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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17

The condition of the treasury
gold supply. if correctly reported,
is likely to cause some uneasiness
in financial circles. 1t is said that
there is now only about So, 600, 900
of free gold in the treasury-that
is, gold that can be used for current
demands, and. this will be largely
reduced by the shipments abroad
next Saturday. It is stated that for
last weeks shipments the treasury
borrowed from the banks. The
European demand for gold shows
no abatement and SO far as can be
Judged by the present indications
the export movement may continue
for months. AS it is there appears
to be danger that the treasury will
have exhausted its supply of free
gold within a few weeks, and in
that case we might expect the
yellow metal to 60 to a premium
Bee.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17
A FARMER WRITES
About His Arrival-How
He Found Things
What He Thinks About
This Country.
- x
A FEW SAMPLE FARMS.
How they May be Obtained.-Who
is the Proper Person to
See About Them.
A FEW SAMPLE FARMS.
. McCooK MIR IAN 70 1909

McCoOK NEB., JAN. I9, 1858.
DEAR FRIEND arrived here WITH
my three car loads of stock and goods
in fine shape. Was greatly surprised to
find the ground bare and roads SO fine,
and such nice weather, there having
been a heavy snow on the ground when
l left Lake City, Iowa. / find there has
been only from a to 6 inches of snow
here this winter, and there is but little
frost in the ground now. l am more IA
worldly impressed with the country now
than when here before. There can be
no finer farm land found than here, and
the vast amount Of corn piled all over
the prairie will vouch for its productive
ness. When I first read the description
of Southwestern Nebraska, with prices
of land written by S. H. Colvir, Of
McCook, Red Willow county, Nebraska
| believed it too greatly exaggerated;
but l did have faith enough to come
and see the country, and am no ready
to confirm the statement of the country
as made in the circular, and believe that
Mr.. Colvin has underestimated it III
many particulars.
l have bought myself a fine $40 acre
farm and will go to farming in earnest
this spring. l never saw so fine laying
land for farming, where the yield per
acre is S o great, and you can buy the
land at from $40 to SIS per acre. This
is a good location to rent land, as you
can get one-third of all the crop, and in
many cases get two crops for breaking
the land. Corn is yielding heavy and
this is a fine country to feed stock. ]
am sorry that all the farmers in the east
mo see this country, as l am satisfied
there are many who are giving a heavy
rent that could own homes here and get
all the crop. I find that the price Of
land is advancing, and in a short time
the cheap land will all be gon
Hoping my farmer friends will be i'll
terested enough to visit Southwestern
Nebraska, l remain,
Very truly yours,
r. =. BARR
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17

In PASSING a law prohibiting
the manufacture or sale of cigar
cites the Legislature of Pennsyl-
vania set an example hat bids
fair to knock the cigarette out of
the market. The lower house of
the Minnesota Legislature has
passed a similar bill, and it would
not be surprising if the example
were followed in other states. Of
course it will be impossible to
prevent smokers from making their
own cigarettes and consuming as
many of them as they please.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17
4 FEW SAMPLE FARMS.

