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WHERE YOU WILL FIND A FULL LINE OF
GROCERIES FRESH FRUITS SWEET CREAM ETC
ONE CAR LOAD OF HIGH PATENT FLOUR AT
125 AS LONG AS LONG AS IT LASTS
COME WHERE YOUR WILL GET YOU MORE
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Rea Estate Filings
The following real estate filing
have been made in the county clerks
office since our last report
James Cosgro et ux to C E
Corell Avd pt S-9-10-11-12
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Barnett Lumber Co vs Wil
liam H Campbell m lienr
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Fred W Anderson et al to Wil
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Terms of District Court 1911
Chase county April 24 and Novem
ber 13
Dundy County March 6 and No
vember 20
Frontier county March 20 and Oc
tober 2
Furnas county February 20 May
9 and October 23
Gosper count January 30 and
September 25
Hayes county March 13 and Sep
tember 18
Hitchcock county May 1 and No
vember 27
Red Willow county February 6
May 15 and October 9
Robert C Orr district judge
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Hubers coffee cannot be beat
Coffee from 15 cents to 35 cents
and Wedding Breakfast heads the
list
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I RED WINGED BLACKBIRD
Agelaius Phoeniceus innaeus
By John T Zimmer Department of
Entomology University of Nebraska
Early in the spring there begin to
arrive flocks of birds the males of
which are shining black with shoulder
patches of scarlet and buff and the
females of which are dusky streaked
with brownish These are the Red
Winged Blackbird which are common
migrants and breeders and which in
some instances remain over winter
with us They prefer the marshy
ground of swamps and sloughs and
usually construct their nests in such
localities fastening them to reeds cat
tails grasses or branches or nearby
trees at a low elevation Generally
they breed in colonies of a greater or
less size although isolated pairs are
often found After the breeding sea
son is over hovever the birds gather
in large flocks and forage for food
and it is at such times that the dam
age if any is done to crops
It has been found by the United
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States biological survey that lor the
entire year the vegetable matter con
sumed by the Red Wings amounts to
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I the animal matter constitutes the re
maining quarter Of the animal mat
ter insects form the principal item
and these are such forms as weevils
and other injurious beetles grasshop
pers bugs caterpillars etc almost
all of them harmful kinds Besides
the insects snails and small crusta
ceans are also taken The main item
of food however is of a vegetable na
ture and is composed chiefly of weed
seeds and grain The grain is oats
corn and weat in the order of prefer
ence although some barley is eaten
and comprises only one eighth of the
years diet On the other hand the
weed seeds represent more than half
of thf total for the year and together
with the insects about seven eighths
of that amount In winter the birds
eat little but weed seeds and begin on
them while grain is still available and
continue to feed on them after insects
appear in numbers
Thus it may be seen that although
the Red Winged Blackbirds do occa
sion some damage on account of their
grain eating propensities they do a
much greater amount of good in fact
in the proportion of seven to one The
harm done is observed the more read
ily because the birds work in flocks
of such extent that the destruction is
concentrated and so becomes notice
able As the swamps and sloughs are
put under cultivation these flocks will
become broken up and the damago
they do be lessened That solution of
the problem at least is likely to work
less harm than the wholesale destruc
tion of the birds
Do not depend upon some stagnant
pond for your water supply this sum
mer A cow needs good water just
the same as a man does and she will
not do her best without it Also
there is great possibility of disease
from stagnant water
Using a beef cow for dairying is
like trying to make a racehorse out of
a drafter
The McCook Tribune 100 a year
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BAND ONHIOSES
Every Cne oi Ferrantes Men
Would Have Made a
Mark Anyhow
THEYRE ALL FROM SUNNY ITALY
And Music Plays a Greater Part
In Their Lives Than Is
the Cape With Most
Musicians
The Royal Italian Guards band
which will play here Chautauqua
week may attribute its fame largely
to the genius that directs them and
