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NOTICE OF SPECIAL TAX
ELECTION
Notice is hereby given ot the
qualified electors of the County
of Red Willow -in the State oi
Nebraska that upon the order
of the Board of County Commis
sioners of the County of Red Wil
low in the State of Nebraska an
election will be held on the sev
enth day of November A D
1911 between the hours of 8
oclock a m and G oclock p m
of said day at the voting places in
the several voting precincts of
said county where the general
election for the year 1911 shall
be holden for the purpose of vot
ing on the following proposition
which is hereby submitted to the
qualified electors of said county
to wit
Shall the County Board of the
County of Red Willow in the
State of Nebraska levy a tax for
the years 1912 1913 and 1914 for
the purpose of creating a fund
with which to purchase land
erect and furnish buildings there
on suitable for a poor farm and
to put into operation and defray
the actual expenses of such poor
farm said tax to be levied for
the years 1912 1913 and 1914
and at the rate of one mill on
each dollar of the assessed val
uation of the taxable property of
said county which tax shall be
in addition to the taxes which
said County Board is authorized
to levy for county purposes
Said proposition as submitted
on the ballots to be
For a one mill tax for a
poor farm J
Against a one mill tax for a
poor farm
Submitted and authorized ba
ths Board of County Commission
ers of the County of Red Wil
low in the Stat of Nebraska
this 3rd dav of October A D
1911
THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF THE
COUNTY OF RED WILLOW
STATE OF NEBRASKA by
F S LOFTON Chairman
Attest
Chas Skalla County clerk
ADVERTISEMENT FOE BID
Notice is hereby given that the
county commissioners oi Red Wil
low county Nebraska will re
ceive sealed bids for grading on
the through county road accord
ing to the following specifica
tions drawn by the county sur
Areyor
Contract No 6
Near SE corner of SW of 11
3 28 lied Willow precinct 300
cubic yards cut from ridge just
west of Mat Colling place and
used in road both east and west
of cut Cut to be 27 feet wide
100 feet long and average 3 feet
deep Cut and road to he smooth
when completed
Contract No 7
GOO cubic yards to be filled in
canyon near soutlnvest corner of
31 3 28 Red Willow precinct
width of fill 20 feet on top av
erage depth of 3 feet dirt to be
taken from road both east and
west of fill Road and fill to
be smooth when completed
Contract No 16
First concrete culvert east of
Stillmans canyon Cut 180 feet
long 21 feet wide average cut
of 21 J feet Take this earth both
cast and west of cut to make
smooth road Approximately 400
cubic yards
Contract No 17
tMake a fill across pocket of
canyon just west of ridge re
ferred to in No 16 130 feet long
17 feet liigh in center 20 feet
wide on top slope V2 to 1 Ap
proximately 1600 cubic yards
All grading filling and cutting
where road will run to be left
smooth and crowned leaving cen
ter of road six inches higher thai
the sides
Each bidder is to bid on one
or all or as many of the different
contracts as he desires but to bid
separately on each
These bids will be opened by
the County Board on October 24
1911 at 2 oclock p m and
must be filed on 01 before 12
oclock at noon central time of
the same day
The Board reserves the right
to demand sufficient bond from
any or all of the successful bid
ders
The work is to begin as soon a
possible after the contracts are
let and is to be completed by Jan
uary 1st 1912 to the satisfaction
of the County Board
The Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids
Dated at McCook this 2GtIi claj
o bepusnber 1911
CHAS SKALE2
Mrst publication Sept 28 lfs
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the past thirty years there
DURING teen a number of experi
ments carried on to show the
effects of detasseling on the
yield of seed corn The method ordi
narily used is to detassel say every
alternate row in the field or small
plat This would absolutely prevent
vn ear of corn from receiving pollen
from its ovn tassel Close fertilizing
seems to lie quite injurious in corn
A number of experiments have been
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Experiments Show Marked Increase in Yiold Over Seed Tliaf ft
Been Naturally Fertilized WlaliioJ is Growing in Favor
hie that a certain per cent of the
grains on an ear should be fertilized
with pollen from its own tassel Every
one of these grains while it will grow
the next year still -will not develop
a strong plant It is probable that
from 10 to 15 per cent of the grains
on an ear are fertilized from its own
rollen and everyone of these grains
will produce either a small plant with
a nubbin or a barren plant However
by detasseling every other row and
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DETASSELING EVERY OTHER
made in which certain seed ears would
be fertilizncl with the pollen from
their own tassels Seed from these
ears would bo compared with seed
from othe ears where the pollen
