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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1892)
TfT c 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. II. COLVJLX , RED WILLOW Co. , NEB. Tliis county is located la the southwestern part of the state. In the southern tier , soventj miles cast of the Colorado lino. Itcrabracc 100,800 acres of as line laying , rich , agricultur al lands as can be found in the west. The lay of these lands is largely gently sloping , JUE ( enough to lead the surplus water to the draws , These slopes are miles in extent , and no where on the western prairies can bo found more beautiful locations for line farms. Large tracts can be had all smooth , flue land , every foot tillable. and a rich deep soil. Some ol these slopes are somewhat cut up by canyons which give good , natural drainage , and make ixccllent pasture. Some are quite deep , with ibrupt sides , which form line natural wind- ireaks for the protection of utock. These can- 'ons vary in width from five to ten rods , and ho bottoms are covered with a good coat of luifalu or blue stem grass. THE SOIL is a dark loam 2 to 5 feetdcnp. ' and is capable of producing large crops. It absorbs me ist- uro rapidly and retains it near the surface with remarkable tenacity. There is no gumbo , or hard pan. but a porous subsoil , classified by geologists as "leoss deposit. " and is pro ductive to a great depth. There ru no ponds or sloughs , and no rod roots , rock , gravel , sand , or anything else in the soil to hinder farming operations , and any common plow will scour without trouble. Tho.ie who have farmed in Iowa it-id here , find this soil the easiest worked iind most productive they have ever tilled. Sixty acres of corn can be grown here with the labor required to raise forty in Iowa or Illinois. CHOPS. The same kind of crops arp grown here Hint are raised in Iowa. Good farmers mi-si- fifty to sixty bushels of corn per acre. Wheat -JO to 40 bushels petacn \ some fields n In tie more. Rye from :53 to 40 liUahnis per acre ; jarlei 40 to5U : oms50 to 00. The uro-s pro ceeds of the crop last . \ < -ar of smut * flelils of * nail grain on one acre will pu'm - Iho HUH.-S of land ; and many crops on CM : ter 3 will pay for 100 seres. Some HeldsciHiiviiied but twice yielded CO to 70 InHhuIn of oorn per acre Broom corn. cant- , millet , fl : x. I'liekwheat and in fact nil kinds of crops arc grown ! : _ ; e Vegetables are easily raised , attain a large size , and are ot the best quality. Little ha yet been done in the xvay ol experimenting with tame grasses ; some timothy and clove mve been sown. Alfalfa takes the lead of al amegrussei It is cut thiee tunes a year am 'ields two tons per aero each cutting t is Kreatly relished by stock and preferable o timothy or clover. Fruit trees grow re narkably well , and some orchards are in bear ing. Small fruits do well. W ATE II. We have what is called "sheet water. " which is about on a level with the streams , consequently quently the higher the land the deeper to water. In the valley water Is obtained at depth of ten to thirty feet , while on the di vides at about 80 to 100 feet. Water la clear fresh and pure , almost as soft as rain water and the supply inexhaustible. A well twelve inches in diameter will supply 200 head o : stock the year round. Wells are either dug or bored. The cost of boring and curbing ! * forty cents a foot. A well is preferable to run ning water , as there is no mud or waste land THE REPUBLICAN VALLEJT , noted throughout the United States for its beauty , runs through the central part of RED Wri.l.OW COUNTY , while Beaver Creek val ley , equally beautiful and fertile , runs through the southern part. Driftwood , Dry , Ash , coon and Red Willow creeks all empty into the river in the county. Timber grows along these streams , where wood can be had for 1 a load , and posts for flve to seven cents a piece , split in the timber. As winters are miia and short , it costs but little for fuel. Ul.TMATB. The air is pure , light , and free from malaria. Ko asthma. Ague unknown and no malarial 'discuses of any kind hero. Those suffering with throat or lung troubles are eatirely -cured or greatly benefltted by coming here. -A promi'iL-ut physician , well and favorably 'iiionuin the west , has remarued truthfully , - l'.ue climate of southwestern Nebraska will cure half the diseases humanity is subject to. exsl of the .Missouri river. " 'ihe summer bCHboiisure 1 > ug. with nights cool and refresh ing. Spring o eiiB early , aud a large acreage is usually sown to wheat in February. For