yet not entirely
The man at the head ot a great
band is to be credited for at least two
great things and perhaps many more
lie must himself be a musician of
most extraordinary ability and if ever
the qualities of leadership are essen
tial it is iu a bandmaster
Ferrante has great genius as a lead
er and great ability as a musician
But every one of Ferrantes musi
cians is himself more or less of a gen
ius Every one would have made a
great mark iu the musical world
whether in Ferrantes band or some
other
Music plays a greater part in the
lives of these men of sunny Italy than
in most mens lives even most musi
cians lives
Thats why they play as they do
They put their whole soul into it
And that is what makes geniuses
SOPRANO WHO WILL SING
HERE CHAUTAUQUA WEEK
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Miss Clare Kvello is one of the best
known sopranos of Chicago She has
been on J lie Chautauqua platform
three summers Her singing will be
one ot the features of the many mu
sical features of Chautauqua week
READER WHO HAS WON FAME
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Miss Bessie Leigh is one of the few
readers who have succeeded on the
Chautauqua platform Only a reader
of very strong voice can be heard at
the extremities of a Chautauqua tent
Miss Leighs voice is strong and pleas
ing Her success has been phenome
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IE HOME BEAUTIFUL
ORNAMENTAL EFFECT OF A FEW TREES
AND SHRUBS PROPERLY PLANTED
By V V Westgate Department of Horticulture
University of Nebraska
One can scarcely imagine a farm
home more restful and inviting than
the one pictured at the beginning of
this article and yet it is not expensive
ia dollars and cents to obtain a farm
home similar to this It is only a
matter of time The shrubs and trees
shown the value of which can now be
scarcely estimated cost in the begin
ning but a very few dollars and the
house is of simple inexpensive design
What a change we would have in our
Nebraska landscape if every farm
house formed part of a picture similar
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to this and not only a change in the
landscape but even in the people as
it is impossible for individuals to
come in contact with the beautiful
without being benefited by the same
Many farmers realize that some
thing ought to be done in the way of
ornamenting their places ana yet they
do not know exactly what to do For
that reason a few rules on what to ac
complish may well be given
As trees form part of the permanent
effect of the place be careful to plant
them in their proper locations and
with care In using trees first pro
vide for a windbreak by planting ever
green trees such as the Austrian or
Scotch pine as an evergreen gives
the needed winter protection Also
use a few trees near the house for
shade and a few to the rear in order
to give the proper background or set
ting to the house After the trees
are located we are ready for planting
the shrubs Place a few of the same
next to the house in order to break
the architectural effect of the house
and also a few to the sides as shown
in the accompanying view When
making plantings of the place remem
ber there is nothing finer than a good
lawn For that reason keep the same
open by locating the plants more to
the sides and at all times preserve a
good view to and from the house
Contrast the first view with the
second Which type of place would
you choose to make your home It is
true there is a seemingly great differ
ence between them and yet if a dozen
trees and twice as many shrubs were
properly planted on any place similar
to the second one shown it would make
an effect comparable to the first
NEW STATE RECORD
FOR MILK AND BUTTER
ROXANNA PARTHENA SETS HIGH MARK
FOR NEBRASKA DAIRY COWS
By A L Haecker Nebraska State Farm
For several years there has been
n rivalry among the dairy stock
breeders of Nebraska to possess the
cow holding the highest record for
milk and butter produced in one year
The Dairy Department of the Uni
versity of Nebraska has a Holstein
Friesian cow named Roxanna Par
theua who has completed a splendid
record On the second day of March
she completed a yearly record of
pounds of milk and S8189 pounds
of butter This defeats the state rec
ord over 2000 pounds of milk and
nearly fifty pounds of butter This
record certainly deserves more credit
when we consider that it was made by
a twelve-year-old cow that has served
well and long as a great breeder Rox
anna has been in the herd for nine
The fact that a cow is of a pure breed
is no assurance that she will be a
good producer There are many