came from unrelated tassels As a
general thing the yield is decreased
about one 1 alf when the pollen from
its own tapse is used to fertilize its
own silk
In many plants in breeding seems
to be ucnencial but in corn it is de
cidedly iniarious Now in an ordi
nary corn Held it seems to be
FAULTY B8A0S DOE TO
HOLES AND CULVERTS
By L W Chase Department of Agri
cultural Engineering
This summer has been an exception
ally good one to enjoy roads But in
how many parts of the state have the
roads been such as one could enjoy
them They have not been muddy
and neither have they been exception
ally rutty There have been two rea
sons why the roads are not such as
they should be one is the dust and
the other is the chuck holes and cul
verts
When roads are hard and not muddy
as they are most often found
we are wont to call them good roads
but are they and is there the pleasure
in driving over them there should be
When we come to town and drive over
the smooth macadam streets or as
phalt pavements we are wont to re
mark about how smoothly the buggy
rides and of course place the pleasure
derived from the ride to the credit of
the road material Earth roads can
be made and kept so they are nearly
as smooth as macadam roads during
dry weather and at the same time be
kept much more free from dust by the
use of the common road drag The
action cf the drag when used at the
proper time is to plaster the surface
of the road together in the same man
ner that bricks are made Then when
the hot rays of the sun come out the
particles of soil are baked together
This process known as puddling
makes a hard firm road surface and
one which does net easily crumble into
dust
A nice smooth roadbed is appreci
ated far more by those driving in light
carriages than by those driving heavy
loads In the former case the people
in the carriage are the ones who are
jostled about until their sides are sore
ROW IN A SEED CORN FIELD
saving the seed only from the
reled rows we are then sure that
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pvery grain has been cross fertilized
RvnppimPTit in whirh Qoprl nnlv
naturally fertilized has usually shown
a marked increase in yield The in
crease usually amount to at least 10
per cent and in some cases two or
three times this much It is probable
that this method of producing seed
corn will become common among
growers in time
it jerks them up almost to a stand
still throwing the occupants of the
carriage nearly off the seats while
the carriage passes through a hole in
the road or over a high culvert or
drops off the edge of a bridge
It is these two features of the roads
in most of our rural communities
which has prevented our friends from
the town driving out to enjoy the
country air these hot summer days
Possibly you do not believe this but
in a recent trip into the country over
an otherwise smooth road the horses
were drawn down to a walk seventeen
times while the carriage passed
through chuck holes or up on to cul
verts or down off culverts or bridges
and this trip was only a few rods over
three miles long It is not an excep
tional case but one which is far too
common
IATE OF SEEDING
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WHEAT
North Platte Experiment Station
At the North Platte experiment sta
tlon the rate of seeding winter wheat
on summer fallowed land has been
studied for several years For the
last crop where all wheat was very
poor the yields were as follows
5 pecks on 7 plats av yield 123 bu
4 pecks on 1 plat av yield 146 bu
3 pecks on 1 plat av yield 247 bu
2 pecks on 1 plat av yield 154 bu
Taking a six year average 1906 to
1911 the yields have been as follows
Five pecks yieded 414 bu
Four pecks yielded 412 bu
Three pks yielded 3 yrs only 368 bu
Two pecks yielded 408 bu
These yields show that where soil
and climatic conditions are favorable
the thinner seeding 3fools until it oc
cupies the ground and produces prac
tically as many stalks per acre as
where more seed is sown It has been
thought from the cxpprience previous
while in the latter case the horses are to 1911 that the tbnner scedine would
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Growing Crops Use a Great Deal
of Water
SUPPLY NOT ALL AVAILABLE
By P B Parker Department of
Agronomy University of Nebraska
Loam and silt loam soils such an
are common in the corn belt region
contain 12 or 14 inches of water in
the upper four feet of soil when crops
are gi owing most rapidly One cubic
loot of silt or clay loam soil contain
ing the proper amount of moisture tor
good growing and tilling conditions
contains about two and one half gal
lons of water
The water contained in a soil is
not all available for crop growth in
other woids crops will wilt when
there is considerable water yet in the
soil In the month of August 19U9
when the corn was wilted badly and
Leginning to dry prematurely the
upper four feet of soil contained 15
or 16 per cent of water which is
equivalent to 7 or 8 inches of rain
fall The unavailable water in a
cubic foot of loam soil Is equal to
about one gallon