275.-Ioo acres, well improved II miles
to McCook, $50 acres level land, go acres
cultivated, 60 acres fenced in pasture,
good 5-room frame house I4x26, good
well and windmill, rs growing apple
trees, considerable small fruit, frame
granary IoxI2 feet, several other cheap
buildings, I mile to school house, "
miles to church, post office or store.
Price $500. Time if desired.
Io2.-I6o acres, southwest of McCook,
6 miles north of Herndon, Kansas, Ia
good railroad town., 40 acres farm land.
20 acres fine pasture land, 10 acres under
cultivation, TO acres fenced in pasture, a
large comfortable sod house, fine we'll.
windmill and tanks, stables and ~corrals-
Price So per acre, $3.50. Part cash,
time on balance to silt purchaser.
2SS.-24o acres, oH miles to McCook,
7 miles to Cedar Bluffs, Kansas. 100
acres decided and 80 acres to be ho1le-
steaded, small frame house, a few trees,
some under cultivation, 22o acres level
farm land, 20 acres good rolling pasture
land. Price IS per acre. Time to suit
purchaser.
27S.-I6o acres, perfectly smooth and
level, on public road, 4 mile to good
frame school house, ~ miles to grist
mill, I mile to post office, 4 mile from
creek and timber, Z mile to railroad, 7
miles to Indianola, 7 miles to McCook,
considerable under cultivation. Price
SI7oo. Time on part if desired.
I7.-I6o acres, 7 miles to McCook, ?
miles to Indianola, 100 acres fine farm
land, 40 acres of pasture land, farm all
fenced and cross-fenced, 40 acres under
cultivation, 4 mile to church, III miles
to grist mill, 3 miles to Red Willow post
office, I mile to creek with heavy timber
Price IS per acre, SI2So.
263.-Soo acres at So per acre, 600
acres fine smooth farm land, 200 acres
fine rolling pasture land, good we'll, 100
acres under cultivation, 81 miles to
Traer, railroad town in Beaver Valley,
I6 miles south of McCook. Sell in
Smaller tracts if desired on easy terms.
land, so acres under cultivation, we'll,
pump, good sod barn SO feet long, frame
house I6x24, 40 acres fenced in pasture,
3 miles to Culbertson, 7 miles to McCook,
~ miles to Perry Station, fine level
roads, good settlement. Price 81, 500
Time if desired.
67.-I6o acres, IIIz miles to McCook.
s miles to Cedar Bluffs, Kansas, 40
acres fine farm land, 80 acres pasture
land, 100 acres under cultivation, nice
grove of trees, well and sod buildings.
Price IS per acre, SI2So.
The above list is only a partial one of what
l have on my sale book. If you can't find
what you want on this list write me for others.
These lands can be bought on easy terms:
some by paying two to three hundred dollars
cash and time on balance, some by paying
one-tenth each year thereafter. Remember T
show any Of these lands FREE OF CHARGE.
Many of these farms join each other and I can
furnish you any sized farm from forty acies
any further information send stamp for reply.
descriptive circular and map of Southwestern
Nebraska to
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17
The treatment Of the labor

The treatment Of the labor
problem by the principal railroads
of the country this winter shows a
determination on the part of the
managers to assume the aggressive
and get in a position to success
fully fight strikers or disturbances
of any kind during the Worlds
Fair. It is one of the most sig
niicant movements made in years.
journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17
Say About Southwestern
Nebraska Generally.
The Kind Of Crops that are
Raised Here.
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.
AS it Appears to a Farmer
Recently from Iowa.


Editor Democrat, Fort Madison, Iowa.
DEAR SIR.-Believing that a short
letter would interest some of my friends
and acquaintance, with your permission
I would like to give through your col
umns, a short sketch of my adventures
to the far west, and what 1 find here. I
arrived here November 18th, last, with
my family of eleven. I see but little
change since I was here in February,
1892, except that there has been a great
amount of prairie land put under cult
walton this year, and a vast amount of
grain raised, which is being marketed as
fast as possible at good prices. 1t is
surprising to see SO many Iowa, Illinois.
and eastern Nebraska farmers settling
here, and as a result the price of farm
lands is advancing.
1 never saw such beautiful fall weather
in my life; have had no winter at all yet,
but about four or five inches of snow.
Weather nice and roads fine. Upon
looking over the crop l find a great diff
ference in the yield per acre, some cor
yielding 10 bushels per acre and some
only 20 bushels. 1 also find that it is
invariably due to the various ways of
farming: good farming raises good crops
and poor farming poor crops. There are
many fields of sod corn here yielding IS
bushels per acre, and this yield at rs
cents per bushel makes a good income
from $40 to SIS land. Broom corn is a
~favorite and profitable sod crop here; it
costs S. per acre to get it ready for mar
ket, and a 2o-acre sod field on my road
to town made $I2.5o per acre after all
expenses.
There is a large mount of prairie
land from which you can get two years
crops for breaking. This looks to me
like better terms than the farmers can
get in the east. l have found no disad-
vantages yet since my arrival here, and
doubt of ever finding such as are ex-
pected by eastern people. The society
is refined and social, which is very
agreeable to new settlers.
Now as I have already used up too
much space 1 will close by saying that
I am well pleased with Southwestern
Nebraska, and believe that there are
many farmers throughout the east who
are losing a grand opportunity of getting
themselves a good home.
Should any one wish to gain any
further information as to Southwestern
Nebraska, I will be pleased to answer
any questions, or would refer them to
MI. S. H. Colvin, of McCook, Nebraska,
who was the cause of my settling here.
He has a neat map and descriptive cir
cular of Southwestern Nebraska, and a
price list of farm lands, which he will be
glad to send you upon receipt of a stamp.
Thanking you for this space, and hop
ing to meet some of your readers here
soon, I I am, very respectfully yours,
HENRY F. KIPP.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17
MCCOOK, NEB., IAN, 2, rs

