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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1905)
t JpCfiak Official Paper of Redwillow County By F M KIMMELL -Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co 7 Subscription 1 a Year in Advance There would bo no great loss to the Republican party of the state of Mis souri if Niodringhauss name should bo spelled pants The latest turn of the screw by the patent folks is driving the weekly news papermen to homo prints Both the Red Cloud Chief and the Red Cloud Argus threaten to cut out the patents So mote it bo CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS Catholic Order of services Mass 8 a m Mass and sermon 1000 a m Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday school 230 n m Ever Sundav J J Locghran Pastor Chkisttan The members of the church have given their pastor a vacation in order that he may engage in evange listic work Until his return there will bo Bible school at 10 a m social service at 11 a m No service in the evening G T Burt Pastor Methodist Sunday School at 10 Preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m Class at 12 oclock Epworth League at 7 00 Junior League at 3 Prayer meeting Thursdayeveningat745 Special music at Sunday services All welcome M B Carman Pastor First Baptist Church Preaching at 11 a m and 745 p m Sunday school at 945 am Junior society at 3 p m BY P TJ at 615 p m Prayer meeting Wednesday evening 745 p m Morning theme Spiritual Dynamics Even ing theme The Weakness of Christ All invited A B Carson Pastor Episcopal Services in St Albans church as follows Every Sunday in the month Sunday school at 10 oclock am Morning prayer at 11 and evening prayer and sermon at 8 The third Sunday in the month Holy Communion at 730 a m AH are welcome E R Earle Rector Congregational Sunday school at 10 Sermon at 11 Y P S C E at 7 Sermon at 8 Prayer and conference meeting Wednesday evening at 8 Morn ing subject The Constraint of Love Eveping subject The last in the series on Lifes Compass Trust in God and Heaven A full attendance of church and congregation will add immensely to the interest in these services George A Conrad Pastor Four Hundred Babies St Vincents Infants Asylum Chicago shelters homeless waifs awaiting adop tion and there are nearly 400 babies there Sister Julia writesI cannot say too much in praise of Foleys Honey and Tar for coughs colds croup and whoop ing cough Contains no opiates and is safe and sure Ask for Foleys Honey and Tar and insist upon having it as it is a safe remedy and certain in results Eefuse substitutes Sold by A Mc Millen The Tribune makes a specialty of office stationery and type writer supplies I I above picture of the ntLb and fish is the trade mark of Scotts Emulsion and is the svnonvm for strength and purity It is sold in almost all the civilized coun tries of the globe If the cod fish became extinct it would be a world wide calam ity because the oil that comes from its liver surpasses all other fats in nourishing and life giving properties Thirty years ago the proprietors of Scotts Emul sion found a way of preparing cod liver oil so that everyone can take it and get the full value of the oil without the objectionable taste Scotts Emulsion is the best thing in the world for weak backward children thin delicate people and all conditions of wasting and lost strength Send for tree sample SCOTT BOWijra Chemists JLOO ilC PKAB STBEET 2TEW TOBK 50c and 100 All druggists Alt 8h 10000000 Annually for Iowa Until quite recently the term agrono mist has not appeared with sufficient frequency in the public prints to win rec ognition as a legitimate and properly de rived English word Since the notable achievement of P G Holden profes sor of agrouomj in the Iowa State agri cultural college at Ames who does not resent being coupled with the unfami liar title but on the contrary seems to be rather proud of it the word has come into such frequent use that it will very soon seem like an old friend An agronomist divested of the mys tery attendant on the term is one who is devoted to scientific husbandry It is only within the present generation that such a scieuce or art as agronomy has come to the front as a factor in American agriculture In former years the only species of husbandry which could be certain of a respectful hearing was the practical and rather dogmatia tsaching vouchsafed by a race of agricul turists whose stock in trade was tradi tion and whose bugbear was expefimen tation There is no better illustration of the fact that scientific husbandry is in the ascendent thaniis furnished by the re sults obtained by Professor Holden who in the last twelvemonth it would appear has earned 10000000 for the farmers of Iowa This rather astound ing feat has been accomplished without mystery or jugglery of any description and the machinery employed has been so simple that the merest tyron in farm ing cannot plead ignorance For several years the great corn pro ducing plain east of the Mississippi had been showing a decided decline both in the quantity and quality of its leading product This degenerative process was so unmistakeble that the farmers of the belt were becoming disheartened This was especially true of Iowa which had long stood at the head of the list as a corn producing state Almost as a last resort the farmers of that state appealed to science for relief Their urgent demand for aid led to the engagement of Professor Holden by the state agricultu ral college The corn