The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-12-29


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There are rumors of still further setting
back of men and retrenchment.
Roadmaster Mcfarland was up from
Red Cloud, Tuesday, on business of his
Office
Mrs. George Le1ning went down to Red
Cloud, Tuesday morning, on short visit
to relatives and friends.
The great Santa Fe system seeks to
end its pressing financial troubles by 60
ing into the hands of receivers.
R. R. Randall of the Rock Islands land
department came in from Chicago, Tues
day evening, on some land business.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Burnett and son
Orville were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Yetter at Hastings over Christmas
Tim Foley and Frank Ouigley of the
Hastings -Oberlin run spent Sunday at
! headquarters among their many railroad
friends
Cards are out announcing the approach
ing marriage of Fireman Harry Kings
! bury and Miss May Rogers, in Peoria,
Illinois, on New Year day.
Poor's Railroad manual says the rail-
roads in the United States could be built
nowfor considerably less than s., 900 900, :
900. They are capitalized at $40, 600 900, :
900 and are made to earn dividends on
that amount
1t is rumored that early in the new
year the working hours of round house
force will be heightened to the ten-hour
schedule. And the probabilities are that
an increase of men will be required as
cold weather comes on.
1t takes only three receivers to manage
the Santa Fe railroad, with its nearly
) 1900 miles of lines and known as the
largest railroad system in the world The
Union Pacific, with less mileage and less
business, is supplied with five receivers.
nj The special car of the B. & M. officials
. who are interested in the big ditch was
side tracked here Wednesday. They
gave out the impression they were here
for the purpose of hunting. It is suppos-
: ed they were here looking up the pros
y poets of the new wditch.-Culbertson Era.
sweeney Munson writes from Sayre, Pa,
to "please send THE TRIBUNE to me at
Sayre. I am running engine GA on the
New York, Philadelphia and Buffalo
through express on the Seneca division
of the Lehigh Valley railroad. McChes-
ney and O'Nei1 from Alliance are also
running passengers Oh the same division.
Everything is coming our way on the
Lehigh. Best regards to all"
A hard struggle for life was the exper-
! ience of Supt. Phelan on Dec 9th, when he
. shot black tail buck near Powder river
in Wyoming. Mr.. Phelan had promised
a friend of his nice mounted deer head,
and not being able to buy one he took
his gun and struck out determined to get
deer or die in the attempt. He had
!, gone but six miles from his starting point
when be saw about hundred feet away
, fine buck. He hauld off and let him
have the contents of his gun and the buck
fell. Phelan pulled out his knife and
= started for his victim, he set his gun up
against tree not stopping to reload it.
No sooner had he lit on to the buck than
he realized he had fight on his hands,
and without any delay the only thing to
I do was to fight the battle He caught
the buck by the horns, and at times Mr..
- Phelan was on top and other times the
buck was on top. The buck for a time
, seemed to have the best of it. Phelan
thought his day had come, and realized
that his jack knife was no good. The
= only thing left was to get the gun which
for time seemed impossible. Soon an
? opportunity presented itself and the gun
of the tree and the man and gun on the
, other there was sharp lodging for a few
moments. Finally he got the gun reload
' ed and succeeded at the second shot to do
up the buck. Very few clothes and but
little wind was left after the fight was
over. After the fight was over, after the
battle was won, Phelan had six miles to
walk and carry buck head and gun.
After the six miles were walked, after the
car was reached, after the blood was
washed off, after the clothes were changed
Phelan explained to the porter that gun
} ming alone was no joke. The exciting
episode above recorded would never have
occurred, and Grip would be minus of an
interesting article had it not been for
Tom Curran who wrote to friends here in
Alliance, that the woods were so thick