ten 3 ears post. Wheat has been so'vu m frebru- Jtry every year but one , ana the giouud in .good condition tor planting com by the tliai week in April. Frost holds off lute , and Indian summer , just the fluest weather itnaKin.iU.e lor picking corn aud doing up fall work , lasts troui eight to twelve weeks. The fall being vJry , cjrn matures and ripens in good ahupe. -No soft corn here. The winters being mild -uud short little Iced is required for stock. Fur ten rears past stock have uoc been fed three months n year. The prairie is covered princf- nully with buffalo trrasa. which i-m-ivi on ih , . ground in the lull , aud furnishes a good supply of wiutcr pasture , and stocu. feed on U m the winter. Good beet id taken _ ff ( JUI.HI i grass until Christmas , and comctiuies in i eu i-uury. Stock is turneu out 011 the prair.c bj first of April. The snowlall i3 . , : , seldom exceeding six inches , > . . d usually tlio ground u bare and roads do alt the winter. But few storms hcic. and they are light , and ol shoit duration ; iherc : : re but fe / da } a out door labor cannot be perlored com fortably. The uiilii , dry , shot : . .inters is a winning pciutiu favor ot : hiaiu > u aioc-t euuu- try. Toree ousbels of cu u fed hero will pro duce more tlesh ttian four fed in the cold , dump climate of Iowa or Illinois , where such sudden aud severe storms occur frequently , when all the 'esb producing properties ol the corn arc tequircd to suppiy heat to tepc ilio cold. Take the above advantages of this country in connection with our .m-itp lands and low taxes , and there Is more profit in feeding stock here than in Illinois or luivu. Tula country is noted tor its flue smooth r < nJi. There bus scarcely oaeu a day m ten "oars buf "hat a good team could drai > a teen n or twcue miles to market. There are eighty-four school districts in the mnty , wherein school is taught by couipe- ut teachers , six months euch year. Sunday boot Is held in nearly all of them , aud in many preaching services. There are two railroads in the county. With the county outofdebt , light taxes , low asseaa- menta , a county warrant is worth one hun dred cents on a dollar , cash , every day In tbo the week. The taxes on a quarter BCfMon are " ' MCCOOK , . . - . la the commercial centre between Hastings. Nebraska , and Denver , Colorado , a distance of 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. Jt is sit uated midway between Omaha and Denver , on the main line of The Great Burlington Route , who have made this a division point for terminal service , where f40.000.00 are dis tributed monthly to the employes of the com pany. At this point the company have at great expense erected a fine brick round house and repair shops , with stalls for thirty engines. Engines becoming disab'cd ' are brought here from u distance of over two hundred miles for their repairs. They have erected a largo two story depot , a freight house and a fine hotel. The city enjoys the benefits of a fine 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 olllce for this district is located here. Thcie are three banks , The First National , Farmers and Merchants , and Citizens ; two loan and trust companies. The McCook Loan und Trust Company , and The Nebiaska Loan and Hanking Co. ; two whole sale liquor houses , Patrick Walsh and A. C. Clyde ; fiowcn & Laycock. have quitea jobbing trade in uoots and shoes. Among our sub stantial general stores are C. L. DeGroff & Co. J. A. Wilcox & Son. Joseph Menard and H. Lawler ; exclusive dry goods. L. Lowman & anu j. Albert Wells : exclusive boots and shoes. IJowen & Luycoekund J. F. Gauschow ; drugstores. L. W. McConnell & Co. , Albert Mc- Millen and Gco. M. Chenery ; grocers , C. M. Noble and M. E. Knipple ; livery stables. Corey & Maddux and Mxit.li & Clark ; lumber and coal. W. C. Bullitnl & < ) . and the Uarnett Lum ber Co. ; jeweloi.o. Fi-jink Ctirrulh & Son and II. P. Sntton ; book stores. McCook Hook & Slat ion ery Co. ; meat marU-ts. . ' . T. Hrewcr. F. P. Wilcox & Co. and f tone & Devitt ; clothing , C. W.Knightsund the Famous Clothing Co. ; hard ware. W.C. i.uTo lire tie. S. M.Cochrun & Co.and T.N.Yonng : Immune. Pade &Son ; cig..r lac to.