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About The North Platte tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1890-1894 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1894)
1 1 I V I 1 If ' ft f, jr I V I !1 I1 i IRA L. BARE, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION' RATES. if rxm is An vance, - $1.00 rr.n annum IF NOT PAID IN AnVAXCE, $1.50 FEB ANNUM Entered at the N'ortbPIatte ( Nebraska) postoffice as Mcond-ciass matter. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1894, According to the Kearne-y Hub, Holcomb saj-s the rumor that Bil Green will be his successor on the bench is a d lie. This emphatic denial settles Col. Bill's hash. Sf It has been definitely decided that the election of Holcomb will not be contested. This, we believe. is a wise conclusion on the part of the republican state central com mittee. It is given out that in order to ret an appointment under Holcomb it will be necessary to have the appli cation endorsed by the editor of the Bee. This -rives some color of truth to the report that Silas will be governor, but Edward the power behind the throne. Down in Kansas they are making an attempt to recorganize the farm ers' alliance on a non-portisan basis but the order is in such bad repute that little will come of the effort. The farmers' alliance, if conducted on the original principles, would undoubtedly prove of value to the farmers of an' state. John AY. Wilson, of Ogalalla, late candidate for auditor on the pop ticket, is an applicant for com mandant of the soldiers" home at Grand Island. The Captain could probably fill the position satisfac torily and The Tribune would like to see him appointed, but it does not believe he draws sufficient water to secure the plum. A cablegram announces that China has indicated her willingness to pa' an indemnity of 100,000 taels in addition to a war expense of 150.000.000 taels to Japan. This would amount to about $175,000,000 of our money. The expense of the war counts up very fast just now and China will have to stir herself lively if it docs not double up be fore she gets terms. The republican success in Kan sas is driving emigration to Ne braska, where the pops have elected a governor. There is a certain class of people who prefer to live under the populist governor, so long as there is one. and as Nebraska now posseses the relic of this almost extinct species, that particular class is moving this way. As the- usu ally live in tents and covered wagons, they find no difficulty in making the change. Beatrice Democrat. In a commercial way Kearney is generally considered to be in the soup, but from the manner in which the people down there are hustling to make the irrigation convention a success it is evidence that they have not altogether lost their old time push and vim. Give the coun try around Kearney three or four crops successively and the town will resume "The Kearney gait," which at one time was a phrase in every household from Kalama zoo to Hong Kong. If the selection of United States senator was left to the republican papers of the state. John M. Thurston would be the unanimous choice. The fact is, the republicans of the state are almost unanimous for Thurston, the only dissenters being the intimate friends of the other candidates who have bobbed up. Thurston's candidacy cut quite a figure in the legislative dis tricts in fact in some districts it was really an issue and republi can candidates who favored Thur ston were elected on that strength. Up to date neither the Omaha Bee nor the World-Herald has ac cepted the State Journal's proposi tion to "show down" on the matter of circulation. The Journal claims to have a large circulation than any other paper in the state, and if the readers of that paper have in creased as rapidly in other towns as they have in !North Platte, there is no doubt but the Journal's claim is just and correct. The Journal is rapidly displacing the Bee among the republicans of the state. Mr. Hardin, evidently realizing that the pop party in this county is as good as dead, attempts to infuse new life into the corpse by publish ing a letter in last week's Era. In this attempt to resuscitate the party Mr. Hardin has a very large contract on hand.and he will sweat his undergarments in his fruitless efforts. As The Tribune remarked prior to election, the pop party in the county is dead. It may nomi nate a ticket next fall but it will suffer ignominious defeat, and after that time there will be but two parties the republican and the democratic. Chalk down the prediction. Genera! Irrigation News. The Kansas jrrigation convention held last week at Hutchinson devo ted much attention to the applica tion of water by means of wind power. In discussing this phase of the great irrigation