The amount of available water con
tained in a soil therefore is the dif
ference between the total water ecu
tent and the unavailable water which
would amount to about 5 or G inches
ia the case of the loam and silt loam
ils mentioned above This is equi
valont to about one and one half gal
lons per cubic loot
Crop Requirements for Soil Moisture
Growing crops use a great deal of
water According to good authority
j 10m Mi to 100 pounds of water aiv
I ivqimed J or ev pouiid of diy
ur produced For instance il t
uiuiit crop pi educed two tons of u
wi eat and atraw per icro it transiji
I or evaporates iOO tons of water 1
i acre dm ing the grow ing season oiil
basis ot JOJ pounds ot water lor e
t oiind of dry matter produced Ti 0
1 amount of water is equivalont to 5
I t inches ot lainfall
The available moisture content 01
lcam and silt loam soil in the upp
four fct under good growing condi
tions and the wheat crop require
ntonts lor water are therefoie vei
similar in amounts This does 1111
mean however chat the wheat cio
can 1 each maturity and produce
maximum yields without more watci
thaii hat contained in the soil whe
the crop was fown even if it con
mined enough water for best growing
conditions at that time
As stated before the crop grows
best when the soil contains the
from detasseled plants was used In 1 op
- tlt l umum content of moisture and th
iuiijjaiibuii wiui atrcu mat nuu ucuu
growth is gradually less as the wate
content is reduced below this point
In order that the crop may make it
Lest growth at all stages of its grow
ing period it is necessary that tlu
soil in which its roots arc- growing be
supplied with the optimum moistur
content at all times
There are several factors wlics
tend to maintain this state of equi
Iibrium between the growing plart
and the available moisture in the root
zone Seme authorities put greet
stiess upon the replanlshing suppl
of moisture which moves up capillari
ly from below the root zone thus en
abling tbe plant roots to have a
cuistant supply of water continually
at their disposal for as the soil
moisture s reduced n the vicinity oi
the growing roots the water from be
Iw or otherwise surrounding the
roots moves toward the dryer soil
From this viewpoint the depth to
bottom water is quite an important
consideration
Moisture Content of Soils
The continual movement of grow
ing plant roots no doubt is a signi
ficant factor in considering the water
supply for crop purposes for as the
ruots and root hairs row their ab
aorbing portions are continually
reaching out into new regions wherr
the moisture rupply has not as ye
ci greatly reduced and by the time
he wheat crop reaches full maturif
we upper four foot of soil are prct
vol occv ca with wheat roots WLcr
tLc wheat crop is nearing its fuL
growth inn yet growing most active
its lcrgo area of roots perms t n
ilo urpt r four feet of silt loam o
greatly reduce the moisture cc
ii thy root zone The crop req tiro
ucnts ao comparatively large at t
otage The moisture content in ihi
upper fo ir feet of soil about thr
middle of June is ordinarily very r
the hirit of the available supply Iv
farmers of Nebraska and surround
states are fortunate in that more rt 1
falls as a usual thing during th
months of June and dTuly than am
other two months of the year TI
ciop yields have been greatly reduce
many times by a few days of d y
weather although the growing condi
tions may have been almost ideal dur
ing the lest of the growing period
This critical period may occur at al
most any stage
The farmei plays a very important
I
the ones to he jerkc1 ahout and or not he mted to oils wh re moisture1 Part m maintaining tne proper bal-
County Olerl j course they can stand it
BEGGSBLOQDPURIFIER
CURES and Purifies the Blood
Clruck holes and high or low take p1
verts are one of the worst enemies the y
there is to a pleasant ride on other- yield
wise good roads The horse will just rrady
gestartedJntP a nice easy trot when eed
jwas doi ent sinrr stooHn would not
-e under t a ri ditions but
oi 1 0 highest
tie th Tti with a
fivotr mount if
ance between the crop requirements
for water and the available moisture
by proper management of the land
This requires close attention and
proper and timely application of the
principles of soil management
PiiWc Notice of the Intention of
fcue mayor and City Council
of the City of McCook Red
Willow County Nebraska to
sane up and pay off the Out
standing and Unpaid valid Inh
twrest Bearing Bonds of ths
-cy in the Aggregate Amount
of sixty five Thousand Dollars
Dated June 15 1908 desig
nated Water Bonds By the
Issue and Sale or issue anU
Exchange Therefor of the Re
funding Bonds of the City in
Accordance with Chapter Eigh
of the Session Laws of Ne
braska 1899
In conformity with law and a
resolution of the mayor and city
council of the city of McCook
Red Willow county Nebraska
duly adopted by the mayor and
city council on the tenth day of
October A D 1911 public notice
is hereby given that the mayor
and city council of said city seek
to take up and pay off the A alid
