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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1911)
tWKja. -, A - fTS- fWjrv- .- -- JUJC fWvV"' J-yjl ". r -vy-'vv'vvv'vx'7 HEADQUARTERS IMPROVEMENT OF WATERWAYS WILL DEVELOP RESOURCES OF EVERY SECTION. For Everything in ihc HOUSE FURNISHING FREIGHT CARRIED CHEAPLY k-VftMiWV - G LI LI D con I t M R. ht i"i- r if I H Iti I!7 K ! f.H ! Line. Also PIHNOS Undertaking a Specially. All the Phones. Eel. AmaGk. Preo. W A'v.vVJvyyvrVfy IS YOUR FARM We want a complete list of all Webster county lands for sale on straight com mission basis. FARM LOANS NEGOTIATED DAN GARBER &" CO., SIMPSON & HEflKOHTHY Successor To A. C. Bradshaw Exclusive Dealers In Hay, Grain, Flour, Oils, Garden Seeds and Alfalfa Meal. : : PHONE US YOUR ORDERS. BELL RED 57 Everything Electrical G. C Bailey Electrical Contractor. All kinds of Eleo trie repairing. Bell phone, Black 20. DR. CHAS. E. CROSS DENTIST Moon Block, Red Cloud In Riverton every Monday Horsemen Attention. H. A. Johnson has his string of Horses and Jacks at his barn in Red Cloud for the season of 1911. Phone Farmers Rural 186. Order lo Shaw Cause. State or Nnlip.ts i .. ,, ., . ,, Wcb-der t'oiinu "Tn" oiiili ( ourt Ara (omit (Hurt held at tho lotmij Court loom In and for said count Thuisday .March limb A. !., iuii. IX tho iiiattoi of tho estate- of William li. Cramer, IVciaMd. Os rt'(ii!lii uuil miim the lutliloii HIUi M. Cramer 111 tl on tlm iiutii ,jny Match A. 1., IUII. praying for the i Miinlmilloii and ixllowanreof her Until account of ilicsanie lute, n decree of iihiIkiiiiu nl of tho land be longing to fcald estate to tin- perMins mititiul lothohiiiiio, an order dlstrlliullni; the ithI duo of personal estate and there upon an Milcr dlhehariluB her from further burden slid K-rvk'o In lir mild (iilice as i:coutilx. ()ni)i:iu:i), That Tuesday thoTdh da of April A. 1.i IUII, at onu o'clock p. m isni-hlKiicil for liearinu said petition, when all pcrkOimlntcrcHted In said matter may appear t a County Court to he hold In ami for mid futility mid show cause why prajor of pttl tioiiirnliould not lie Kranted; and that notice of tho pendency of said petition and lliehear Inj: thereof bo given to all perMMis Interested fa Mild matter, by publishing n eopy of this order In tho Kcd Cloud Chief, a weekly news paper printed In wild county, for three con nevullvc wo k prior to mild dnj of hcnrlui;. skviI I. W. KIISON t'oiiiitv.luiluo. a fine line of on the MARKET ? 1 Red Cloud CHIEF Office. ARE NOW IN HASTINGS Associated Doctors, Specialists, are at the'Boslwick Hotel And Will Remain Until Tues day, April 25, Inclusive. Only five Days JKofe Remarkable Success oT These Talented Phvslcluns In the Treatment of Chronic Diseases. OFFER THEIR SERVICES FREE OF CHARGE Tin- I ulto.l Ductus, llieense.l by the stato of ..vii for tho tientiiien't of deformities nml till nervous and chronic disease of men, women mid children, oiler to nil who call on this trio, cun-iiiltation, oxnminutioii, ad vice free, muUliitf no charge whatever. uNoenttho actual cost of modloine, All that is ashed in return for these valuable sen Ices is that every person treat od will state the result obtained to their friends and thus piove to the siel; and mulcted in overy city and locality, that at last treatments have been dlscovetcil that are absolutely sure, and eeitain in their effect. These doctors aro considered among Americas leading stomach and nerve specialists and are exports in tho tteatment of all chronic diseases and so great and wonderful have bocu their cures that in miuiv imsnv. ; i- hard indeed to find tlio dividing lino between skill and miracle. Diseases of tho stomach, intestines, liver, blood, shin, nerves, heurt, spleen, kidneys, or bladder, rheumatism, soia-ntica.diabotes.bcd-wettlng. legulcors. weak iMiigs and those mulcted with long-standing, deep-seated, chronic diseases, that have bullied tho skill of tho family physician, slu-tild not fail to call. Make a Direct Saving In Cost of Trans portation by the Water Routes, and Indirectly Serve to Lower Railway Carrying Rotco. Tho clulm has been made In previ ous articles and facto and figures glvon to support the claim that wa terways carry freight, morn cheaply than tho railways do or enn, and that thoy compol the railways to carry frelfjht more cheaply than they, other wise would, malting a saving of hun dreds of nilllioiiH of dollars a year, oven under present conditions, and indicat ing n vast Increapo i . that wiving if all waterways should bo Improved. And then