question the Topeka Capital says: The day for the agitation on the great irriga tion ditches in Kansa is past. Irri gation has been accomplished and will be practiced by individual farmers on small areas, not to ex ceed ten acres, with inexpensive plants at a cost of perhaps $150 to $200. Wherever this system of small plants has been tried it has rewarded the faith o the experimen ter, even in the most arid counties of the state, and Arkansas valley is naw dotted all over with pumps irrigating small areas, upon the fruits of which farmers realize a better and more certain living than on an average quarter section of land. The Capital could cite in stances almost without number of farmers who have tried this new system in the last two years, and with success that has revolution ized agriculture in the arid region. A windmill;direct stroke, ten feet in diameter, with proper reservoir. will supply sufficient water to irri gate ten acres of land, handling the water under a total vertical distance of not exceeding twenty feet, or it will furnish enough water to suc cessfully irrigate five acre of omul handling the water a total vertical distance of forty feet, the reservoir in this case having, say, 75,000 cubic feet capacity, or say 150 feet by 100 feet by 5 feet aver age depth. As the powers of wind mills is as the square of theirdiam- eters, a wheel 12 feet in diameter rii i win accompiisn auour one ana one half as much work as a mill 10 feet in diameter and a wheel 14 feet in diameter about twice as much as ten foot, and a 1( foot wheel about two and one-half as much as the 10 foot wheel. In the use of wind mills the reservoir for the purpose of distribution of the water upon the land is required to meet a two fold purpose where the source of the water supply is from wells, one to allow the water to warm, the other to give the necessary volume of water in short time to properly and economically cover the ground, and where the source of supply is from impounded storm water the distributing reservoir is still a necessity for reason just, given. Ex. The people of a township in Fin ney county, Kansas, whoes land lies high and dry and is cut off from the possibility of securing water from the Arkansas river, the only stream in the vicinity, by an impassable range of sand hills, have under consideration the forma tion of an irrigation district on a novel plan. The Kansas irrigation law provides for the the formation of irrigation districts and the issu ance of bonds thereby construct irrigation works. The people in question are scattered over an area six miles square. What they pro pose to do is to select a single sec tion of land centrally located, lay it off in small tracts, reserving plenty of ground for public parks, etc., and all the people in the dis trict move into this section, the proceeds of the bonds of the district being used to put in a pumping plant and reservoir large enough to irrigate the small tracts settled up on. Thus they will be enabled to enjoy the advantages of irrigated land, a good school and social privi leges, using their scattered dry farms to grow such grain and fod der crops a's they may produce. The plan is excellent if properly carried out. Ex. towns, in that neighbors are near and of the country, in that they are not too near. Irrigated regions are areas that approximate to the sub urban condition. Farming by irri gation almost always is diversified farming, so- that disaster seldom follows the Failure of a single crop. The id'eal rural condition of the ri'ext half century is likely to be that of the owner of an irrigated farm of from twenty to forty acres. But in the large outlay demanded for irrigation canals there isxlanger of the combination of capital for the control of irrigated lands. To obviate this several plans looking tu the establishment of irrigation works by the statates in whose con fines arid lands lie have, been pro posed. Each plan contemplates the cession of the United States' title to such lands to the states: some of the plans Contemplate na tional loans to the states for the construction of irrigating- canals: others contemplate state sale of parts of the lands for raising- capi tal to irrigate the residue: but all as we believe, contemplate such state supervision or ownership as shall prevent capitalistic monopoly either in the water Stipply or of lands benefited by it. The problem to be solved is the outlay of capital sufficient for irri gation works, without such. interest on the capital as shall raise the price of the irrigated lands beyond the means of the comparatively poor. A late suggestion is that the irrigation work shall be done by the unemployed of the large cities. The project is benevolent but it may be doubted if skilled mechanics or persons born in cities