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I H Wasson 35
ForcuMin fe Evans HO
G W Furrow 15
Joseph Spotts 15
E A SuRosor 15
E E Rogura 15
W E Bowor 15
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TWENTY FIRST YEAR
Will Plant More Beets Than Ever
The indications already point to tho
planting of more sugur beets in this
vicinity than last seaBon although the
work of securing contracts is but begun
Tho Standard Beet Sugar Cos local
local agent C II Meoker roports clos
ing contracts already aggregating over
200 acres which will be materially in
creased before the season for planting
arrives
F C Roberson 10
Eusontt Dunhum 10
J A Schmitz 10
Ed Hniililinii 10
Q H Rowland 10
A D Johnnton 5
GF Randoll 5
David Dovony 15
Tho Standard Beet Sugar Co has
already contracted 320 acres of beets
for 1903 at Culbertson and tho total will
reach 500 or more
E E Maxon field superintendent for
the Standard Sugar Beet Co of Leavitt
Nebraska will move to McCook in the
spring and will direct the agricultural
operations in this part of the state for
the company Ho is an experienced ex
pert in sugar beet cultivation His fam
ily will be hero with him
John R Neel our genial ex sheriff is
local agent for the Standard Beet Sugar
Co at Indianola
S R Smith is making contracts for
the American Beet Sugar Co at Indian
ola
Heywood G Leavitt president of the
Standard Beet Sugar Co of Leavitt
Nebr and Hugh Scilley chief agricul
turist of the companphave spent part of
tho week hero looking over the country
hereabout in tho interest of the com
pany for tho ensuing season
Sixth County in Nebraska
Of tho 11193 acres planted to sugar-
beets In Nebraska in 1902 Redwillow
county planted 640 acres making it the
sixth county in the state in the total
acreage planted The five counties
tvEich xceed it are Dodge 2109 Hall
1253 Lincoln 1187 Buffalo 982 and
Madison 731 Lancaster with 528 was
the next in acreage to Redwillow
Labor Commissioner Watson has given
out the fallowing items of interest con
cerning the sugar beet industry
The factories are located at Grand
Island Norfork and Ames During the
year the factories have made 22890000
pounds of sugar and have received 102
85S tons of beets The average price per
ton was 5 The following table shows
the acreage in each county
County Acres
Adams 21
Antelope 30
Boone Ill
Buffalo 982
Burt 75
Cedar 135
Cheyonne 75
Olav 86
Colfax 28
Cuming 116
Custer 35
Dakota 28
Dixon 47
Dodge 2109
Douglas 241
Fillmore 71
Furnas 49
Gage 41
Greeley 16
Hall 1253
Harlan 26
Hitchcock 255
TTnlt 210
were shipped
average price paid
ton
County Acroa
Johnson 20
Keith 3
Knox 1
Lancaster 528
Lincoln 1187
Madison 731
Jlerrick 424
Nuckolls 35
Otoe 65
Pierce 171
Platte 234
Polk 5
Redwillow 640
Richardson 59
Saunders 383
Seward 93
Stanton 65
Thayer 33
Thurston 28
Valley 53
Washington 93
Wayne 198
Howard 20 Total acreage 11193
Jefferson 14
Of the total tonnage over 7000 tons
from this point and the
here was 437
per
Last Evenings Lecture on Dante
The court room was filled last even
ing on the occasion of the lecture by
M J Stritch S J dean of the college
of literature of Creighton uuiversity
Omaha It was an eloquent and able
lecture on a great subject The man
the times and the comedy were given
the treatment of a careful student and
boundless admirer of the immortal
singer whose fame has in no wise been
dimmed by the passing of more than six
centuries Thoso who heard tho lecture
will read Dante in tho future with a
vision widened and quickened and with
a conception more intelligent and accur
ate The dean is scholarly fluent
clever pleasing enthusiastic liberal
up-to-date His lecture was a joy Tho
library board is to be congratulated
PUBLIC SCHOOL ITEMS
One of the most brilliant music pro
grams at the high school assem bly was
that rendered this morning It was as
follows
Morning Hpmn School
Piano Solo MwWB Mills
Vocal Solo Mrs P FMcKenna