-ics. .1. H. Dwyer and Joseph Reizuiifitein ; saloons. M. Alibutiulcr.A.C.CIj de and P.Walsh , S. Strasser , am ! several smaller trades people with wellkeptsloresUivechurches.threo news papers. Tribune. Times-Democrat aud True Democrat ; three line ward school buildings ; flve hotels , a one hundred barrel roller mill , two elevators managed by Potter & Easter- day and Doan & Hail who pay the highest price for grain of any city in the Republican 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 ways bring a good price. To those seeking homes , we sny in all can dor. cotn& out and see for yourselves. Our soil and our climate , our prices and our people will compare favorably with any portion of thfc United States , and we cordially invite comparison. Red Willow county has at least 10,000 population , and within the next five years more will have at least double that number. There are flve towns in the county : McCook , Indianola. Bartley , Danbury and Lebanon- There are ten postofflces within the county and a number of country stores , thus afford ing advantages to the farmer that he not otherwise possess. FRUITS. -the soil and climate here are especially adopted to growing apples , peaches , pears , cherries , apricots , strawberries and in hNrt all kinds of small fruits and berries. THE SUGAR BEET. Red Willow county produces the finest sugar beet 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. . aud a sugar factory costing at least 51,500,000 is among the various enterprises which will eventually be ocated at McCook. The profit to the farmer is great , as the land will net him fifteen dollars per acre , after al- Owing his necessary expenses and a fair com pensation being counted in for labor. Come to AlcCook , Red Willow county. She has the best market.the best opening for busi- lesspursuits.and farm lands can be bought at a price that places them within the reach of nil. ler citizens will be glad to show you the city ; and agents will show you fine farms without expense to you. The B. & M. Hotel at the de pot , the Arlington , Commercial and McEntee , urther up town , will take care of you while here. NEBRASKA'S PRE-EMINENCE. It is not too much to say that the geograph- cal position of Nebraska gives it immense ad- antages for agricultural purposes over every ther State and Territory. Lying , as it does , etween parallels of latitude within which the OKN AND WHEAT BELTS OVERLAP EACH OTHER t possesses in a marked degree the advantages njoyed by the regions both north and south fit , without their accompanylngdrawbacks , hilo it also , or at least that portion of it with vhftlPA av > O nrTTT nrknsiAinnrl linn on ffi ntr . 11 IT ar west to have its winters moderated and ut short by the Chinook wind , a warm cur- eist of air blowing eastward from the Pacific Oceau. mitigating the severity of the cold and enabling cattle to winter out-of-doors with comparatively little loss or suffering. vmong the ad vantages enjoyed by Nebraska over the r.'glon lying to the south of it , with the exception of that extreme northern portion tion ot Kansas which immediately adjoins it , are an almost entire freedom both from cy clones and malaria , and ahigher 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 on 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. While the 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 , it occupies in 1601 the fourth place among tbo Corn States. It has passed three of its former rivals in the production of wheat , and has stepped forward to the tenth place in the number and value of its live stock. Since tbo United States Census of 1880 , the population of Nebraska has in creased from 453,402 to 1.058,910 ; the number ot its farmi from 63.387 to 141.107 : the number of lie ilro stock rrom : : .434&uu to 4,803,448 ; and their value from $33.410.265 to 286.023.808. Ita manufactories , which numbered 1.403 in 1881) ) , with products valued at $12.0:27.330 : , have in- creitscd 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 188U85.8o3.017 bushelsImvotunco reached 200.000.000 bushels , and the true valu ation of its rent and i.eisonal property hay risen from SC. i5.1fiU.000 to at least $ l,50t.000UOU. Murvcloi.s as is this showing , it is inudo to stand out in still bolder relief by the Juct Unit not more than one acre 111 four of tinrmililc land i > l the ritute has yet been brought ui..er cullivntion. nor have its various other sonivi" < of wealth been much more thoroughly proven. Koine was not built in a day.nor van Ncbm-i it exceeding in area ilueeol the most prod net i\e kiii dcnis ot Europe combined England. Itol- gium and the NPtliuiIuiifl ? attain the magni- flcent position that awaits her in the hiKier- hood of Slates , except by the slow di-xclop- ment of those vast and varied natural rebour COB uitb which t-he bits been endowed. Nebraska not only lies within the great corn- belt of the country a fact which u large pro portion of intending settlers very properly regard as