tho surprising assertion was mado that the surest way to enlarge the business and Increaso the profits of tho railroads or tho I'ultcd Htutcs Is to Improvo tho waterways of tho United States. Tho best guide to tho future Is tho experience of tho past, so let us see what has actually hap pened to railways when waterways have been Improved. That the improvements in the chan nels and harbors of the lakes lmvo been of great benefit, both to tho rail ways which parallel their shores and to those which run from lake ellles to the Interior, Is a fact so plain that It needs no argument to support It There aro no moro prosperous and profitable roads in tho country than those that servo the region tributary, to the lakes. Hut no ono qucstlotH tho wisdom of continuing tho improver metat of tho lakes, or of our ocean harbors.. The real question Is ns to tho improvement of our rivers, and if wo, wish to study tho effect of river Improvement, either on railway reve nues or national development, we must go to Europe. ' ' Results In Bohemia. 1 During the fifteen years that Im provements were under way on the Elbe river, in Bohemia, the rivor traf flc, as n natural result of the better channel, Increased fivefold. But traf fic on the competing railways In creased still moro largoly and the div idends on tho main line, from Teplltz to Ausslg, rose to 16 per cent, per annum. Similar results followed the canali zation of tho River Main, from May ence, on tho Rhine, to Frankfort, which was finished in tho latter part of 188G. The river traffic, which amounted to only 150,000 toitB In that your, began to grow and has kept on growing, being 1,273.000 tons in 1902. Tliero are two railroads between Frankfoit and Mayenco, one on each side of tho river. What happened to them? Did their business show u se rious falling off? Or were they forced Into tho hands of a receiver? On the contrary their traffic, which was 911, 000 tons In 18SC, also begun to grow, und by 1902 hud reached 1,909,000 tons, or more than double what it was when the railroads had a practical monopoly of tho business of Frank fort. The more statement of the In creased tonnage does not tell the whole truth of tho matter, for the tonnage was not only more than doubled In quautlty, but greatly railed In grade, so that It could pay, and did pay, a much hlghor rate per ton per mile. Fine Qerman Waterway . Practically all the railways of Ger many are atate owned and state oper ated. Out of a total of 35,000 mtlea, In round numbers, only about 2,500 miles are operated by private com panies. Germany also has one of tha finest systems f waterways In the world, and n study of the balauce sheet of tho German railway system shows that tho results which followed tho improvement of tho River Main are not an exception, a mere coinci dence, but aro tho natural outworking of a principle of gencrul application. In tho calendar year 1907. after paying for operation, maintenance, repairs, renewals, new equipment, Intero t on bondb, contribution to tho sinking fuud, and every other item which tho most careful bookkeeping required to bo charged up, tho Gorman railways turned $10,000,000 of absolutely not revenues Into the treasuries or tho various states. This was $." 050 per mllo of lino operated, while tho corre sponding figure on United Slates rail ways for tho fiscal year lflOd-7 was only $1,907 a little over one third as much. Much the greater part of the total revenuo of tho German stales h de rived from their railways, 7l cents out of every dollar received by l'nth-la in 1907 being so obtained. Vol German statesmen keep on, year afier .ar, spending money earned by their rail ways in building and Improving water ways to compete with those same rail ways, on which thoy depend as tho principal source of national Income. In tho light of tho facts given abovo It will not do to say that theso Ger man statesmen do not know what thoy arc about. On tho contrary, thoy are acting, as has been woll said, "In fur therance of a policy the wisdom of which tlmo and experience have fully confirmed." Always nnd everywhere tho result Is tho same the Imptovoment of a waterway Is a benefit to competing railways. For this result, ns for any other, thero Is a good and uuiTJclent j reason, but it must bo left for anutlior tlmo to tell what that reason Is. IT IS not many years since "Kitchen Furnishings" 1 would have been a ridiculous phrase, for at that time there were no conveniences in kitchen furnish ings. But today there are cabnets, ranges and vari ous articles thathelp