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Always the Social Event of
the Season
t Monday April 3 1912
S THE ARA10RY
K P Orchestra
Tickets 100
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THE HUBER STOCK IS SOLD
J A Wilcox Son Are the Pur
chasers
At the bankrupt saile of the
Iluber stock of merchandise Sat
urday J A Wilcox Son were
the successful bidders securing
the goods for 330000 the in
voice total being about 300000
This purchase- carries with it the
location and it is unoerstood that
Messrs J A Wilcox Son will
move from their present location
of years on West B street to the
old Iluber location en Main eve
nue
Gus Norburg the referee was
up from Holdrege and conducted
the sale
There iwere a number of out
of the city tedders besides a few
other local bidders
Land Bargains
Small farm eloseMcCook also
160 acres eight miles MeCook
115 acres in wheatrvrousale on
small cash payment down bal
ance long time low rate of inter
est the former a fine beet farm
or would exchange for McCcok
property Apply to owner
F S WILCOX
At Fridays Assembly
Besides an address by Judge
Darnell the well known temper
ance advocate there was a violin
solo by Samuel OConnor and a
piano duet by Mrs W 33 Mills
and Esther Aman at the Friday
morning assembly
Get our rates on farm loans
DORWART BARGER
An 11 lb son was bom to Mr
and Mrs John J Jimerson on
March 15th
Classified Advertisements
FOR RENT Two furnished
rooms for light bouse keeping
Inquire 216 West B St Phone
black 271 dtf
WANTED Pupils on the piane
and organ Beginners preferred
Terms 50c per lesson Susie Mc
Bride Phone black 464
FOR RENT OR SALE The
Blue Front livery barn See M
O McClure at Bullard Lumber
Co office
FORI KENT Cash or share
crop S E 34 34-2-30 Driftwood
precinct See D W Colson at
once 4 tfw
FOR RENT Steam heated
rooms 4 tfw Inquire of L W
McConnell Druggist
FOR SALE 4 room residence
corner lot and half fruit trees
and good lawn Phone black 376
or call 301 E 6th st
I well pasture cows for 1 per
head and will call for and de
liver same for 50c No extra
charge for delivering additional
cows to same party For infor
mation call up MeCook Milling
Co Phone 29
J B AMSDEN
For Sale or Excliange for
Western land Two brick store
buildings two stories and base
ment jheating plant electric- light
freight elevator size of buildings
50x130 ft One nearly new 1911
Qverlamnd auto for westerni land
or cattle Address C II Miner
Bed Cloud Neb
FOR RENT -ink with
bouse fruit and sliiL ies Suit
able for chickens and gardening
Call at 215 W B street B-25-
FOR SALE A 5 roolm cottage
Inquire of J J Laughiini 711 E
3rd St L 2a
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A TEMPERANCE RALLY
Attorney Darnell of Anti Saloon
League Closes Work Here
Thomas Darnell attorney for
the Anti Saloon League closed
a weeks campaign in our city
last Sunday -with union services
cif the Baptist Congregational
Christian and Methodist church
es During the week evening ser
vices were held in the Methodist
church where the union services
of Sunday morning and evening
were also conducted
While the week day services
did not draAv very many both
Sunday meetings were attended
by large audiences Mr Darnell
delivered two touching stirring
appeals in behalf of temperance
lie appears as the representative
of the Anti Salcon League an
organization which is aptly styled
the church at work
Wllilp horn dnrinitr tlin nfi t
week Mr Darnell distributed con
siderable literature preaching
temperance in figures and facts
inresistib1
Quite generous1 financial sup
port to the statewide movement
was subscribed by the audiences
An interest and enthusiasm H
is thought Biai been caused which
will be felt in the city in the com
ing city election when the propo
sition will be submitted to the
votei s of MeCook whether this
city shall be license cr no license
next year
YOUR PORCH NEEDS PAINT
Why not paint it yourself
All ycu need is a brush anel a
can of S W Porch Paint
Comes in just -the color- ycu
want and all ready for the brush
Now is the tune to get busy
with this jcb and your porch
floors will last twice as long if
protected by a good coat of paint
and thats why you should
Come here for it
L W McCONNELL Druggist
CHURCH NOTES
Episcopal v Wednesday 730
p m service and address eight
oclock choir rehearsal Thurs
day afternoon meeting of the
Ladies Guild with Mrs James
Hatfield Palm Sunday Sunday
school at 10 a m litany and ser
mon at 11 service and address
at 8 p m
Weeks Addams
Saturday afternoon March 22
1912 Mr Ilarlan C Weeks and
Miss Erba F Addams promi
nent and popular young people
of the community 12 miles north
of Cambridge in Frontier coun
ty were married at the Baptist
parsonage Rev D L -McBride
officiating
Lot for Sale
Fine residence lot 75x140 Main
ave Sewer and cement walk A
very desirable location Price
reasonable Dr Fahnestock
PAPER THIS SPRING
magnificent stock
McCONNELL Druggist
Buy your wall paper of
McCONNELL Druggist
Paint or varnish your bouse
