L.W.M’CON NELL SCO. WALUliPAPERj PAINTS, BRUSHES, Al ABASTINE. LW. M’CONN ELL & CO. Takejyour old rags to the McCook Pro duce Company. To Our Advertisers. You are entitled to have your display advertisements changed once a month at the regular price. Changes more frequent will be charged extra accord ing to the amount of composition. Local advertisements may be changed every week at usual price. Copy for new advertisements and for changes of regular advertisements must be in this office by Wednesday of each week to insure prompt insertion. Notice of discontinuance of any dis- j play advertisement must be given not later than Wednesday. Local adver tisements may be discontinued at any time before Thursday evening. A strict observance of these necessary rules is respectfully requested. The Publisher. January 1, 1893. Of Interest to Farmers. If you want to renew a loan falling due and make a new one on your farm patronize the Nebraska Loan and Bank ing Co. of McCook, a home institution. Office in rear rooms of 1st National bank. Interest payable in McCook. Wanted.—A (lining room girl at tlie Com mercial Hotel. The burning question with house wives of all lands, all creeds, and all ages is: “Which is the best Cooking Stove?” S. M. Cochran & Co. answer this question today by proclaiming the “Charter Oak Stoves” to be the best in every conceivable shape. Money to Loan at 9 per Cent. On first class McCook or Rad Willow county real estate. Send me your ap plications. H. G. Dixon, Kennett Square, Penna. Horses for Sa/e. Wayson & Penny keep horses for sale at their livery barn opposite the Cen tral hotel. Hay! Hay! Best blue stem bulk or baled. This - hay was cut early. Leave orders at B. & M. meat market. F. S. AVilcox. Dr. A. J. Thomas, Dentist, office in Union block, over Knipple. If you want lire or tornado insurance in Reliable Companies, call on C. J. Ryan. Best Refrigerators in the city at Pacle & Son’s. The .Call Leads the Procession. We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of The Call in another column. Since its reduction in price Thfe Call is the cheapest daily in Nebraska, and its spicy and independent policy is too well known to need comment from us. In reduc ing the price of The Call so as to put it within the reach of everybody, the management have placed themselves a decided step in advance of all other publishers in the state. This is an era of popular prices for the newspaper, and The Call is, as usual, at the head of the procession. Put your $ $ $ where they will do the most good, where they will secure the best and the most groceries for in stance. You will make no mistake if Noble’s is the place of deposit. He gives the limit in quantity, quality and value, and his stock cannot be duplicat ed in Western Nebraska. Make Noble your family grocer and many other blessings will fall to your lot, besides having the best groceries on your table that the market affords. Residence property for sale in all parts of the city by C. J. Ryan. You will never know how far your dollar will go until you buy your gro ceries at Knipple’s. It will surprise you! You get a Seaside Library free with a year’s subscription to The Semi Weekly Journal. The offer will not last long. Noble, the leading grocer, makes a specialty of fresh, clean family grocer ies. He will treat you right. Wayson & Penny can fixyou up com fortably and stylishly in any thing you may desire in the livery line. Noble carries a large and complete stock of the best brands of canned goods of all kinds. If you are thinking of buying a set of new dishes call to see Knipple’s stock and get his prices. No better farm wagon on wheels than the Charter Oak sold by S. M. Cochran & Co. Cash paid for rags by the McCook Pro duce Company. Wall Paper. ;eee===^ Artists’ Material. A. MCMILLEN, Druggist. H. & M. Guaranteed Mixed ...Paint... Paints, Oils and Glass. % A car-load of furni niture—direct from the manufacturers just received by Pade & Son. p Quality Up—Prices Down! Knipple excels in the quality of the flour he keeps in stock, and in the re markably low prices at which he is sell ing. Think of it! Fancy patent flour at.$1.25 Snowflake flour at.85 And remember that he warrants every sack. At the old stand in the Cole brick. Beware of peddlers. Call and in spect the Household sewing machine sold by S. M. Cochran & Co. before buying a machine. There is no better on earth. Give your orders for 84 Patent, Lion and Legal Tender, also Wauneta High Patent,White Fawn and Pride of Wau neta flour to Hugh Thompson, the oil man. Patronize H. Thompson & Co., deal ers in flour and feed of all kinds, west Dennison street, on the corner north of McEntee Hotel. IN QUEENS WARE Noble carries the largest assortment and the richest designs of the season. His prices are reasonable. Remember 1G cabinet photos given for every dozen ordered until May UOth. Four cabinet photos free at the Smart gallery. 