scrub pure breds The only safe
rule is that of the scales and tester
which show actual results
Men must be more interested in
dairying in the future says Professor
C H Eckles whether they want to
or not It will be the result of eco
nomic laws from which there is no
appeal
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years and has given a calf each year
along with a splendid production of
milk and butter
We can learn from such a record as
this the possibility of dairy cows
when given good feed and care The
milk from this cow has been sold in
the city market at 10 cents per quart
and as she produced about 10000
quarts she has made for the depart
ment 1000 She produced a heifer
calf during the year that of course is
ROXANNA PARTHENA
of great value It cost less than 100
to feed this cow and her care could
be figured at about 30 It is safe to
say that Roxpnna this year has earned
for the institution close to 1200 and
this would give a low value to her
heifer calf
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A dairy cow to be profitable must
produce well for ten or eleven months
in the year Farmers are often mis
led by the full pail of milk a cow may
give for the first month or two soon
dropping down to almost nothing
The manure from a cow for a year is
worth on the average about 30 Thi3
is vfigured in terms of the actual cost
of commercial fertilizer How many
farmers realize the value of the man
ure Dile
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All the List of Musi
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WILLING TO PAY TO HEAR THEffi
Ferrantes an Italian Aggrega
tion They Have Charmed
Thousands Both In Europe
and America Director
Looks Like Nobleman-
Of all the things that stir the- las
man emotionr nothing is quite so- af
fective as a great band
There is something about the giitisT
and glamour and splendor of italbii
as heard and seen that as
thrill that is unlike that produced y
any other music or form of enierisan
ment
And this effect is all good It scs
the latent energy and there is aTvrsys
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an abundance of latent energy in bxvs
weather
A Chautauqua program without
band would be about as weak a tbirgr
as a glass of ginger ale with all ti
and pep out of it It wonZi
be a dismal failure from both the-
and tlp committees standpoint
It wouldnt sa isfy and it would
pay well
So of all the music on the Chants
qua here this summer the feature ts5S
be Ferrantes Royal Italian Gutci
band and its the largest and finest
band that a strong Chautauqua orgaz
ization buying talent for weeks czxL
weeks at a time could buy
Its a Chautauqua Demand
It was easily possible to get tke bes
Chautauqua band that is known fc
causs the band itself is so muclr s
Chautauqua emand There i ss
question but that you are willing Ik
pay to hear such a baud and Isaac
day will be the most eventful day sif
the entire week
You see if it isnt
This band of Ferrantes is an Itaisn
aggregation Ferrante himself is if
very haudsoni man and he looks lSso
an Italian nobleman He has beers 3x
tectiug bands ever since he was la3i
enough to swing a baton He seeirsi
to have been born a bandmaster
But whatever impressions you get o
Ferrante and his band before he comes
get the idea that it is not only a beaiiS
that plays soul stirring music but ts
it is a band that plays this soul stirrir
music with such skill and grace that ss
has come to be one of the greatest o
all bands They will charm you eves
minute of the time
You will feel when you have uer
them that at no time have you brar
such music and you will always re
member thciu in that way Thousai4b
and thousands in this country and Es
rope and in their faroff native Ian
have and it is because of the imprc
sions of these thousands of persoir
that they deserve the recognition the
are receiving
They will be on your Chautauoji
program one whole day and it will u
questionably be the most eventful da c
of the week the day you must plans
for even if you must miss all tbs
others
Get a Chautauqua season ticlefc
early and then begin to talk Chautau
qua
A penny newspaper is a penrjjp
Chautauqua Both instruct and enter
tain
The Chautauqua keeps people homA
and in that it centers communiiy
growth
When you give a boy or girl a we3
at a Chautauqua you give them a bijs
boost to better things
When a town has a Chautauqua 51
has the cream of the big city in musas
and entertainment with all the sensx
left out
The Chautauqua has the indorsemeair
of the best people of the community
Its the case wherever there is a goos
Ctautauqua