and unaccustomed to the use of spade and shovel and pick will be found to volunteer largely for such i work. But no doubt large numbers ! of Poles, Bohemians. Italians, and other nationalities who have come hither for agricultural districts of Europe, and who now aggravate the congested condition of urban labor, will be found ready to accept good pay for work to which they are accustomed. And specially may this be the case if the wages are so arranged as to insure a small homestead at the expiration of a term of years. It would be easy to do this by holding back a part of the wage as payment for irrigated land, and by this means to benefi cent objects can be accomplished the furnishing of present support and provision of a permanent home. Inter Ocean. mg for Wisconsin- as soon as he expected. Miss Goslee, of the Platte, is stopping with Mrs. J. M. Dwyer at present. Mr. and Mrs. Disbro, of McPher son county, were the guests of Dug Brown one night last week while on their way home from the Platte, where they had been with a load of poultry. Coyotes or galoots rustled about twenty chickens from Oliver Eyerly 's hen house a few nights ago. Frank Cook, who has been at tending court at the hub for the past two weeks, returned home Friday evening', where he will re main during the adjournment of the same, when he will have to re port for ditty again on Dec. 4th. The Maceabee dance at Hershey on Friday night last was well patronized and nil vho participated report a pleasant little. Mrs. F. AV. Brooks and Mrs. M. C. Brown returned Saturday even ing from a ttm days' visit in Sidney. They report a pleasant time. The spur at this place was re paired the latter part of the week by the section gang. Will Brooks and D. A. Brown went to the hub Saturday evening to hear the converted Jew" ex pound the gospel. Thanksgiving turkeys will get it in the neck without fail to-morrow if not next day. Al. Moshier transacted business in Colorado last week. Mrs.jK. B. Spurrier was . on the sick list the fore 'part of the week. The lump on Edna Terry's neck is said to be.growing" but she don't seem to feel any inconvenience from it as yet. The first masquerade ball of the season will take place iit the Macea bee hall at Hershey on Friday even ing, Dec. 14th.' A cordial invita tion is extended to all. Archie Strickler. of Hershey, is reported as no better at this writ ing. He has been under the doctor's care for some time. C. L. Patterson and A. E. Hunt ington, of the metropolis, spent Sunday night with the ditching outfit near this place. On Sunday last the water in the ditch near J. H. Ahlborn's was checked up for the purpose of im-! mersing two or three parties. Soon after the ordinance was performed the water was turned loose and went down the ditch with such rapidity that it broke out on the Paxton & Hershey lands, flooding Al. Moshier's cellar which contained potatoes, cabbage and many other O 3 r 5T rt rt O Z D CP (ft &) things and also gave his barn a A. man may die very rich, but when he does he reaches the condii, tion of the poorest beggar the world knows, lie doesn't carry with him enough pocket money for ferriage over the first river. There is no blinder man upon the earth than he who looks abroad upon all the poverty and distress and ignoronce of the world, then counts the mil lions to his credit, and he lies down and dies. Inter Ocean. The irrigation question will be submitted to the Fifty-Fourth Con gress, and not improbably to the last session of the Fifty-Third. There is danger lest it be presented by too many persons and in too many forms of application. It may be for the friends of irrigation to -et together and unite upon a measure that shall have the support of all congressmen of the states in which there are arid londs. It hardly needs to be said - that the topic should be discussed outside of party lines. The public domain, leaving the arid lands out of consideration, now is very limited; in a few years there will be no tillable land available or homesteads. The area of ari d lands still under national or state control is great, but arid lands worthless as homesteads. Not til large outlays of capital 1 made them irrigable can they be made productive. When the i Tri able they are among the most pro ductive lands. The arid lands also lie largely in regions in which the choicest fruits ripen to perfection when artificial moisture is applied. Irrigation regions are regions of j small farms, of populations that from a bu are Chadron. Nebraska, has just se cured a sugar beet factory, a chicory factory and starch factory. These factories represent a capitalization of SI. 200,000. and will give employ ment to 1.200 men. It is expected that a brewery will be built next spring. As a result of Chadron's enterprise in securing these