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COWLES
(From tho Enterprise)
Jack Waller unci his niothor uro
visiting relatives in Franklin.
Mr. and Mrs. John K. Oroonhnlgh
entertained Hurt Culoy and family and
Miss Molly Ferris of Hod Cloud, Sun
day. (. U. Unit went to Hastings Thurs
day night in an automobile to sue his
wifo and boy.
J. K. Uroouhulgh and A. A. Boern
havo dissolved iiartnorship in tho live
stock business.
Henry Motter, our drayman, had the
niisforturo of getting his hand badly
crushed Monday morning.
W. II. Thomas. Jr., lias sold his farm
north of town.
GUIDE ROCK. ,
(From the Signal.) j
Tuesday morning triplets, two husky i
sons and a daughter were born to .Mr.
and Mrs. Cnas. Kddy who livo in the
south part of town and who owuthoi
brick yard. Tho babies weighed a' out i
15 pounds on their arrival and tho
weight was pretty evenly divided. '
All gave promise of living when born j
lint tho little girl died Wednesday
morning and was buried in the (Suido
Hock cemetery Thursday afternoon.
The funeral was held from the home.
An attack of biliousness compelled
I. W. Crary, senior member of tho 1. W.
(Vary Mercantile Co: to leave his work
Thursday afternoon.
Word came from the hospital at Lin
coln Monday by wire that a Miocessfu
operation had been performed on
Wayne Parker, lie was operated on
for rupture.
(. nhmstede tells ih that his now
hot water furnace, recently installed
in his residence on the farm, is work
ing fine 'iiid hu would not trade buck
to tho old way of warming the house
with the ordinary stove.
We un leist md thai (Seo. (Jarhei
is
Cheap Lands
in the Texas Panhandle and
Pecos Valley, New Mexico.
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I 'conic are iust hcuinninir to realize
very best agricultural lands in the rain belt in the I'nlted States are in Putter, 'out their old dam and replaced it with
Kandiill. Swisher. Hale. Palmer. Ha Hey and several other counties in Texas. , ,, new one.
aK well as the land lying east of the mountain range in New Mexico and the,
Pecos alley, where they irrigate from artesian wells, winch have been ltng
idle during'the long years for want of knowledge of their real worth. People
are Hocking there by the hundreds, following those who hate preceded them
into the region and prosed its uorth beyond doubt The diseoserv that here lie
Lands, the Equal of the Best
in the older regions, at one-tenth the prU'c. lauds as fertile and productive am!
much easier cultivated, is the Inducement that is causing people to locate there.
The portion of Texas mentioned is known as the "shallou water district." and
good water may be obtained at depths ranging from .'.. to I oil feet. The alti -
tilde is a. oou feet, and this is conducive to the mild and beiietleial climate with
w hieh the southern plains are blessed.
if you eliooNc. The soil is a rich loam.
40 to 50 bu. of Corn,
50 to 60 bu. of Kaffir Corn,
Cotton. Millet, sorghum. Vppb's. Peaches, (irapes and all kinds iu" -.mall fruit.
Irfsh Potatoes, etc. Minost all Kinds of garden stulf giown with little care.
This is probablt one of the best countries on earth for hog raising, and no hog
disease has ever been known there. There are good school and church privi
leges, good live towns, and good railroads.
Some of the laud is sold on ten t ears' time, with reasonable cash payment.
Deferred payments draw from il to s per cent. Land from $'. up.
Come and go with our excursion party which will leave lied Cloud
Tuesday, Dec. 3d
ami return possioiy wiiniu a wcck noucvcr, ii you uesire. you can spend a
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will be on tlie Hist and third Tuesdays ol'eiich month, for by going on these
days '4 can have the advantage of Ihe low rates and special trains made tip of
Pullman ears. If you feel interested call and we will give -ou more infornm-
Hon regarding this land.
We arc in a position to sell you some of the best agricultural landsin west
ern Kansas ami eastern Colorado at prices ranging from ..". to S'.'.'i per acre
Call for list.
Ihe Red Cloud Investment Co.
Potter Block, Red Cloud, Nebr.
