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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1908)
WWWmniiyjWiWFiiMJKjwi C i M - 7 Is M4 Imi3 LADU STANDS ro 53 YEARS oor Knowing uow 10 i C foot foot foot RED ELM McCook Markets Merchants and dealers in McCook at noon today Friday are paying the fol lowing prices Corn 55 Wheat 80 Oats 40 Eye 00 Barley 60 Hogs 420 Butter good 20 Eggs 11 The latest and niftiest offerings in Stein Bloch Suits and Spring Overcoats Come and see the leaders in all garments for men and boys And the Prices Are Right OZELL BARGER THE LEADING CLOTHIERS The Culbertson Nursery Took form in the year 1901 and has been in existence ever since I take this manner of offering a catalogue to the public and would suggest to all interested to cut this out of the paper and hang it up for future reference While It is brief it is specific in naming the tribes sorts and especially adapted fruit trees forestry shrubs and bulbs absolutely known to be adapted to this country If you will send me an order with the money or not at all 1 will give you notice of ac ceptance set a day ahead for delivery and the trees shall in no wise be in trans portation longer than six hours Information for Your Benefit All agents are paid a salary ranging from G0 to 100 a month and expenses in effect 25 per cent of the value of the amount of stock solid and delivered by them Said agents tell you all things are good for all men therefore help yourself and wo will replace your losses free of charge indefinitely and otherwise I save you this discount and there is no misunderstanding between you and the agent you deal with me direct uncRHIES Any Variety 4 inch and up two year inch to two year 40c 25c zbo y to two year 2i calaper means six feet to i calaper means four feet in height to calaper means three feet high This applies to all fruit trees E Richmond E Morrillu Montmorency Ordni PLUMS American Native Drafted Japanese varieties not good in this climate inch and up oc to i 30c l and up 27c Best vaiieties Hogeye Big Red North American Dwarf Desoto and Wolf Stoddard and Lumbardi the largest grown of American type strongly recommended to plant PEACH TREES Any variety five foot 17c apiece Sneed early Alberta me dium Champion later North China type surest and best varieties PEAR Of which there are only two varieties worthy of planting B dAnjou and Louis Bonnie Five feet high d5c each APPLES Any Variety 4 inch and up 15c inch and up 12c y inch and up 10c Any variety Dutchess of Oldenburg summer Wealthy summer Wine Sap fall Ben Davis winter Jonathan winter Northwestern Greening winter Rolins Janette Utters Red Arkansaw Black McMahams Black and any other variety CRAB APPLE i inch and up Whitney Florence Quaker Siberian Hyslop 30c each GOOSEBERRIES Houghton Downing Pearl Smiths Improved Industry two year plant 200 per dozen Oregon Champion my own creation the most produc tive and the largest Gooseberry combine known to be in existence producing five times more than any other variety two year plants 100 each or 1000 per dozen GRAPES Concord two year 100 per dozen 300 per hundred Proctlington two veir 200 per dozen or 450 per hundred Alivira white grape perhaps th heartiest grape and the most productive grown 200 per dozen or 400 per hun dred or any other variety at corresponding prices CURRANTS Fays Prolific Red Dutch London Market are the three best known varieties 123 per dozen STRAWBERRIES Senator Dunlap Daubauch Crescent Jack Gardener Sharp less are the best known compound to plant fertilinzing each other 75c per hun dred 700 per thousand JUNEBERRIES 100 per dozen or 250 per hundred KANSAS BLACK CAP RASPBERRIES 73c a dozen or 250 per hundred BLACKBERRIES Greggs Stones Hardy Snyder 150 per dozen or 350 per hundred Strawberries Currants Blackberries Gooseberries Junebernes Raspberries Kone of these are replaced if they die luC 50e 27c MAPLE Same price as Elm HONEY LOCUST Same piice as Elm BLACK LOCUST BOXELDER CAROLINA POPLAR and COTTONWOOD Ten feet high all of them 50c each S feet high 30c each 6 feet high 20c each FORESTRY SEEDLINGS lG inch Catalpa S100 per hundred 59 00 per thou sand Honey Locust 12 inch 70c per hundred 000 per thousand Black Locust lS inch 7jc per hundred 500 per thousand Boxelder 18 inch 75c per hundred 700 per thousand Maple lS inch 75c per hundred 600 per thousand Cotton wood 40c per hundred 350 per thousand Augustive Folio 150 per hundred 1200 per thousand California Privit lS inch S00 per hundred American Arbor vita Americanas SOO per hundred ROSES Crimson Rambler climber blood red two-year-old lS inch top GOc General Jack red 40c Margaret Dixon white 40c Paul Nyron deep pink large rose in cultivation sure to bloom in thirty days 40c Prince D Rohan almost black strong grower blooms often in the summer 40c Q des Alps snow white 40c Baby Rambler blood red These two roses bloom in thirty days without intermission until frost PEONAS Whole root which insures to bloom the first year any color 100 separated roots which will bloom in three years any color 40c DAHLlAS Choice colors 25c each Hearty Flowering Shrubs all that are worth planting in the state Lilacs 35c each Snowball SOc Spr Vanhoutii or Bridal Wreath 40c each Beachtells Flow ering Crab perfectly hardy a thing of beauty four feet high 50c Althea varigated three feet high at 5c any of the Clematis two years old 50c each KOSTERS