with B P S paints and rvarnish
ooiiu iuy
McCOOK HARDWARE CO
Real Estate Filings
The following real estate filings
aave been made in the county
lerks office since our last re
port
Samuel R Smith to The Pub
lic vac deed lots streets
and alleys in Indianola
Edmund Davis to Richmond
Davis wd ne qrs 15-4-
27 6717 50
Fred Brucs to TJ S Invt Co
wd lot 6 block 28 Me
Cook 3500 00
John WDutcber to James
W McClung wd n hf 27-
3 27 - 5500 00
A C Marsh ifco C W Doop
wd lofe 15 16 block 1 in
Willow Grove Add to Me
Cook 900 00
Ora C Bodwell to Harmon
C Cody lots 1 2 block
4 Lebanom 250 00
Henry Hem to Henry Propp
wd pt 29 and 30 in 29
- 480 00
Monday Evening Edition
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I MeCook Won From Franklin I
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Latst Friday night an the de
bate with the Franklin ihigh
school team MeCook scored an
other victory on the affirmative
side of the open shop question
receiving again a unanimous de
cision of the judges
MeCook Is tciam is composed of
Maurice Benjamin Cecil MeMil
len and Harold Schwab with Car
rol Eld red as alternate
Franklin was represented by
Robert Gorhain Marston Hus
song and George Averhoff and
Carroll 1 Dewey as alternate
Tlr judges were Supt C F
White- cif Trenton Supt P W
Pepoon of Orleans Mr Byrne
Mnrcellus of Lincoln
Mr Dobsoni said in part that al
the water of Frenchman river
run off had not been appropriat
ed and the filings that had been
made would be reduced in quan
tity ai5 Hie demand became great
er that -the spirit of the law and
tlu diMiions cf state- beard of ir
rigation and the oomts in this
state anel ethers all show that
water must be conserved and
used in most economical manner
so as to make the water cover
the greatest pcsaiible territory
He could not say definitely or
ventiure an opinion as to the
quantity of water that miisrht be
Principal E M Hussong of
Franklin was chairman of the tie
bate with Lee Gray and Ray
Harr as time keepers
The formal question being de
bated is Resolved That the
movement of organized labor for
the closed shop should receive the
support of public opinion
The MeCook high school orelies
tra played several selections dur
ing the evening
This victory over Franklin who
recently won from Beaver City
places MeCook well along toward
the goal of representing this dis
trict in the state contest a goal
The Tribune hopes they may
reach
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I DobsonIeeker on Irrigation l
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filing alive by doing some work
anel eventually sell their right
to the idistriet or land to be serv
ed at whatever price tliat could
be agreed on or use their right
as a leverage to get special priv
ileges in the matter of handling
the bonds or constructing the
works He did not think this
wag right but such is the law
and if the district did not seefit
to settle with the private party
who claimed the right it would
be a matter to be adjudicated in1
court as to what their rights were
and as to whether they liad com-
plied with the law in perfecting
stored or what portion of claimed ther ttle J x tf and rights
narv flow of the stream during
the irrigation season might be di
verted to nav ditches that there
was evidently great quantities of
water going to waste and should
be conserved and that there
should be a thorough study of the
matter before any bonds were
voted or extraordinary expense
was incurred When the quantity
of water available is determined
then investigation should be made
of the possible reservoir or res
ervoirs in which to storeit sur
veys should he made to determine
as to the best location or reser
voir site This decided numer
ous osundings1 shoulel be made to
determine the nature of the soil
and subsoil on which the water
is to be impounded He put con
siderable stress upon the matter
of deep soundings along the line
of dam to determine what kind
of structure wouild be required
and what depth it would be ne
cessaiy to go to reaeli ia good and
sufficiently solid impervious
stratum upon which to place the
foundaMcn of the dam and to
wha1 depth it would be safe to
impound water upon that partic
ular site and finally after all
these matters have been determ
ined make survey of ditches for
the distribution of the water
which would nightly show and de
termine the boundary of the dis
Select your wall paper from cairtrct aU dicaites that
this preliminary work should be
done before the district was or
ganized however unless there is
some other way of raising the
money required to pay the cost
of such preliminary work and cn
veatiigation it becomes necessary
to organize the district first then
proceed fwVih the surveys and
other preliminary work anel if it
was found desirable to proceed
wV tue ctis motion anel cenn
pleticn of the project then tbw
in shrpe to do so but if
t it foud et the water is in
sufficient or the project fa not
considered feasible or practical
