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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1892)
j * < - ; f f Southwestern Nebraska , RED WILLOW COUNTY. With Its Fine Laying , Rich , Agricultural Lands---Cheap Homes for All--- At $6.00 to $15.00 an Acre. By S. IL COJLVIN , RED WILLOW Co. , NEB This county IB located in the southwestern part of the stuto , in the southern tier , seventy miles oust of the Colorado lino. It embraces 1C0.8CO acres of ns fine laying , rich , agricultur al lands as can lie found In the west. The Iny of these lands Is largely gently sloping. Jiigt enouKii rolcad the surplus water to I lie draws. These slopes are miles in extent , and no where on the wemcrn prairies cuii lie found more hcanlii til lietl : inns for line furina. Large tracts cuii lie hud nil hiuootli , Hue land , i-vnri foot tfllablo. and u rich deep mill , s-nmui these slopes are somewhat cut up by cuio IMIH which give good. natunil drainage. and make excellent pasture. Homo are quite deep , with abrupt -sides , whli h form due natural windbreaks - breaks for the pruteci ion of slock. These canyons yens varin width from live to ten rods , nnd the bottoms are covered with n good coat of buffalo or blue stem grass. THE SOIL is a dark loam. ' 1 to5 feetdeep , and Is enpuMo of producing large crops. It absorbs UK ist- tire rapidly and retains it near the surface with rcnnrlahlo tenacity. There is no gumbo. or hard pan. but H porous subsoil , clarified by geologists us "leoss deposit , " and is pro ductive to : i great depth. There are no ponds or sloughs , and no red roots , rock , gravel. sand , or anything else in the soil to hinder farming operations , and any common plow will scour without trouble. Those who have fanned in Iowa a < id Here , find this soil the easiest worked and most productive they have ever tilled. Sixty acres of corn can be grown hero with the labor required to raise forty in Iowa or CHOPS. The same kind of crop- ? arc grown here tlii't are raised in Iowa. Good dinners tai-i- lllty to sixty bushels ol corn per acre.eai * iM 'o 40 bushels per ncrn. some field ? a In tie more. Kye Ironi 30 to 4)1 ) bushels per wn ; jurlctil tn 5'J : onis . * > ( ) to M ) . Tin * j-ro-s pm- : ecd. i of the crop lust yar ol S"ine HH-is < > f .A 'Jail gram on one aero will pa ) : 'or I1- < ncics for 100 ticri'.s. S < ntie HHiNciiltivulei ! lint iwUn' yielded t'O t < > 70 hughe's ' t < l' corn per ion . Itroom corn , cam- , millet , ll-.x. imcKut.c.i ! . und in fact nil Kinds ol en-pi are grown hero. Vegctub'Of ' aiv easily raiicd. attain a Surge size , and annf : he ln-st qualify. Lit lie has yet been done in the way of experimenting with tame jrus > eB ; some timothy and clover have be u own. Alfalfa lakes the lead of all lame rict-co. It is cut ihieu times a year and 3'ields two tons per acre each cutting. Itisrrcatlj relished by stock and preferable to timothy or clover. Fruit trees grow re markably well , and some orchards are in bear ing. Small fruits do well. WATER. We have what is culled "slK-et water. " which is about on a level witli the streams , eonse juentiy the higher the land the deeper to water. In the valley water is obtained at a depth of ten to thirty feet , while on the di vides at about 80 to 100 feet. Water Is clear- fresh and pure , almost as soft as rain water , and the supply inexhaustible. A well twelve inches in diameter will supply 200 head of stock the year round. Wells are either dug or bored. The cost of boring and curbing i- : forty cents a foot. A well is preferable to run ning water , as there is no mud or waste land. THE REPUBLICAN VALLEiT , noted throughout the United States for its beauty , runs through the central part of KED WIM.OW COUNTI' , while Beaver Creek val ley , equally beautiful and fertile , runs through the southern part. Driftwood. Dry , Ash , woon nud Ked Willow creeks all empty intotne river in the county. Timber grows along these streams , where wood can be had for $1 aloud , and posts for flvo to seven cents a piece , split in the timber. As win ten are mild and ahorX it costs but