M r I Silk Sale Continues In spite of the cold and stormy weather our 49c silk sale has called in many who appre ciater the bargains but in order to give any body this opportunity we will continue this 4 extraordinary offer through PAY DAY WEEK but the sale will positively close Saturday Night larch 24th 1906 Hurry in and get your share Also look over our complete stock of Fancy Ribbons Collar Ribbons Summer Dress Goods Wool and Cotton Suitings Silk Petticoats Muslin Underwear Trimmings Laces Etc Our goods are all new and up-to-date We- have given special attention to the selection of WHITE and COLORED DRESS GOODS for the GRADUATES of 1906 You are invited to call and look them over w You Ca EXCLUSIVE DRY GOODS J New Walsh Block Phone 56 McCook n j imfefefe BARTLEY The anniversary of Grandma Riltenbergs 80th birthday was celebrated here Saturday A host of relatives and many friends participated in the occasion Mrs Edith Bishop mother of Mrs Eugene Dutcher is quite sick at the home of the latter in this place Two boys of Jade Arbogasts are reported to be sick with meas les Melvin Winters moved to a farm south of town Saturday All of the family of George Rawson five in all are down with the measles and George is the chief cook nurse and milk maid to all of which honors he patiently submits with the only request of the family not to let it happen again Dr Brown returned from his visit to Oklahoma and Indian Territory Thursday with greater praise for Nebraska than ever before Chas Pecay will soon put up a fine residence worth about 2000 Gordon Athey is the contractor Percy Catlett went to his farm near McCook last week to put up a building but owing to the storm was obliged to return and wait for fair weather It does beat everything A brand new boy at the home of Arnold Wheeler Wednesday Mother child and Grandmother Wilson are all right but fears are entertained that Arnold will have nervous prostration when the reaction of the great ecstacy he is now undergoing sets in Miss Dot Gregory and Guy Peugh were united in marriage Tuesday March 6 1906 They will make their home in Livings ton Montana Mr Ira Sheets has bought a lot of Gordon Athey and will erect a building to rent Several such houses would soon find occupants at good rental John Long of Colfax Washing ton has been here for several days visiting friends and relatives He returned home Wednesday evening nave Martin Blair came in Sunday for a short visit with his parents One of the daughters of Eldon Moon was taken suddenly sick in church last Sunday W D Williams is on the sick list Bert Moor from Waco Neb came in this week with a car of stock and a car of household goods and machinery and moved on to the fine farm he purchased last fall of Will Lyman Will Irvine is the proud father of a twelve pound boy Several parties have moved in to this vicinity within the last ten days taking possession of the farms they bought last fall Mr Sallack will put a nice res idence on his farm three miles northeast of town Gordon Athey is the contractor Sam Clark has the addition to his business building nearly com pleted and will be ready by April 1st to assume the duties of Nasby in Bartley Gordon Athey will erect a fine residence in our city soon for Miss Lillie Robinson who will move from the farm to town to be more conveniently situated to school for her sisters RURAL FREE DELIVERY NO 1 Miss Susie Lellew resigned her school last Friday and Mrs John Hammel is finishing out the term which will last but two weeks longer Charlie Neumann is home from Col legeview to remain during the coming summer Miss Delia Schoonover has given such satisfaction in her teaching that the di rectors have added another month to the term Postal Clerk Amos 13 Bower is home to recuperate from his recent severe ex perience in the Akron wreck of last Sun day evening He is suffering consider ably from the shock and from injuries but is getting along all right Joseph Downs was on the Red Willow market last Friday with hogs Frank Dudek is suffering with rheu matism Mrs Joseph Downs has been staying with Mrs G A Roedel lately Charles Ebert has added a new mail box to route 1 BEGGS BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach We make this remarkable offer to our old and new subscribers to give them All Groccric We do not cut prices on a few articles to get your trade but Sell All Goods Cheaper Than Ever A Wilcox BANKSVILLE Harvey Rowland lose several head of cattle recently U VV Has3 is staying with John H Wesch at present Jake Wesch has been on the sick list for the past two months Thayer Rowland made a flying trip in the snow storm Saturday afternoon to Cedar Bluffs to call the doctor for Mrs B W Benjamin Sold Cheaper Than Any House Can and Give Credit Have Sold Over One and One half Tons of the Bulk Coffee Since Last Christmas Yale Coffee is the Best Coffee in Use XXXX Coffee per package 15c Standard Tomatoes per can I2c 1 905 pack corn per can 8c Lewis Lye per can 8c Ralston Pan Cake Flour per pkg 10c Dr Price Breakfast Food per pkg 10c Five pound package of oats 20c Fresh Stock of Fish of AH Kinds for Lent Large White Fish four for 25c New Beauty Mackerel two for 25c Golden Bloaters each 5c Finnan Haddies Dried and Salt Red Salmon Herring and Smoked White Fish r 4 Son Cream in sealed 10c an 4 20c bottles for sale at Marshs meat market r FREE THE TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER AH we ask is that in every case your subscription must be prepaid to or beyond December 31 1906 ITS A REMARKABLY FINE FARM AND LIVE STOCK PAPER yWe want every one of our subscribers paid up to the end of the year so we have selected the stock and farm weekly that we think will be likely to please most of them Theprice of the TwentiethDCentury Farmer is 100 per year and its a big dollars worth24 to 48 pages each weekf ull of good sense and good reading THE TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER is edited by Thomas F Sturgess one of the best posted men on matters relating to western agriculture and live stock as well as a rare faculty of gathering together a list of eminent con- stributors and a strong staff of department editors THE LIVE STOCK DEPARTMENT is edited by G W Harvey associate editor of The Twentieth Century Farm er He has had much practical experience as a stock breeder and feeder He was for many years editor of The Nebraska Farmer and is a member of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture FEEDS AND FEEDING No feature has been or can be of greater value to our readers than the Department of Feeds and Feeding under Prof H R Smith of the Univer sity of Nebraska Prof Smith grew into the feeding business on his fathers farm in Michigan From the feed yard he went to Michigan Agricultural College to study the technical side of feeds and feeding He spent a year each at the Wis consin and Missouri Agricultural Colleges The knowledge thus gained has been put in practice at the Nebraska Agricul tural College where he has attained a national reputation by winning championship honors at the International Live Stock Show This department is for Twentieth Century Farmer readers who are urged to -ask questions on feeds and feeding VETERINARY DEPARTMENT Through the Veter inary Department is given the free services of Dr H L Ramaccotti a professional veterinarian of the foremost rank When anything goes wrong with the stock each subscriber is not only privileged but urged to write about it to The Twentieth Century Farmer Questions are always answered promptly Some Notable Contributors and Regular Departments THE DAIRY AND CREAMERY DEPARTMENT is filled with matter from prominent dairy men located in dif ferent sections of our territory Among these are Prof A L Haecker Nebraska University Prof O Erf Kansas Experi ment Station and Alson Secor of Iowa WEEKLY MARKETS are edited by A C Davenport the commercial editor of The Omaha Daily Bee a recogniz ed authority on the subject POULTRY This deparment is very popular and is con ducted by Ida M Shepler a practical poultry woman ORCHARD AND GARDEN is in charge of M JWragg who was a judge in the Pomological Department of the St Louis Exposition Mr Wragg has made a study of horti cultural conditions throughout the entire territory from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains Inquiries from subscri bers are answered from a practical standpoint Such well known men in the live stock world as F D Coburn who was Chief of Live Stock Department at the St Louis Worlds Fair C R Thomas Superintendent Royal Live Stock Show W J Kennedy Prof of Animal Husban dry Iowa Agricultural College A T Peters Veterinarian of Nebraska Experiment Station arid others write special articles on live stock problems James Wilson Secretary of Agriculture is an occasional contributor Among some of the prominent men who write about the orchard and garden are Charles E BesseyJthe Nebraska State Botanist a man of world wide reputation Theodore Williams the great western orchardist who has produced remarkable new practical varieties of fruits C S Harrison who has made a study of trees for west ern use The seed question is discussed by such men as Thos L Lyon of the Nebraska Experiment Station A Carleton Cerealist of the Department of Agricultural and others Irri gation by F H Newell Chief of the Irrigation service DH Anderson of the Irrigation Age These are only a few of the subjects and men CARPENTERS LETTERS OF TRAVEL The Twentieth Century Farmer receives letters from its readers nearly every day praising Frank G Carpenters Letters of Travel In simplicity of language and vivid descriptive writ ing Mr Carpenter is not excelled by any present day writer of travel William Jennings Bryan who is on a tour around the world is writing a series of letters about his travels which appear each week FOR THE FAMILY CIRCLE The purpose of the Home and Fireside and Young Folks Departments edited by Mrs Isabel Richey is to furnish good wholesome enter taining and instructive family reading for the women youth and children Mrs Richey is a woman whose heart lies close to farm scenes and interests she is a farmers wife yet a woman of much literary note having been chosen to write the ode at the recent unveiling of the monument to the late T J Sterling Morton r The Twentieth Century Farmer and the McCook Tribune thedia BOTH for 100 This Offer Must be Taken Advantage of BEFORE APRIL 30 1906 Send in your subscription NOW to the McCook Tribune nc r t r Abraham Peters is building nn addi tion to his house Harve Rowland has rented his thresh ing outfit for the coming season E red Wesch bought a lot of farming implements at the sale at Cedar Bluffs Roy Albrecht had a dance with 21 numbers out All reported a good time 10 1