new enterprises, the Burlington & Mis souri, the Milwaukee and the Ore gon Short Line are watching for a favorable opportunity to build in the city. Nichol Nuggets, Bad colds are quite prevalent among the people in this vicinity. Distemper is raging to some ex tent among the horses in this loca lity. W. II. and G. E. Sullivan have their new irrigation pump in place and are now erecting the windmill for the same. The revival meetings which have been in progress for the past two weeks at Hershey will continue this week. Two or three parties were im mersed in the ditch near J. H. Ahl born's by Rev. Graves on Sunday afternoon. The larger part of the corn in this part of the valley is in the crib. A few from North Platte attended church at Hershey Thursday even ing last week. The Patterson & Alexander ditching gang are at- work on the west en of their contract at present. We understand that the old ditch is being fitted up in first class shape for the coming season. The crossing at this place has been repaired lately but it needs more filling in on the north side yet. The construction of the Farmers & Merchants' irrigation ditch through this country will stop travel on a number of cross roads. Misses Emma and Mandarie Layton expect to return to their home in Keith county some time this week. T. J. Winters was recently thrown drenching. J. M. Dwyer made a flying trip to the hub Monday evening, return ing Tuesday morning on his wheel. H. H. Cook and family were county seat visitors Monday. Considerabletloose hay is being moved to. different .parts of the country f rora ihe rvallejkat present, J. H. lrsh6Vtr&lRa:tean)usT ness at the-, county metropolis on Tuesday. Section foreman -Erickson, wife and mother" 'will probably go to Omaha soon to give testimony in a case wherein the U. P. Co. is sued by an insurance company for the loss the latter sustained through its policy holders in the prairie fire of April" 7th. 1893. A few from this vicinity went to town Sunday evening to hear Rev. Nathan relate his experience. Coyotes are said to be quite numerous in the vicinity of old O'Fallons. as several large herds have been seen there lately. Pat. begun. BRADY BREEZES. Prof. Disraeli was in town Sat urday, giving music lessons. Presiding elder Lenard of North Platte preached in the M. E. church to a large audience. Win. Dolan of Maxwell was the guest of Linn Mathewson Satur day. Cyrus Carson is reported on the sick list. Tim Keleher and T. C. Patterson were on our streets Monday. Aaron Scdtt left' for Kearney Monday morning, G. 6. Proctor returned from Omaha Saturday. Miss Fina Ericson returned home Friday from Sweden, where she had been visiting for the past two years. Mr. McNut a young man staying at the Globe hotel, has been very sick with imflammation of the brain but is some better at this writing. The question debated at the lit erary last Wednesday was re solved that we have received more benefit from the printing press than from the steam engine." The affirmative leader being Linn Math erson the negative Win. Dolan the affirmative come out ahead. Messers, Beafty and Murphey spent Sunday in North Platte. Nelo Cover .started for Lincoln Wednesday, to attend the Wesley an University. The ladies of the M. E. church will give an entertainment and supper at the church Thanksgiving night. Every one is cordially in vited. " WifiOixs. Maxwell Notes The bridge will soon be The men who are to work upon it bave.already moved to the island and are hauling-the timber for the bridge from Maxwell. County com missioners Hammond and Hill were here Monday for the purpose of in specting the material for the bridge. Miss Jensen, who was visiting Miss Pearl Snyder, went to her home in Wild Horse valley last week. W. Myers, from the Island, was a Maxwell visitor last Monday having- stopped on his way from North Platte, where he was spending a few days. Mr. and Mrs. P. Shields, of Brady Island, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geraghty last Sunday. Mrs. C. W. Home went to North Platte last Sunday morning to visit with her parents for a few days. Mrs. E. Plumer returned from North Platte last Friday. She had been visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Smith. Catholic services were held here Saturday. Father O'Toole. of North Platte, officiating. Thos. Haurahan was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Brodbeck of North Platte Saturday and Sunday. A number of persons met at the school house last Thursday night being called together by Mr. Moore, who organized a singing class of twenty persons, whom he is to teach on Monday and Thursday evening of each week, commencing Dec. 10th. We think many more will join the class after the lesons are begun. Surely no better chance to learn how to sing was ever