91 High patent flour $1.10 per sack. B. & ML Flour and Feed Store, All elegant stock of sideboards just re ceived by Fade &Son. McMillen Bros, carry the best and most complete stock of Harness and Saddlery in the city. Call to see them if you want a good article in their line at a reasonable price. When you need flour, feed, garden and field seeds go to the Old Reliable B. & M. Store. McCook Commission Company. J. C. Russell is prepared to do cast rating promptly. Satisfaction guaran teed. Send orders through McCook postoffice. S. M. Cochran & Co. have an im mense stock of farm implements on hand. See them before buying else where. Knipple leads them all when it comes to selling a fine patent flour cheap. Try him once and you will be convinced. Remember that S. M. Cochran & Co. now carry in stock a full and complete stock of builders’ hardware supplies. Noble is the only exclusive grocer in the city. His stock is the largest and his prices correspond with the times. McMillen Bros, have a nice lot of Lap Robes they will sell at greatly reduced prices. Splendid bargains in these. You can buy more goods at Knipple’s for One (1$) Dollar than you can any where else in the city of McCook. _5_ We guarantee our flour to give satis faction and at prices that defy competi tion. McCook Commission Co. If you want a well drilled in fine shape see McClain & Co. Leave or ders at S. M. Cochran & Co.’s. S. M. Cochran & Co. carry a large line of buggies in stock. See them if you want a good vehicle cheap. Why buy foreign flour when home made flour is cheapest. B. & M. Flour Store. Do you know that Knipple pays the highest market price for butter and eggs- f _ Seventeen pounds of Granulated Sugar for One (1$) Dollar at Knipple’s. You can buy a sack of flour for 75 cents at the B. & M. Flour Store. S. M. Cochran & Co. can sell you a bicycle very cheap. See them. Predmore Bros, keep the best cylin der oil in McCook. Machine oil of all kinds at Predmore Bros. E5F”Groceries at Nobles’. Wanted by the McCook Produce Co. BOX ELDER REVIEW. Everyone is busy planting corn and making garden. We understand that Mr. Daniel Doyle is going^o build anew house soon. The barn on Mr. King’s place is completed and the house is progressing finely. The fall grain is looking well, espe cially that which was put in with a press drill. Last year there were 1,500 bushels of onions raised in Box Elder, this year with an equally good crop there will be over two thousand bushels. We understand that the Tear Bros, who have rented the farms of Messrs. Dole and Bogle are planting 290 acres of corn besides putting in about 80 acres of small grain. Mr. Brower had just put his wells and pump in working order and began irrigating his garden one afternoon, but that night the windows of heaven were opened and the irrigation process pro ceeded from the clouds. Mr. Sexson’s have moved from their farm here to their place near Red Wil low. Their residence among us during the past five years has been marked by many plesant social events, and it is with feeling of profound regret that we witness their departure. THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE Looking After the Alum and Ammonia Baking Powders. [Chicago Inter-Oeean.l A bill for an act, entitled “An Act to Regulate the Traffic in Baking Pow der,” has been introduced in the Legis lature at Springfield, by Mr. Nohe. The bill is intended to prevent the adulterations of baking powders with Ammonia or Alum, imposing proper penalties to enforce the law, etc. This shows an earnest desire on the part of our representative to protect their con stituents. The Chicago Tribune, referring to the question of legislation on Alum and Ammonia baking powder,says: “It deals in a direct manner with an evil that must be cut down.” “Following is a partial list of the brands sold in this state that have been examined and found to contain either Ammonia or Alum. Many of the Alum and Ammonia powders arc labeled and advertised as absolutely pure to mislead the public: “Calumet,” “Grant’s Bon Bon,” “Hotel,” “Taylor’s One Spoon,” “Forest City,’'“Chicago Yeast,’’“Clim ax,” “Monarch,” “Rocket,” “Standard," “Mokaska,” “Town Talk,” “Manhat tan,’’“K. C.,’’ “Loyal.” In addition to the above list there is a multitude of brands sold with a prize. It is safe to reject all baking powders sold with a prize, as the tests show they are composed largely of alum and cost but a few cents per pound, or less; it is sure to contain alum. Surely nothing but their cheapness could induce the public to experiment