little for fuel. OMMVL'i * . The air is pure , lig.ir. and free from malaria. No asthma. Ague MU.UOWII and no malarial diseases of any Kind here. The e suffering \vith throat or lung troubles are eutirely cured or greatly benefkted by coming here. A prominent phjsiciun , it ell aud favorably kuoitnin the west , has remained truthiuliy , "Vhe climate of soutuwesieru Nebraska will cure half the d.beuses humanity is subject to , e ; st of thH Missouri river. " Mbe summer 6L-Sulia fe I > ng. with nights cool uui ! reltutiii- lug. Spring oeiia early , aud a lar e ucruiigu is usuully sown to wheat in Februurj. For tun jcai'd past , wlieut had i ein so'Vn in . cut u- good condition lor pl.inting corn uy iho Ili&i week in April. Frost holds oft lute. uuU Indi.ut summer , juat the linust uber nu < iuiiMiiiut > : c tor picking coru a.al doing u full work , nistu Irom eight to inulve weeks. The fun tielug dry. cjrn matures and ripena in good simpe. A'o soft com here. Thtwinturs being mild und short little feed is required for stock. For ten tcuia' past stuck have not. been fed three moiHMb a year. The prairie id covered princi pally witn Liutfulo graaa. winch curoa on the ground iu the fun. and furnishes a good supply ot winter pasture , and stuctv feed ou it in the winter. Good ucui ia taken ill tuiuitlo grabs until Cbriatuius , und . .umctimes in Cub ruuiy. stock is tunica _ , ui ou the prair.u by April. The tiiiuwiull is n , ti , oeldum ii incliia , . . . a usually the xioiiud ia iJitiv and ruiida u > . < uli ilic tvintcr. Hut lew Biu-ititi hen * , and they ure ngiit nnd ol alioii tluration ; . .here.to i > ui tew da d out- dour labor cannot be pcrior ed corn- lorlubly. The i.tilil , dry. bliji. . .inters is a winning f , . iutin niv'oi ur ; hMus a atocn uuuu- , try. Turce ouoLit'lb ot oo.u fed here will pro- dUae mr.c1 UcMh ttrnu four fed in the cold , damp'climate ot Iowa orilliiiuis. where such sUdUeil und aciere Htortus occur iieqi.ci.iiy , when all thu .udli proiiuci < u properties u. tim corn are inquired to ttupi/.y heat to it-pe the cold. Take the uliovo admnuiye.s of thin country in cunnu tioa uriiu uiu.utup lauds and tow taxes , und theiu id more prutli in feeding stock litre than iu Illinois or This country is noted lot- ltd Hue smooth r There has scarcely uoeu a da > iu ten years bu ( hat n good team could dru a tea ten or tweive miles to market. ye are eighty-four school districts-tti-thcf .whprein school is taught by couipe- > teachers , six months ench year , tiunday WTool is held in nearly all of t bum'aud in many preaching services. * * There arc two railroads In the cdnnty. Wtt6 tbo county'outer debit \lght taxes , l'6n asseds monts , a county warrant is worth one hun dred cents on a dollar , cash , every day in tbo bo week. The tuxes on a quarter ewtton are MCCOOK IB the commercial centre between Hastings Nebraska , and Denver , Colorado , a distance ol nearly four hundred miles , and is destined to become a city of great commercial import ance. It is pleasantly located on an eminence overlooking the Republican Valley. It is sit uated midway between Omaha and Denver on the main line of The Great Burlington Koute. who have made this a division point for terminal service , where $40.000.00 arc dls tributed monthly to the employes of the com pany. At this point the company have at great expense erected a flue brick round house and repair shops , with stalls for thirty engines. Engines becoming dlsub'ed are brought hero from it distance of over two hundred miles for their repairs. They have erected a largo two story depot , a freight house and a flne hotel. Thecity enjoys the lienelltt ) of n flno system of water works. It is on the Holly plan , and there are fifteen miles in operation , costing about $70.000. The city is well lighted by elec tricity. The U. S. land oflice for this district is located here. There are three bunks , The First National. Farmeis and Merchants , and Citizens ; two loan and trust companies , The McCook Loan and Trust Company , und The Ncbiaaku Loan and Hanking Co. ; two whole sale liquor houses , Patrick