of paramount importance but it is UY ACTUAL DEMONSTRATION the very llnest portion of that belt. With much of ilscnlti vnble area as yet unbroken , and with a giera er diversity ot farming operations than is to lie found in any other of the newer States 0,1 Territories , it produced in 1883 a corn crop ol 111,217,000 bushels , and under equally favora ble conditions the season of 181)1 ) has seen even this immense crop largely exceeded. A STARTLING COMPARISON. The significance of these statements is.hoiv- ever. enormously heightened by three cir cumstances that cannot be too strongly im pressed upon the public mind. The first is that for the last flve years the corn crops of Nebraska have averaged n larger yield per acre than those of any otherof thcgrcat corn- producing States. Second , that they have averaged a larger number of bushels per cap ita , either of those employed in raising them or oi the entire population of the State , than than those of any other Stale orTerritory.iind most signilleantof all. that a larger percent age of the corn product of Nebraska duung the last live years has been of a merchantable stnndiud than of thai of even the most favor r > il of its riirnls ; thn N. tiriiKloi fnrinnr the highest market price for eighty-three au-i one-half out of every hundred bushels of cor ne raises , while the turmer in Illinois or low ) . for an example , has but sixty-eight bushelsii : every hundred , of a marketable quality. These statements are taken , not from any doubtful source , not even from the usually somewhat extravagant report of State officials , but from the perfectly independent , absolute ly impartial and thoroughly trustworthy re ports of the United States Department of Agriculture. HOW TO GET TO McCOOK. .All parties living on line of Chicago , Burl- puton & Quincy railroad , ( Durlington Route. ) can come toMcL'ook without change of cars. Those living on the Hock Island territory , ; the Chicago. Kock Island and Pacific to ' inlia or St. Joseph , then the B. Jc M. to Mc- ook. Those living on the line of the Chicago , Mil- nkce & St. Paul , take that line to Omaha . the IJ. &M. to McCook. hose living on the line of the Chicago & Alton , take that line to Kansas City , and then the II. & . M. from there to McCook. Those living on the line of the Chicago & Northwestern , take ths * ine to Omaha , and the B. < & . M. to McCook. Those living on line of Wubash , 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 , ' icCOOK , BED WILLOW Co. , NEBR. WHAT THEY SAY. WILLIAM WEYGINT , One of the four first settlers of Red Willow county , lias lived in the county 21 years. He plowed the first furrow in the county. Had but $5 to start on ; with a good sized family. He owns G40 acres of fine land near Box Elder postoflice , about 11 miles north of McCook , Neb. Raised 800 bushels of wheat and 1.700 bushels ot corn , last year , This season he has 100 acres in corn ; 75 acres in wheat ; 30 acres in rye ; 10 acres in oats. His crop is looking magnificent , and he confidently expects to harvest a big crop. Hois a staunch admirer of Nebraska for her soil , climate , farming and stock raising advantages , which he regards as unexcelled in this western country. HENRY GALE , One of Red Willow county's prosperous farmers , arrived hero from Ohio in 1884. He is the owner of ICO acres of land just six miles south of McCook , Neb. , which is well stocked and improved. Ho says that Red Willow county will do its part for any man who will do his ; and is not willing to let go of his pres ent home to hunt a better place , as he thinks ho would not be able to find one. He says that farming here is much easier than in Ohio , and that he gets as much from $10 per acre land as he over raised on $75 an acre land in Ohio. He has 70 acres in crop , this year , and he prospect is that the same will yield him a splendid return for his labor. WILLIAM H. SMITH Lives 7 miles southeast of McCook , Neb. Is the owner of ICO acres , well improved and stocked. Lived in Iowa for years , but prefers Nebraska , where he gets much better returns for his work. Don't understand why any per son stays in Iowa and rents when he can buy n Red Willow county farm for the amount of two years' rent in Iowa ; and will not have to move every year or so. Mr. Smith came here in 1879 , and his farm and belongings arc now valued at $3,000. He thinks that any other farmer can do as well by exercising the same diligence and econom3 * . He regards this as a superior farming and stock raising country. C. P , VILAND. QUICK. NEB. , May 28th , 1892. S. H. Colvin , Dear