NEB., JAN. 2, 1898.
JOHN c. RUSSELL, of McCook P. O.,
Red Willow county, Nebraska, being
duly sworn, deposes and says: I live on
section II, township 3, range 20, three
miles from McCook, Nebraska: that my
corn crop for 1892, raised on said farm,
yielded 60 bushels per acre of better corn
than 1 ever raised or saw grown in Iowa.
I rented some adjoining prairie land in
1892, which I agreed to break for two
years crops from anne. In the spring of
1892 I broke out and planted to broom
corn IS acres which when marketed
yielded ME $254, after all expenses were
paid, being $I4.II per acre which 1 got
for breaking the land, and the land is
now in fine condition for another years
crop, which I get without rent. 1 have
rented considerable land in Iowa and
a say from experience that there is
much more profit in renting land here
than in the east, and a still better profit
in buying land here at from IS to $I2 per
acre than renting any place.
JOHN c. RUSSELL.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this I'd day of January, 1893.
MATTE I. WEAVER,
Notary Public.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17
Properly Adjudicated.

One of the most interesting cases to
the people of McCook was the jury trial
before justice Berry, on Wednesday, of
VIM. Huber VS.. Frank S. Granger. The
suit was on account of $50. 10 claimed by
Huber for cleaning the rooms occupied
by Mr.. Granger and his family, over
Carruth & Sons jewelry store, upon
which Huber claimed he and eight men
1abored a%ssiduously for 100 hours at 25c
per hour, besides the charge of IS. 10 for
carpet laying. The circumstances of
Mr.. Granger's sad bereavement, and his
own painful accident at that time, are
still fresh in the mind of the community.
The testimony developed the fact that
on the day the work was done the de-
fendant's daughter paid the plaintiff
$40. The jury, after short deliberation,
returned a verdict for Mr.. Granger in the
sum of one cent, thus finding that the
work had ALREADY been more than paid
for. An amusing feature of the trial
was the testimony of two ladies for the
defense to the effect that the work could
have been done in half the time bv a
couple of girls. The verdict of the jury
meets with the approval of every fair
minded citizen of McCook, as there are
few of our citizens who have not been
touched on this score.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17
]. a. CORDIAL, Attorney.
NOTICE.

Ed Drain will take notice. that IN the 9Th
day of February. 1888. j. E. Kelley. a justice
ef the peace of Willow Grove precinct. Red
Willow county. Nebraska, issued an order of
attachment for the sum of SIS and costs of
this action. and has caused the Burlington
Voluntary Relief Department of thu Chicago.
Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company. to
be duly served with attachment and gar
nishee, as having monies and credits in it's
possession belonging to the said Ed Drain. in
an action pending before him. wherein Frank
H. Spearmau is plaintiff. and Ed Drain 10 de-
PENDANT; that property of the defendant con-
sisting of the said monies in the hands Of The
said Burlington Voluntary Relief Department
road, has been attached and Rarnished under
said order. Said cause was continued to the
ed day of March. 1893. at 10 O'Clock a. m.
j. A. CORDIAL,
Attorney for plaintiff.
McCook, Nebrasks. February Il, 1896.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17

The gentlemen of McCook have, as a
general thing, the commendable habit
of dofing their hats to their lady
friends. 1t is sometimes amusing
though, to see a man reach for his hat
and miss it, recover himself, reach again
and raise it after the lady has passed.
We would suggest q little practice so
that he might reach the hat at the first
attempt and permit her to really witness
the gallantry and not merely the futile
effort.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17
MCCooK, NEB., JAN. 7, 1893.