growers were rather skep tical as to the results likeiy to be brought about by a man who -bore such a title as agronomist but they were willing in their strait to listen to anybody arid to make a trial of any remedy The new wonder worker began his evangel of corn by convincing his auditors that he act ually knew more about the business than any of them His initial campaign was one of education For a month at a time he traveled over the corn growing section of the state and talked almost constantly of soils and preparation and culture A special car was furnished by the railroad companies and from the rear platform Professor Holden deliver ed brief and telling lectures to the far mers who a waited jhim at every stopping place In thisjwayhe visited from fif teen to twenty rural centers every day and his audiences in most of them rang ed well up in thejhundreds The professor did not employ many scientific terms but clothed his ideas on corn growing in language which could not fail to bejunderstood He explained all the advanced knowledge which had been determined by experiment and ad monished the farmers that they had only to open theireyes to see for them selves He laidspecial stress upon the selection of seed To illustrate how much depended upon this point he ex hibited seed corn of all varieties and stages of perfection and pointed out that which was to be avoided and that which would produce satisfactory results He convinced them bynumerous reports of tests he had made with different speci mens that much more depended upon the proper selection of seed than they had ever believed possible Then he told them how it happened that he became an agronomist a student of husbandry Iiike so many other won derful things it was an accident He was teaching a district school in Michi gan and it occurred to him to get up a corn growing contest among hfs pupils He induced the boys to select the earliest I biggest and most perfect ears from the C With Royal Baking Powder there no mixing with the hands no sweat of the brow Perfect cle jRJiness greatest r j Facility sweet clean Full instructions in the Roy book for making all kinds with Royal Baking Powder healthful too Ulo s Powder UrGS is Bker inci Pastry Cook brcrid biscuit and cake Gratis to any address ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO 100 VHLI4M ST NEW YORK field to store them carefully and to plant only from this picked seed The result of the contest was a surprise toeverbody in the district The boys secured a yield almost double that of their fathers and the professor saw that he had stumbled upon a matter of sufficient importance to warrant him in proceeding further in his investigations He abandoned school teaching and gave himself up to the perfection of his system In time his fame spread and he was offered the man agement of a 25000 acre farm in Illinois The salary tendered him was so alluring that he accepted Besides it was the opportunity Jie had sought to establish the accuracy of his deductions The first year of his suporintendency he planted 20000 acres of corn and when it was harvested it was found that there were over 100000 bushels more than the same land had ever produced More than that the average quality of the grain was greatly improved Such an achievement as this was not likely to pass unnoticed The directors of the Iowa State Agricultural college were on the lookout for a man who was engaged in experimental research along the line adopted by Holden and he was offered the chair of agronomy in the institution This was a new departure in the school and the chair was created especially for Professor Holden Ho did not like to give up his corn growing experiments on the big farm but the Iowa folks prom ised him that his opportunity for original research should not be curtailed and he accepted Professor Holden began his work at Ames by inviting the Iowa farmers to come to the agricultural college during the winterand investigate for themselves the methods he employed in the selection of seed corn and his theories respecting germination A goodly number accepted the opportunity and the plan bore abun dant fruit During the early spring of each year the professor continues his scheme of spending a month in a tour of education and it is thus that his theories have been exploited in all parts of the state Last spring his course extended over several thousand miles Alive to the immensely profitable result of his tail end agricultural campaign the railroadsjare eager to furnish him with all the transportation facilities he re quires Some ofthe evidences of the college authorities wisdom in securing the ser vices of such an accomplished agrono mist as Professor Holden are manifest in the Iowa corn report for 190i For nine years the corn crop of the Ilawkeye State hadaveraged twenty seven and a half bushels to the acre Last season the crop aggregated 330000000 bushels 125000000 bushels above the yield of tne previousjyear and the average was forty bushels to the acre The crop is valued at about S30000000 more than that of a year agoand Professor Holden is univer sally accredited with a third part of the increase The evidence in his favor is indisputable The regions in which he conducted his tour of education raised more corn than the others Those in which he had the largest audiences did best of all Iowa is proud of her agron omist and she has reason to be Charles Samuels How to Avoid Pneumonia We have never heard of a single in stance of a