I. H. HOLMES. Pres.
D. J. MYERS, Vice Pres.
A. B. SELLARS, Sec.-Treas.
fleigbturing Tomns
OUR EXCHANGES
oohflned to his bod with inflammatory
rheumatism und ho has our profou id
sympathy.
SMITH CENTER
(From tho Messenger)
Hereafter all tho business houses in
Smith Cantor excopt tho drug stores,
hotels and restaurants will not open
I up for business at all on Sundays.
A. C. Yong, llviu about three miles camo itl from Red Cloud Tuesday Mid
north of Athol, was brouht to town by visited at tho homo of ('has. Ftilniilur.
Sheriff Helfonstino loot Saturday and A. M. Walters and Win. Krugor left
and placed in tho oouty jail on charge Tuesday for the Pandandlo country
of insanity. . Texas, to look over the land.
A deal has been made tho past week Mr. John Kerr of Thomp-on visited
whereby tho largo stock of furniture his sister .Mrs. Win. Hnbler this week,
belonging to T. J. Willsou changed Miss ciertrudo Riodk left last Sut
hituds Sam Amis and Marvin Aldiieh ' unay for u snort visit with Blooming
were tho purchasers. ton friends.
Soth I)a.is, one of tho prosperous' Mrs. J. Bauer went up to Hastings
farmers of Cora township, has bought Monday and visited a couple of days
a Kamblor automobile of Mahin Broth- witli her son.
or. It will not be long until uuto.no. Pt,url Cm.t, ()f Ko.,oim)ll(, was
biles will be in general use among tho , g . , M
farmer".
The Biederwolf revival meetings are'
now running full blast at Smith Center
There is much fertile soil over thoro
There are throe newspapers in the town
. .One reason Biederwolf tho evange
list draws uch big crowds and has such
wonderful success is that he is a
great advertiser, The papers in every
town in which he holds meetings con
tain all tho way from "half page to
whole page advertisements. Those ad
vertisements are not gift.s, but are
paid for with good hard cash.
BLUE HILL.
(From tho Leaden
A silver wed'iiugwa.s celebrated Sun
day by Mr. and .Mis Minis Oye, who
reaido four and one hi
east of town.
The Blue Hill Fanner Institute
will
lie held itt (ioh's hall .bin. U and Uth.
1 SUN. There will be held in connect
ion with the Institute giain pioduoe
1 exhibits and better premiums will be.
the tact that thousands of acres of tin
Von can plow the whole year around
I his laud grows troin
25 to 40 bu. of Wheat,
6 to 10 tons of Alfalfa,
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given than at either County or fitato
Fair. Thoro also will bo stodk Judging
ly one of the University faculty.
Farmers, make your preparations for
this, as wo oxpoct to make it tiio host
ever. L. C. Polslgor Sec.
Russell Polz wag at Bladen last Fri
day assisting in invoicing a harness
stock.
Ed Itogors was taken down to Lin
coln last Friday by Peter Morton and
placed in a hospital in that city. Ed
j had tho misfortuuo to got his leg broke
i some woeks ago, and tho nature of tho
fracture was such that it was very
hIow in healing,
Mrs. M. B. Comer who formerly in
sided eight miles northwest of town.
Flora Stoffregan. ' I
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.Ins. B. Love, of Tobias, was hero the
first of tho week.
Orleans has recently voted $'20,000
bonds for the erection of a new school
house. Tho proposition carried by a
vote of twelve over the necessiiry two
thirds majority.
! Building improvementsare still con-
' tinning imp undoubtedly will as lougas
the weather continues to remain mild.
! BLADEN
(From tho Enterprise. 1
I W. H. Anderson went down to' Hod
I Cloud Tuesday morning on biiMuess
'connected with his office as county
eoinini-Monor.
miles south- The Knterprise ollice this week com
1 menced the publication of a weekly
papor tor i;owios 10 no Known a- me
Cowles Knterprise.
RIVERTON
(From the UeviewA
Dr. Cunningham returned from Lin-
1 coluTliursday iiioruiugaud found that.,
his home had been entered dm in.' his
1
absence and thoroughly ransacked.
1 Kiver'on is soon to have a dramatic
company composed of home talent so
I it is reported.
Mrs. Murk MeLenn came home this
i week from Concordia Kan.