Sir : In answer to your Inquiry , can say that I have farmed in Fillmore - more county , Minn. , and in Storey county , Iowa , and have now been here eight years , and would rather farm here than in any of the above named places. Last year we raised as much corn to the acre as they do In Iowa or Illinois , and as much wheat , rye. oats and barley to the aero as they do in Minnesota or Dakota. Garden truck equal to any part east of here. Some wheat oc my oldest field went 35 bushels to the acre. This year's crops are about two weeks later than former years , but the prospect for a big crop was never better. This locality is settled mostly with Americans with a German settlement to the west and a few Norwegian families to the south. COLBETf P. VILAXD. HE IS SATISFIED. John F. Helm Came to Nebraska to Stay , and lie is Proud to be Called a Nebraskan , And to Claim Red Willow Comity as His Permanent Home. i-ROSPEROUS FARMER'S ADVICE. A modest tribute from u piaetical farmer , a hl nl agriculturist , is the following liom John F. Helm ol Iti-d Willow , going to prove conclusively the t-plcndid possibilities ot Itcd Willow county soil when tickled and caused to Hinlc by the energetic husbandman : IfEi ) Wit.i.ow. NIII. . Dee. 9th. 1801. S. II. COLVIN. McCook , Nelir. Dear Sir : Your coi respondents of November 1501 h is re- eenuu nun comeiiits nuicu you ivibiiinj- know of my MICCCSS in farming in Nebraska. 1 am proud to say that I live in Nebraska one of the best states in the Union and in Ited Willow county one of the hest counties in the state. I don't wish to boast as to what I have accomplished , norconcerning my finan cial standing ; but having no n.ve to grind , no hobhy to ride. I may safely make a plain state ment of facts : I came from Cincinnati. Ohio , to Kearney , Hull'alo county. Nebraska , in IST5 , moving on a rented farm < .n Wood , river. Farmed two acres of ground with nothing but a hoe and garden rake. I tried to raise a good garden , but tailed the grasshoppers took everything , if it was green. Kver > body was discouraged ; Imt I routed a farm of Ezra lirynnt of I'ougli- koepsie. N. Y. . he then being a bachelor. He furnished me a half section of laud , two teams , chickens , pigs and farming imple ments ; also feed for the teams. Each was to furnish half the seed , but when spring came cm 1 had no money with which to buy my seed. Through John H , Uoe who was the U. land agent at Kearney , Jlr. Uryunt loaned in the money to buy my share of the seed. Mr. Hoe writing up the mortgage on my part of thecrop , if there should bu any. and I was to pay him twenty-live per cent , for the money. I raised a good crop : Two thousand bushels of wheat which I sold at 90 cents per bushel. Itaised ex hundred bushels of barlej ; five hundred bushels of spring rye ; two thousand bushels of corn. The next year I raised three thousand bushels of wheat , selling it at sixty cents a bushel ; two hundred bushels of corn. Had bad luck with three car loads of wheat threshed alter a rain , which heated in tr&usit and were rejected , only thirty cents a bushel being allowed me. Well , Mr. Bryant got mar ried and is now living on the same farm , and is getting rich. 1 moved to Red Willow county in 1879. tak ing a homestead at mouth of Red Willow creek. I came here to stii3I have two hun- and fifty-six acres of land , running water , plenty of timber , bottom land , all level and well improved and stocked. I have it all fenced in seven fields in size from from three to sixty acres in each field ; 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 fruit. Trees are all doing well ; raised a few very fine apples lasiyearand more crab apples than we could use. In the way of improvement I have on this land one house one and a half stories mansions walled up with stone , a kitchen 12xlC feet ; a barn 30x40 feet with a basement : JOx24 walled up twelve feet with stone , all frame and shingled , granery and crib one and a li'ilf stories high and 32x26 feet on the ground ; a 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-nine fattening hogs , eighty-two shoats and pigs , twenty-four horses in all of which six are roadsters , seven Percheron Normans , bal ance common stock ; farming machinery , two farm wagons , one , spring wagon , road cart > grain drill , disk barrow , 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 county for a poor man. Now I don't advocate coming here as I did without anything , for I might try the same course over again and fail. I think a man ought to have from one to two thousand dollars to start witu , and