PiaroSolo Mrs Knud Stangland
Sontr School
ong
Mrs W B Mills
PianoDuet EjS3 Bessie Bosworth
March Miss Bessie Peterson
Exit Cloaks
800 Monte Carlos for 550 1000
ones for 699 500 jackets for 369
1000 ones for 690 1150 ones for
750 Girls 3 50 long coats 239 5
ones for 349 at Tho Thompson Dry
Goods Cos clearing sale
H6 Has Them
Dont send away Buy your seeds
from W T Coleman and know what
you are getting Dont get left
Valentines Valentines
Jtfewest and finest line we have ever
had Ready in a few days
L W McConnell
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE
Mrs N Newkirk spent Sunday in
Trenton
Mrs W P Pate was a Hastings vis
itor Tuesday
Miss Lillian Roman was visiting in
Lincoln over Sunday
Miss May and James Stangland were
Lincoln visitors Sunday
E E Emmett the state bank exam
iner was in the city last Saturday
Mrs C H Bixler expects to depart
for Des Moines Iowa in a few days
P J Morgan was up from Platts
mouth first of tho week on business
Mrs F W Hawkbworth went up to
Denver Thursday on 13 on a short visit
Mrs Carl Berry has been visiting
relatives and friends in Bethany this
state
J S Perrier tho Culbertson ditch
manager was in the city Monday on
business
Mr and Mrs A Barnett arrived
home from Lincoln last Saturday night
on No 3
Will E Bosserman of Sutton has
been a guest in C J Ryans home part
of tho week
Mrs E E Stayner arrived home on
No 5 Monday ovening from a short
visit down the road
F N Mervin of the Beaver City
Tribune was a Commercial house guest
last Friday evening
Miss Sarah Lowman will leave for
Chicago next Monday morning to make
her spring purchases
Mrs H L Prevost is
visit from her mother Mrs
receiving a
H M Kief
of Kansas City Missouri
Mrs Francis Barclay and the boys
were in Trenton over Sunday she being
called there by the illness of her brother
Miss Bernice Linville of Carson
Iowa arrived iu the city on 3 Saturday
night last and is the guest of Mrs G D
LeHew
Miss Stella Fuller visited Lincoln
friends over Sunday going down on 6
Saturday night and returning on No 1
Monday
Miss Millie Slaby was up from Re
publican City Saturday and Sunday t
guest of Conductor and Mrs V H
Solliday
Mrs R B Davis came in from Omaha
last Saturday night and was the gust of
Louis Lowman and family early days of
this week
Mrs Fred Palmer and Master Harold
Citizen 23rd
Rev Frank W Dean went down to
Hildreth Tuesday to assist a brother of
the cloth in conducting some meeting in
that place this week
Mrs Barney Hofer went up to
Wauneta last Friday morning to visit
the home people returning here on No
176 Monday evening
Mrs D D McAlpine and Miss Maud
McAlpine both of Lincoln
from Indianola Sunday evening to get
a through train for Lincoln
Mr and Mrs H P Sutton departed
on No 14 Monday night for the south
where they will spend a month visiting
his mother at Iowa Louisiana
Mr and Mrs S M Cochran arrived
home Thursday night of last week
from visiting a number of weeks in Fort
Wayne Indiana and other points east
Mrs F E Palmer and children de
parted on Monday for Cheyenne Wyom
ing to join the husband and father
there where he is in the Burlington
service
Mrs M M House of Brush Colo
rade and daughter Mrs J A Kirk of
Culbertson were guests of Mrs Howe
Smith Wednesday and Thursday of
this week
Mrs William Randall wife of the
Burlington auditor Omaha came to the
city on No 3 Tuesday night and has
been the guest of her sister Mrs A P
Thomson
Mr and Mrs Frank Dobson came
up from McCook Sunday and tarried
with friends until Tuesday when they
went on to Havelock and Omaha to visit
other friends Holdrege Citizen
Dr E H Waters of Edison was in
town Monday and informs us that he
is soon to leave for Des Moines Iowa to school
becomo a medical examiner for an
surance company Oxford Standard
Harmon Thompson and Louella are in
Bethany Nebraska where they are
guests of his sister Louella Jrill remain
there and take the business course in