with these impure powders at the risk of health or the wholesomeness of these condemned powders, and viewed from the standpoint of economy alone, a pure grape cream of tarter baking powder like “Dr. Price’s,” from its greater known strength and unquestionable purity, will prove more economical to the user. A state and national paper combined is The Semi-Weekly Journal. The Tribune is your best local paper. Subscribe for these and you are fixed for a year. Both for $2.50. B3F”Noble, Purveyor to tne Great Common People, is now exhibiting about the handsomest and largest as sortment of plain and fancy lamps to be seen in Southwestern Nebraska. J. E. Kelley, Attorney. McCook, Neb. Publication Notice. In the district court of Red Willow county. Nebraska. J. L. Moore, trustee, plaintiff, vs. Sarah E. Gerver, Lizzie Coleman, Wilson Cole man. her husband, Emma Fuller.William Ful ler, her husband, Dellie Hanlein and Henry Hanlein, her husband. May Gerver, Minnie Gerver, Sarah Allen and William Allen, her husband, and Wesley Gerver, defendants. To Wilson Coleman. Lizzie Coleman, Henry Hanlein. Dellie Hanlein and William Fuller, non-resident defendants. You will take notice that on the 8th day of May A. D. 1893, J. L. Moore, trustee, plaintiff, filed his petition in the district court of Red Willow county. Nebraska, the object and prayerof which is to foreclose a certain mort gage executed by James S. Gerver and Sarah E. Gerver to the Dakota Mortgage Loan Cor Eoration, and duly assigned to the plaintiff erein, upon the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 25. township 1, north of range 30. west of the 6th P, M., in Red Willow county, Nebraska; said mortgage be ing dated April first, 1888, and due April first. 1893. upon which there is now due the sum of f199.80, and interest thereon at the rate of ten per centum per annum from May first, 1893. Plaintiff prays for a decree of foreclosure and sale of said premises; that the defendants be foreclosed and barred of all title, lien or other interests in said premises, and for deficiency judgment and equitable relief. You are re quired to answer said petition on or before Monday, the 3rd day of July, 1893. Dated JMay 8th, 1893. J. L. MOORE, Trustee, Plaintiff. By J. E. Kelley, his attorney. First publication May 19,1893.-4ts. Primitive Western Houses. One of the first needs of ;i settler in anew country is a house. This, it often happens, he constructs himself, and as a few indispensable household goods and at most a few hundred dollars com prise his entire possessions, it must he built as quickly and as cheaply as pos sible. Under these circumstances the first buildings erected are neither preten tious nor commodious , Usually they contain but one room, and that is often a small one. They arc constructed of the cheapest lumber procurable, have one or two windows and a door, and the owner considers himself fortunate if he can afford a shingle roof. Sometimes roof iyid sides are sheathed with tar paper which wind and rain soon pene trate. Or the sides may be ‘‘weather boarded,” and the rool shingled. This is b^ no means a permanent residence. Often it is wanted only for the few months the settler is required by government to live upon the land in order to own it. In the case of a per manent resident, it suffices until time and money permit the construction of a more comfortable dwelling. Sod is used as a building materal in the West. Strips are ploughed in a spot thickly clothed with short grass. These strips are of a uniform thickness of three inches and of a breadth of about ten inches. When cut into pieces of a con venient length they are ready to be built like bricks into walls. Sometimes the sod is piled around an ordinary frame house, but the wall often consists only of sod, without other support. Owing to the nature of material, the walls must be very thick, and for this reason sod makes a warm house. The roof may be of shingles or it may be of rough boards covered with a few inches of earth and sod. Houses built in this munnerare agood protection from wind and weather when new, but they soon become comfortless enough. The soil is washed away from window and door frames, leaving holes through which the rain pours in summer and snow drifts in winter. A few sod houses that are still occupied were built twenty years ago. Some of them are plastered on the outside and these re semble stone houses very closely at a short distance. This external plastering serves the double purpose of improving the appearance of the house and of pro tecting it from rain and frost. Many however, are unplastered either inside or out, and every rain washes some soil from the walls, until in a lew years they are levelled to