then thcy eculd assess the ex
pense ito iV land m the district
pay their hi1 la anel dissolve the
diotrict orgpraization
The law for the organization
of an irrigation district and- tihe
vctffng -of bonds was not yet per
fect and tluat there were some
dangerous features said Mr
Dobson and that while lie was
state engineer he had tried to
get some changes but was unable
to get all of the mctdificaitiicns
that hVwanted
He spoke -of the filing for wat
er right wliile the law in the
spirit intended this filing to be
for and in behalf of the land and
the land owners to he servedybut
aiccordang to the letter of the loiw
any one could file and keep theii
all of which would re
quire a long time and much ex
pense He thought it would be
better if the filings were made
in the interest of the disriet in
itihe first place and eliminate stihe
individual or company who
might hold the filings for the pur
poses before mentioned
Mr Dobson advised that the
elistriet should proceed an a bus
iness like way get in shape to
make their own plans and speci
fications and advertise for bids
upon their own plans secure the
services of the very best engi
neers and give them an oppor
tunity to settle the questions in
volved in an intelligent way and
then if advisable to undertake
the construction and completion
of the project get the best pos
sible talent at he head of the
construction department
C H Meeker followed Mr Dob
son and referred to the changes
in plans and opinions relative
to irrigaiton and irrigation work
in the past few years tliat elireh
ta were being built better and
waiter was made to go farther
than in former years He refer
red to the surveys made twenty
years ago with a view of irrigat
ing the same lands that will be
in the proposed district and as
it was pasEeel upon then by emi
nent engineers as feasible under
the icondiitions know today how
much better it looks for in this
state a cubic foot of water per
second is doing good service on
twice the land that it was for
merly supposed that it could do
and in California nearly ten
times as much The Japs and
Chin am em in California pay as
high cc 40 cash rent per acre
p arrnm and s pv Cm
cents per cne thousand galLusi cJ
water for irrigation and 11121 it it
pays thefin to raise garden pro
duce email frui jtic and hjI
their produce on the anarLct cc
cheap or cheaper than we car
buy such produce here They
make every tlrcp cif wat r c v
best duty and none is allowed 1k
ran to iwacite
Mr Meeker dcocribal the CaV
forma method of irrigating by
the use of concrete and shecit
iron pipes thereby saving water
and avoiding theynqsightLy end
expenisiive ditches and lateralis
He insists that the methods of
using water have been improved
somewhat in tliis country but
that it must be reduced to a
science ias it has been done n
California then instead of its
being questionable whether tine
Freneliman river will furnish wat
or for 35000 acres it will actu
ally be furnishing water for 100-
rib
McCOOK RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA MONDAY EVENING MARCH 25 1912
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TO MEASURE THE PLOW
Arrangements Are Making
Measure the Frenchmans
Flow
to
The state engineer lias agreed
to send out plans and specifica
tions for a measuring box to ibe
permanently installed on the
Freneliman river at the propos
ed dam site of the contemplated
MeCook Irrigation District elitch
These plans and specifications
wall be here any day and the
materials will be furnished by
Mesrss DeRemer and Ohlsen for
the measuring box
The state engineer has als
agreed 10 send out a man from
his office to do tlv measuring for
a period of ame Of course this
will not prohibit anybody who
desires from going up to the
measurrg box and taking meas
urementSjbut on the contrary -will
afford facilities for so doing to
anybody so inclined Farmers un
der the proposed dutch may have
measurements made by engineer5
of their selection or members of
their own body
To arrive at accurate facts and
figures as to the water supply is
a matter of first and vital im
portance and all parties concern
ed are naturally deeply interest
ed in ascertaining the facts upon-
which the success of the grea
project absolutely rests
Mr Ohlsen reports that on last
Thursday he made measurements
at the proposed dam sits and as
certained that 180 cubic feet per
seeond was1 passing down the riv
er at that point In four months
flow at this rate enough water
could be impounded to cover 42
000 acres one foot deep with
water Of course this flow in
cluded some extra water likely
fromm citing snow But 100 cu
bic feet in six months will pro
duce 36000 acre feet so that a
less cubic feet per second flow
will still fill the bill and is vital
ly worthy our extremest efforts
to secure
Need More Rooms
Citizens of MeCook -More
rooms are needed to accommo
date the expected teachers on
Mareh 27 28 29 WilL you tel
ephone Supt Davis at once how
many teachers ycu will aieeom