GRAFTED BLUE SPRUCE The heartiest and the handsomest and the longest lived tree that grows 500 each three feet high and money refunded thiough the medium of sight draft in ten minutes after it is dead for twelve whole months After twelve years of experience with the Augustus Folia I say to you that It will stand more drouth with less cultivation endure more hardships uninjured by hailstorms or anything else rapid in growth makes good hedge makes a good shade tree and makes good timber grows to 16 inches in diameter in twelve years exceeds any tree that is planted in the United States for the much needed useful ness of any tree grown Come with me and try a half dozen three to four feet high at 20c apiece Tbee trees are not grown by irrigation and if they do not live I will replace them at half price uui il they live If you have any doubts as to my responsibility or truthfulness write to tiny man in Hitchcock county Nebraska and I will abide by what he says Remember there will be no flap doodle or jingo discussions created by tree agents manipulation or ambiguous statements You will tell your troubles to me direct and thereby And out whether you want to continue business with mo This catalogue suggests to jou the varieties to plant backed by the experienced tests and propose and pledge ourselves to replace your losses at half price and the transportation which you must pay We further supply any nrticlo in nurery stock listed in any other catalogue in anv size or variety you may desire at tho same discount and guarantee and replace at half price We havo many things in stock not mentioned for want of space and unnecessary expense of incorporating them in this catalogue I call the attention of tho people of McCook to this fact that you can bny of me any house plant any thing in shrubbery and call 1110 by phone No 10S at my expense I am at the door of your homes J B HUNTER Culbertson Nebraska Look Look Look and see what we have this week A 14 inch No 2 Star plow or lister lay fitted and sharpened on any plow or lister for 275 G W Predmore Sons Phone 197 residence 3605 Have You Houses To Rent Then you should bo supplied with rent receipt books The Tribune has just what you want compact and com plete Red Willow County Teachers Meet Tho Teachers Association held at In dinnolu last Saturday was unusually well attended and particularly interest ing Practically overy section of the county was represented Each number of tho program wns ably filled and the pleasing and instructive addrosses on Great Educators and the Principles for Which They Stand by Supt G II Thomas is especially worthy of mention The music was fine The program in full wns as follows IKOGRAMME Musical Solo Neat Quick Round Tabic Talk Entertainments Special Day Frogrnms Basket Suppers Spelling nnd Ciphering Matches Their Uses and Abuses Thrco minute discussions by Frinlloliday Prin A Gibbs Bertha Deumree Sullio Hawkins Exercise in First Grado Reading Elinn George Vocal Solo RuthWiohe 1 30 P M Music Male Quartette Valuo of tho Teachers Daily Preparation Josephine Murray That Trouble Us Some Things - - - Anastasio Walsh Helpful Suggestions - - Mrs Young Vocal Solo - - - Mrs G H Thomas The Home and the School from the View Point of tho Teacher - - Prin T A Hutton Tho Homo and the School from tho View Point of tho Patron - - - S It Smith Heading Prin Gertrude Storer Some Great Names in Education and the Prin ciples for Which They Stand Supt G II Thomas Music There woro fifty seven pupils jmu led in tho spelling contest and results of the contest will be published uext week The Silver Medal Contest A large audience heard tho silver med al contest last Friday evening in the Methodist church under auspices of tho W C T U In every respect the contest was ohe of the most satisfactory and successful yet given by the ladies There were five contestants for the medal Mildred Dougherty Veda Cad man Bossio Smith Mable Hegenberger and Vera Fitzgerald And it may bo stated with exact regard for voracities that the girls each and all acquitted themselves splendidly The judges Supt G H Thomas Miss Stetter and Miss Storer awarded the medal to Bes sie Smith and honorable mention to Veda Cadman Mrs Mattie Welles pre sented the medal in a felicitous manner Tho efforts of Freys orchestra were pleasing and enjoyable Mrs Edker Burton sang Anchored very effectively The ladies of tho union and the cause are to be congratulated Hard Times Social Tho Modern Woodmen eh joyed a great evening Wednesday with a hard times social For their ban quet mush and milk were served Tho prize for tho most original and unique costume representing hard times wns divided between Mrs Laura Hamilton and Mrs M L Ruby Julius Kunort was the winner of the mens prize much appreciated A vocal solo by Miss RuthWiebepiano number by Mis3 Ila Briggs selections by the alfalfa male quartette Messrs Frank Colfor Frank Ploussard Ray S Light II B McFann a duet by Miss Misses Schlagel and Moss a duet by the Misses Peterson constituted the musical bill of fare for which the Woodmen make grateful acknowledge ment Where the Value Is Only two worthful items enter into the value of advertising namely quant ity and quality that is how many and how good The McCook Tribune is in a field by itself locally on these two points We challenge and invite in spection and comparison We can give you from two to three