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Southwestern Nebraska.
RED WILLOW COUNTY.
/ / Afs F//ia Laying , Rich , Agricultural Lands---Cheap Homes for All---
At $6.00 io $1.00 an Acre. By
S. II. COLVIN , RED WILLOW Co. , NEB.
This county la located in the southwestern
part of the state , in the southern tier , seventy
miles cast of the Colorado line. It embraces
JG0.800 acres of us flue laying , rich , agricultur
al lands as can be found in the west. The lay
< jf these lands is largely gently sloping , just
enough to luid the surplus water to the draws.
These slopes are miles in extent , and no
where on the western prairies can be lound
more beautiful locutions for fine farms. Large
tracts can be had ull smooth , line land , i-vury
foot tillable , and a rich deep soil. SmTii-ot
theeo slopes are somewhat cut up by can } ons
which give good , natural drainage , and make
xcellent pasture. Some are quite deep , with
: brupt Bides , which form fine natural wind-
ireuks for thu protection of ntock. These canons -
ons vary in width from five to ten rods , and
ho bottoms are covered with a good coat of
mlfalo or blue stem grass.
THE SOIL
is a dark loam. 2 to 5 feet deep , and is capable
of producing large crops. It absorbs nuist-
urc nipidly and retains It near the surface
with ronnrknllG tenacity. Therois no gumbo ,
or hard pan. but a porous subsoil , classified
by geologists as "leoss deposit. " and id pro
ductive to a 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
farmed in IOWH and here , find this soil the
easiest worked and 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.
CHOI'S.
The same kind of erops are grown here that
are raised in Iowa. Good farmers ruiPi ; fifty
to sixty bushels of corn per acre. Wheat " 0
to 40 bushels per aero , some fields a little
more. Hye from 30 to 40 bushels per acre- ;
jurlo.40 . to SO : OUI850 to CO. The gross pro
ceeds of the crop last j car of some fields of
: mll grain on one aero will pay for live ncies
of land ; and many erops on 00 JILT-s will pay
for IGO Hcrcs. Some fit-Ids cultivated but twice
yielded I-O to 70 bushels of corn per acre ,
liroom corn. 0:1111 ; . millet , flux , buckwheat.
uud in fact all Kind * of crops are grown here.
Vegetables art- easily raised , attain a hirgo
size. : iiid are of die best quality. Little lias
yet been done in iho way of experimenting
with tame grasses : some timothy and clover
mvc been sown. Alfalfa takes the lead of all
ame grasses. It is cut three tunes a year and
ields two tons per acre each cutting ,
t is Kreatly relished by stock and preferable
o timothy or clover. Flint trees grow re-
narkubly well , ami some orchards are in bear
ing1. Small fruits do well.
WATER.
We have what is called "sh > et 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 a
depth of ten to thitty feet , while on the di
vides at about SO to 100 feet. Water is clear-
fresh and pure , almost as soft as rain water ,
and tne supply inexhaustible. A well twelve
inches in diameter will supply 200 nead of
stock the year round. Wells are either dug
or bored. The cost of boring and curbing b
forty cents a foot. A well is preferable to run
ning water , as there is no mud or waste land.
THE REPUBLICAN VALLEF ,
noted throughout the United States for its
beauty , runs through the central part of RED
WriAOW COUNTY , while Beaver Creek val
ley , equally beautiful
and fertile , runs
through the southern part. Driftwood , Dry ,
Ash , ' . 'con and Red Willow creeks all empty
into the river in the county. Timber grows
along these streams , where wood can be had
for $1 aloud , and posts for live to seven cents
u piece , split in the timber. As whitenare
.mild and short , it costs but little for fuel.
GUM VI i ? .
The air is pure , light , and free from malaria.
No asthma. Ague niLuowu and nu malarial
disc-uses of any kind here. Thoco suU'ering
\vith throat or lung troubles are entirely
cured or greatly benefllted by coming here.