the Cotner university making bar home
with her aunt
PPSffiS
J B Dies of His Injuries
Monday morning while crossing one
of the yard tracks near the stock yards
J B Roshong of Valley Grange precinct
i was run ovt r by car- the yard crow was
switching to ono of the repair tracks
t sustaining injuries from which he died
the following evening about half past
seven
Efforts were made to warn the old
man o f bis danger but they were either
misunderstood or unheard and the
wheels cut off ono leg besides produc
ing head injuries
The injured man was removed to the
home of Rev J E Tirrill on East Rail
road street where death relieved his suf
ferings tho following evening
Funeral services were conducted in
tho Methodist church Thursday after
noon at 2 oclock by Rev L II Shu
mate after which intermont was made
in Riverview cemetery
J B Roshong was born in Holmes
county Ohio February 9lh 1837 died
in McCook Nebraska January 27tb
1903 He was united in marriage with
Margret Benjamin April 7th 1859 Ho
and family moved to Redwillow county
Nebraska in November 1892 A wife
and four children survivo him De
t ceased was a private soldier in Company
C 142nd regiment of Ohio volunteer
infantry
The deceased and wife have been liv
ing on a small parcel of land on the east
side of the old Maxwell farm just south
of town on the Oberlin road Two of
the children live in this county and two
over in Kansas south of here Mrs
Haskell Tirrill of McCook and MrsAM
Benjamin of Banksville Mrs Mitchell
andLafo Roshong of Decatur county
Kansas
The bereaved wife children and
friends have the profoundest sympathy
in this tragic death of husband and
father
Gospers Postmaster Disappears
Tuesday January 13th Pearl Kaser
postmaster of Gosper Gosper county
went to Arapahoe with the cream
wagon as Usual put his team in Sail
ors livery barn took the train for the
west supposedly coming to this city
with a party of congenial friends and
since then no word or trace has been
had of him The bondsmei are now in
charge of the office An inspector was
on hand last Saturday and discovered
the office to be in wretched condition
and the postmaster about 500 sbort on
his accounts Kaser had not made out
the customary January report of post
office business and it supposed that his
money order business is badly involved
Kaser carried on a mercantile business
in connection with the postoffice and
came up from McCook yesterday to bills are coming in against the concern
visit relatives in tho city Holdrege i which his parents thought had been
paid Kaser is thought to have taken
400 to 500 with him more than enough
to have paid all accounts against the
store
Tho missing man is said to have been
indulged by his parents to their limit
His domestic relations are said to have
been pleasant He leaves a wife and
three small children William Burke of
that place who is thought to have ac
companied him leaves a wife and seven
1 ViirTor QYirl fllOW 1TQ
OnTTlH lln J uuj ii
said to be abso
lutely destitute which is another
ment in favor of a place that is warmer
than this
Our Representative
Redwillow county is represented in
the house by J E Hathorn of Bartley
Dr Hathorn is a physician of good rep
utation and is a graduate of the Rush
Medical college He is a native of Maine
and is a man of middle age He re
moved from his home state to Illinois in
1970 and to Nebraska in 1886 Dr
Hathorn was a soldier in the Civil war
having served through the war as a
member of the Fast Maine heavy artil
lery Lincoln Star
Will Reach the 600 Mark
The indications now are that McCook
lodge A O U W will reach the 600
mark this month A number of
j bers are actively working for that end
1 and the indications now are that it will
oe reacnea in January xno prizes
offered for the ones who secure the
largest number of new members are by
no means unattractive
CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Catholic Order of services Mass
8 a m Mass and sermon 1030 a m
Sunday school 230 p m Every Sun
day J J Loughran Pastor
Congregational Usual morningjand
evening preacmng services Sunday
at ten anaeavor meeting at
In seven Prayer meeting at eight oclock
Wednesday evening
Frank W Deak Pastor
MsrBQDi3Tr Sunday school at ten
Pleaching at 11 and 8 Subject of the
morning sermon Immortality Ep
worth League at 7
L H Shumate Pastor
5aeSisitawisaassSK
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RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS
Fireman L B Kelsey is visiting in
Holyoke this week
Firpman J R Pence is visiting in
Holdrege this week
T A Wilburn of Lincoln has sold his
Red Cloud residence
Pete Kern of the boiler gang is off
duty with a sore finger
Fireman J R Sullivan was visiting
over Sunday at Holdrege
G J Bruce and bride arrived in the
city on Saturday night last
Hostler Brewington of Akron after a
30 days vacation has returned to work
J E LeBlance was visiting in the
eastern part of the state first of tho
weeki
Fireman C H McBride was visiting
bis folks at Holbrook Thursday and
Friday
I A Erb of the Akron eating house
is on crutches tho result running a nail
into his foot
Fireman C Blackburn is visiting his
parents at Eustis and expects to stay a
couple of weeks
Station Agent Hostotter of Indianola
herds 300 chickens of his own between
trains with profit
B C Monpleasure a former Burling
ton employe has been visiting oldtime
friends this week
William Fane has been down from
Sheridan Wyoming this week guest
of his sister Mrs C M Bailey
F W Calhoun is visiting in Cam
bridge this week Dame Rumor has it
that when he returns he will not be
alone
Operator W F Kenworthy is suffer
ing With an attack of grip induced by a
a drive overland from Lexington to El
wood recently
No 3687 a class K4 one of the now
passenger engines recently completed at
Havelock has been assigned to the
Alliance division
Co uctor and Mrs S A Miller have
been Here from Limon Colorado this
week called by the illness of her broth
er Morris Heaffy
Engineer William Morrell has returned
from Akron where ho has been working
for sGuic time and expects to work out
of McCook in the future
Engineer G E Hicks of Alliance was
called to Wauneta this week on ac
count of the death of his sister at that
place Alliance Grip 23rd
J M Billings arrived home Saturday
night last from Chicago He has a
badly mashed thumb which will keep
him home a number of weeks
Agent J P Allen of Wauneta who
has been off for ten days on a furlough
will return to duty on Monday coming
J F Edwards extra agent is relieving
him
Fireman W A Lauby who has been
firing the Republican Oberlin passenger
run in place of A C Williams has re
turned and will work out of hore in the
future
Fireman Marooney who has been on
the relief for the last two months re
turned to work Tuesday Marooney
had his face and hands badly scalded
some time back
Clyde Barker of Alliance was the
guest of Conductor and Mrs A P
Bouno first of the week Mr Barker
is claim agent of the Burlington on the
Alliance division
Manager W P Bross of the Burling
ton baseball team is engaged in signing
his colls for the coming season It is
safe to wager that the aggregation will
be one of the swiftest amateur clubs in
the state for 1903
M G Stephenson returned to his old
position in the McCook 3 ard first of the
week Hawkins succeeds him in the
Holdrege yard E E Stayner of Me
Cook has gone to work on the day force
in the Holdrege ard
The B M steel gang hes recently
finished laying new 80 pound steel rails
from Holdrege to this place The 70
pound rails were considered too light for
for the large engines running over the
road at present at the above places
Oxford Standard
John Rydell who has been road-master
of the Hastings Oberlin division the
past six months has been transferred to