cold resulting in Pneumonia or other lung trouble when Foleys Honey and Tar has been taken It not only stops the cough but heals and strength ens the lungs Ask for Foleys Honey and Tar and refuse any substitute offer ed Dr C J Bishon of Aernew Mich writes I have used Foleys Honey and Tar in three very severe cases 6f pneu monia with good results in every case Sold by A McMillen ITEMS FROM STRINGT0WN Otto Tilgner is taking a trip to Lewel len Nebraska to visit his father Otto Tilgner allows it takes a pretty big town lad to bluff him Otto is little but oh my Everybody had a -big time at tho dance at Henry SchamePs Thursday night of last week Ill brave the storms of Chilkoot Pass Ill cross the plains of frozen glass Id leave my wife and cross tbe sea Rather than be without Rocky Mountain Tea L W McConnell As He Saw The Valley W II Stowell formerly editor of the Auburn Post recently made a - trip through the Republican Valley and in part writes the Lincoln Daily Star about it as follows The people who reside in the eastern part of Nebraska are inclined to think that section the only habitable place of the state A recent trip over the Bur lington railroad through the southern tier of counties has proved to the writer most conclusively that southwestern Nebraska has a great future before it The coun try is improving rapidly values are in creasing and tho people are prosperous and contented All the conditions that prevail in that section are a flat contra dictibn of the doleful stories told by a few peoplo who have gone there staytfd a short time become homesick and re turned At Superior we strike the fertile Re publican valley From there on west ward there is nothing to indicate that we are in a drought stricken country or that the people are in a half starved condition On tho contrary good farm 1 ouses and barns well filled with farm products ap pear here and there The stock grazing in the fields was sleek and well fed In the semi arid counties of the ex treme southwestern part of tho state far mers have learned to raiso crops that are adapted to that climate Cane is almost certain to be a sure crop and cane seed brings a good price Winter wheat is another of the sure crops The town of Trenton in Hitchcock county shipped 252 cars of No 2 winter wheat last year The farmers ara becoming interested in Campbells soil culture and as they adopt his methods of cultivating tho laud they find they raise better crops One farmer near Culbertson raised seven con secutive crops of wheat on a piece of irrigated ground and his average yield was forty bushels per acre Any one crop would have more than paid for the original price of the land Water rights cost 350 per acre Red Willow county the third east of the Colorado line was the banner wheat growing county of the state in 1902 The average yield per acre was twenty six bushels The last year they claim that their wheat crop was a failure as it yield ed but eight to 20 bushels per acre In eastern Nebraska this is considered a fair yield Around Culbertson tho irrigating ditch and sugar beets are making the farmers money From ten to forty tons of beets per acre are raised on land that cost the owners from 5 to 20 The ir rigated beet land around Culbertson can be bought today at from 25 to 60 per acre Land in the same section of the county not irrigated can be bought at 10 per acre and up About 2500 acres of sugar beets wore raised in the vicinity of Culbertson this year From that sta tion alone nine hundred cars of beets were shipped to the factories at Grand Island and Ames Russians are set tling in and around Culbertson and the farmers contract with them to do all the hand work of beet raising such as hoe ing thinning pulling and toping for 21 per acre while they do the team work themselves The price of beets ranges from 1 to 5 per ton One farmer on thirty five cars of beets made a net profit of 1800 or 3145 per aero The beet crop alone will bring 100000 to Culbertson this year For forage alfalfa is fast taking the place of buffalo grass It is getting a hold on the divides but as yet the most flourishing fields are found on the bot tom lands The high price of alfalfa seed makes this the most profitable crop that the western Nebraska farmer can raise If renters who are paying two fifths of their crop or from 3 to 5 per acre for high priced land in eastern Nebraska and other places would settle in the southwestern part of the state and make up their minds not to yield to home sickness the first year or two the would soon have homes of their own and be surrounded with as many of the com forts and luxuries of life as the people farther east W H Stowell To Cure a Cold in One Day Take laxative bromo quinine tablets All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure E W Groves signature is on each box 25c Falling hair means weak hair Then strengthen your hair feed it with the only hair food Ayers Hair Vigor It checks falling hair makes the hair grow druff Lj completely cures And it alwavs v restores color to gray hair ail the rich dark color of early life 3Ir liair was falling out liatilr and Itvas afraid I would lose it all Tlien I tritd Avcrs Hair vicor It quickly stopped the falling and made my hair all I could wish KEllECCA K S 00 aliot tie AllnriiKCistf Eoutjui iinoar i rrrri ne Allen Elizauctli for A YE It CO Iovrcll Wis Falling- Hair SOUTH SIDE -John Burtless is drilling a well near tbe house G H Rowland purchased ufino bunch of shoats recently Look out for the Red