A prominent phjsiciun , well and favorably
Anutviiin the west , has reuiarued truthfully ,
"Ylie climate 1.1 soutuwctitern Nebraska will
cure half the a.seuses humanity is subject to ,
m.ts : ol the Missouri river. " 'JLe summer
seasons are i ) ig. with nights cool and rcliudh-
i.ig. Spring o ciis cany , and a large ucrcnge
is usually sown to wheat in February. For
teu itrs past , wheat luia I.LTII uo'Vn m rebru-
ary every jear but one , anu the ground in
good- condition lor planting corn by the Una
week in April. Fruut holds off lute. muJlmli.tu
.summer , just thu finest weather IniugiimUIo
tfor picking corn uailduiiig up fall work , lusts
-irotn eight to twelve wtks. Tue fall being
dry , cjru maiuics uud npciio m good shape.
-No soft corn here. The win turd being mild
and short iiulu Iced is required for stock. For
ten i ciifd pusi stock have uoc been led tlaeu
mouths : v year. The prairie is covered princi
pally with buffalo grusa. which cures ou UID
ground ju the fail , mid furnishes a good
supply of ninter pasture , and stoc * feed on it
in the winter. Good tisjef is taken ofT i , . , aj.j
grass until UUristmus. und sometimes in < ob
ruury. Stock is tunica out ou tbe puiiui. uj
.first ot April. The stiowlull is u
, tt. bcii , m
exceeding six lucUts. > , . u ueutilly tuo giuuuu
. -6 bare uud roads Uij aft the winter. Bui
low eioms he if. and they are light , ilui Ol
short iluiuiuiii ; . .here.rc out tew dujs out-
uuor JMOUI cannot tie
pcvior ed coin-
lortably. The ante , dry. sh ii , , iters is a
vriumng point in favor oi : his as a MOCK coun
try. Toree bushels of cum fed hero will pro
duce more flesh loan four fed in the cold ,
Jump climate of Iowa or Illinois , where such
sudueii and severe storms occur Irequently ,
u'lien all the iesh producing properties 01 u.e'
corn are required to supply heat to icpu iho
cold. Take the above advantages of this
country in connection with our .ucup luuds
aud iow taxes , und there Is moru profit iu
feeding stock here than iu Illinois or Iowa.
Tnla country fa uoted lor its flue smooth ruaJs.
Tbere hns scarcely been a day in ten
'ears bu that a good team could draw a teen
n or twctvu miles to market.
There are eighty-four school districts in tbo
tuuty , wlit-rein school Is taught by couipe-
at teachers , six months euch year. Sunday
heel la held in nearly all of them , and la
many preaching services.
There are two railroads in the county. With
tuo county outof debt , light taxes , low assess
ments , a county warrant is worth one hun
dred cents on a dollar , cash , every day io tbe
tuo week. Tbe taxed oa'a quarter eetflon are
K to f 15. '
MCCOOK * * ; . t
IB the commercial centre between Hastings.
Nebraska , and Denver , Colorado , a distance of
nearly four hundred miles , and fs destined to
become a city of great commercial import
ance. It is pleasantly located on an eminence
overlooking the Republican Valley. It is ait-
uatcd 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 bavoatgreat
expense erected a flno brick rouud house and
repair shops , with stalls lor thirty engines.
Engines becoming disub'ed ' are brought hero
from u distance of over two hundred miles for
their repairs. They have erected a largo two
story depot , a freight house and a flno hotel.
The city enjoys the benefits of a flno system
of wuter works. It is on the Holly plan , and
there tire fifteen miles in operation , costing
about 570.000. The city is well lighted by elec
tricity. The U. S. land office for this district
is located here. There are three bunks , The
First National , Farmers and Merchants , and
Citizens ; two loan and trust companies. The
McCook Loan and Trust Company , and The
Nebraska Loan and Banking Co. ; two whole
sale liquor houses , Patrick Walsh and A. C.
Clyde ; Bowcn & Laycoek. have quitea jobbing
trade iu boots and shoes. Among our sub
stantial general stores are C. L. DeGroff & Co.