Walsh aud A. C. Clyde ; Howen & Lavcocu. huvequiteujohoing trade in boots und shoes. Among our sub stantial general stores are C. L. DeGroff & Co. J. A. Wilcox & Son , Joseph Menurd and H. Lawler ; exclusive dry goods. L. Lowman Hi Son and J. Albert Wells ; exclusive boots and shoes , Ilowen & Laycock and J. F. Cause-how ; drugstores. L. W. McConnell & Co. , Albert Mc- Millcn and Geo. M. Chenery ; grocers. C. M. Noble and M. E. Knipple ; livery stables , Corey & Maddux and .MaiMi & Clink ; lumber and coal. W. C. iliilliinl &t o. and the llurneit Lum ber Co. ; jewiilfiv. Kniiik < iirinlh & Son in d II. P. Sulton ; tiniik&t irf.s. McCook llook&btation ery Co. ; meat murKt-ts. C. T. Brewer. K. ! ? . Wi'cnx ' & Co. and tU.iiie & Uevitt ; clothing. C. W.ICntghtsand the i-amuns Clothing Co. ; Inird- wuie.W.C. i.uToiiictie. S. M.Coehrun & Co.und T. N.Yuniig : Inriiiiinc , Pjtde&Son ; cigi.r fao t vs * > * u * * . x A.f j rfi it i in j ijaijjMi lAflAUIJMl I'lll , saloons. M. AliMiniilL-r , A.C.Clyde and P. Walsh , S. Sinister , ami t-evcrnl smaller trades people with wcllkcpt htoie. ; live < : hiirchepthree news papers. Tribune. Times-Democrat and True Democrat ; three fine ward school buildings ; live hotels , a one hundred barrel roller mill , two elevators-managed by Potter & Easter- day and Doiin < Sc Hurt who pay the highest price lor grain of any city ii. the Uepublicau Valley. The business men of McCook have earned forthe city the reputation of being the best commercial city in Southwestern Nebraska , and all kinds of produce and vegetables al- wajs bring a good price. To those seeking homes , we say in all can dor , come out und see for yourselves. Our soil and our climate , our prices and our people will compare favorably with any portion of the United States , und we cordially invite comparison. Ked Willow county has at least IU.OOO population , and within the next five years more will have at least double that lumber. There are five towns in the county : McCook , Indianola. Bartley. Danbury and Lebanon- CL'berfc are ten postoffices within the county and a number of country stores , thus afford ing advantages to the farmer that he woul. not otherw1' ' ? possess. Ff'TTITS. The soil and climate here are especially adopted to growing apples , peaches , pears , cherries , apricots , strawberries and in short all kinds of small fruits and berries. THE SUGAIl BEET. Ked Willow county produces the finest sugar bei-t in the world , and an analysis by the U.S. chemist shows a greater percentage of sugar ot any yet produced in the U.S. , and n sugar factory costing at-least 71,500,000 is among the various enterprises whlcn will eventually bo located at McCook. The profit to the farmer is great , as the land will net him fifteen dollars per acre , after al lowing his necessary expenses and n ftUr com pensation being counted in for labor. Come to McCook , Ked Willow county. She has the bestmarkct.tbe best opening for busi ness pursuitsaud farm lands can be bought at a price that places them within the reach of all. Her citizens will be glad to show you the city ; land agents will show you fine farms without expense to you. The B. & M. Hotel at the de pot , the Arlington , Commercial nnd McEntee , further up town , will take care of you while here. NEBRASKA'S PKE-BM1NENCE. It is not too much to say that the geograph ical position or Nebraska gives it immense ad vantages for agricultural purposes over every other State and Territory. Lying , as it does , between parallels of latitude within which the CO N AND WHEAT BELTS OVERLAP EACH OTHEH it possesses in a marked degree the advantages enjoyed bythe regions both north and south of it , without their accompanying drawbacks , while it also , or at least that portion of it with which we are now concerned , lies sufficiently far west to have its winters moderated aud cut short by the Chinook wind , a warm cur rent of air blowing eastward from the Pacific Ocean , mitigating the severity of the cold and enabling cattle to winter out-of-doors With comparatively little loss or suffering. Among the ad vantages en