modate during the convention
this week It is- urgently inupor
trait Dcnt delay Phone now
Rooming accommodations moist
be provided for several hundred
teachers and private homes will
have to provide most of them Be
the first to offer you home
Eureka Chapter Initiates
Eureka Chapter 86 O E S
conferred its degrees upon four
candidates Friday evening There
was a f ne attendance and the
usual rafreshmentSjServed ani caf e
terie style afterwards with line
of toasts to complete the even
ing
Everything in drugs McCon
nell
The German Congregataonal
church confirmed sixteen Sun
day
Poor Mans BItssing is tho Silo
We are furnishing catalogs and
other information free
McCOOK HARDWARE CO
000 acres
Mr Meeker is very enthusias
tic as to the results and value
to the whole community by the
prcpr construction and eample
Dn cf a ditch to eover the pro
posed territory as he was one
of the prime movers in the pro
yjt 20 years ago and has since
been in position to study shni
Irr aVjatrcns in Colorado where
so much has Ibeen elone in the
impounding of water for iririga
ticn He as earnestly advises to
proceed with caution You can
net afford says Mr Meeker to
have anything but the -beat
advice management and finally
construction of dam and ditahes
He also ndvises that money be
raised to do the preliminary work
such as surveysi soundings on
dam site collecting data as to
the quantity of waiter available
etc etc and this all completed
before the district ife organized
and also to be done without the
aid of outside iparties whose on
ly interest would be -in securing
the contract
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NUMBER 87
PERSONAL MENTION
Mrs W M Gardner was Bart
ley visitor Saturday
A Galusha Sr went down to
Lincoln and other points tliis
morning on A O U W business
iM L Ruby who is spending a
Aveek or two visiting in Platts
moutli will briefly stop at Ken--9
j 5Tii uo oSprjqiuuQ pup avbso
turn
Judge Harry Dungani came up
from Hastings Sunday on his
waryr to Benkelman to hold district
court for Judge Perry ne left
for Benkelman on 13 this morn
ing
Mrs D W Colson went up to
Denver Saturday night on 3 to
undergo an opea ation for relief
of a serious ear trouble which has
recently afflicted her impairing
hearing in one ear and threaten
ing the other
J P Notley arrived in the city
Friday evening en No 10 from
spending several months in Los
Angeles California Mrs Nctle3r
will not return imtil warmer
weather sets in She has been
much benefitted by her visar
L M HammelL connected with
the Barnett Lumber Co of Me
Cook has taken the place of R
L Reed at the F Krctter Co
lumber yard in this city and will
serve as manager until a regular
man cam come from Red Cloud
Benkelman News Chronicle
Hubert Beach who for years
lias lived in- the Quick neighbor
hood of Frontier county has re
turned to Ids native state Mich
igan locating at Clinton Wihile
disposing of bis Frontier count
land he is still owner of consid
erable real estate in the sand hill
country
SOME SOCIAL AFFAIRS
The special of the JP O C
club Thursday evening was one
of the -notable social gatherings
of the season The gentlemen of
the club entertained the ladies
There was a large attendance of
club members and guests A
three ecrur elirmer was secved at
the Monte Cristo cafe a white
carnation indicating each ladys
plate a red each gentlemans
and music by Mrs Henry Best
and Mr II II Snider on piano
anel violin respectively during the
serving Cares and dancing in
the Monte Cristo hall follcwejJ
the dinner A rustic well effect
was the chief decorative detail
of the hall punch being served
from the old oaken bucket by
Miss Edna Waie andt Miss Juliet
Galusha The music was provid
ed by Mrs Henry Best Mr A P
Ely and Mr H M Snider
Mrs A iB Wocd was hostess
to the Au Fait ambroidery club
Friday afternoon being assisted
by Mrs Walter Stokes Mrs Le
rcy Kleven anel Miss Aeklre Dean
A two course luncheon was a fea
ture of the gathering
Mrs L E Hanford entertain
ed the Missionary Society of the
Congregational church Thursday
afternoon Light refreshments
were served
McConnell for drugs
Mud galore is a new experience
for ois but we can suffer it with
complacency in the hope of a
harvest later on
The Epworth League will hold
a social program with refresh
ments in the church this even
ing with a charge of ten- cents
Step worrying about dust Get
a d ustless Floor Brush at MeCook
Hardware Cos anel you will won
eler how you every got along
without it
Tho W C T U will hold a
mothers meeting Friday after
noon at the home of Mrs J C
Moore The leader of the meet
ing will be Mrs S E Oalien
In favoring the proposed fifth
amendment to the Nebraska con
stitution Omaha evidently hopes
to be able to get out of the state
If the proposition should early
her charter would destroy every
temperance measure now on the
Nebraska statutes
For making fancy cake
Swans Down Cake flour
Magner phone 14
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