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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1906)
'SaxXBfGlltSGlSnmrmmSaattStt THE RED CLOUD CHIEF Subscription $1 a Year in Advance Eight Pages All Home Print iWMIiMMMlJMUMlS ssgraJWfc3ES3ieiBBi VOLUME XXXIV. RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, FEB11UARY 9, 1900. NUMBER 0 ywntfninintHjTTtwiWiynfifliflrnrT yV U Yes, Indeed, Neighbor Wo can soil you land in tbo Western part of Nebraska or Ktiustis that is iluo for grazing purposes, nnd can sell it cheap, too. But for general farming wo would recommend buying either horn or some locality whore ono would bo equally as suro, at least, of raising a good crop each year. If one has tho necessary capital to buy a farm hero wo would bo glad to sell him ono, und huvo a number listed that aro cheap. . But if not, wo have a choice proposition in tho way of irri gated lauds in tho famouo Arkansas Valley in Southeastern Colorado, in tho neighborhood of the well known Rocky ford country, that cun bo sold on easy torms of 10 por cout cash at timo of purchase aud the balance divided into sovon annual payments ut 6 por cent interest. Tho laud and water aro sold together, the water being sold as a perpetual water right. The soil is rich and deep, nlimato mild, drinking water soft and pure, market for overythinggood, excellent schools and churches, and a lino now beet sugar factory already orected, bosidos another now railroad and sugar factory will b erected this yoar. Tho one just finished cost a mil lion und a quarter dollars. Tho first thing to bo considered in deciding on a loca tion in an irrigatod country is tho water supply. Tho Amity and Buffalo canals aro among tho earliost priorities on tho Arkansas rivor. Tho Amity Land Co. has spent millions of dollars in rebuilding and strengthening these canals and placing at all points of dangor indestructible concroto structuros, and also in constructing reservoirs of enormous size to supplement ihoir flow of wutor. This has boon don, not only as an insurnnco that tho water supply cannot fail, but in order to make absolutely certain a supply of wator at such times as tho crops may domand. Those reservoirs contain enough wutor to irriguto all of tho lands under tbo Amity canal with no rainfall aud supposing that tho water supply from tho river failed entirely. The priority of a canal gives it its wator without respect to its location on tho river, and thoro aro proper state ollicials who divide tho water in tho rivor according to tho priority rights which each canal has. Every man wo havo taken out to view this proposition thinks it is a good one: tulk to them. Remember, we have viewed the reservoirs oursolvos and find thoro is absolutely, no question but that tho wator system is tho best in tho United States and that if you buy any of this lund under the ditch you will got all tho wator needed to mature tho crops. Come in and wo will oxglain further. Our special car from Suporior out and return on the 6th and 20th of February, loaves thoro at 8 o'clock promptly. The reduced faro will bo 910 for the round trip for these two trips, but after that dato will more than likely be higher. Remember, if you make tho trip with us and feel wo have misrepresented tho conditions and you aro not satisfied it is as advertised, we will refund your faro. For further information call on or address tho Red Cloud Investment Co Red Cloud, Neb. B. F. MIZER, President. A. B. SELLARS, Seo.-Troas. THIS IS 15he MACHINE with which wo con sow a solo on a wolt-sowod Shoo in flvo minutes. Better and moro even stitcuos than hand work. Come in and seo it. J- . 'KOTVa8fiS8B?lr I HENRY DIEDEMGH, D. J. MYERS, Vice President. E. S. GARBER, Trav. Rep. ?5he SHOE MAN A Pile Bridge. As a result of tho uieotitU!S hold Tuesday and Wednesday evenings by tho merchants of Red Cloud trafllo with tho south sido will not bo inter rupted during tho time tho repairs aro being mado on tho rivor bridge. Wednesday afternoon tho county com missioners passod a resolution agree ing to furnish material aud tho uso of tho pile driver for tho purposo of building a pile bridgo across tho rivor, provided tho merchants of Rod Cloud would pay for tho labor of hauliug tho material and building tho bridgo. At tho mass mooting Wednes day night tho proposition was accept ed and a voto of thanks was oxtouded to tho commissioners. James Potorson. Dr. Damoroll and W, B. Saundors woro appointed a com mittee to solicit funds and attend to all matters connected with tho build ing of tho bridgo. A resolution was also adopted pro viding that should thoro bo any funds loft over, tho same should bo expend ed for tho purposo of improving tho rivor road. It is estimated that tho building of tho bridgo will cost about 80 cents por running foot, oxclusivo of tho lumber. Awake At Last. Tho merchants of Red Cloud havo at last awukonod to tho advantages of and the nocossity for organized olfort in looking after .public improvements and "going after" tho trade which rightfully belongs to tho town. At tho mass mooting Wednesday night a committoo of sovon was appointed to draw up a constitution and by-luws for a commercial club. Tho following aro tho membors of tho committee: C. J. Piatt, F. R. Mandevillo, D. W. Turnuro, Paul Storey, D. H. Kaloy, E. U. Overman and W. A. Sherwood. Thoro is plenty of work for a com mercial club to look after, and ovory business man in town should become a member and be willing to do his sharo. Tho present city administration has accomplished moro good work than any city administration in many years, and backed by a strong commercial club, tho outlook for tho f uturo is bright. Ono of tho first things that tho com mercial club should look after is tho comfort and convenience of the women and children who como from tho surrounding country to trade in Red Cloud. This can best bo dono by