McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-02-05
RED WILLOW COUNTY.

RID WILLOW COUNTY.
MCCoOK NEB., December IA, loo4;-lhose
xyho ha We followed the eries or articles from
the Republican Valley, from our pen, Mnioh
have uppeared iii the coluinhs Oh Inc Nohiiioi
clal t,alelte, have Doubtless peconie sSiS
much interested, as we have done, III this
beautiful country. -. sc Tho ,,.Ila,
Red Willow county, the portion OF the Vaiies
which we wish 10 uescriue, is lurther WIS.,,
ana consequently more sparsely settled tliiiil
those heretofore spoken or but inning ration
ia rapiuiy pouring in. All the aFaliaDle Wv
eminent land IS taken up. anu viii " show their
are 6y their orchards, well-tlied heios. anu
improved buildings. o., 1,,,a, LINN !
his county is third east of the Coiorauo INT
in Iha Southern tier. 1t has All area OF ~
snuare miles or 46u. SUI acres. In 1901 IL liu q
nopulation of 3,044, which has increased 10 a.
least 5,uvU at this time. inc oI5, ny,ite
GENERALLY rolling, some parts oelns ,qui.S
rough There Is considerable valley lauu even
in the rougher portions. Inc upi'ihos AZ
generally CONSIDERED
THE BEST LAND.
The soil is q rich deep alluvial loan, capaole
of supportlng population as dense us III many
nortIuns OF the East. lie seems peculuily
adapted to this country, absorbing noisou u
very rapidly and retaining II WIN t ain"r
HE tenaciUy. 1t is underlald by hghI senoM s
clay and limestone, and is especially auap.cu
to protracted drouth, although aurlus Tue
last few years the rainfall mas Deen sisip ts A.. an
creasing, and the appearances lhuleale al
abundance for growing purposes, wen anu
evenly Distributed. -, ,ao +b.
A farmer whom we interviewer litad q ... me
following statement of his residence y came
to this country in 1877. | had some i1"o III
money and 500 in property My family ll con,
sists OF wife and four chiidreh !. nov Wv o iT,,
clear 1853 acres of land. worth, with Tue III
movements thereon, S23UO. own horses,
So head OF cattle, AZ hogs and otner pf0per c
worth $500 have over one nuhqr ,eo h1sb.
els of wheat corn and oats. In 1885 raiseu
1000 bushels of wheat, $40 bushels OF par d.,
$50 bushels of oats and 9oO busheis el c tor,t
This year my crops will run 1uily 10 per CEN =
more ] like the country; the chlnai I Is
healthy; we have good society ana e&eeiie ll5
schools. lived for six years III ieAa3 ae
very much prefer Nebraska in SOIL, climate
and water" There is often question among
Eastern men as to
WHO SHOULD COME WEST.
If YOU are a farmer living on rented land !;
if YOU own team and implements, II you
want to gain more in five years tn;ih III III
time in the East. come west It'll, ,,
If Won own a valuable farm from when you
can barely make living, sell out ana come
West. -. e,
If Won only have team and want farm
work. come where farm labor is ID great de'
mand come West ,.oa
IF Won are mechanic, living IN rented
house and working for wages when VIII pare,
Iy support you, and want 10 own Il mouse anu
home, come West! , ::
an already over crowded city. ekIng our q
miserable existence, with scarcely nope OF
better prospects, yo will find splendid open
ings of almost any kind of business along Tue
Republican Valley. Com west o.
Ii you are capitalist and desire 10 llV .sI
your meney to pay you twenty per cent. PEI PEI
annum the lands in Red Willow county WI
do it. or a mandatory at McCooH or lhdiaii
ola will do it. Come West -
In fact this is land rich in magnificent OPP
portunity for the poor man to make none!
nv hard work for the richer men TO MAKE
money by the investment OF capital
In a recent Thanksgiving sermon pfeacne'
in Brooklyn by T. Dewitt IaImage, ne says
..Shsll we move West? There is no vest
The emigrants chased it across the Ohio acros
the Mississippi, across the LaPlatte, ana ere
mont s exploring expedition put spurs INT
their horses tanks and chased the West iron
the Rocky Mountains to the Sierre Nevada
while the forty-niners from CallfornIa ianoiu'
from their ships on the Pacific beach TOOK IN
West in the rear. and the workmen OF Tn
Union Pacific and the Northern Paclhc an
the Southern Pacific came upon II WIN tnel
spades and the giant west mas cea St he t san
of IT. as of Moses, NO man knoweth OF IL SCI
uIchre to this day., / think that the osemi1
Valley is its sarcophagus with II FL,
The mi lions of foreign population III u AT
yet to cross the sea for America Will soon u
ll the area between the Atlantic anu faciii
beaches.
NOT sO.-THE WEST STILL LIVES,
And there is vet room for many thousands /
the fertile valleys OF the hepuoilcah an
Platte. while the eminent divine may De risi
in the main. 1G VIII not ne uuTiuS Cui SSbS
alton that the West will hold the drawback
of the over-crowded Eat, and the small coui
tywe are writing of to-day can alone supper
an added population of from iO.0JV 10 -o;e cut
Red Willow County has NO minerals disco
erred very fair class of magnetism nm
stoneis found. used for foundations ana Dull'
inc nurn,,ses, but most of the buildings III
wooden. thu lumber being brought fr''
The sfresms which water the county al
Republican River eea.er Greek b Red willow f,y
Coon and Drftwood recAh; .ne % oonSida
ishing fair water-powe,<. There rs coh h;ni'
able timber found along the streRss, " hi i',n,
cut for fuel Most of the lzeals ~, W.
for household purposes. There ere . nn'+'-''
of excellent springs.
The number of acres of improved Ian, . .ro
last assessors report is i4,U62, unimpI "
land fenced 69.09S. The amount now would !.
much greater. The average yield of winte
wheat is Is bushels to the acre. although thi
years crop went fully 20 bushels. Corn aver
ages from 40 to 30 bushels. rye 80 to 40 bushels
broom-corn u ton 10 the acre. Seed corr
broom-corn and fax are profitable crops