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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1894)
THIRTEENTH YEAR. MeCOOK, RED WILLOW COUNTY, NEBRASKA. FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 24, 1894. NUMBER 14. YOU MUST OBSERVE THE RULES. Regulations Concerning the Sani tary Conditions of McCook. Regulation i. Upon the first appear ance of Small Pox, Scarlet Fever, Diph theria, or any other contagious or infec tious disease, the upholstered furniture, carpets, rugs, mats, books, or any other articles not admissible of thorough wash ing or cleansing with boiling water, should be removed from the rooms in any way connected or used in connection with the apartments occupied by the person or persons thus affected. And no articles of furniture, clothing or property of any description whatever, except such as are absolutely necessary for the prop er care of the patient or patients, should be allowed to remain in the apartments thus occupied. Reg. 2. The apartments of the sick should be kept well ventilated. A cur rent of fresh air should be allowed con tinually to pass through the apartments by means of open doors and windows. Reg. 3. Too much attention cannot be paid to cleanliness. The bed clothing' should be of such material as will admit of washing in boiling water, and should be changed at least once daily, and the floors of the apartments should be fre quently washed with soap and water. Reg. 4. All clothing or bedding, when removed from the room of the sick, should be immersed in a solution of cor rosive sublimate of the strength of one half ounce of corrosive sublimate to four gallons of water, and kept so immersed until removed to be thoroughly cleansed and boiled. REG. 5. All excrete from the sick room should be thoroughly disinfected by a solution of corrosive sublimate of the strength of one-half ounce to four gal - ions of water, and immediately buried. REG. 6. Upon the complete recovery of the sick, all articles used in the house must be thoroughly disinfected o r burned. All articles capable of being washed in boiling water should be col lected together and thoroughly washed in boiling hot water, and placed on a line to dry; after which they should not be returned to the house until the same has been thoroughly cleansed and dis infected. Also all articles of clothing, bedding, etc., not capable of being washed, should be placed under a solu tion of corrosive sublimate, of the stregth of one-half ounce to four gallons of wa ter, and kept so covered for at least one hour, then removed without wringing, and placed on a line to dry, and not returned to the house until the building is thoroughly cleaned. Reg. 7. The walls and wood-work of the apartments should be thoroughly washed with corrosive sublimate solu tion, and all paper should be removed from the walls and burned, and the walls washed, sized with glue and re-papered, and all wood-work should be painted or varnished. REG. 8. The carpets, rugs, mats, etc., should be well washed with a solution of one pound of soap, one-half pound of borax, eight ounces of aqua ammonia and three gallons of water, after which it should be thoroughly rubbed with the corrosive sublimate solution, and the carpets raised, the floors very thoroughly cleansed with concentrated lye, and the carpets replaced while damp and left on the floor to dry. REG. 9. An persons living in the house at the time, and all persons in attend ance on the sick, or engaged in cleansing the apartments, together with the sick (after recovery), should subject them selves to daily baths in a carbolized so lution of the strength of one-half ounce of carbolic acid to one gallon of water, for four consecutive days before being allowed to mingle with the public. REG. 10. All pupils before entering the public schools of the city of McCook, shall deposit with the superintendent or principal thereof a certificate from a re putable physician, legally qualified to practice medicine in the state of Ne braska, or from a physician appointed by the board of health, of a satisfactory vaccination. J. H. Yarger, Pres, of Council and Acting Mayor. Jacob Steinmetz, Clerk Protem. Try Meadow Lily at McConnell’s. Wall Paper 3 cents a roll at L. W. McConnell’s._ The county fair will be held Septem ber 4th to 7th. Refrigerators very cheap at S. M. Cochran & Co.’s. Patronize the McCook Commission Co. for flour and feed. Go to McConnell for Toilet Soap, Per fumes and Toilet Articles. Seven-room house to rent. Desirable location. Sqe J. M. Henderson. Book-keeping blank books for sale at this office. Day, cash, journal, ledger, each at 10c. apiece. “Whom the Lord loveth he chasten eth.” What boundless love is ours! A number of our boys attended the L. A. W. meeting in Denver, last week. When it becomes necessary to rob a printing office times must be harder than the heart of a Pharaoh. Mrs. Alex. Weaver gave birth to a 9^ pound girl, Sunday afternoon. Mother and child are getting along nicely. The people of Red Willow county want to do a deal of thinking before engaging