J. A. WJIcox & Son , Joseph Menard and H.
Lawler ; exclusive dry goods. L. Lowmun &
Ron and J.Albert Wells ; exclusive boots and
shoes , Bowcn & Laycoek and J. F. Ganschow ;
drugstores. L. W. McConnell & Co. , Albert Mc-
Millen and Geo. M. Chenery ; grocers. C. M.
Noble and M.E. Knipple ; livery stablesCorey
& Maddux und Miush & Clark ; lumber and
coal. W. c. Bullanl & Co. and the Uarnett Lum
ber Co. ; jewelers. Frank Carruth & Son und II.
P. Sutton ; book stores. McCook Book & Station
ery Co. ; meat markets. C. T. Brewer , F. S.
Wjicox & Co. and Stone & Dovill ; clothing , C.
W.Knightsand tin- Famous Clothing Co. ; hard
ware. W.C. uiTouiuitu. S. M.Cochnui & Co.and
T. N.Young : tiiniituie , 1'ade & Son ; cigar fuc
tories , J. II. Dwyt-r and Joseph Kei/.eiiRteiii ;
saloons. M. Alibiilmler. A.C.Clyde und P.Wulbh ,
S. StraBtJcr , and several smaller trades people
with wellkeptsiorcBuvechurches.three news-
papcis. Tribune , Times-Democrat and True
Democrat ; three line ward school buildings ;
five hotels , a one hundred barrel roller mill ,
two elevators managed by Potter & Easter-
day and Doan < te Hart who pay the highest
price for grain of any city iu the Republican
Valley.
The business men of McCook have earned
forthe city the reputation of being the best
commercial city .in Southwestern Nebraska ,
aud all kinds of produce und vegetables al
ways bring a good price.
To those seeking homes , we say in all can
dor , come out and see for yourselves. Our
soil and our climate , our prices and our people
will compare favorably with any portion of
the United States , and we cordially invite
comparison. Red Willow county has at least
10,000 population , and within the next five
yearn more will have at least double that
namber.
There are live towns in the county : McCoolr ,
Indianola. Bartley. Danbury and Lebanon-
There are ten postoffices within the county
and a number of country stores , thus affordIng -
Ing advantages to the farmer that he wouU
not otnerw ! ' ' possess.
FHUlTg.
The soil and climate here are especially
adopted to growing apples , peaches , pears ,
cherries , apricots , strawberries and in b .rt
all kinds of small fruits and berries.
THE SUGAR BEET.
Red Willow county produces the finest sugar
bec-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 a sugar
factory costing at least 51,500,000 is among the
various enterprises whicn will eventually bo
located at McCook.
The profit to the farmer is great , as the land
net him fifteen dollars per acre , after al
lowing his necessary expenses and a fair com
pensation being counted in for labor.
Come to McCook , Red Willow county. She
has the best market.the best opening for busi
ness pursuits.and farm lands can be bought nt
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 and McEntee ,
further up town , will take care of you while
here.
NEBRASKA'S PRE-EMINENCE.
It is not too much to say that the geograph
ical position of Nebraska gives it immense ad
vantages for agricultural purposes over every
other State and Territory. Lying , ns it does ,
between parallels of latitude within which the
COKN AND WHEAT BELTS OVERLAP KACH OTIIEIi
it possesses in u marked degree the advantages
enjoyed by tbe regions both north and south
of it , without their accompanyiugdrawbacks ,
while it also , or at least that portion of it with
which wo are now concerned , lies sufficiently
far west to have its winters moderated and
cut short by the Chinook wind , n 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 theadvantngesenjoyedby Nebraska
ovrther.'gion lying to the south of it , with
the exception of that extreme northern portion
tion ol Kansas which immediately adjoins it.1
are an almost entire freedom both from cr-
clonesand malaria , and a higher average yield
per acre of nearly evcryimportantcrop 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 flrst killing
frost in the fall being on an average seven
weeks longer in Central Nebraska than in
Central Dakota , and eight weeka longer than
in Northern Minnesota or Northern Dakota ,
according to the annual reports of the United
States Signal Service.