plenty of pluck and willingness to work. I have raised good crops right along , except in 1879.1880. and J890 ; but last year I raised good potatoes , one fourth crop of timothy and prairie hay and about one thousand bushels of com. This year Ked Willow county was awarded the eighth premium at the state fair on farm products , and would have taken THE FIRST PREMIUM U we nau nuti more time in wuicu 10 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 howlers 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 1892 and you will have no occasion to regret it. The outlook for the farmer is encouraging for the next two or three years at least , f rices are now good for all farm products : Wheat sixty-three cents per bushel , corn twenty-five cents , oats twenty-five cents. Think of it ! Wheat this season yielded from fifteen to for ty-five bushels per acre , rye twenty to forty- seven , oats thirty to eighty-five , potatoes one hundred to five hundred. I have been offered forty cents a 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 us 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 raiue. for I am satisfied with Nebraska and I value mine at thirty dollars per acre and don't want to take that. But there is land as good as mine which can be bought at from eight to sixteen dollars per acre in Red Willow county , which is in the market , and now is the accepted time to buy it. it.J. J. F. HELM. J vim OF : im = FOR SALE BY = H. COLVIN , McCOOK. Red Willow County , NEBRASKA. No. 4. 3 > 0 acres. 300 acres good farm laud , 20 acres pasture , 00 acres under cultivation. 8 miles from McCook. 10 acres in trees. Price No. 17. KiO ucres-$1200. 120 acres fine farm land , 40 acres fenced in pasture , good well , 40 acres under cultivation , farm nil fenced. 1 mile from creek with plenty of timber.lt mile from church and school house , 2miles to grist mill. 2 miles topostollice. 7 miles to railroad station. No. 34. 100 acres at SB per acre. $900,8 miles from McCook , good well , 135 acres fine farm land and 25 acres good pasture , 155 acrey under cultivation , 2 miles from timber. No. 35. KiO acres 2 miles from railroad sta tion and 2 miles from creek and timber. ICO acres fine farm laud at 58 per acre § 1280.00. 150 acres under cultivation , 10 acres in trees. Good well and some cheap buildings. Easy payments. No. SO. 160 acres VA miles from McCook , 150 acres flue farm land and 10 acres fine pasture. Lots of timber , large sod house , well and pump. 40 acres pasture. 30 acres under cultiva tion. Price S1GOO. No. 39. 80 acres 7 miles from railroad sta tion. All level land. Price ? 800. No. 47. 100 acres all nice farm land valley land , 5 miles from railroad station. Price siGoo. No. 48. Price S2.000. 1GO acres 5 miles from McCook , all fine farm land , 90 acres under cultivation , good well and fine water , frame house 14x18 ft. with addition 12x22 ft. , good stables and sheds , CO acres in pasture fenced , level road to town and 2 miles to school house and church. Time on part. No. 52. Price 8.000. 3. > C acres of valley land H miles from McCook. all fenced and ' / < mile river front. 100 acres under cultivation , 200 acres of good meadow land.Vi acres or chard. 3 good wells 20 feet deep , peed wind mill , 2-story frame barn 20x40 foot , frame house with G rooms , tame grass meadow , corn cribs , wagon shed and other buildings a tine stock farm. No. GO. 400 acres 7 miles from McCook. ISO . acres under cultivation all fenced. Frame house 18x28-1 } * story , frame barn 18x28-2 story , well and windmill , 3l/2 acres of orchard and 10 acres of grove. Price ? 5000. No. Si. Print ! S9."iO. ICO acres 5 miles from railroad station , 130 acres fine farm land , 30 acres in pasture. 100 acres under cultivation. No. 6C. 480 acres , 400 acres level in one body , 250 acres under cultivation , all fenced and cross fenced , cheap buildings. 12 acres timber mostly ash , some walnut , 100 apple trees- Co bearing. 05 bearing peach trees , 2 wells and windmill , corrals and pasture for hogs 1A mile to church and school house. Price § 4500. No. G7. ICO acres 100 acres under cultiva tion. Price SS per acre. No. 73. 575 acres at $10 per acre all flue bay land C miles from two railroad stations , good 5-room frame house , barns , good well and windmill. All fenced in pasture. Easy terms. No. 74. C40 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. Frame house , 5 rooms. 5 wells , one windmill , running water the year around , quite a num ber of stockshods. SOOacras fenced and cross fenced. Price $13 per acre. No. 75. 