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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1910)
Our Fire Proof Vaults are at your disposal Why not have a Safe Deposit Bos in which to keep your will insurance poli cies deeds abstracts notes leaese and other valnable p pers In this manner you safe guard yourself against any pos sible loss by fire If you are not familiar with the plan we will bo glad to have you call at the bank inspect the boxes and allow us to ex plain fully this secure way of taking care of your private papers a d other valuables- Your Friends First Bank McCook Nebr By F i KIMMELL Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co Entered at postoffiee MeCook Nebraska as second class matter Poblibhed weekly It is now unlawful to manufacture tLIskey in the state of Tennessee When the McCooIc Commercial club iraestly and intelligently takes a leasonable business proposition be fore the people it makes good It is quite within possibilities that the next fight for a Nebraska sen atorial toga will be between two Fifth district men Congressman G W Nor ris of McCook and Governor A C Shallenberger of Alma v 5 v Democracy will hardly claim the late election to be a vote of confi dence in the Democratic party It was however a vote of protest against recent acts of the Republi can party which the party niay well heed Physical valuation is doubtless the key to the railroad problem taking the proposition to mean as The Tri bune does the wringing out of their capitalization the vast volume of wa tered stock No man whose opinion or view is worth consideration de sires to cripple the railroads or to do them an injustice On the other hand they do and properly too ob ject to paying dividends on watered stock i TTYVTTV t STAND UP FOR NEBRASKA 3 M A AX AAJULAJk XAA A A A A A A A A AX AAA AAA AAA UAAAA AAA AAA AAA A A A A AH Dont put all your eggs in one bas ket has been considered advice of worth along general lines Nature in this regard has furnish ed us a good example Even a su perficial glance about you will dis close the evident and wise fact that nature has not placed all of her eggs in one basket indeed quite the con trary is true In nature there is the widest diversity in climate soil humidity etc even as in man there is talent and capacity in multitudi nous exhibit and variety This introduces us to a fact more local and personal a fact you can rot evade or avoid but one which many people seem to overlook or fail to give proper consideration Avhen misfortune or failure in whole or in part comes to them be it in busi ness or on the afrm or in the shop Then the quite usual conclusion is that better conditions always ex ist elsewhere No matter how meager the information about the proposed new home no matter from what source obtained many jump at the conclusion that it is a land flowing with milk and honey Then often follow the sale quite often the sacrifice the moving into the sure and certain country the beginning over again under new and unknown conditions Then the draw backs which were overlooked by the promoters and agents bcme known Then again is the truth borne in that all countries have their attrac tions their merits and their adverse conditions How often then the ills we had seem good to us Among the western states Nebras ka has been perhaps the most con servatively advertised and promoted and less favored states with more courage and enthusiasm have attract Earl B Gaddis of Holdrege has fall 3n heir to the deputy oil inspector ship recently vacated by State Oil In spector Colfer of our city Gullible Americans have lost 100 000000 in last five years during most of which period good bonds have gone begging The average Ameri can evidently enjoys being gold bricked Charles Seeley is the choice of Congressman Norris for the new postmaster in Trenton Mr Seeley has the virtue of not having been very offensively active in politics and hence was in the line of least re sistance But some days must be dark and dreary gentlemen of the unsuccessful tailors dozen Says Richard Henry Edwards in his booklet Business Morals Up on the moral soundness of business relations largely depends the stabil ity of credit and trade the material welfare of the people and in the fi nal result their general moral stand ards As are the morals of business so are the morals of the nation for the morality which reveals itself at the point of exchange is the work ing morality of the people Wide spread business immorality means not merely the undermining of pros perity it means the triumph of in justice the degradation of national ideals and the destruction of some of the highest standards in the nles life Says Alfred L Baker a prominent Chicago business man An anti toxin to corruption is enter ing the veins of the business world Prefer Jewelo to Any Other Gift in the World OR THOUSANDS OF YEARS as far back as Kictinr crrc liniurcul frnlrpn rf lnv anrl JT I friendship has been precious stones and jewelry Mr I To everv race in everv aee and veneration erems and jewels have held a charm more alluring than money land merchandise or any other form of wealth Every achievement in life is associated with gifts of this kind a small ring for the baby brace lets and neck chains for birthdays at graduation perhaps a fine watch a diamond ring announces the marriage engage ment and at the wedding the crowning event of all a multi tude of precious gems gold and silverware And with each generation the sentiment attached to the giving and owning of jewels grows When yOtf wish to select a gift for a friend