While the Census ot 1880 found Nebraska
standing eighth in the production of corn ,
twelfth in tbe production of wheat , and fif
teenth In number of cattle , it occupies in 18'Jl
the fourth place among the Corn States. It
has passed three of ita former rivals in the
production ot wheat , and has stepped forward
to the tenth place In the number and value of
its live stock. Since the United States Census
of 1880x tbo population of Nebraska bas In-
creaBod'from 432,103 to 1.058,910 ; tbe number ol
its farms from 63.387 to 141.107 : the number of
.V , .W .
ita tire stock rrom s,4S4,5W to 4,883,448 ; and
their value from $33.440.265 to 186.033,808. Ita
manufactories , which numbered 1,403 in 1880 ,
with products valued at 112,027,330 , 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 1880 85.853,017 bushels , have since
reached 200.000,000 bushels , and the true valu
ation of its real and personal property has
risen from $055.100.000 to at least $1,500,000.000.
Marvelous as is this showing- is made to
stand out in still bolder relief by the fact t hut
not more than one acre in four of the nralilo
land of the State lias yet been brought uinlur
cultivation , nor have its various other sources
of wealth been much more thoroughly proven.
Home was not built in a day.norcun Nebraska
exceeding in area three of the most productive
kingdoms of Europe combined England , Hcl-
gium and the Netherlands attain the magni
ficent position that awaits her in the sister
hood of States , except by the slow develop
ment of those vast and varied natural resour
ces with which she has been endowed.
Nebraska not only lies within the great corn-
belt of tbo country a fact which a large pro
portion of intending settlers very properly
regard us of paramount importance but it is
BY ACTUAL DKMONSTIIATION the Very HlieSt
portion of that bolt. With much of its culti
vable area as yet unbroken , and with a gieat
er diversity of fanning operations than is to
ue found in any other of the newer Suites or
Territories , it produced in 1883 a corn crop ol
144,217.000 bushels , and under equally favora
ble conditions the season ol 18 ! ) 1 has seen even
this immense crop largely exceeded.
A STARTLING COA'l'AKISON.
The significance of these statements is.bow-
over , enormously heightened by three cir
cumstances that cannot be too strongly Im
pressed upon the public mind. The first is
that for the last live years the corn crops of
Nebraska have averaged a larger yield per
acre than those of any other of the great corn-
producing States. Secoud. that they have
averaged a larger number of bushels per cap
ita , either of those employed in raising them
or of the entire population of the State , than
than those of any other State orTerritory.und
most significant of nil. that a larger percent
age of the corn product of Nebraska during
the last five years lias been of a merchantable
Stunduid than of thai of even the most favor
ed of its rivals ; the .N jbraska farmer getting
the highest market price for eighty-three an-J
one-half out of every hundred bushels of cor' ,
ae raises , while the farmer in Illinois or Iowi >
for an example , has but sixty-eight bushels.in
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-
nuton & Quincy railroad , ( Burlington Route , )
I'an come toMcCook without change of cars.
Ttiose living on the Rock Island territory.
-ilco the Chicago , Rock Island and Pacific to
Omaha or St. Joseph , then the B. & M. to Mc-
'ook.
Those living on the hue of the Chicago , Mil-
uikee & St. Paul , take that line to Umaha
t the B. & M. loMcCook.
Yhose jiving on the line of the Chicago &
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 ths * , ine to Omaha , and
the B. & . M. to McCook.
Those living on line ol' Wabash , take that
line to either Omaha or Kansas City , theu over
the B. & . M. to McCook.
Be sure your ticket reads MCCOOK , NEB.
J39 Call and see or write for price list to
S. H. COLVIN ,
McCOOK , RED WILLOW Co. , NE3R.
WHAT THEY SAY.
WILLIAM WEYGINT ,
One of the four first settlers of Red Willow
county , has lived in the county 21 years. He
plowed the first furrow in the county. Hud
but § 5 to start on ; with a good sized family.