joyed by Nebraska over the region lying to the south of it. with the exception of that extreme northern portion tion of Kansas which immediately adjoins it , are an almost entire freedom both from cy clones and malaria , nnd a higher average yield per acre of nearly every important crop raised in the West ; while among those it possesses over the region lying north of it may be men tioned the shorter duration of its winters , its almost entire immunity from blizzards or ex tremely low temperatures , and that still more important matter , the greater length of its growing season , the period between the last killing frost in the spring and the first killing frost in the fall being otf'an 'average seven 'weeks longer in Central'Nebraska ' than in Central Dakota , and eight weeks longer than In Northern Minnesota or Northern Dakota , according to the annual reports of the United States Signal Service. WtiniTtKe Census of 1880 found Nebraska standing eighth in the production of corn , twelfth in the production of wheat , and fif teenth in number of cattle t occupies in'lKH the * fourt&ipUce'among-uliBl Corn States.It < MTMBed'tn'ree-br .its-former-rivals in the * production ( if Vfieat/B'nd bit stepped forward' ' to the tenth place in the number and value'of i Its live Block. Since the United States Census' ' of 1880 , the population of Nebraska has in-1 'created from 4SJt02 to 1,058.910 : tbo number ot its fanniTroKaiKtaK to 141.107 ; the number of' iu tire stock rromj.oyu to i.bft.Mg ; and their value from J33.440.W55 to 180.033.808. Its manufactories , which numbered 1.403 in 1880 , with products valued at $12,627,330 , have In creased nearly three-fold in number and more than four-fold in the value of their products- Its crops of the three principal cereals , which aggregated in 188085.853,017 bushelshaveslnco reached 200,000,000 bushels , and the true ruin ation of its real and personal property has risen from $035.100.000 to at least 51,500.000.000. Marvelous as is this showing , it is made to stand out in still bolder relief by the fact that not more tbun one acre in four of thr arable land of the State has yet been brought under cultivation , nor have its varionsothersonix-us of wealth been much more i hoi oiifhly proven. Koine was not built inud.iy.nnrcun Nflu-ns-Uu exceeding In urea I hi cool the most pnidn-jiire kingdoms of Kurope combined England , llcl- giiim and Iho Netlierlitnd" attain the magni ficent p'ibiiinn that awaits her in the binter- hood of States. i.vcL'pt l > y the slow uevclop- nM'tit of thus" } vnrit and \uried natural rehuiir ces vrith which > he lias hecn i-nd > tvcii. MebrAsV.a not only lies uithin t In ; u rent corn- bolt of the connirj a tact iiliich u large pro portion of intending fu'Uluis very properly regard us of puiMinount importance but it is ur ACTUAL DhMu.tSTic.inuN iho very finest portion of that belt. Wnh much of itscnlu valile area us yet unbroken , and with a great IT diversity of fiu-mma opfriilionn than Is to tie found iu any oiln rot the nc'uer riiates ot Territories , it prodiied in 11-BS a corn crop Ol IU.217.000 bueliHs. and nndi-r i-qn.illy favor- bile conditions the MMduii ol 18.I has seen own this immense crop lurgi-i.x exceeded. A STAltl'LING COMl'AUldON. The significance of these Hiutnim-nts is.how- ever. enormously heightened by three cir cumstances that cannot l > e ton btiongly im pressed upon the public mind. The flint iu that for the last live jc-ais liin corn cropr ) of Nebraska have uvur.tged a larger j leld pel- acre than those of any uih.-roi tlicgioat coin- producing States. Second , lu.it iln-y have uveiuged u larj-er inimlu-r ol inisln-ls pr rap- iln , cither oT Iliotjf ciiiili'j'ocl | in raising lin-iii or of the entire population nf tlit > State , ihan th ii n those of an } ' oilier Siaivor'lVn ili.in .and most significant of all , th.it a larger peiui-nl- age of the corn piodm-t nf Nebraska dm ing the lust five years lias btn of u mcrchantuiiie staudutd than of that of even the most fuvor i-d ot its rivals ; tiie NMini-'Uii limner gettin * the highest market price t < > r t-tliO-three : as. jn.