.Mrs. .1. F. Pierce and family left this
morning for their old home in Mo.
I Asa Higgins came in from the Black
Hills Tuesday morning.
I Uiverton It Her Mills Co have taken
"' "" ntl "" h,w,lu " u,lul
Franklin and Uiverton that took place j
j Mondav alternooil on our grounds
j ..j',, j,, vlJtul.y ,-,. ,,Rl Fnml,n
ladies, the score being 10 to'J
1'ied Hunter and a friend ol his. a
I Mr. Norton, killed a full giown wolf
Wednesday morning in Hunter's food
lot. I
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hU"v UW0X' ,s ""'.v with
! typhoul and pneumonia fever.
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il-'roln the Citi'en.)
A veterinary surgeon imlloldrege is
1 named "DeCow." Of cotire up theie
when de horse i& sick doy calls DeCow.
At the Catholic church on Wednes
day at 10 o'clock a. in. Kev. Father llig
u'uis united in imirrige Alfred Chattier
ami Stephanie (lenereux.
Married, Wednesday evening, at S
, o'clock at the homo-of Mr. and Mrs
1 Hans Wulstuad, seven miles south of
town, their daughter Matilda to Chits.
Banks by Hev. Burg.
Mrs. .January Boudreuu died at the
, St. .Joseph's hospital in Omaha, Nov
ember ID, where sho was taken a short
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lime ago ioi iieaimuui
She was not
, operated upon, her easo being consider
hopeloSn when she reached the hospital
BLOOMINGTON
(From tlie'Advocate)
On complaint, of Miss Holly Clow,
John tiieon Smith of tho high moral
town of UVmklin.arrest yesterday and
brought to Ihe county seat.
Mr. Aithur llewett and Miss, Mabel
Breoso of Phillips county, Kansas blew
Into town Wodnesduy and were made
to trot iu double harness by Judge
Lospy. " l
They sell some r of the queerest
stuff down at tho'' sedate mul moral
town of Franklin thut was ever heard
INFLAMilATUHY ItHBUMATIHM CUKSD IN
S l)AYh
Morton L. Hill, of Lebanon. Ind nT! "Mj
wife hd Inflnrorontorr Hhcurontlnm In over)
mtiftcle iid Joint; her Hifferlnit who terrible
lid her body anil fucH were swollen almost be
youd recognition: Imil been In bed lx woeki
and had eight iiliiMrlana. but received no
benefit until ahe tried Dr. Deletion's Ittllcf for
HbeumatlBiii. It nnvt Immedlntp roller and
he wan able to wnltt bout In three 1rts, i am
dire It nv her lift-" Sold hy II K Orion
rtrnefflRt. Hod I'lmi.'
of and cull It cider.
Crushing the Curate.
One of the first tasks they set the
now curate, vho was handicapped by
youth and Inexperience, was to Invest!
pate tlie bona tides of n "widow wo
man" who had applied to the church
lr help. lie departed nervously on
his errand and knocked, as til luck
would have It. at the wrong door.
"How long has your poor husband
Ix'i'ti dead, my good woman V What
number of children have you? Are
nny of them working? If so. what,
amount of money are they earning)
altogether?" were the (ptcsllons ho
llred, like shots from a revolver, at
the slatternly woman who unsweroc
hl summons. "I presume I am n.
dressing Mrs. Harriet Smith?" he add
ed, noticing with alarm that she look
ed angry.
"No. you ain't," answered the womav
pmippMily. "My name Is Sellna Jack
son, my bairns go to school and my
'niliand's doln' what Is necessary to a
pltcl'tt) of steak and onions at this
very moment. Would you like to know
nn thing else? Where
I was born?
"When 1 was baptized? At what age I
started coiirtln'? Poihap." she con
cluded sjircnvsticiilly. rolling her tatter
od sleeve tip above Ihe elbow, "you'd
like to see my vaccination mink before
you go?"
I But ihe bashful curate was already
In full flight. -Liverpool Mercury.
Long Men Wanted.
The records In the war department
In Washington are as a rule very dry,
but occasionally an entry N found that
is humorous.