the Akron Longmont division out of
Denver for which place he left Satur
day evening The vacancy here has
been supplied by Andrew Ipson of the
Orleans St Srancis branch Mr Ipson
is an experienced railroad man and has
been roadmaster of the latter branch
for some time He will remove his
family from Orleans to this point in the
near future RedCloud Chief 23rd
WjPotfiwr
Nthra8lcaSta1 I lister
Srtbtmc
McCOOK RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA FRIDAY EVENING JANUARY 30 1903
Score a Big Success
Royal Highlander lodge No 307 is to
be credited with a largo success at their
masquerade ball last Friday ovoning in
tho jMenard opera houso There was a
numerous attendance of masked dancers
and quite n SDrinkling of sight seers
making a gay and happy company
withal
The grand march was enmasque and
was led by Mr F S Vahuo and Mrs F
A Ponnell Mr Vahue not being a
good guessor
Refreshments were served on the stage
by the ladies of the order and although
it was not attempted to make this an
elaborate affair the menu was very sat
isfactory and enjoyable
The Snyder orchestra of five pieces
was iu attendance
No effort at decoration of tho hall was
made
The affair left nought but favorable
and pleasurable imnressions with nil
present
The Minstrel Show
Music for tho minstrel show has ar
rived and the work and pleasure of
practicing and rehearsing for the occa
sion is now progressing The boys have
secured a fine lot of excellent music and
have already in training tho best musi
cal talent of the city and tho other
artists which go to make up a strong
combination and the result can be but
highly satisfactory Tho date is now
set at February 23rd
Good bye Furs
150 fur muffs now 89c 175 ones
now 129 225 ones now 139 300
now 169 350 ones now 249 175
fur collarettes now 119 385 ones
now 269 500 ones now 299 600
ones now 399 190 childs sets now
99c 250 ones now 149 If you wait
longer wont you be too late The
Thompson Dry Goods Cos clearing sale
Do You Need a Cream Separator
If you do dont fail to call at W T
Colemans store and see tho very latest
improved separator You can ship your
cream from any station and draw your
pay twice a month Separators are sold
on payments and part of each check can
be retained as a payment on tho ma
chine
Horses For Sale
Sixty head of horses weighing from
900 to 1200 pounds Some broke and
some unbroken On J H Moore ranch
6 miles southwest of McCook Prices
reasonable
George Plumlkigh
To Sugar Beet Growers
The contract for the American Beet
Sugar Co of Grand Island Nebraska
for tho 1903 crop may be seen at the
office of J E Kelley
Household Furniture for Sale
Chiffonier refrigerator small cook
stove chairs couch pictures book
case folding bed dishes etc
Mrs Delhunty
Household Goods for Sale
I am offering for sale my household
goods Call at tho residence
Mrs Jennie Cann
Fifty patterns of new spring ginghams
now opening at The Thompson Dry
Goods Cos
Thb Tribune is only 100 a year
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS
Miss Jessie Stuart is the guest of her
sister Mrs George Willetts
W T Henton was over from the
Beaver yesterday on business
Mrs S J Crawfod is here from Col
orado guest of her daughter Mrs J H
Mgore
Miss Ethel Pope came up from Lin
coln Wednesday night to visit tho
folks at home till over Sunday
C W Keys manager of the Bullard
was confined to bed part of the week by
grip but is now able to be at the office
Dr A P Welles is trying to tak as
roseate a view of life as possible while
Mrs Welles is absent from tho city on a
visit
Mrs J M Hammond of Driftwood
precinct the readers of The Tribune
will all learn with sorrow is in a pre
carious condition with cancer
Morris Heapy whose health has
been a source of solicitude wo aro
pleased to mention is now much better
and he is getting along nicely toward
complete recovery
Mr and Mr3 H A Bbale enter
tained the Alphabet club Wednesday