- half outof evcr > htindicd tinshuls of cor ne raises , while the I at HUMin Illinois or lows for an example , has but aixi.t-ei lit. bn liclsin every hundred , ot a marketable quality. These statements arc taken , not from unv doubtful source , not even from the usually some what extravagant report of State olliciula , but from tfie perfectly independent.absolute ly impartial and thoroiif-hlj trustworthy re ports of the United States Department of Agriculture. Alton , take that line to Kansas City , and then the B. & . M. from there to McCook. Those living on the line of the Chicago & Northwestern , take that line to Omaha , and the B. & . M. to McCook. Those living on line of W abash , take that line to either Omaha or Kansas City , then over the B. & . M. to McCook. Be sure your ticket reads McCOOK , NEB. and see or write for price list to S. H. COLVIN , MCCOOK , RED WILLOW Co. , NE3R. S , H. GOLVIN , MCCOOK , NEB. ISlf0Write him if you wautbai- ins in farm lands. He has any- ihing you want , and at the lowes jrices and. ou most liberal terms HE IS SATISFIED. John F. Helm Came to Nebraska to Stay , and He is Proud to be Called a Kebraskan , And to Claim Red Willow Connty as His Permanent Home. PROSPEROUS FARMER'S ADVICE. A modest tribute from a practical tiirmer , u 'successful agriculturist , is the following from John F. liclni of lied Willow , going to piove conclusively the splendid por-sildlitii'S of lied Willow county t-oil when tickled und caused to smile ly the energetic husbandman : KKII WILLOW. NKU. . I'e ! lh. 18'Jl. S. H. COLVIN , McCook. Nebr Dear Sir : Your correspondence of November 30th is re ceived and contents noted 3011 wishing < o know iif my Mireet-s in farming in Nebraska. 1 am pr.iud to say that I live in Nebraska one of the best Slates in tin- Union and in lied Willow county one of the bi-ht connlifs in the state. I don't wish to boast as to what I have accomplished , noreoneerning my llnun- ciul standing ; hut having no n.xe to rind. no hobby to ride. 1 may safely mtiKu a pli-i'i state ment nf facts : 11 IIIIH ; I'M.III Cincinnati. Ohio , lo Kearney , liuffuld county , Nebraska , in 1875. moving on a rented farm on Wood river. Farmed two acres oft-round with nothing but a hoe and garden rake. I tried to raise a j-'Ond gaiden. but tailed the grasshoppers took everything , if it was trreen. Evcrj body was discouraged ; but I rented a farm of Ezra Bryant of Pough- kecpsie. N. Y. . he then being a bachelor. He furnished me a half section of land , two teams , chickens , pigs and farming imple ments ; alMifeed for the teams. Each was to furnish half tin : need , but when spring came on I had no money with which to buy my seed. Through John II. Koe who was the U land agent at Kearney , .Mr. iinunt loaned nir > the moiu v to buy my share of tinseed. . Air. itoe writing up me mortgage on my part 01 the crop , if there should bo any. and I was to pay him twenty-live percent , tor the money. I raised a aood crop : Two thousand bushels of wheat which I sold at 00 cents per bushel. Itaised six hundred bushels of harlej ; live hundred Inibhcls ol spring rye ; t wo tlmuaiind hiibhcls of corn. The ne.\t year I raised three thousand bushels of wheat , selling it at sixty cents a bushel ; two hundred bushels of corn. Hud bad luck withthiee cir loa ! of wheat threshed alter uriiin , which heated in transit and were rejected , only thirty cents a bushel being allowed me. Well , Mr. Bryant got mar ried und is now living on the same farm , and is gcttinjr rich. 1 moved to Ked Willow county in 1870 , tak ing a homestead at mouth of Red Willow creek. I came here to stay. 1 have two hun and fifty-six acres of land , running water , plenty of timber , bottom land , all level and well improved an.l stocked. I have it all fenced in seven fields in size from from three to sixty acres in each lield ; fifty acres of al falfa with a six wire hog fence around the same ; 8 acres of orchard consisting of apple , cherry , plum , pears , russiun apricots , crab apple trees , besides some small truit. Trees are all doing Well ; raised a few very line apples lastyuar and more era ! ) apples than we could use. In the way of improvement I have on this land one house one and a half stories high , 24x23 feet in size , with a cellar same di mensions walled up with stone , a kitchen 12x16 feet ; a barn 30x46 feet with u basement 30x34 walled up twelve feet with stone , all frame and shingled , grauery and crib one and a half stories high and 32x20 feet on the ground ; n Fairbanks stock scales , self feeder for cattle , water tanks , windmill , three wells and force pumps to each mill ; seventy-four head of cattle , forty fattening steers , seven ty-uine fattening hogs , eightitwo shoats and pigs , twenty-four horses in all of which six are roadsters , seven Percheron Normans , bal- unce common stock ; farming machinery , two farm wagons , one spring wagon , road curl , grain drill , disk harrow , steel harrow , two wooden frame harrows , a steel binder , two cultivators , two stirring plows , hay rake , lister , potato digger , breaking plow , mowing machine and other tools , it were too tedious to mention. Well , this property I dug out of Nebraska soil , and I started , as you see , with very little. I think there is no place like Red Willow nmttitv for n nnor man. Now I don't advocate coming here as I did without anything , for I might try the same course over again and fall. I think a man ought to have froiii one to two thousand dollars to start with , and plenty of pluck and willingness to work , i have raised good crops right along , except in 1879,1880. and 1800 ; but last year I raised good potatoes , one fourth crop of timothy and prairie hay and about one thousand bushels of corn. This year Red Willow county was awarded the eighth premium at the state fair on farm products , aud would have taken THE FIRST PIIBMIUM if we had had more time in which to prepare our exhibit. It was , too , our first attempt and we had but four days in which to get the pro duce in shape. We have splendid crops this year ; so good in fact that they knock the ca lamity howlcis cold , with their clamors for aid and nonsense about the state of Nebraska being bankrupt , and the government going to hell , etc. Don't you believe it , but vote for protection and republicanism in Ib'J-J and you will have no occasion to regret it. The outlook for the tanner is encouraging for the next two or three years at least. Prices are now good for all farm products : Wheat sixty-ttirec cents per bushel , corn twenty-live cents , oats twenty-live cents. Think of it ! Wheat this season jielded from fifteen to for ty-five bushels per acre , jye twenty to forty- seven , oats thirty to eighty-five , potatoes one hundred to five hundred. I have been offered forty cents n bushel for nine hundred bushels of potatoes in trade at McCook. which 1 raised on three acres of land , some of the tubers were eleven inches long. With such prices and such crop what will become of the mort gage indebtedness ? Why it will be paid off with this crop as soon as it can be marketed. I think now is the time to come to Nebraska and buy land at ten dollars per acre , and pay for it with one crop , but you need not come to buy mine , for I' am satisfied with Nebraska and I value mine at thirty dollars per acre and don't want to take that' Out there is land as good as mine which can lie bought at from'eight to sixteen dollars per acre in Keel Willow'county.'which is 'in the' market , and nowiS'the < accepted time to'buy it. , - , J. F.HELM. , IT- LIST = OF : IjJli , illll = FOR SALE BY : . H. COLVIN , icCOOK , Red Willow County , NEBRASKA. No. 4. 3.1) ) acres. 300 acres good farm land. 20 acres pasture. CO acres under cultivation , 8 mllr-s from MeCook. 10 acres in trees. Price * 2500. No. 17. 100 acres -51200. 120 acres fine farm land , 40 acres fenced in pasture , good well , 40 acres under cultivation , farm all fenced. 1 mile from creek with plenty of timber , ' /t mile from church and school house , 2 miles to grist mill , 2 miles to poatollice , 7 miles to railroad station. No 34. IUO acres at $0 per acre. ? ! )0'.8 ) ) miles from McCook , good well. 185 acres line farm land and 25 acres good pasture. 