An ollicer of engineers in charge of
the coiislruclion of a road that w.is
to he Imlll through a swamp, belie.:
energetic himself and used to iiir ,
mounting obstacles, was surprised '
when ne of his youim lleiiienanis
whom he had ordered t.i take twenty
men and elitcr the swamp said that he
could not do It the mini was too deep
The colonel ordered him to try lie
did o and relumed with his men nn
ered with mud.
"Colonel, the mud is over my men's
heads. 1 can't do It."
The colonel 'nslstcd and told him !
make a icipilsillou I'm auythi'cr tint
was necessary for a .safe pas?.'ge
The lieutenant made his rcipiMtlou hi
writing and on the spot. It was as
follows:
"I want twenty men eighteen feet
long to cne-s a swamp til'teon fee.
deep." Harper's Weekly.
The "Nagur" and the Fiddle.
Here Is a story that Frederick Doug
lass used to tell about himself: Once!
i
urn in- "!.- in iMiijiiu in; it-n ia,i
lonesome, lie was wandering about
the streets when he was attracted by
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two violins in the window of a second
hand dealer. Frederick entered and
asked the price of one of the instru
ments. Five shilling-, sor," said the Irish
dealer.
Frederick tuned the violin and began'
to play "Rocky Itoad to Dublin." Soon
the proprietor's wife heard the musk I
and entered the rear door. Then Fred
rick started hi on "The Irish Washer
woman." and the couple began to,
dance for dear life. When the music,
and dancing stopped Frederick ten '
dorcd liar dealer r shillings, but Ids
performance on the violin had grecMyi
enhanced Its value In the mind of the
storekeeper, ami as he hurried iuviiJ
to a place of security he evclahucd:
"If a black nagur can git such,
cliuues out of that fiddle 111 never sell
It at any price, begorrah:"
The Secret.
From his farm .Midge Blank was In
the habit of supplying the preachers
of all the churches with Hour, corn,
hay and vegetables free of cost. lie
also kept the country supplied with
venison from the herd of deer which
he kept for many years. He built a
big smokehouse iu Ihe rear of his
grounds. One night, unseen himself, I
ho saw a man emerge from the smoke-j
house With a side of purk on his shoul
der, He recognized the Intruder, but
said nothing. A week afterward the
fellow approached him, saying, 'Miidge,'
I understand you had some meat stol
en from your smokehouse?" The old
Judge raised his hand deprccatlugly :
and said: "Sh! Xu one on enrt-
knows anything about that but yo-i
ami me." Argonaut.
Apprentice Examination.
Preliminaries for membership in the
Ananias club: "You may not believe
it, but;" "Now. leinlug all joking
aside;" "Seriously now;" "It may
fceem strange, biit.,,-rhieago Post
With a Little Help.
"Your etisloms aic enough to make
ntiy clvlllzed( man boll'." exclaimed the
missionary indignant ly.
'With the help of a little dry wood,"
HBSented the cannibals gravely. Pticl:.
Just Received, a Car .of
FLOUR
-AT-
PIDMB'S FLOUR
and FEED STORE
You can save money by
taking 500 pounds of him.
Don't Buy Land nor Loan
Money on Real Estate
without getting one of 'feel's
perfect Abstracts of Title. Tin
oldest and most reliable -t of
Abstract books in Webster C
310.0(0 b uid tiled mid approved.
Itepii heats six of the best In
surance companies doing' busi
ness in the state.
LOANS MADE on CITY PROPERTIES
O. C. TEEL,
Red Cloud, Nebr.
Office In Ovcring Block.
Phones: Bell 98, rarmcrs36
Fulton
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Groceries
A full assortment of Seasonable
Goods kept in Stock.
Call and See Us. We will try t&
Please You.
425 Webster Street.
Hell jihotiu 10.'. Ind. phone 1
Albright Bros.
Undertakers
We cannot afford to do
less than satisfy in
quality, style, price and
ofive to you our person
al serice and careKil
attention.
Calls Answered
Night or Day
Rural and Bell phones
at store and residtn
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Saunders
Brothers
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Canon City, Sunnjside,
and Genuine Nigger
Head Maitland
COAL
Yon may bo particular or whut
homo call ''cranky," but OUR
COAL will please you.
Our coal is clonu and we deliver,
promptly.
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