He owns G40 acres of fine land near Box Elder
postofiice , 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 : 16 acres in oats. His crop is looking
magnificent , and he confidently expects to
harvest a big crop. He is a staunch admirer
of Nebraska for her soil , climate , farming and
stock raising advantages , which ho 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 160 acres of land just six miles
south of McCook , Neb. , which is well stocked
and improved. He 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 homo to hunt a better place , as ho thinks
he would not be able to find one. Ho says
that farming here is much easier than in Ohio ,
and that he gets as much from $10 per acre
land as bo ever raised on $75 an acre land in
Ohio. He hns 70 acres in crop , this year , and
the 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 160 acres , well improved and
\
HE IS SATISFIED.
John F. Helm Came to Nebraska to
Stay , and He is Proud to be
Called a Nebraskan ,
And to Claim Red Willow county
as His Permanent Home.
PROSPEROUS FARMER'S ADVICE.
A modest tribute from a practical farmer , a
successful agriculturist , is the following from
John F. Helm of Red Willow , going to prove
conclusively the splendid possibilities of Red
Willow county soil when tickled and caused
to smile by the energetic husbandman :
RED WILLOW , NEIJ. . Dee. 9th. 1891.
S. H. COLVIN. McCook. Nebr. Dear Sir :
Your correspondence of November 150th is re
ceived and contents noted you wishing to
know of my success in farming in Nebraska.
I am proud to say that I live in Nebraska one
of the best states in the Union und in Red
Willow county one of the best counties in
the state. 1 don't wish to boast as to what I
have accomplished , nor concerning my finan
cial standing ; but having no axe to grind , no
hobby to ride. I may safely make a plain state
ment of facts :
I came from Cincinnati. Ohio , to Kearney ,
Buffalo county , Nebraska , in 1875 , moving on
n rented farm on Wood river. Farmed two
acres of ground with nothing but a hoe and
garden rake. I tried to raise a good garden ,
but failed the grasshoppers took everything ,
if it was gieen. Everybody was discouraged ;
but I routed a farm of Ezra Bryant of Pough-
keepsie. N. Y. , he then being a bachelor. He
furnished me a half section of land , two
teams , chickens , pigs and farming imple
ments ; also feed for the teams. Each was to
furnish half the seed , but when spring came
on I had no money with which to buy my
seed. Through John H , Roe who was the U.
laud agent at Kearney , Mr , Uryunt loaned me
the moni-v to buy my share of the seed. Mr.
Roe writing up the mortgage on my part of
the crop , if there should beany , and I was to
pay him twenty-five per cent , for the money.
I raised a good crop : Two thousand bushels
of wheat which I sold at 00 cents per bushel.
Raised six hundred bushels of barlev : live
hundred bushels of spring rye ; two thousand
bushels of corn. The next year 1 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 after a rain , which heated in transit
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 , und
is getting rich.
1 moved to Red Willow county in 187'J. tak
ing a homestead at mouth of Red Willow
creek. I enmi here to stay. I have two hun-
iind fifty-six acres of land , running water ,
plenty of timber , bottom lauJ , 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-
1'alfawith a six wire hog fence around the
same ; 8 acres of orchard consisting of apple ,
cherry , plum , pears , russiau apricots , crab
apple trees , besides some small Iruit. Trees
are all doing well ; raised a few very fine apples
last year nud more crab apples than we could
use. In the way of improvement I have on
tliis 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 aOx4G feet with a basement
30x24 walled up twelve feet with stone , all
frame and shingled , granery and crib one and
a halt stories high and 3Jx20 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 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 placp like Red Willow
county for a poor mau. 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 with , and
plenty of pluck and willingness to work , i
have raised good crops right along , except in
1879.1880. and 1890 ; 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 , and would have taken
THE FIRST PREMIUM
if we had had more time in which to prepare
our exhibit. It was , too. our flrst 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 , i'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-fivo 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 iu 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 nt thirty dollars per acre
and don't want to take that. But theie 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. HKLM.
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= FOR SALE BY =
L H. COLVIN ,
McCOOK , Red Willow County , NEBRASKA.
No. 4. IJiO acres , : > 00 acres good farm land ,
20 acres pasture , IX ) acres under cultivation. 8
miles from McCook. 10 acres in trees. Price
* 2TiOO.