in any more bond voting enterprises. The mercury has reached the 100 mark so often this summer that the occurrence no longer attracts a word of comment. This section came in for some fine showers, Sunday afternoon and evening, for which small favors we are duly thankful. Elder D. L. McBride will be the next representative of Frontier and Gosper counties. And he will make a thoroughly excellent member, too. The Knights of Pythias held a special meeting, Saturday evening, and raised a few of the boys in Pythianism for the trip to Omaha and Lincoln. The Tribune office was entered, Sat urday night, by forcing the rear door, and two or three dollars in change and stamps were stolen. The thief was evidently insane. Traveling Engineer Dixon and Roy arrived home, close of last week, from the South Dakota Hot Springs. The rest of the family will remain there a while longer. The practice of deep sub-soil plowing is earnestly recommended by John Hat field, one of Red Willow county’s most practical, energetic and successful farm ers and stockmen. Lovell Clyde and Harry Gordon be came involved in some difficulty, Monday evening, which resulted in a disfigured countenance for the latter and $3 and trimmings for the former. ' Commencing with September first the several banking houses of McCook will close their doors at three o’clock in the afternoon, one hour earlier than at pres ent. Patrons should keep this fact in mind. Mrs. Etter and family feel most grate ful for all the sympathy and assistance rendered them in their recent sorrow and bereavement, and take this means ot expressing their profound thankful ness therefor. , $29.50 worth of subscribers left us, last week, without leaving their cards. Of course the whole caboodle of them aren’t worth a penny to us or the community, but there would have been $29.50 in our cash box if they had been manly enough to pay the printer before vamoosing. E. T. Ellis and family of Red Willow county, brother-in-law of R. C. Murdock, was in town, last Saturday, re-route to Arkansas, where he goes to seek a future home. Mr. Ellis was formerly a resident of Harlan county and visited old friends a few days before continuing his journey. —Oxford Standard. The representative convention com posed of the counties of Hitchcock, • Dundy, Hayes and Chase, met at Wau neta, last week, but failed to agree on a nominee. After taking over 300 ballots the convention adjourned to meet in Culbertson on August 29th. It seems to be the general opinion among farmers we have met and talked with that ten farmers will irrigate small tracts of land next season through the windmill-storage system to one who has done so this year. This plan is particu larly valuable in gardening—and what is more desirable on a farm than a good garden. Dr. Eskey of Indianola, has turned over his practice to Dr. Hoyt of Bartley, and will attend a course of lectures in Chicago during the ensuing year. His family will live in Prophetstown, 111., in the mean time. The doctor is rapidly rising in his profession in which he thus seeks to improve and advance himself. Several loads of watermelons were on the streets, Saturday. We are prepared to exchange a limited number of “pufis” for this necessary summer accompani ment. These “puffs” are from one to three inches in length, varying with the size of melon. All we desire to know in furnishing one for adult, male or female, white or black, is whether the applicant is married or single. When possessed with this information we guarantee sat isfaction. Otherwise at applicant’s risk. Board of Education Meets. A special meeting of the Board of Ed ucation was held in the superintendent’s office, Monday at 2 p. m. Present: Kay, Noble, Campbell and Ritchie. Superin tendent Valentine was appointed acting secretary until Mr. Lindsay’s successor shall be elected. C.J. Ryan was elected to take J. P. Lindsay’s place as a member of the board. James Ritchie’s resignation as a mem ber and president of the board was read and on motion accepted. R. B. Archibald was elected to fill the vacancy on the board. W. T. Coleman, vice president, succeeds Mr. Ritchie as president. The election of a vice president and a perma nent secretary was deferred until the regular meeting, September 3d. A resolution was adopted recommend ing that the city council pass an ordi nance requiring all pupils attending the public schools to be vaccinated. The time for commencing school was set for September 17th. The following resolutions were pre sented and unanimously adopted: Whereas, James Ritchie, president of the Board of Education, has resigned the office and membership on the board, and Whereas, J. P. Lindsay, secretary of the Board of Education, has resigned the office and membership on the board, Be it Resolved, That the Board of Education does hereby convey to James Ritchie this expression of appreciation of the earnest, painstaking, wise and efficient manner in which he has fulfilled his duties as member and president of the board, and, Be it Resolved, That the board of Education does hereby convey