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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1903)
"sr-r3s(e-- .irvK " --. 6 THE COURIER I. duy. Monduy the twenty-third has been chosen for the opening day. A president general Is to be elected and much In terest Is felt both by the friends of the present Incumbent, Mrs. Fairbanks, who wish to see her re-elected, and by the followers of Mrs. Donald McLean, who is also a candidate. Mrs. McLean's friends claim that Mrs. Fairbanks is not eligible for another term, but she will be a candidate Just the same and a spirited contest is expected. The most Interesting topic to come be fore the congress will be the plans re lating to Continental hall no longer a dream now, but a reality. The site has already been secured and nearly 100 plans have been submitted by architects all over the country- Three of the plans have been selected and a choice from among the three will be made by a vote of the congress. The site is near the Corcoran Art gal lery and commands a fine view of the White House, and the Washington mon ument. Continental hall will cost about $900,000, Include an auditorium seating 2,000 persons, to be used by congresses and will be provided with a steel-lined vault for the safe keeping of valuable papers and funds. Mrs. M. H. Everett and Mrs." Ella K. Morrison, who will represent Deborah Avery chapter at the convention, start ed for Washington on Thursday, expect ing to join the Chicago delegation Fri day. Mrs. W. L. Woodworth will also be present at the congress. But one change In Its officers was made by the Woman's club at Its an nual meeting on Monday. Mrs. H. H. Wilson was made auditor, to succeed Mrs. H. M. Bushnell who wished to be released. The entire ticket, which was elected unanimously, was as follows: President. Mrs. F. M. Hall: first vice president. Mrs. F. N. Gibson; second vice-president, Mrs. Guy A. Brown; re cording secretary. Miss Jeannette Green: corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. F. Stev ens; treasurer, Mrs. George H. Schwake; auditor, Mrs. H. H. Wilson. The following women were elected to represent the club at the state federa tion to meet in October: Delegates Mesdames A. W. Field, W. A. Poynter, M. D. Welch; Miss A. L. Miller; Mes dames G. H. Schwake, EH Plummer, A. J. Sawyer, J. F. Stevens, A. A. Scott, Guy Brown, M. H. Everett. Henry Gund, and Miss Jeannette Green. Alternates Mesdames Ralph Johnson, G. E. Barber, Milton Scott, P. Mortenson, C. W. Little. Emma Seacrest. F. E. Lahr, F. N. Gib son, D. C. Bell, L. C. Chapln, G. E. Hib ner. S. M. Wiseman, J. H. Clark. Among the plans of work suggested for next year were u cooking school in connection with the high school course, and a manual training school for boys. Giving assistance to the college settle ment, and providing good pictures for the public schools were nlso mentioned us promising fields for work. The ladles voted to indorse the bill now before the legislature providing for n building for the state historical asso ciation. Mrs. M. D. Welch invited all women who have ever attended the home de partment to be present at the enter tainment for children which will be given in four weeks, and to be accom panied by a child. At the opening of the meeting MIss Jane Morrow sang Angus MacDonald by Roeckel, with Miss Pydney Murphy as accompanist. Miss Aenone Poston played Solrree de Vienne, No. 8, Schu bert Liszt. "How do you like de new preacher?" asked Mr. Erastus Plnkley. "Very much," answered Miss Miami Brown. "He's got a good staht He knows it heap o' words, an jes' as soon as he gits 'em arranged in de proper order he'll hab a mighty fine sermon." Washington Star. r CAPTAIN CLOVER TO COME HOME Sbsbsbw 3 JbbbJbbbbbbbk bbbbbbbF jr,ii B Ba 4R3Mt "PA .sTbbbbbbbbbbbbbB BbbbbbbbbbB .KTW' vPWH ii, 1 tbbE'.bbbbbbbbw. bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbwWI bbbbbVbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb! ,&BCBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBb1 jsbbbbbbbbbkbbbbbbbb fi. 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On that occasion It was Chicago, not greater New York, thf.t figured as the "effete east." At that time he and his partner had been connected with the "G-52 outfit" in Idaho. His partner, be it observed, was a young Scotchman,.a fellouvwith a han dle to his name, who had had the sense to realize that he was none the better for that, to the ultimate persuading of his fellows that he was equally none the worse for It. Out In the beef country he was just plain "Jim" to his equals and "Mr. Hamilton" to his inferiors. "Jim" and the Idaho man had sought the effete east, i. e., Chicago, in charge of a load of cattle from G-52, which was about thirty miles north of Pocatello. They had put up at the old Richelieu of happy memory and put in considerable time painting the town as deep a shade of car mine as they could before society found Jim out That "Sir" tacked