to make a back number of the old adage "Womans work is never done". The Place to Buy Your Hoosier Kitchen Cabnet and Scotch Linoleum. - - We wish to call your attention to a few facts about our Scotch Linoleum. FIRST It is far more plyablc than the Linoleum made in this country. SECOND It is still plyable in cold weather. THIRD It does not roll or hump up in creeses. FOURTH The predominating color of the pattern goes through to the back while the domestic Linoleum will crack more easily and the pattern wears off twice as quick and leaves you a dusty red floor covering. ATKINS & BARBER In The District Court of Wcbstnr Coun ty, Nebraska. lllia in .Sntiiuli'rx, l'lnlntlil. Oilninlo SuuniterK, Mrs. Orlniulo hiuimlcrN, whose reul llrnt iiaino Is unknown. Mallssa Ulininbtrlnln, Chamber. lain, husband of Mnllesu Chamberlain, whoso real first name Is unknown, Mrs. William Saunders, whose real Unit name Is unknown, wife of William Maunders, Thnddeus .SnuudorH, Cclla Siuimlerf,, wife of Thaddeus Kaun. ders. Nclllo Maude, Maude, Husband ot Nellie Maude, whoio real tlrat nam Is unknown, John N'csblt, Mrs. John NcsMt, wife ot John Nesblt whoso real first namo Is unknown, Claro Nrsblt, Mrs. Clare Nes blt, wife of Clare Nesblt, whoso real first name Is unknown, Nclllo Hunter, ltalph Hunter her husband, Francis Nesblt, Thomas Nesblt, Hazel Nesblt, nnd Hanutol fjaundtrs, Detuedants. "'I lie above named uon-rouldent defendants will tako notice, that on the 18th day of No. vcniuur. lino William Saunders, plaintiff herein filed his petition In the District Court of Webster County, Nebraska ngalnst the above named defendants, the object and pray r of which Is to determine the rights of thcparllchlu the above cskc to the follow hm described pirinlsch situated III Webster Coun ty. Nebraska: A strip oil the cnllic wi'st hhloot Lot No. i. In sictluu No. II. InTowtiNhlp No. 1, North ofrtani(cNo.ll. West of the tit Ii I'. M. In ebsterl'oiinly. Nebraska, bclnif uetaiiKU lar In form and contaliiliiu thirteen and ninety one hundredths acrc mid known as the .SaiiiidciH land. '' and for ajiidumeiit couilriuliiK the hIiiiich of tho pat ties lo the above iloscrlhid premis es anil for a partition of said ahoc descrlliid pri'iulhChaccordliii; to the lespectlse rights of tho parties Interested therein and If the same cannot he equitably divided, that said picmlses Iil sold and the procieds bo divided botwien the parties hereto iucorillu to their respectlerllitt..and for iteueiill cqultlibh relief. You arc inquire I to aiifcwar said petition on or before the "JJlh day of May. IUII. Dated April 11.11)11. W I I.I.I VM S WNIII.Ut, lly lleniard McNeil) Ills Mtornc). COL. J. H. ELUNGER Auctioneer. Red Cloud, - Nebr. Is ready to ery your Miles. Get your dales early, Ho refers you lohlH many ciifitomers forreuommeiiiliitlons. Tele graph, iilionv, write or see him for ilateh. The Chief, $1.50 per Year Coprrltlit 1909, by C. C. Zlmmttman Co -No 7 Sir. IS laiV OuHft'c CrH rceiinuiii'' Hams . and Bacon "Dutch Butcher" DENTIST Successor to Dr. J. S. 13U(W At the old stand oyer the Slate Bank. IPIionc fl3f. CATARR b3 i A S.S g0 c tfto III o 1,8 VfO si g 5 ?8 8S lags 2 HAY FEVER ELY'S CREAM BALM Applied Into tha nostrils Is quickly nbsorbod. GIVES RELIEF AT ONCE. It tdSfiiscH, Hoothes, henls ami juoteets tho dlsead ineiuliriiiiu nwtltlnn fn in CVtarrh anil drives away a Cold in the He A (tiu 1.1 v. Uimtores tho Sonwiw of Tusto nnd Kim '1. It U easy to line. Oontaina n inli.u yn dniK", No mercury, no coenluo, no mir. nliiiie. The lumnohold romrdy. I'lJee, f0 ceuta at Drit' b'Hn or ' y mail. ELY nROTIIERS. 5G Warren St., New York. - 'uncr.WM vvi m:in::.i;mm . . ii Mfc 1 1 ill miwmm ' fRKVAtXLH iiXllilumui For Sale ' . C mm by- ylijSKt John Yost H THE- J3SM1 War El s s s s s s o a ,VAvyV'As,i ' earoCrCMr.' -.'.' Don't Delay Ordering n tire Insurance policy frara ua a single ilay. Fire isu't Rolnp t stay away because you ore not In sured. In fact, it tems to pick out tho man foolish enough to b without A rime INSURANCE POLICY Have us ibsuo you a pollcvriifcv. Don't hesitate nbout IHe matter The fire flond mny- hnvo your house down on tho list for a visit this very niwht. MA RK WHA T I SAY Reliable Insurance. Swift's Prom turn Hams or Bacons. tfmrntf& Fresh and Salt Meals of All Kinds Red Cloud, Nebr, f - '. I Wy(' Z IMCIinAMOC VA vi flgffi.L n I iiiourwnu. ym mW ill. .h" r" WJ m& Read the adds in the Chief V B SW&Wry WHfofe..:;M fVfr- "T'Mttiltffe'M .!tV-JV Y f-w'tli vi,w arr - 4MM.ffMMtl4f Si iJywVfrfTT-1' y-V v0'e-'trssac-rare-a''