to J. P. Lindsay this expression of appreciation of his valuable services as member and secretary of this board, recognizing the able manner in which he has conducted the affairs of his office, and, Be it Resolved, That, Whereas, James Ritchie and J. P. Lindsay, in resigning from the Board of Education, do also depart from the com munity, that not only do the educational interests suffer a loss in being deprived of their concils and supervision, but the city of McCook is the poorer by two hon orable and worthy citizens whose labors have been for the development and up building of the city and for the best in terests of the people. Be it Resolved, That the secretary cause these resolutions to be spread upon the minutes, and a copy sent to each of the city papers for publication. Wm. Valentine, C. M. Noble, Acting Secretary. Chairman. No School Land Forfeitures. The State Board of educational lands and funds have considered the case of the large number of citizens of the state who are in arrears in their payments on school lands. Commissioner Humphrey reported that he had about 3,000 notices to delinquents ready to send out, but on account of the crop failure and the gen eral emergency he believed that it would be a wise thing for the state to waive the right of forfeiture until the coming of of another harvest. The board canvassed the situation fully and reached the con clusion that it would be well to cease pressing worthy delinquents. This now means that no forfeitures will be de clared for at least a year. The farmers will be given an opportunity to raise another crop, and if they are then able to pay, the money will be exacted to the last penny. Young man, one thing is certain. You must pay for your whistle in this world. Everything has its compensation. Ex treme joy is followed by a season of heartrending penance. Sorrow and pain enable us to appreciate small blessings. Life is made up of sunshine and cloud, of calm and storm. Every pleasure has a string at the bottom of it, and he who makes a violent effort to rifle life of its sweets will end in despair and suicide. Pain follows in the wake of pleasure as a shadow. Amid the roses fierce repent ance rears her snaky crest. Therefore, my son, go not in pursuit of phantoms lest you be tom to pieces by the sirens of passion. Seek not pleasure in the beer mug, nor happiness in the tents of the wicked. Be virtuous and saw wood. It is unusually important that the peo ple of Red Willow county make an extra effort to have the best agricultural prod ucts on exhibition at the county fair, September 4th to 7. Especially is it to be desired that the products of practical irrigation be displayed. The fair this year will be largely devoted to encour agement of irrigation in every possible way practicable in this portion of the state. There will be a large and varied display of the differrent pumps and pow ers hoped to be utilized in irrigating small tracts. Tycoon teas are winners. Try them. 35c and 45c per pound at the C. O. D. grocery store. Good writing paper ten cents a quire at this office. "Celerade”—a celery nerve tonic at McConnell’s. PEOPLE YOU KNOW. F. S. Wilcox is home from his visit to Illinois. Receiver Gibbon was in Denver over Sunday. George Leach was a Denver visitor, first of the week. Mr. Hocknell spent Sunday with the family in Denver. Miss Sarah Lowman is in New York buying goods for the fall and winter trade. Mesdames Reizenstein and Hack man went in to Omaha, Tuesday morn ing on a visit. Phil Simons followed the band wagon into Omaha, Tuesday morning, on a visit of a few days. C. W. Lindsay went up to Denver, Saturday night, returning home on No. 2, Tuesday morning. Mrs. Oyster and family did not start for Kansas until Tuesday morning of this week. They will visit her brother. D. H. Wentworth came in from Has tings, last Saturday night, on a visit to friends, returning home on No. 2 Tuesday morning. Messrs. Campbell, Morlan and Hocknell took in and figured in the great state convention at Omaha, on Wednesday. W. T. Coleman, hardware and imple ment dealer of McCook, has been spend ing a few days this week, looking over the country along the new line of road. —Alliance Grip. J. S. LeHew returned home, close of last week, from a trip to San Luis valley, Colorado. He is quite enthusiastic over that new land of promise, whose luxur iant products he takes pleasure in exhib iting at his office. Sanford E. Ralsten of Lebanon, made final proof, Saturday, before the land officials. E. E. Redman and N. J. Snyder were his witnesses. They re port a fair prospect for feed in their neighborhood, considerable wheat and a little corn in prospect. F. H. Spearman and family removed to Omaha, this week, to reside in the future, Mr. Spearman's business interests there making the move desirable. The Tribune regrets seeing such an excel lent and cultured family remove from our midst. A. C. Modi arrived home, on Saturday morning, from a week’s visit to the San Luis valley, in southern Colorado. He returns greatly delighted with that coun try, of which