S. Stinson, vice consul ; Luther Davis, worthy ndvisor ; C. L. Mayes, clerk ; and M. O. Keiffe, banker.

Royal Neighbors The companion lodge of the Woodmen organized June 12, 1901, Rose Lodge number 2616, with twenty-three charter members. This lodge has the largest membership of any fraternity in Rushville and is officered as follows : Mrs. Jesse French, oracle ; Mrs. Mary Moore, vice oracle; Mrs. Carrie Henderson, recorder; Mrs. Maude Stamper, receiver.

Other Lodges The historian has given more detail to the lodges at the county seat, but Gordon, Hay Springs, Antioch, and other places have fraternities of the same and other lodges, whose communal fires are kept burning by the patience and charity of their beloved members. The harsh world of business is softened, and toned down, and the brotherly love engendered and kept alive in the fraternal organizations of the land. Nowhere is that spirit more exemplified than it is in all parts of Sheridan county.

SHERIDAN COUNTY AND THE WORLD WAR

Sheridan county, ever ready to do its part in public affairs, never faltered when the great sacrifices were necessary for world liberty. The pioneers who came to Sheridan county, and the children of those pioneers, had within them the blood of independence and self-sacrifice. They had stood the test of early years, and they met the test in the supreme trials of war. The people gave of their time, their means and their own blood. The liberty loans were met and passed in regular order, the thrift and war savings drives went as usual in western Nebraska, the Red Cross and other