Willow county atlas and prepare your 1500 Mrs W S Fitch returned homo from her Colorado visit last Fridny morning Zen Spickelmeyer is harvesting his sugar beets theso days and feeding them to the calves An eastern horse buyer visited this community and purchased a three-year- old colt of Frank Freolovo consideration 12000 Mrs J W Andrews who has been sojourning in Indianola the past two or three weeks returned home Saturday evening W G Dutton J W Andrews Joseph Schmitz and W S Fitch are making preparations for hot weather by filling their ice houses Quite a number of South Side peoplo attended the funeral of R M Wado at Prospect Park Mr Wade is an old York state resident Was in his 77th year and for tho past few years has been quite feeble He leaves an aged wife and four children to mourn his loss People engaged in tho ice traffic should see that the largo chunks of ice strung along the public highway are removed It is dangerous to those driving colts and fractious horses and is liable to re sult in serious accidents Tho road au thorities should give it their attention Mrs Gerald Wilcox was quite severely burned about tho face and head by the explosion of a self sealing can into wihch she was fixing some cotfeo preparatory to sending with a lunch to tho men working in the timber The suction drew the lid on tightly excluding tho air and an explosion was the result PLEASANT PRAIRIE C M Lofton and wife were at the county capital Monday Flora BQuick county superintendent visited our school first of this week Mrs Shephard and son Archie were visiting with friends in this locality last week Sherman Williams bought a fat hog of William Relph Monday for home con sumption Bud Richardson C M Lofton and N J Johnson had their corn shelled J E Dodge doing the work The graphaphone exhibition given at the school house Friday night was not very well attended although a very cred itable show was given by Mr Kemp The grip seems to bo doing business right along in our neighborhood Nearly every family has been visited making the attendance at school very irregular COLEMAN Frank Coleman hauled straw this week Now is the time to Mil that ice house II H Bandy is out knocking around theso days got well Dorsey Shepherd shipped a big car load of hogs Monday C Hackencamp was in McCook Mon day with a load of hogs The Rev M B Carman pastor of the M E Church in McCook will preach at the Coleman school house next Sun day at p m fast time lie IooJcoil It A ridiculous but amusing story used to be told of Charles lleades dramati zation of Tennysons poem Dora We do not however vouch for -the truth of the anecdote Dora was be ing performed one night years ago and when Mary Morrison made her exit to bring on her little Willie aged about four she -was shocked to find a lubberly boy of at least fourteen and as he -was the only Willie at hand on he had to go though he -was well nigh as big as his mother The Former Allen of the play being equal to the emer gency instead of inquiring How old are you my little man enueavorea to remedy the matter by saying Llow old are you my strapping boy But It was a failure for the boy who was Instructed to say from four to five said it in such a hoarse sepulchral tone as to drive the good natured grandfather to exclaim Forty five You look it my boy you look it Golden Penny Wontlerfal Sense of Smell In Dorts It has often been proved that dogs are able to track their masters through crowded streets where it would be Impossible to attribute their accuracy to anything except the sense of smell alone Mr Romanes the naturalist once made some interesting experi ments as to this wonderful power as exhibited in his own dog In these tests the naturalist found that his dumb friend could easily follow in the tracks of his master though he was far out of sight and that too after no less than eleven persons had followed step- ping exactly in the tracks made by Mr Romanes it being the deliberate tion to confuse the senses of the poor dog if possible Further experiment I prbved that the animal tracked the boots instead of the man for when Mr Romanes put on new footgear the dog failed entirely QnicUIy Snbdncil Von Blumer roaring with rage Who told you to put paper on the wall Decorator Your wife sir Von Blumer Pretty isnt it Many people buy everything on cred it and never ask the price until they go to pay Then there is akick Atchison Globe I i r A Good Investment 15 acros adjacent to city of McCook honso frame stable granary lion house well hoff pons etc 2500 pencil trees All in cultiva tion G0O cash Write for complete land list E J MITCHELL McCook Nob Old Rubber Copper and Brass Highest Market Price Paid in Cash Block West of Citizens Bank McCook - Nebraska McCook Poultry Co Buyers and Shippers of Poultry and Eggs For the next 7 days wo will pay cash For Hens Springs Tc lb Tc lb Turkey Hens lie A Sound Argument The one that blows without any thing to blow about wastes time and energy The excellence of our goods and delivery service warrant us for blowing Always tho best always the greatest variety always the highest quality DAVID MAGNER Phone 14 Fresh and Salt Meats ivTsKscNaasssvarszis F D BURGESS omoer an am Fitter Iron Lead and Sewer Pipe Brass Goods Pumps an Boiler Trimmings Agent for Halliday Waupun fcclipse Windmills Basement of the Meeker Phillips Building McCOOK NEBRASKA irusjriNEsagvaNBsaNXNi MARSH The Butcher wants your trade The best of everything is his motto Phone 12 C 1ARSH Mike Walsh DEALER IN POULTRY and EGGS m