33 acres under cultivation , 2 miles from timber. No. 35. 100 acres 2 miles from railroad sta tion and - miles from creek and timber. 100 acres line farm land at $8 per acre § 1280.00. 150 acres under cultivation , 10 acres in trues. Good well and some cheap buildings. Easy payments. No. 30. 100 acres 4'/t miles from McCook. ISO acres fine farm land and 10 acres line pasture. Lots of timber , large sod house , well and pump. 40 acres pasture. 30 acres under cultiva tion. Price $1000. No. 3'J. SO acres 7 miles from railroad sta tion. All level land. Price $800. No. 47. ICO acres all nicu farm land valley land , 5 miles from railroad station. Price No. 48. Price $2,000. 100 acres 5 miles from McCook , all line farm land , tt ) acres under cultivation , good well and fine water , frame house 11x18 ft. with addition 12x22 ft. , good stables and sheds , CO acres In pasture fenced , level road to town an.i 2 miles to school house and cir.iix-h. Time on part. No. ii2. Price 8.000. 350 acres of valley land 2 miles from McCook , all fenced and \ ' mile river front. 100 acres under cultivation , 200 acres of good meadow land. 254 acres or chard , 3 good wells 20 feet deep , good wind mill , 2-story frame barn 20x10 feet , frame house with C rooms , tame grass meadow , corn cribs , wagon shed and other buildings 'i line stock farm. No. CO. 40J acres. 7 miles from McCook. ISO acres under cultivation all fenced. Frame house I8x28-i4 frame burn 18x28-2 . - } story , - story. well and windmill , 3'/i acres of orchard and 10 acres c f grove. Price ? 5000. No. 05. Price Sft'iO. 1GO acres 5 juilcs from railroad station , 130 acres fine farm land. 30 acres in pasture. 100 acres under cultivation. No. CO. 480 acres , 100 acres level in one body , 250 acres under cultivation , all fenced and cross fenced , cheap buildings , 12 acres limber mostly ash , some walnut , 100 apple trees CD bearing , 05 bearing peach trees , 2 wells and windmill , corrals and pasture for hogs V mile to church and school house. Price $4500. No. 07. 103 acres 100 acres under cultiva tion. Price § 8 per acre. No. 73. 575 acres at $10 per acre all fine hay land 0 miles from two railroad stations , good 5-ronm irnmc house , barns , good well and windmill. All fenced in pasture. Easy terms. No. 74. G49 acres. 10 miles from railroad , SCO acres level upland , 70 acres timber bottom land. 350 acres in cultivation. 30 acres good timber , 10 acres timber planted on upland F.-ame house , 5 rooms. 5 wells , one windmill. running water ine yeur arounu. quiit ; u num ber of stocksheds , 300 acres fenced and cross fenced. Price $13 per acre. No. 75. JGO acres all fine land G miles from McCook. Price § 1300. No. 78. 100 acres 9 miles from railroad sta tion. 100 acres fine farm land , 55 acres under cultivation. Price § 1200. No. 7 ! > . 80 acres 7 miles from railroad sta tion , CO acres farm land. Price $000. No. 85. 100 acres 4 miles from McCook , ICO acres fine farm land , 18 acres under cultiva tion. Price ? 1800. No. 87. 100 acres 0 miles from McCook. 130 acres farm land , 35 acres under cultivation. Price ? 1600. No. 91. 155 acres nice farm land. 55 acres under cultivation. 500 walnut trees , house 14x 21 ft. , small sod granary and dugout , small fruit and cherries. About 0 miles from rail road station. 1GC acres at ? 0 per acre. No. 93. 160 acres 5 miles from McCook , 148 acres fine farm land and 20 acres fine pasture , small house. 25acresundercultivation. Piice § 1200. No. 90. 100 acres 10 miles from railroad sta tion. Price ? 800. Vr OO KYI on * nc - finrtliTn lunil II miteS tn good railroad station , some improvements. Price $1000. No. 100. 100 acres 0 miles from McCook. 10 acres fine farm land , 40 acres fine pasture , cheap improvements , valley land and near timber. Price SO per acre. No. 101. 160 acres 9 miles from McCook. 100 acres fine farm land , 15 acres under cultiva tion , cheap buildings and improvements. Price SO per acre. No. 102. 