or relative Come to this store You cannot find more dependable jewel ry any place and a comparison will demonstrate that to trade here means a cash saving We may be able to offer a suggestion that would help you in your selection Our engraving department is at your service no charge for monograms or inscriptions Diamond setting and special work will be done right here Come and bring your friends visitors are as welcome as buyers L C ST0LL COMPANY Jewelers and Optician ed our people and capital to our loss and to the detriment of our people Nevertheless here are hundreds of thousands of fertile acres untilled here are openings for manufacture and for business men who are look ing for safe and conservative invest ments in lands or mercantile pur suits Southwestern Nebraska and among other counties Red Willow county offers much farming and grazing land within reach of men of moderate means Despite circumstances not always favorable but with much of rich soil and splendid climate many farmers and stock raisers have be come comfortably well off and inde pendent here and the process can be successfully used by thousands more While agricultural results past few seasons have not been what was hoped or desired experience has taught beyond doubt this countrys ability to come back Better stand by the guns and be on the ground to reap the bumper harvest coming One of the favorable signs of the times in this vicinity is the increas ed acreage of alfalfa planted that marvelous hay and feed and the promise that over a thousand acres of the richest and best land in this vicinity will be planted to sugar beets next season This section is espec ially adapted to the successful pro duction of high grade sugar beets and The Tribune is more than grat ified to make known this important news for sugar beet culture is not only a practicable crop here but one of profit and if fully developed will add annually hundreds of thousands of dollars to the products of the farms of this part of the county alone Stand up for Red Willow county The Omaha Bee wants to know if the United States supreme court has not advanced the Nebraska bank guaranty law in order to make it feasible for Attorney General Mullen to appear in the case before he re tires from office Most probably to put said law to sleep It is -a truism that fines have no I terrors and act as a weak retardent to that class of criminals who have the money to pay the fines imposed If the courts will adopt the rule of giving such offenders a prison sen tence this breaking of some of our laws with impunity by the rich will suddenly cease The Gullible Public Two boulevardiers of Paris tell how they proved the gullibility of the pub lic They bet a friend 1000 francs that by inserting three advertisements of three lines each in papers in the course of a week they would receive 500 francs without giving any ex planation or making any promise to the senders On a Saturday the following tisement appeared Intelligent persons will send 5 francs to such nn address Ou the Wednesday the insertion ran Last possible day Is Sunday Send your 5 irancs then or -refusal The third on the following Saturday was AH 5 francs posted after tomorrow will be Inexorably refused By the Sunday morning seventy seven postal orders for 4 shillings each had come in and the next morning eighty two more arrived The gulli ble public had sent in not GOO francs but 705 francs in a week Having proved their point and won their bet the two boulevardiers naturally re turned the postal orders to the ingen uous senders English of Long Ago The kings English has oiinnged ns kings have come and gone says the St James Gazette Here is a passage from the record of a crowning of long ago The Cardinall as Arrhehislmppo of Caiinterbure showing tin king to the people at the iiij parties of the said pulpitt shall sy in thN wis Sirs I here present Henry truei mt rightful and undmilit d enherimur la the lawes of od and man in ile coroune and roiall dignitc of Kimiaul with all things thev mi ipxed and appcrteyning elect e and re quired by all three est a is of the sa land to tal yppun him the said coroune and roiall diunite whereupon ye shall vnderstand that the daie is prefixed and appoynted by all the piers of this land for the eonsecra sion envnecion and coronacion of the said most excellent Prince Henrv will ye sirs at this tyme geve your willes and essentes to the same consecracion envnecion and coronacion Where upon the peple shall sale with a greate voice Ye Ye So be hit King Henry King Henry Weighing tho Mayor A mayor particularly an English mayor is traditionally a man of weight and substance but there is only one municipality that Insists that his hon or get on the public scales and prove it Of the thousands of quaint and cu rious customs surviving in the old country this is perhaps one of the most odd The mayor of High Wy combe has to be weighed on Nov 9 of each year inauguration day and this custom has been observed for about six centuries The mayor elect walks at the head of a procession consisting of the councilors the beadle and the mace bearer He is clad In cocked hat silk stockings blue coat and knee breeches Upon reaching the town hall the mayor is placed upon the scales by the head constable and a record of his avoirdupois is solemnly made In a book kept for this purpose Harpers Week ly - r tew wjr rz ssara tfsaw Jr jrifii ruiii Ji dtjr iwvn - TJ jp 1 J rrr - w r vr L T x48 J5 ttZfSVA P fl SW 5 T- tw rr t vii i rw to n sm V2 iA v- m i J V Over 1300 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