outstanding and unpaid interest
bearing bonds of the city in the
aggregate amount of Sixty five
thousand doUars C6500000
said bonds being numbers one
to thirteen inclusive bearing dat
the fifteenth day of June A D
1908 payable at the option of
the city after five years and ab
solutely due and payable on the
fifteenth day of June A D 1928
and bearing interest at the rate
of six per centum 6 per an
num payable semi annually on
fifteenth clay of December
unl th fifteenth day of June
in eacli year at the fiscal agency
of the state of Nebraska in the
city oi Xow York The said
bonds so sought to be taken up
and paid off were issued for the
purpose of erecting construct
ing and maintaining a system of
waterworks for the city of Mc
Cook and were authorized by
two thirds of the legal votes f
the city of ilcCook east for and
against the proposition at an
A el- i he J for that purpose in
iii iI1 of McCook on the sev
enth day of April A D 1908
And public notice is hereby
giv ii that said bonds issued and
outstanding as aforesaid are
sought to be lakn up and paid
off by means of bonds to be is
sued by the city of McCook and
designated refunding bonds in
the aggregate amount not to ex
ceed Sixty five thousand dollars
6500000 to consist of Sixty
five 65 bonds in the denomina
tion of one thousand dollars each
payable in lawful money of the
United States of America and
bearing interest at the rate of si
per centum 6 per annum
from and after the first day of
September A D 1911 payable
semi annually on the first day of
March and the first day of Sep
tember in each year and evidene
ed by coupons attached to said
bonds said bonds to be number
ed in regular and consecutive or
der commencing with number
one of wliich ten thousand dol
lars 1000000 numbered one
to ten inclusive shall be absolute
ly duo and payable on the first
day of September A D 1916
twenty thousand dollars 20
00000 numbered eleven to thir
ty inclusive shall be absolutely
due and payable on the first day
of September A D 1921 and th
balance or thirty five thousand
dollars 3500000 numbered
thirty one to sixty five inclusive
payable in the order of their
number at the pleasure of the
Citv at any time after the first
day of September A D 1921
and absolutel3r due and payable
on the first day of September
A D 1931 said bonds and the
coupons thereto attached to be
payable at the banking house of
Kountzo Brothers in the city of
New York U S A being the
designated state agency for the
payment of bonds issued by Ne
braska municipalities said bonds
to bear date the first day of Sep
tember A D 1191 executed as
the law directs and as shall here
after be prescribed by ordinance
which ordinance shall provide fo
the sale or exchange of said re
funding bonds for the bonds to
be taken up and paid off to wit
said water bonds bearing date
the fifteenth day of June A D
1908 in the aggregate amount of
sixty five thousand dollars 65
00000 or such portion thereof
as by lawful means may be taken
up and paid off by the issue and
sale or the issue and exchange
therefor of the refunding bonds
hereby contemplated
And public notice is hereby
given that on or before Saturday
the twenty eighth day of Octob
er A D 1911 at the hour of six
oclock p m of said day at the
office of the City Clerk in the
city of McCook any tax payer of
such city may file objections to
such proposed action
If no objection or objections
t le iVA
are filed as to the amount of said
bonds as stated in thisnotice and
if no objection or objections are
tiled against the validity of such
bonds then and thereafter the
authorities- of the city of McCook
will issue and sell or issue and
exchange as the case mav be the
bonds contemplated by this not
ice not to exceed the aggregate
amount of sixty five thousand
dollars 6500000 and not to
bear a greater rate of interest
than six per centum 6 per an
num and thereby take up and
pay off the outstanding water
bonds described in this notice
L C STOLL City Clerk
Dated McCook Nebraska Oc
tober 10 1911
First publication Oct 12 5ts
Notice of Administratrixs Sale
In the District Court of Red
Willow County State of Nebras
ka In the matter of the applica
tion of Nina Harris Wade Ad
ministratrix of the estate of Jam
es B Wade deceased to sell real
estate
Notice is hereby given that in
pursuance of an order of the
Honorable R C Orr Judge of
the District Court of Red Wil
low county Nebraska made on
the 7th day of October 1911 for
the sale of the real estate here
inafter described situated in
Red Willow county state of Ne
braska to wit lot numbered six
in block numbered six in the or
iginal town now city of McCook
said real estate will be sold at
public vendue to the highest bid
der for cash at the front door of
the court house in the citv of Me
Cook Red Willow county Ne
braska on Wednesday the Sth
day of November 1911 at the
hour of one oclock in the after
noon
Dated this 7th day of October
1911
NINA HARRIS WADE
Administratrix of the Estate of
Jams B Wade deceased
First publication Oct 16 6ts
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