McCooK, NEB., JAN. 7, 1898.
D. L. MCBRIDE living y miles north
of McCook, Nebraska, says as follows:
I live ON section g, township s, range 20,
and in September and October, 1891, I
drilled in 40 acres of Michigan Seal
wheat, and i'll July 1892, I harvested and
threshed I21o bushels by machine meas
ure, o~verrunning four pounds to each
bushel by weight, making the yield per
acre 2oA bushels, grading No. 2 in
Chicago. I also planted 100 acres of
corn, part being on sod, which yielded
40 bushels per acre.
D. L. MCBRIDE.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9th day of January, 1898.
MATTE l. WEAVER,
Notary Public.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17
McCooK. NEB.. IAN. 4. $50.

MCCOOK, NEB., JAN. 4, 1893.
JAMES M. KANoUSE, of McCook p. O..
Red Willow county, Nebraska, deposes
and says as follows: I live on section 6,
township I, range 28, of Red Willow
county, Nebraska. 1 have just finished
gathering one field of orr containing
3o acres which yielded so bushels per
acre of as good corr as 1 ever saw raised.
JAMES M. KANoUSE.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 4th day of January, 1893.
MATTE l. WEAVER,
Notary Puh1ic
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17
MCCooK. NEE. IAN. A.. 18o,,

McCooK, NEB., JAN. 4, 1893.
IRA c. KIMBALL, of Box Elder o. p,
Red Willow county, Nebraska, being
duly sworn says as follows: l live on Sec
ton 70, township a, range 20, nine miles
north of McCook, Nebraska. In the
summer of 1891 I raised I acre of onions
on my farm from which I harvested Goo
bushels and marketed them in McCoek,
Nebraska, receiving for same $27I.75.
In 1892 I raised * acres of onions
from which I harvested ooo bushel,
which I am now marketing at 81 per
bushel, making in two years from TX
acres $I27I.25. IRA G. KIMBALL.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 4th day of January, 1893.
MATTE I. WEAVER,
Notary Public.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17

Waiting for the mail to be distributed
on Sundays a reader of character will
find a number of subjects to amuse his
fancy. Here is a loose jointed fellow
with a soft felt hat on, who apes the
style or a brigand; opposite him stands a
jaundice faced, specialized, close-fsted
fellow, and here and there are to be seen
prim dudish chaps, who are cycling the
girls as the come in from church. Cigars
and pipes in full blast ornament a dozen
mouths until the atmosphere is so i'm
pregnated with the vile smoke that you
could cut it. The smokers are oblivious
of the offense it must be to ladies and
0 smokers, who are patiently waiting
for the mail to be distributed. A happy,
contented smile plays upon Joe's features
as he rakes in the nickels for the Sunday
papers. 1t is his harvest and he "makes
hay while the sun shines"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17
McCooK. NEB.. IAN. =. 40,

NEB., JAN. Z, 1o93.
S. D. McCLAIN, of McCook P. O.,
Red Willow county, Nebraska, says as
follows: 1 live on section "a, township d,
range 80, seven miles north of McCook,
Nebraska. / raised SO acres of corn in
1892 on said section which yielded 4, 800
bushels of as good corn as I ever saw
raised in any state. S. D. MCCLAIN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9TH day of January, 1898.
MATTE /. WEAVER,
Notary Public.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17

Good till dooms day, over all lines in
Nebraska, was the way the boys looked
toward a rose bud on Monday evening
at the dance. She had a profusion of
glossy hair, large eyes which lit up brill
iantly, a dazzling skin, and a figure
which was we'll nigh faultless. She was
dressed beautifully, from her dainty slip
pers to the ornament in her hair, seemed
to be made for the occasion.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17
F. H. Spearman has sold the house in
which Phil c~hurShfeld has been living
to a gentleman from Boston.

Call and inspect Kalstedt's immense
stock of new goods. The finest selection
ever exhibited in the city. Don't wait
until the line is broken.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17

Mr.. Sunkwitz and son and son-in-law
arrived with four car load of horses, cat
tie and farm implements the first Of the
week. They come from Beatrice and will
occupy farms purchased of B. 7. Troxel.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17

Mrs. F. H. Spearman made her ap-
pearnce on the streets, Wednesday, for
first time in a month having been con-
fined to the house by sickness of herself
and baby.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17

Kalstedt, the leading tailor, has just re-
ceived the largest and finest selection of
suitings, paintings ETC., ever exhibited in
Western Nebraska. See him before the
selection is broken.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17

How do we spend our evenings? Some
in the bosom of their families, some in
the lodge rooms; some playing high five
or whist in the club room or hotel office;
while the newspaper man is trudging
around town on his uppers trying to
gather items of interest to his readers,
thinking of his delinquent subscribers,
striving to forget that hunger is gnawing
at his vitals.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17

N. Pollard is over from Rawlins coun-
ty, Kansas, with his young daughter, up
on whom an operation for hemorrhage
from a fractured skull will be performed
by Drs. Davis & Gage.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17
Pleasant Social Affair.