he is now owner of 116 acres of land. He expects soon to make that his home, and if the glowing ac counts given pan out, it will be an earth ly paradise. The Brigade band of our city covered itself all over with glory during its visit to Omaha, Wednesday. Their music was received with great enthusiasm and their fine appearance was as well a source of complimentary comment by people and press. They went to Lincoln, Thursday noon, and have no doubt today repeated their splendid success. The boys have no superiors, and few if any equals in the state of Nebraska. Every McCookite in Omaha, and there was more than a car load of them, felt his bosom swell with pride as the Brigade band, thirty pieces strong, headed the great procession in Omaha, Wednesday night. While at Omaha, Thursday, we had the pleasure of meeting Dr. and Mrs. B. B. Davis and baby, on their way to Beat rice from Berlin, Germany, where they have been for the past year, the doctor attending lectures and clinics at the great German university during that time. They were all well, having stood the trip of twelve days from Bremen nicely, and wished to be remembered kindly to all their esteemed friends in McCook. The doctor will make a visit here about next Wednesday. He will likely locate either in Omaha or Lincoln, and hopes to make surgery and gynecology his specialty. The Omaha Bee, of Wednesday morn ing has the following to say of our band: “The feature of the parade, however, was the Pythian band of McCook, with its twenty-four pieces, under the leader ship of H. P. Sutton. This is considered one of the best bands in the state, and today the boys will furnish some of the music at the convention hall. Last night the members were resplendent in uni forms consisting of snow white helmets, surmounted by long, waving, red plumes, blue coats and snow-white pants.” The clever and cultured pen of Supt. Valentine of our public schools may be seen on the pages of the Times-Democrat of this week;_ Wall Paper 3 cents a roll at L. W. McConnell’s. The Irrigation Problem. The almost entire lack of rain during this season in the most fertile portion of Nebraska has again renewed the great subject of irrigation, but the heavy ex pense of water rights along the irriga tion ditches has discouraged the people of southwestern Nebraska to some ex tent, and they are now anxiously waiting for some one to construct a pump and power, either wind, steam, hot air or gas, that will elevate at a reasonable ex pense enough water to the surface from a good well to irrigate three, five, ten or perhaps fifteen acres. There are pumps by the score that will throw an ordinary stream of water at a depth of from 20 to 30 feet, but a pump and power that will elevate water in sufficient quantities from a well 150 to 200 feet deep, to irrigate say five acres, is what the farmers of this section are looking for, because if they can secure water in sufficient quanti ties to irrigate only three acres they can raise enough vegetables, small fruits, etc., to keep an ordinary sized family. The Red Willow' County Agricultural Society is agitating this subject and will have a large exhibit of pumps, windmills and engines at their fair in Indianola, September 4th to 7th. A large number of the leading windmill and pump fac tories have already signified their inten tion to be on the ground and makes an exhibit. The question of pump irriga tion is becoming more prominent every day, and the firm that can produce a good pump and power will do a thriving business. Ere long almost every farmer in the west will have from three to fifteen acres under irrigation and suffering for want of rain will be a thing of the past.— J. H. Berge in Lincoln Journal. Many of our enterprising farmers are seriously thinking of constructing ponds in the canyons and draws. Such work should be encouraged and the work re ceive attention this fall when many have little else to do. A word of caution may not be out of place. It would be utterly useless to throw a dam across a large canyon, or a small one for that matter, expecting to retain any water. The first flood would sweep the dam out and good bye pond, labor and fond hopes. Select a pocket or side draw which drains as little territory as possible, build a strong dam, three times as thick as it is high, across its mouth and run a ditch with a very slight rise along the bank of the large canyon to a point where the ditch can be cut across the deep canyon. This ditch will turn the running water into the pond, but when the pond is full the water will back up and the surplus will harmlessly pass down the main canyon. This ditch will also act as an over-flow for the small surplus that may drain into the pond. To make ponds hold water plow thoroughly before building dam and use it for a feed yard, or pump in water and tramp the bottom into lob lolly with horses.