in front of his name cut considerable ice In the so cial -pond, even though the ranch had agreed to forget it. In view of the fact that Jim was the right sort, in spite of It "It was a case of evening togs and din ner at some swell house a different one every night." said the Idaho man. "Of course, I trailed along with Jim. He wouldn't have'lt any other way, and he made it stick; though sometimes I got so tired of spike-tailed waiters clothes that I came near swerving several times and Jim had to do everything short of picketing me to hold me down at that. So we had a pretty hot time of It that trip, though Jim had a whole gripful of letters to Chicago folks that he never presented at all. "One night, it was the last week of our stay in Chicago, we had dinner with some swell folks over on the North Side. After dinner, when the men folks got together in the smoking room, Jim and I had to answer a heap of questions about the ranching business. "The son of the host was particularly anxious to know a lot about the game. He was a tall, slender lad of about 22 or 23, with tow hair, a peachy skin, and a little bit of a light, rat-tailed mustache. "Say, what the young man didn't want to learn about the cattle business was just nothing at all. Jim and I asked him if he was thinking about going into ranching, but he said no, but the busi ness interested him, and that as we were the first people we had ever met that were actually engaged in it he wanted to veri fy a few things that ha had heard about the cattle land. "It was up to us then, of course, to ask him to come out to our outfit, and take a look around, and we did, although he was such a juniper looking cuss, with his pink hide and his tow hair and his mild eastern way, that neither pf us could just figure out how he'd look at a ranch. But It was plain that he was trolling for the Invitation, so Jim and I passed it along to him. "He had heard that cowboys had a way of raisin' hell beg pardon, he called It 'hazln',' and that sure does sound better with tenderfeet that came their way. And he was most particular anxious to know more about It We figured out that he was scared o his hide, Jim and I did, and we "had to grin. We could just see the hands looking over and sizln' up that pinky boy, and we could hear the cracks they'd make when he appeared. "But Jim, being dead anxious to switch him from his determination to come out and visit us, made out to comfort him some; told him how the boys never really hurt up tenderfeet, just danced 'em a little for exercise like. The boys were all right at bottom, but just a leetle mite mischievous when they first see a tender foot But Pinky he didn't bluff for a cent. " 'Well.' says he. Til come, but I won't dance and I won't be hazed.' "Jim and me. we just twiddled our thumbs and looked hard at the celling. " 'Bet you five hundred they don't bother me at all,' the kid went on. " 'Sure, they won't,' said Jim. 'The boys never monkey with the guests of the boss It's only the rank outsiders they get after.-When you drift along out our way we'll be there to take care of you.' " 'Bet you five hundred they don't haze me, even If they don't know I'm going to be one of your guests,' the pinky young chap persisted. " 'You're on, son,' said Jim, with a grin. " 'All right.' said the young fellow, in a business-like way. Til arrive In Poca tello on Nov. 15, two months from today. Will the cowboys be in Pocatello on Nov. 15?' " 'Lots of 'em,' says Jim. 'That's after the busy spell. And we'll see that a lot of our hands are there, anyhow, busy or no busy, eh, pard?' addressing me. And I strung along with the remark that there'd likely be a whole lot of the boys in and around Pocatello on the date men tioned. "'Very well,' said the young fellow, making a note in his little book, just as if he was registering the date of a pink tea. -Ana you two gentlemen '11 happen to be In Pocatello, too?' "We sure would be, we told him. ' 'Good,' said the kid. 'And when I get Into Pocatello you're not to let the cow boys know that I'm to be your guest, or anything of the sort. AH you've got to do Is to look on, and you won't have to butt in, no matter what happens. And I won't be hazed and five hundred goes?' "Jim took another good look at the kid's peachblow hide and his tallowy hair and that little bit of a rat-tailed mus tache, and then he grinned. " 'It sure goes.' he said. 'But I hate to steal your money, son.' "'That juniper kid ought to go into tralnlng,right now,' said Jim, on our way back to the hotel. "A few days later we went back to the ranch and on Nov. 13 we got a telegram from that pink Chicago boy saying he would strike Pocatello at 10 o'clock next day. Things were pretty slack at the ranch; the round up was over and there was nothing much doing. So Jim went over to the bunk house with advance money for the boys and told 'em that if any of them thought Pocatello was in peed of a coat of pink paint, hey could V