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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
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fenced In- pasture " ; Price tSOO-- Easy pay"- "
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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
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