—Oxford Standard. The Exact Facts. So much wild rumor and measureless misrepresentation has been spread abroad that The Tribune thinks it ad visable to give the exact facts respecting the smallpox, now mildly epidemic in our city. There are at present six cases in the city. Of these three patients are well along on the convalescent list. Three patients are quite, but not dangerously, sick. There has been but one death and one patient has entirely recovered. Two other persons are quarantined temporarily as suspects; but neither of these cases are expected to result in smallpox. All cases and suspects are being care fully quarantined, and all precautions are being taken against a further spread of the disease. These are the facts. John Shaffer and Albert Rice broke jail at Indianola, Tuesday night. Shaffer was caught at the depot, shortly after as was trying to board passenger train No. 4. Rice is still at large. Some outside parties gave the prisoners a screwdriver, with which they removed the lock from the door to the corridor of the jail. The Indianola Independent admits apropos of our little smallpox epidemic that our esteemed friends down there are more scared than hurt. But McCook emphatically objects to that scare hurt ing our business. See! The newsboys’ cry, “all about Rose water’s suicide,” that could be heard in Omaha, Wednesday noon, is the result of Sheriff Bennett's cleverness and a quarter placed where it would do the most good. Mrs. E. T. Maddux and the family ar rived home, last night, from their Iowa visit. _ School will open on Monday, Septem ber 17th, no preventing providence. Joseph Jones died on last Friday, aged 13 years, with lock jaw. Death of Babv Pennell. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Pennell were be reft of their infant daughter at an early hour, Saturday morning, by the fatal termination of a prolonged attack of cholera infantum. The dear little thing had a brief life pretty much all pain and sickness, and is now at rest where sick ness and pain are no more. Private services were conducted in an impressive and tender style, Saturday afternoon at four o’clock, by Rev. Frank Durant, at the residence, which were attended by intimate friends of the sor rowing parents. The remains were tenderly consigned to mother earth at Longview cemetery after the services. The Tribune expresses a general sen timent in extending the parents the pro found sympathy of this community in the loss of their dear one. Alfalfa, may its name be spoken with reverence, is the only crop in western Nebraska and Kansas that has bid defi ance to the hot winds and will yield fairly well. It is a great pity that so little of it has been planted, but the way it has flourished in the face of broiling weather and no rain commends it to the farmer as the surest crop of all, and more profitable even in favorable sea sons than timothy, millet or clover.— State Journal. Remember the dates of the county fair —September 4th to 7th—and do all you can to make it as successful as possible under the existing circumstances. If you have anything of merit be sure that it reaches the fair. If your neighbor has anything that would make a credil ble showing, prevail on him to have it on exhibition. It will be a good adver tisement for farm land in your vicinity. The Webster County Agricultural So ciety is making the bicycle races a spe cial feature at the fair to be held at Red Cloud, September 5-7. O11 these dates about $l,ooo in premiums will be dis tributed among the wheelmen of the southwest. For particulars address D. J. Myers, Sec’y, Red Cloud, Neb. At a special meeting of the board of education, hetd on Monday evening, C. J. Ryan was elected a member of the board, on which he has served a number of years in the past with much credit and efficiency. The probable removal of James Ritchie from our city in the near future will make another vacancy in the board. Local sports report stubble ducks and wall-eyed snipe extremely scarce, this season, due, in all probability, to the extremely dry weather. The blasted rattlers, however, are unusually numer ous, necessitating higher boots and in most instances deeper flasks. Says an exchange: “Now is the time dams should be built across the canyons and save the surface water, thus making lakes that would cause moisture next year. All practical irrigationists favor this plan of reservoirs, and agree that it is beneficial to any country.” A number of people in and around McCook expect soon to view, and possi bly invest in, that land of promise—the San Luis valley, Colorado. There are Russian thistles galore just west and south of the old Cliff place west of the city. Register Campbell’s little boy is a suf ferer from an attack of erysipelas in his ear. “Celerade"—a celery nerve tonic at McConnell’s. Try Meadow Lily at McConnell’s. HERE ARE BARGAINS . . AT . . . THE C. 0. I). STORE. Hastings High Patent Flour.fi.oo Fancy Bakers .80 Extra Family.70 4 lbs XXX Soda Crackers.25 3 cans Blue Valley Sugar Corn.25 3 lbs. Ginger Snaps.25 6 lbs. Rolled Oats.25 Sherman Bros. Best Mocha and Java Coffee, 2 lbs. for.75 Sun dried Japan Tea that heretofore sold at 45c, now.35 The 60-cent grade now.45 All other goods in proportion. J. W. McKENNA, Proprietor.
