half up the side of a mountain While
there are uo tracks for the cars the
overhead wires and their supiwrts
look much like those on the
TnE TBAOKLESS TROLLEY
ban lines but for the fact that two
trolley wires are required instead of
one
The cars are each equipped with two
electric motors of fifteen horsepower
and make the trip in about eight min
utes They accommodate sixteen pas
sengers each without crowding and
operate on a fifteen minute schedule
This Is Woodman Day
McCook is in the Hands of the Wood
men Today and Tonight
The results of the big campaign of the Woodmen of this city and vicini
ty are in evidence today hundreds of Woodmen being in the city to wit
ness the big class initiation this evening
This morning has been given over to the sports and amusements
This afternoon to addresses in the Temple theatre by the head officers
of the order -
And tonight will close the big gathering with a class initiation ot
magnitude seldom seem in the history of any order
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Ned Burke the returned Rough Ricer Lieut Walter M Ellis
John McFarland alias James Steele the absconding Bank Cashier
S C Beach
Teddy o tile 406 Keain
Schlitz who hates the Insli - -
Conklin the Cowboy Howard b mity
William Noble the Woodman Js A btranger
Master Harold Schwab
Willie Noble a newsboy
of I am W B Deadendufer
George Augustus Snow a son
Mail Carrier No 1 WilaS
v T u i son
Policeman No 44
V C Camp No 725 M W A J Wilson
W A Camp No 725 M W A Ed Howell
Banker Camp No 725 M W A A- J
Oiem Camp No 725 M V A -A G demann
Alice the Bankers Daughter Lillian yearns
Jennie the Woodmans Daughter Zffi
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Maggie who hates the Dutch IlldrSnM
Anne MacDonald
Mrs Noble the Woodmans Widow
Woodmen and Foresters Camp No 6G3 M W A
Spoiled His Act
A musical artist announced to hs
friends that he had a feature for his
act that was calculated to make the
whole profession sit up and rake no
tice Several days later he was asked
to divulire his plans
Oh thats all off was the answer
Well if it was such a wonderful
thing what was it was the general
innuiry
it
The musician heaved a siph of disap
pointment
I tried it he answered but some
body sold me the skeleton of a ticklish
man and I couldnt hit the ribs
Youjgstown Telegram
eloquent over the marriage laws ot
every state in the Union every coun
try in the world civilized and unciv
ilized and had cited the affinity tables
of every church and even the legisla
tion of Lyeurgus down to that of
Bricham Young when a young man
quietly announced his intense desire
fourteen
dered iced water New York Times
A Fair Sized Trout
The gentleman was strolling across
a large estate when he came upon a
man fishing What soit of Qsh do
you catch here he said
Mostly trout replied the man
How many have jou caught
About ten or twelve sir
What is about the heaviest you
have caught continued the gentle
man
Well I dont know the weight but
the water sunk two or three feet when
I pulled It out
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STEALING A HORSE
A Bold Afghan Robber Who Had a
Sense of Humor
An East Indian ollicer writing of
life In Peshawur in the early seven
lies of the last century relates the
following
ILe medical officer of my regiment
was informed one night that a valua
ble and favorite Arab steed of his had
I had planned to have a real been stolen
eton the musical man replied with
its ribs timed up so that I could play
music on it like a xylophone
Great Why arent you goins to do
Over the border gone
forever he never expected to see nis
horse again but uexr day much to his
surprise there came to him a bearded
ruffian riding bare backed the stolen
steed
He confessed that he had taken tha
animal but learning that It was the
property of a hakim physician had
brought it back The horse had been
tethered in line with others with
men women and children sleeping in
the open about them
a HI1W lllli Oil UJUUUnl
A uiosea uiscussion -
Thev had argued long and furiously the doc tor
If the sahib will the necessary
quesrtkn
over the Can a man marry giye
-I will show him
I he said
i i rwi fh hihiv fiu order
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even to the night watchman asleep in
a corner Noiselessly the Afghan
crawled toward the Arab treading
snakelike through the prostrate form3
1 to where it was standing at the end of
the row Softly hissing to attract tne
animals attention without causing
alarm he gently raised himself with
to be informed where the deuce a man arm extended
In his oien palm were mn
widow wmetamg
was when his wife was a lved of
native sngaO
Then the discussion closed down and of gpor
uuB mu w --
vMtl rmitrnvnrslnlists or- norses anu
ing these the man was caressing him
with the other hand whence suspend
ed a watering bridle taken from his
wallet Quickly this was adjusted
and then stroking soothingly the rob
ber passed his hand over the animals
back and down the hind quarters
Swiftly the heel ropes were unhitched
then tiie head gear released and with
a bound he was astride and away his
right hand backward flung shouting
triumphantly as he passed Thus was
it done
The joke was that he never carao
back A double restitution would have
been too much of a wrench
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