the prairie. The dugout is frequently seen. For its location a steep hill-side is best suited. It consists essentially of a hole dug in the ground, and is as lowly as an ant-hill or the home of the prairie-dog. The hill itself usually forms three sides of the house, while the fourth may be sod or lumber. In the fourth side are all the doors and windows the house contains. The roof is formed by laying beams or poles from wall to wall, and covering these with a layer of straw and earth. Sometimesa frame-work is built within this hole, to keep the walls from tumbl ing in upou the occupants, and a floor is added; but these improvements are not always necessary. The inmates of these houses do not fear the fiercest winds that sweep across the prairie. There is still another kind of house that is peculiar to the West. This is half frame and half dugout. A hole is dug in the ground to the depth of two feet or more, and of the desired size. Over this a frame house is constructed to the hight of four feet. Two or three half length windows are put in the sides, steps are made leading down to the floor, the earth taken from the hole is banked outside almost to the eaves, and the house is complete. It not infrequently happens that the rattlesnake seeks the worrnth of the Western fireside. The little striped ground-squirrel digs dirough the walls, centipedes creep in at every crack, and the field-mouse is a source of much an noyance. But all these are little ex periences which the pioneer expected to encounter when he came to civilize this new country, and he endures them uncomplainingly in anticipation of fut ure prosperity. i - Call and see Marcellus, the new pho tographer. All pictures made with the beautiful celluloid water proof finish— no extra charge—at the Smart photo graph gallery. Don’t build a fence around your property until you have seen and priced that woven wire fencing at S. M. Cochran & Co.’s. Nothing cheaper, neater or better. COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS. ^ County Ci.kiik’n Ofkioic. t indiamila. Neb., May 10, lson. j Hoard of county commissioners met pur suant lo adjournment. Present 8. 8. Graham and Samuel Young, commissioners and Geo. \V. 1 to per, clerk. Minutes of previous meet ing read and approved. j On motion the following claims were andr ed and allowed: State Journal Co., stationery for Co.. ^ A. J. Hand, mdse, for jail. ™ George Young, work on brid-.-s. { Adjourned to meet May 11, 1893. May 11th, 1893. Hoard of commissioners met pursuant to adjournment. Full board present. On motion M. Fossen was appointed over seer Dist. No. 33. The following claims were audited and al lowed: J.C.Oakley, hoard and care E.G.Smith,® G 00 8. S. Graham, service commissioner,.. S 70 Samuel Young, service commissioner,. 34 10 Hoard adjourned to meet May 13th, 1893. May 13th, 1893. Hoard of commissioners met pursuant to adjournment. Full hoard present. Petition of J. L. Townley and others ask ing for the location of a public road. On motion same was granted establishing ft public road as follows: Commencing at 8. E. corner section 3 thence west on section line to the southwest corner section 4 ail in town. 1, range 37 and terminating thereat. it appearing to the board that there is about §35,000 delinquent personal tax on the tax list of the county that no effort lias been made by the various county treasurers to collect the same except by publication and mailing notices to the delinquents. On mo tionjol Mr. Kyan it is therefore ordered by this board that the present County Treasurer W. T. Ilenton do at once proceed to collect all delinquent personal tax by distress as by law directed. And the county attorney is hereby directed to see that this order is en forced. A. Carson ami others appeared before the board and asked that the road petition of Aj Carson and others be reconsidered. Ou mo tion of Mr. ltyan that the said road netKk"' be reconsidered Mr. ltyan voting aye Mes!^,r( s Young and Graham voting nay motion lop . On motion the following claims were al lowed : JURORS Foil MAY TERM, 1893. Robert Johnson.$13 70 ( Geo. Darnell. 10 00 S. S. Rrown. 13 10 G. W. Cramer. 10 00 W. A. Wallin. 12 SO George Fowler. 14 00 James Barber. 14 70 Thbmas Ryan. 15 00> L Stiles. 11 20" J. G. Fisher.13 80 Clias. Shafer. 13 20 Clias. Nichols. 11 60 Henry Colling. 10 70‘ C. W. Peters. 11 00 Robert Barber. 12 90 J. S. Moliana. 13 20 Geo. Carr. 13 20 diaries Barber. 12 70' Stephen Bolles. 13 40 A. G. Dole. 12 OO Jas lletlierington. 12 00 J. M. Huet. 11 20 J - F. Helm. 10 50 George E. Jolmston. 9 20 William Templin. 8 00 A. Hammond. 10 00 A. P. Day. 8 00 DaneLelm. 8 00 , Nic Uliren. 8 60 John Schmidt. 9 20 Samuel Ball. 3 00 John Thompson. 9 30 W. C. Bullard