evening It was a meeting of pleasaut
est particulars Mrs W S Perry won
the honors Mrs J F Kenyon waa
awarded the booby
Mrs C W Britt and mother Mrs
Wilson arrived from Lincoln Wednes
day on No 1 They have gone to
housekeeping in the south half of Mrs
Matella Gordons dwelling on Madison
street Heres the heartiest welcome to
them
NUMBER 37
MINOR ITEMS OF NEWS
Annls Furs at DeGroffs
Monto Carlo Coats at DoGroffs
1 Save monoy on drugs at McMillenH
But ono wolf fell a victim in Tuesday
hunt
Scalo books for sale at The Trikunb
office
Go to C L
Sorosis Skirts
DeGrolf Cos for
I McCook was rather short on eoalpark
of last week
McMillens cough euro will stop your
cough Try it
Some good values in Petticoats at CL
DeGroff Cos
Wolf hunts havo become the vogue in
Redwillow county
First class meats of all kinds at th
B M meat market
All the latest and best books aro to
be found at Cone Bros
Tho B M meat market sells tho
best of 0 very thing in their lino
Stop that cough Cure that coldT
McConnolls Balsam will do it
Irrigated farm for rent tf
C II Meeker
Gunthors candies always fresh
L W McConnkll
You want the beat at a right price
You will got it at tho B M moat
market
Fifty patterns of new spring ginghams
now opening at The Thompson Dry
Goods Cos
Pickles sauer kraut and everything
seasonable at Marshs meat market
Highest quality and lowest prices
Edison phonographs from 10 up Big
line of records vocal and instrumental
See L W McConnell
Cards with envelopes to match for at
homes receptions etc for sale at Trib
une office Same neatly printed rea
sonable if desired
There is nothing more profitable to
people in general than a good garden
In ordertohave one you must get some
of W T Colemans seeds
This is the time to make your pur
chases of underwear and at C L De
Groff Cos is the right placo to get
tho best goods at the right prices
- The new spring patterns of wall paper
are arriving Lino will be better this
year than ever before You know what
that means L W McConnell
Thero will be a meeting of the Dorcas
society at the home of Mrs C E Pope
next Wednesday afternoon at prompt
230 Plenty of work on hand Full
attendance requested
Are you thinking about getting a
washing machine If so you should seo
the Ocean Wave at W T Colemans
Its the latest improved easiest running
most durable washing machine on tho
market
What is more acceptable to a friend
or your wife than a set of pearl handled
knives and forks a chaffing dish baking
dish or anything in the silverware line
which you can get at a reasonable prico
at T Colemans
County Judge Green issued licences
and married the following couples last
week Thomas W Smith of McCook
and Cora Pevler of Wray Colorado
Thomas B Canaga of Goodland Kan
sas and Mary I Hall of Boulder Colo
rado
This week William Doyle purchased
the building and lot now occupied by
C F Babcock for his real estate offico
and the building and lot adjoining on
south lately vacated by L O Menus
the merchant tailor paying for tho
twain 230000
Estray Cows From slaughter housa
yard two cows one red heifer 3 year3
old weighs about 800 wire about neck
one pale red cow weighs about 1000
j pounds Reward will be paid for in-
formation leading to their recovery
D C Marsh
The Albert McMillen farmf ormerly tho
Maxwell place will pass under the own
ership and control of Mr Ferguson of
Hastings March 1st The place will bo
occupied by Joseph Spott3 This is a
fine addition to the large body of land
now owned by Ferguson and his col
leagues in the valley in that neighbor
hood
Is your head working or are you pay
ing ten cent3 a pound for meat by tho
quarter when you can get better meat
by the quarter at Marshs meat market
for six and eight cents a pound Dont
let the peddlers bump you sohard when
the regular dealers can do so much bet
ter in price and in quality as well
Fifty patterns of new spring ginghams
now opening at The Thompson Dry
Goods Cos