given in Max well and anyone desiring to become a "nightingale" should take advan tage of this opportunity. The last meeting of the literary society was well attended, and the question. Resolved. That the steam engine is more useful than the printing press." was ably debated, and at the conclusion was decided in favor of the affirmative. Several fine speeches were made and two very delightful recitations given. Then the paper, which was the most amusing part of the pro gramme, was read and re-read by George Clark. It contained vari ous jokes on everyone present. The next quesiion for debate is 'Re solved, That Ireland has produced better men than England." Clytie. LADIES' , Jno. SUTHERLAND. NEWS. Danielson- has moved into part holding receiving hi juries enjoy at once the advantages of , which will prevent him from start- his new residence in the east of town. Rev. Hatch has been meetings the uast week and will continue the balance of this week. J. M. Dwyer of Hershey on our streets Tuesday. Judge Hawley and Geo. S. Duf field have been at North Platte on the jury the past week. J. S. Hinckley was drawn but was ex cused on account of school duties. J. H. Johnson shipped a car of baled hay to Denver on Tuesday. Geo. C. Stoddard and Photogra pher Broach of North Platte spent Sunday in this vicinity making life miserable for the feathered tribe along the North Platte. Mackintos Great Clearing Bale -AT THE- J. AW Bobbett is on the sick list this week. Jno. Pierson and Clarke Ells worth of Keith county passed down the line on Monday. Walter Beauchamp and AVm. Roberts were in town early Tues morning after a lot of German carp from the fisheries. About a dozen houses some frame and some sod are being erected on the Hershey laud notheast of town. Henry Coker is about ready to move into his residence west of towli. This is a neat little house and will certainly be comfortable when the wintry breezes blow. J. H. Johnson moved back to the homestead on Wednesday and dame rumor names several dffferant tenants for the Streitz house. Parties form McCook were pur chasing hay in this vicinity on Monday. They secured one car from C. AW Bufkland. Messes Park. Iddings and other North Platte gentlemen whose names we did not learn were inspecting- the flume under the North Platte river at Keith's ranch on Tuesday. Messrs Neilson, Hunter and Con way have taken a contract building a large lateral for Paxton & Her shey near Hunters residence. Joe AVeir of Keith county brought in a small buncn ot cattle tor A. M. Hoi try the first of the week. Every man that can strike a nail on the head and is not afraid of water is being given work on the flume east of town as they are in a big rush trying to finish before the water comes down. . STAB CLOTHING HOUSE. Bovs' Suits and Men's Pants. Children's Suits former price $r.2S. 1.50 and 1.75, go. at this sale for ONE DOLLAR. . Children's Suits which sold for 2.00 and 2.50, go at this sale for 1.50. Children's Suits formerly at this sale for 2.00. sold at 3.00. 3.25 and 3.50, go for Suits sold formerly 00. at from ..oo to 6.00. go at this sal Men's Pants, former price 3.00. sold at this clearing sale for 2.00. 4.00 and 5.00, will be j-jr Positively no shoddv croods, no strictly first-class oods go at this sale. "oods have not been moved from town to town for six or seven years, and have not been foreclosed on as some of our competitors' goods have been. fire goods, but Remember these the last THE STAR, WEBER & VOLLMER, Props. 3STO. 3496, pirst National Ban ISTOHTH PLAT't'JE, jSTEB. Capital, -Surplus, $50,000.00. $22,500.00 E. M. F. LEFLANG, Pres't., EARNEST DAVIS, Y. P., ARTHUR McNAMARA, Cashier. A General Banking Business Transacted. A. F. STREITZ, DBUG-ChlST. Drugs, Medicines, Faints, Oils, PRINTERS' SUPPLIES, Window Glass, ' Machine Oils, Diamanta Spectacles. DEUTSCHE CORNER OP SIXTH AND SPRUCE STREETS. C. F. IDDINGS, LUMBER, COAL, Order by telephone from Newton's Book Store. IT. J. BBOEKER, Merchant Tailor, JE2. .jstb: to-: IDS, LARGE STOCK OP PIECE GOODS, embracing all the new designs, kept on hand and made to order. PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. PRICES LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE Spruce btreet, between Fifth and Sixth. of fjood quality, are sold at LOW PRICES by WILLIAM MUNSON. Call and sec these jjoods at Geo. Casey's residence. Remember I also handle Curtains, Rugs, Silverware, and Notions Suitable for Christmas Presents. Orders taken for Pastel Por traits, which are fine. JOS. F. FILLION, Steam and Gas Fitting. Cesspool and Sewerage a Specialty. Copper and Galvanized Iron Cor- nice, lin and Iron Koohnszs. Estimates furnished. Repairing of all kinds receive prompt attention Locust Street, Between Fifth and Sixth, North IPlatte. - Nebraska, I;