No. 17. 100 acres - < 1200. 120 acres line farm
land , 40 acres fenced in pasture , good well ,
40 acres under cultivation , farm all fenced , 1
mile from creek with plenty of timber.l2 inilo
from church and school house , 2 miles to grist
mill , 2 miles topostoflicc , 7 miles to railroad
station.
No. 31. 100 acres at SO per acre , ? ! iV,8 ( miles
from McCook , good well , lo."i acres fine farm
land and 25 acres good pasture , 35 acre : ? under
cultivatiou , 2 miles from timber.
No. 35. ICO acres 2 miles from railroad sta
tion and 2 miles from creek and timber.
ICO acres fine level farm land ut § 1400.00.
150 acres under cultivation , 10 acres in trees.
Good well and some cheap buildings. Easy
payments.
No. 39. 80 acres 1 mile from railroad station
and 1 mile from school house. All level laud.
Price § 800.
No. 47. 1GO acres all nice farm land valley
land , 5 miles from railroad station ; Vi mile to
church and school house. Price § 1000.
No. 48. Price $2,000. ICO acres 5 miles from
McCook , ull fine farm land. 90 acres under cul
tivation , good well , windmill and fine water ,
frame house 14x18 ft. with addition 12x22. good
stables and sheds , GO acres in pasture fenced.
level road to town and 2 mi'os ' to school house
and church. Time on part.
No. 52. Price § 8.000. 350 acres of valley
land 2 miles from McCook , all fenced and ' /
mile river front. 100 acres under cultivatiou ,
200 acres of good meadow land , 2/ acres or
chard. 3 good wells 20 feet deep , good wind
mill , 2-story frame barn 20x40 feet , frame
house with (5 ( rooms , tame grass meadow , corn
cribs , wagon ghed and other buildings a fine
stock farm.
No. CO. 400 acres 7 miles from McCook. 180
acres under cultivation all fenced. Frame
house 18x28-1 frame barn 18x28-2
- story , - story ,
well and windmill , ! ! & acres of orchard and 10
acres of grove. Price § 5000.
No. 05. Price § 950. ICO acres 5 miles from
railroad station , 130 acres fine farm land , 30
acres in pasture. 100 acres under cultivation.
No. CC. 480 acres , 400 acres level in one body ,
250 acres under cultivation , all fenced und
cross fenced , cheap buildings. 12 acres timber
mostly ash , some walnut , 100 apple trees-
CD bearing , 05 bearing peach trees , 2 wells and
windmill , corrals und pasture for hogs 5
mile to church and school house. Price § 4500.
No. 71. ICO acres , Wz miles from McCook ;
130 acres fine farm land , 30 acres line pasture ,
75 acres under cultivation and in crops ; fine
well and windmill , a few trees and good cheap
buildings. Price § 1200.
No. 73. 575 acres at § 10 per acre all fine hay
land G 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 ,
500 acres level upland , 70 acres timber bottom
land , 350 acres iu 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 stocksheds , 300 ucrcs fenced and cross
fenced. Price $13 per acre.
No. 85. 1GO acres 4i ! miles from McCook , ICO
acres fine farm land , 18 acres under cultiva
tion. Price § 1800.
No. 87. ICO acres G miles from McCook. 130
acres farm land , 35 acres under cultivation.
Price § 1600.
No. 01. 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 G miles from rail
road station. ICC acres at § 6 per acre.
No. 9G. 1GO acres 10 miles from railroad sta
tion. Price § 800.
No. 102. IGO acres G miles from 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. SO 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 § 800. Easy pay
ments.
No. 109. ICO acres , 130 acres line farm land.
Good house , well and windmill , other build
ings , pasture fenced ; 4'i 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 10x28 , sod
bouse 16x28 board roof , frame barn with room
for 6 horses , good shed , well and windmill.
miles from McCook. Price § 5000.
No. 120. 320 acres all fine farm land 3i ! miles
south of McCook. Plenty of timber , running
water. 100 acres in pasture. 100 acres under
cultivation. 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
roads to town. Price § 5000.