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert McMillen enter
tanned a party of young folks, Wednes-
day evening, in honor of Mr.. McMillen's
brother, Russell. Progressive Parcheesi
was the entertaining feature of the even
ing. Dainty and appropriate refresh
ments were served. The participants
were Misses Ella Boucher, Della Rogers,
Edna Meserve, Selma Noren, Laura and
Maud McMi1len; Messrs. Russell Nc
Millen, Ed. Denham, E. J. Wilcox and
J. A. Wells.
Is there a Mig in the Wood Pile?
The committee appointed by the A.
o. U. w. haue selected the lots south
and west of the Famous, on the corner
of Dennison and Main streets, on which
to build a three or four story building.
Two stores will be on Main street and
two on Dennison street. It is the gen
eral expression of our citizens, outside of
this committee, that there are only two
poorer locations in McCook for the 1oca-
ton of this building; one would be south
of the track and the other in West Nc
Cook. Time may convince the com
mittee of their error in Judgment.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17
For Sale.

A square piano, walnut case, i'll good
order, seven o~ctaves, Vose make. Will
sell on time with good security. Inquire
Farmers and Merchants bank, McCook.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17

Sunday morning last, was a time when
pedestrians would look at the leaehss
trees, expecting to see buds swelling, and
hear the birds twittering in anticipation
of spring. The good house wife was ex
ploring the closet for her husbands last
years buster, when our eyes were greet
ed by the unusual sight of a rapidly
moving vehicle, containing a cashier OF
one of our banks together with a police
officer. Their destination was twenty
miles south in search of James West, who
has been carrying the mail from Banks
vile to McCook. His hobby has been
the mortgaging of horses which he did
own. Our young man with scarcely any
down on his upper lip wa found in
Kansas, and induced to return to Ne
braska where pressure was brought to
bear until the money which he had
frauduently obtained was secured. This
candidate for the ~penitentiary received a
lesson from the sleuths of justice which
he will do we'll to heed.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17

The three Masonic Lodges of McCook
Knights Templar, Chapter and Blue,
propose to expend $500 in furnishing and
identifying their lodge room, which,
when complete, will be the most perfect
of its kind between Hastings and Denver,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17

Scale books, 500 weighs, at TIE
TRIBUNE stationery depa ..tment.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17

Thirty-four farmers of Danbury, in
Red Willow county, have written the
board to ask why the farmers cannot get
cars to ship their own grain. 1t is claimed
elevators get about ten cars to one Sc
cured by all the farmers. A copy has
been served on the B. & M. officials
Lincoln Journal.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-02-17

The pleasant home of J. H. Yarger
was the scene of a very enjoyable social
event, last Saturday evening, i'll which
about a dozen of the elite of our city
participated. Social games were in
dulged in and appropriate refreshments
served. 1t was an event that will ever
be fresh in the memory of all the happy
participants.
The herald., 1893-12-01
Elevated Railroad Sights.

saw while riding in Third avenue
elevated car from the City hall station
to Twenty third street, among other
interesting things, mother spanking
her boy; any number of people making
up beds; room after room of cheap
lodging houses in which men were
smoking, reading, talking, chewing to-
bacco; a woman scraping the scales
from a fish; young man kissing a
young woman, and presumably a young
woman kissing young man; squir-
rel turning his wheel with tremendous
rapidity; spltz dog, bulldog, skye
terrier and parrot with green and
yellow tail; any number of men sitting
in their shirt sleeves and smoking at
the windows; boys blowing spit balls"
upon the passers below; young women
waving handkerchiefs to the engineers
and brakemen; any number of unmade
beds; little boy taking bath; girls
and men working sewing machines; a
little chap blowing soap bubbles and
the editor of we'll known evening pa
per taking drink.-Joe Howard in
New York Recorder.