establishing a "rest room" at somo convoniout point, where tho farmers wives nnd children cau find a comfort able pluco to rest and mnko their toilet before and after thy havo dono their shopping. It is ex ceedingly tiresomo for them to have to walk tho streets or stand around in stores for hours' at a timo waiting for their husbands. Electric Hint Plans. John Murtz, superintendent of tho Soward electric light plant, was in Rod Cloud Tuesday at tho request of tho city council. Ho wont ovor tho town thoroughly with a view to draw ing plans and specifications for tho now oloctrlo light plant. Mr. Mart, installed tho plants at Crete aud Sowaidand is thoroughly competont to judge tho noods of this city. Ho returned to Soward Wednesday morn ing and in a fow days will havo tho plans ready for this city. An effort will bo mado to "borrow" him from Sowurd for tho purposo of superintend ing tho construction of the Rod Cloud plant. Mr. Mart, says that with a gang of ton mou ho can havo tho plant in running order within six weeks from tho timo of beginning tho work. This will bo good news to those who feared that it would talco six or seven months to comploto tho work. Ono thing in Mr. Martz's favor is that ho is not "boosting" any par ticular company's machlnory or ap pliances, and Is a porfoctly disinterest ed advisor. MORE WATER. City Will Take Steps to Improve the Water Sunplv. Joo Burns, tho oxport woll digger from Lincoln, was in Rod Cloud Wed nesday in consultation with tho city council in regard to socuring a wator supply. Threo yoars ago Mr. Burns nmdo a proposition to tho city council guaranteeing to furnish an almost un limited supply of wator for a consider ation of $1500. Tho proposition was rojocted. Tho present council asked Mr. Burns to como to Red Cloud, look tho situation ovor and givo an opinion. Mr. Burns, with tho membors of tho council and others, wont out to tho water works plant Wednosday morn iug, and after a thorough investiga tion ho was ongagod to draw up plans aud specifications for improving tho sorvico. Tho plan is to run a six-inch food pipo north from tho pumping station to tho creek, whoro ton or a dozen wells are to bo sunk on tho north sido of tho crook. Mr. Bums thinks that thoro is probably a groat basin of wator thirty or forty foot be low tho crook bod, filtered by clean gravel. Ho says that with tho wolls sunk aud connected with a food pipo according to tho plans which ho will draw, a supply of wator ooual to 300 gallons por miuuto can bo obtained with tho present pumping equipment. Work on tho improvement will bo begun immediately upon receipt of tho plans. NO TRUTH IN IT. Report That Campbell Has Awarded Blft Prize a Fake. Tuesday evening's Lincoln Been Star contains tho following: "Charles R. Campbell, convict at tho state penitentiary, will havo 12,500 added to his bank account which ho will bo unable to use until his sou tonco has expired. Campbell is tho man who won a 825,000 prizo for cor rectly naming tho total attondanco ut tho St. Louis exposition in 1001. When tho prizo was awarded Cump boll had begun sorving a prison torm, having been "sont up" from Wobstor county for embezzlement Fearing that ho might havo difliculty in socur ing the money ho employed an attor noy, agreeing to pay tho latter ono half of tho 8-25,000 for getting tho monoy for him. Tho matter has boon jJeLJs 1&' D0fe. m rMfk. m Absolutely' Pibtc DISTINCTIVELY A CRE&$! OF TARTAR BAIC1NSC POWDER It does not contain an atom of phos phatic acid (which is the product of bones digested in sulphuric acid) or of alum "(which is one-third sulphuric acid) sub stances adopted for other baking powders because of their cheapness. ' adjustod so tho money will bo received in u fow days. Campboll's attorney visited him at tho penitentiary thin afternoon to confer with him about tho disposition of tho funds. Camp bell still has about one yoar to serve." 1. M. Chaflln, Campboll's attorney, says thoro is no truth in tho report that tho prizo has boon awarded to Campbell. Mr. Chaflln says that tho case will not bo reached in court un til May. Campbell guessed tho total numbor of paid admissions to tho Louisiana Purchaso exposition. FAMILY POISONED. Dr. Thomas, Wife and Child Poisoned By Eating Canned Tomatoes. Dr. aud Mrs. E. A. Thomas and littlo daughter Francos woro taken vory soriously ill Tuesday night and suf fered greatly boforo being ablo to summon medical assistance. During tho night Mr. Thomas arose to got iv drink of water, but was so weak that hu collapsed, falling to tho floor. This alarmed Mrs. Thomas and sho aroso to go to hor husband's assistance but sho also collapsed in tho same manner and bocamo very sick. It was several hours boforo either of them rocovorod sulllciontly to roach tho tolophouo and summon neighbors to thoir assistance. When modical aid finally arrived it was discovered they wore suirering from ptonmino poison ing, probably caused by eating canned tomatoes Tuesday evening. Tho doc tor and Mrs. Thomas were both ser iously ill for a time, but are now thought to bo out of danger. NcCord Not Wanted. Sheriff Hedge has recoivod a letter from tho chief of police in Denver saying that Charles McCord was not wanted in that city, aud t) at tho pollco dopartmont hud no record of him. Tho Donvor Post's artlolo stated that tho humano oflloors woro looking: for McCord, but as tho Post is u nowspapor of tho "yellow" kiud, it is doubtful if tho affair was vory serious.' At least it would soom reasonable that tho pollco dopartmont would know of it if thoro was auything to tho .story. Will 6o to Mexico. Ed Walters, tho popular clerk at tho Royal hotol, will loavo about tho 1st of March for tho City of Mexico, whoro ho has socurod a position witli tho now American ambassodor to that country, D. E. Thompsou of Lincoln. Wp aro glad to hoar of Ed's good for tuno, though sorry to loso him. w wowmsx rvi