No. 129. 160 acres 4'i 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. 185. 160 acres , 130 acres level land , 30
acres fine pasture. G miles to railroad town.
Price ? SOO. Tinn to suit purchaser.
No 187. IGO acres.li-j mile to railroad station.
150 acres level land. 10 acres'pasture. Price
$1,30" . Tvrms to suit purchnser.-
I
No. 189. IGO acres. 130 acres level farm land ,
30 acres line pasture. I mlle to McCook. GO
acres under cultivation. Kino orchard , good \ [
well and wind mill , good frame house , tlvo
rooms , frnmo barn and other improvmeuts.
Price $3.200.
No. 198. 160 acres 5 miles from McCook ; 120
acres fine farm land. 40 acres fine pasture ,
30 acres under cultivation , good comfortable
house , school house on adjoining land. $1260.
The above list is only u partial one of what I ,
have on my sale book. I f you don't find what '
you want in this list write mo for others. ,
These lands can be bought on very easy terms :
some by paying § 200 to § 300 cash und time On
the balance : some by paying one-tenth ot
purchase price down and one-tenth each year
thereafter. Remember , I show any of these f
lands Free of Charge. Many of these farms i
join each other und 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. II. COLVIN ,
McCOOK ,
Red Willow County , Nebraska.
One block north of Depot , oppceit- Arling
ton Hotel.
Present Crop Prospect
BY A FARMER.
VALLEY GIIANOE. NEH. . June30.1892.
EIJITOK OF MCCOOK TIUBUNE. McCook.Ncb. i.
!
Dear Sir : Believing that a few words from a
farmer as to tbe present crop prospect would
be of interest to many of your readers , with
your permission I will say that the present
outlook for crops never was bolter to my
knowledge this time of the year. The ground
after our lust heavy ruin is in excellent condi
tion for pushing grain upward. Rye has now
reached a heighth of from 5 to 7 feet and still
growing , is well filled und premises a yield of It t
25 to 35 bushels per acre. Wheat is now filling Ii
nicely and is from 3 to 4 feet high and will i ,1
yield from 15 to 25 bushels per acre. Corn is
from 2 to 4 feet high and rapidly reaching
upward. Small grain harvest will begin by
July 4th and will be rapidly pushed forward.
Their being a far larger acreage in now than 1
any former year. }
Garden vegetables and small fruits are now i
iu their prime. Each farmer has in from 40 to
GO acres of corn and 50 to 100 acres of small
grain , and the yield from products this year
in Red Willow county will be so great that n
choice farm will no longer bo bought at SG.OO
to § 10.00 per acre , and the eastern farmer who
comes now and secures a home will surely
realize a large increase in the value of his
farm in the next six months.
I am satisfied that there are many farmers
throughout the east who are paying as much
rent in two years to pay for a farm here , and
if they could once see our country and know
the facts they would come and buy at once.
Thanking you for the use of your columns ,
i remain. Very Respectfully Yours ,
W. S. FITCH.
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 Belles , J. A. Snydcr.
John Hattleld , S. P. Hart.
James Wright , John Whittaker.
H. H. Mitchell. Thomas Pate.
J. a. Modrell. Lyman Miller ,
Jacob Betz. John Calkins.
M. H. Cole. G. B. Dimmitt.
M. C. Maxwell , A. A. Phillippi ,
And to any McCook business man or banker.
THE McCOOK MARKET.
C322S:72D S722T FSCiT.
Butter S to 10
Eggs to 1254
Potatoes , per bushel 25 to 35
Corn to 82
Oats to 2
Wheat 52 to
Rye to
Barley to 20
Flour , per sack 1.10 to 1.5C
Chickens , per dozen to 3.
Ducks , per dozen to 3.0C
Turkeys , per pound to CT
Hogs , per cwt 3.75 to 4.C
Cattle , cows 1 0 to 3.0
Cattle , steers SJDO'to 8.53
Hides , petpound'ffreen ( ) to
'
Hay . . ' 4.00 to 5.O
AI fa I fa eceiJ. 'per bushel to 7.C *