100 acres all fine land 0 miles from McCook. Price $1500. No. 78. ICO acres 9 miles from railroad sta tion , 100 acres fine farm land , 55 acres under cultivation. Price ? 1200. No. 79. 80 acres 7 miles from railroad sta tiou , CO acres farm land. Price SCOO. No. 85. 160 acres 4 miles from McCook , ICO acres fine farm land , 18 acres under cultiva tion. Price § 1800. No. 87. 160 acres 6 miles from McCook. 130 acres farm land , 3o acres under cultivation. Price S1GOO. 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 6 miles from rail road station. 16C acres at SO per acre. No. 93. 160 acres 5 miles from McCook , 148 acres fine farm land and 20 acres fine pasture , small house , 25 acres under cultivation. Pi ice S1200. No. 9G. 160 acres 10 miles from railroad sta tion. Price J800. No. 99. 160 acres fine farm land 3 miles to good railroad station , some improvements. Price S1000. No. 100. ICO acres 9 miles from McCook. 10 acres fine farm land , 40 acres fine pasture , cheap improvements , valley land and near timber. Price ? G 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 ? G per acre. No. 102. 160 acres G miles Irom 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 fSOO. Easy pay ments. No. 109. 160 acres. 130 acres fine farm land. Good house , well and windmill , other build ings , pasture fenced ; 4Ji miles from McCook. Price $1400. No. 110. 520 acres 130 acres under cultiva tion , 320 acres all fenced. Surface water and plenty of timber. Frame house 16x28 , sod house 16x28 board roof , frame barn with room forG horses , good shed , well and windmill. 7& miles from McCook. Price $5000. No. 112. ICO acres all plow land 60 broke out. 5 miles from McCook. Price $1700. No. 120. 320 acres all fine farm land , ' l'/- miles south of McCook. Plenty of timber , running , | water. 100 acres in pasture. 100 acres under JJ | cultivation. Two good roomy sod houses , largo stables , frame granary and several out buildings. 3 wells 40 feet deep , good wind mill , good meadow land. On public road and Yi mile to school house and church. Level roads to town. Price § 5000. No. 128. WO acres 9 miles from McCook , 550 acres nice farm land , 90 acres rough , 180 acres under cultivation. Price § 12 per acre. Small payment cash , balance in 1G years at G per ct. No. 129. 160 acres \1A miles from McCook § 1200. Good frame house , well with pump , 60 acres under cultivation , 130 acres line farm land , 30 acres fine pasture. A flue stock farm. This joins No. 85. No. 178. 160 acres , price S1.400. school house on farm , timber and water , 130 acres fine farm laud , 70 acres in pasture , good frame liouse , well and wind mill , henhouse , stabling etc. , 00 acres under cultivation , 6 miles with evel read to McCook. No. 185. ICO acres. 130 acres level land , 30 * acres fine pasture. G miles to railroad town. Price $800. Tim1 } to suit purchaser. No 187. 160 acresl'/ mile to railroad station , 150 acres level land , 10 acres pasture. Price $1,300. Terms to suit purchaser. No. 1SU. ICO acres. 130 acres level farm laud , 50 acres fine pasture , 1 mile to McCook. CO acres under cultivation. Fine orchard , good veil and wind mill , good frame house , five rooms , frame burn and other improvments. Price $3,200. The above list is only a partial one of what I have on my sale book. If you don't find what you want in this list write me for others. These lands can be bought on very easy terms : f * STlfl tn $ ! ftn rMich nml Mm ft. . the balance : gome by paying one-tenth ot purchase price down and one-tenth each year thereafter. Remember , I show any of these lauds 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 any further information , send stamp 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 Arllap ton Hotel. tn t > 1A Of fftrtVl ttlfc r\nrrn unl 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. McClain , August Droll , Mat Droll , J. M. Henderson. Stephen Belles , J. A. Snydcr. John Hataeld , S. P. Hart. James Wright. John Whittaker. H. H. Mitchell. Thomas Putc. J. a. Modrell , Lyman Miller , Jacob Betz , John Calkins. M. H. Cole. G. B. Dimmitt. M. C. Maxwell.V. . A. Phillippi. And to any McCook business man or banker. THE McCOOK MARKET. 2722 ? ? Butter. 3 to IfJ Eggs. . . to2 Potatoes , per bushel 25 to 35 Corn to 33 Oats to * Wheat 32 to 31 Rye to Barley to 2S Flour , per sack 1.10 to IJi Chickens , per dozen to 33 * Ducks , per dozen to 3.0 * Turkeys , per pound to 01 Hogs , per cwt 3.75 to 4".OI Cattle , cows 1.5d to'3.0 . Cattle , steers . 3.00"to t. ; ItdeB , per pound.tgreen ) ' Hay - . . . . ; 4.00 tb'o.fli Alfalfa seed , porbustiel. . ' to 7.rf (