160 acres 6 miles trom railroad sta tion. 140 acres fine farm land , 70 acres fenced in pasture , 70 acres under cultivation , good cheap buildings , fine well and windmill. This is a rare bargain and will be sold for $1200. No. 103. 80 acres 4 miles from McCook , 75 acres fine level farm land , 50 acres under cul tivation , good well , cheap buildings , 10 acres * fenced In- pasture " ; Price tSOO-- Easy pay"- " ' No. 10 ! ) . 100 acres. itO : acres llni ! farm land. Good house , well and windmill , nther build ings , pasture fenced ; 454 miles Innn McCook. Price $1400. No. 110. 520 itcri'S 13U acrrs under cultiva t Ion , 320 acres all fcnct-d. Surface water and plenty of timber. Frame house ! Gx2S , sod house 10x28 board roof , frame barn with room forG horses , good shed , well and windmill. 1Yi miles from McCook. Price $5000 No. 112. ICO acres all plow land CO broke out , a miles from McCook. Price $1700. No. 120. 320 acres all line farm hind.'Hi mile.- , south of McCook. Plenty of timber , running water. 100 acres in pasture. 100 acres under cnlti\iiiion. Two good roomy sod houses , large stables , frame granary and several out buildings. 3 wells 40 feet deep , good wind mill , good meadow land. On public road and ' / mile to school house and church. Level No. 128. CIO acres D miles from McPook , 5iO acres nice farm land , ! )0 ) acres rough , ISO acres undercultivation. Price § 12 per acre. Small payment cash , balance in 1C years at C per Ct. No. 12 ! ) . ICO acres 4'/4 miles from McCook § 1200. Good frame house , well with pump. GO acres under cultivation , 130 acres fine farm land. 30 acres fine pasture. A fine stock farm. This joins No. 85. No. 178. 100 acres , price 31,400. school house on farm , timber and Water. 130 acres fine farm land , 70 acres in pasture , good frame house , well and wind mill , hen house , stabling , etc. , CO acres under cultivation. C miles With level rt ad to McCook. No. 185. 100 acres. 130 acres level land , S i acres fine pasture , ) ) miles to railroad town. Price $800. Tinn to suit purchaser. No 187. 109 acresHi mile to railroad station. 150 acres level laud , 10 acres pasture. Price $1,300. Terms tosuit purchaser. No. 18 ! ) . ICO acres. 130 acres level farm land. JO acres fine pasture , 1 mile to McCook. Go acres under cultivation. Fine orchard , good well and wind mil' ' , good frame house , five rooms , frame burn and other improvmcnts. Price $3.200. r d The abox-e list is only a partial one of what I " have on my sale book. If you don't find what ,1 you want in this list write me for others. ' " These lands can be bought on very easy terms : some by paying $200 to $300 cash and time on the balance : home by paying one-tenth ot purchase price down nnd one-tenth eacii year thereafter. Itemember T Show any of these lands Free of Charge. Many "of these farms join each other and I can furnish you any sized farm from forty to two thousand acres. Should you desire aiy further information send stump for reply and a descriptive circu lar of southwestern Nebraska to S. H. COLVIN , McCOOK , Red Willow County , Nebraska. One block north of Depot , opposite Arling ton Hotel. As to the facts set forth on this page and as to the reliability and trustworthiness of Mr. Colvin. the reader may refer by permission to any of the following farmers , at McCook. Nebraska : S. D. McCIain. August Droll. Mat Droll. J. M. Henderson. Stephen Holies , J. A. Snydcr. John Hatfleld , S. P. Hart. James Wright , John Whittaker. H. II. Mitchell. Thomas Pate. J. a. Modrcll. Lyrnan Miller. Jacob Betz , John Calkins. M. II. Cole. G. B. Dimmitt. M. C. Maxwell , A. A. Phillippi. And to any McCook business man or banker. THE McCOOK MARKET. 022srz3 2722 ? r Butter S to li > Eggs " . to 12- Potatoes , per bushel i toy. . Corn to a ; Oatr. to 25 Wheat. .13 to .V Rye to 5- > Barley to 20 Flour , per sack 1.10 to 1.30 Chickens , perdozen to 3.r,0 Ducks , per dozen to 3.00 Turkeys , per-pound to 07 Hogs , per cArt . . . . ; . . ; 3.75 to 4.00 Cattlercowl/ : . . 1.50 to 3.0o Cattle ; hears..J n 3.00 to 5.50 Hides.'pfirpodndgrccu ( ) to * ft : Hay..l JXli.i. i 4.00 to 5.00 Alfalfa eroed , per busbol. to 7.00 "