times tho value for your money that any other Red Willow county publication can offer you For Emergencies A banking reserve Is for use not merely for show It Is for use in times of emergency Yet some bankers look upon their reserves very much as the superintendent of a hospital regarded its emergency bed A patient all bang ed up in an accident was brought to the hospital one night and was told that there was no room for him Why not put him in the emergency bed it was suggested If we put him in the emergency bed It was replied thon we would have no emergency bed Wall Street Journal A Clever Scheme Mother examining school report How did you come to have such good marks in arithmetic this week Tom myWell you see it was this way We had ten examples a day and I got the teacher to help me to do five and Eric Jones got her to help him on the other five Then we swapped helps See Harpers Impartial Mr Scatterton prides himself on being strictly impartial Yes answered the unamiable man I once went shooting with him lie didnt seem to care whether he hit the rabbit the dog or one of his friends The Dangerous Case One of the surgeons of a hospital asked an Irish help which he consld ered the most dangerous of the ma cases then in the hospital That s said Patrick as he pointed to a case of surgical Instruments Mans wrinkled face Is the original lime table DallaB News IKIVpfKigl i i i ARRIVING DAILY ff Affix r iT Pi- r -4 J n I i f 1 I 1 FOR SALE FOR RENT ETC Fou Sale Alfalfa seed 3 13 it J P Hklm Red Willow Neb FouRknt A new five room cottage with bath A 13 2t O N Kbctoii Fou Sale Six room house at 706 Manchester street modern Inquiro of E Hanson 3 20 3ts Wanted Twenty first class milch cows Pbon Cherry 3G31 Eikon berry Clark 3 G -Its Foi Sale Rose comb Whito Leg horn eggs lH for 7fC Mrs C 0 Hur less phone black 300 3 2 its Fou Sale Oak bed room suite kitch en safe and other household good Call nt residence C H Sawyer Rooms Fou Rem Inquiro of J M Henderson 810 Mndison st Wanted A little needy girl 10 or 13 years of age to clothe nnd send to school 2 2S4ts Mrs JT Poktek McCook Neb Dressmaking and home or will no out from G30 to 830 p m Intyre 3 13 1 Clarence Baker same plain sewing at Phono Red 289 Mrs F R Mc- True to Life Those now Carnegie Library post cards at The Triuune office Two for a nickel Artistic and neat not gaudy Sewing done at moderate prices sat isfaction guaranteed plain sewing pre ferred Mrs Phillips three blocks east of Bee Hive phono black 103 3 13 4 For Sale Relinquishment on home stead 22 miles east of Denver seven and one half miles from station Address P O box 7 1G McCook Neb 3-13-2- McCook has tho promise of n fairly vigorous building campaign this year Perhaps a dozen dwellings are now in course of construction An excellent program was given nnd i E J Baker road work son County Commissioners Proceedings McCook Neb March 9 IMS The board of county commissioners met pur suant to adjournment present F S Lofton S Premer and C 15 Gray commissioners and M G Elbert deputy county clerk On motion the following named road over seers were appointed to fill acancy Henry Conrad overseer district No 0 Indian ola precinct Geo W Wheeler over eer district No 10 East Valley precinct On motion the follow ins named deputy as sessors who were appointed by T A EncKley county assessor to iill vacancy were allirmed Grant Alex Ellis McCook Missouri ltidge Fred Ramcsberscrjndianola Willow Gro W M Itozcll McCook 15ea cr Win J Stilsobouer Danbury Fritch Fremont C Smith Indianola Vallej Grange A D Johnston McCook Box Elder precinct I E Neel IiuKanola The following claims were audited and allow ed and on motion clerk was instructed to draw warrants on ihc road funds of the respecthe commissioner districts Perry Kinnison road work 3 00 James Modrcll same 3 00 John Hesterworth hauling lumber grad ing and building bridge IS 50 Fred Clark same 2 -7 rtainhard Podolski snmo 4 00 Frank Cain same 7 oO The petition of George Coppcl William Vogt and other- asking for the establishment of a public road was read and considered The board finds that all the requirements of the law hae been complied with and that the public good requires it and on motion same wa grant ed and road etablihed as follows Commencing at Ferry station on the line of the C IJ Q I R Company at or near the southeast corner of the southeast quarter of section 20 township 3 range IV west of the Gth P M and running thence in a northwesterly direction on tho north side and parallel to the right of way uf the C U Q I R Co on sec tions 20 10 and IS to the point of intersection of said right of way with the wet line of section 18 and thence north on said section line to the northwest corner of said section IS also beginn ing at the point where the said ritdit of way in tersects the section line bctwefii sections 19 and 20 township 3 range 0 and runuinii thence north to the corner of sections 17 IS 19 and 20 acting concurrently with the board of commis sioners of Hitchcock county Nebraska as to that part of said road extending along the coun ty lino between Hitchcock county and Red Willow county On motion clerk was instructed to notify over seer of highways to open said road On motion damages were allowed on said road by reason of establishing same as follows James Jameson and EdSteinke sw qr 201t0 00 Franz Zander uw qr and no qr 19 ICO 00 A C Hippie so qr and nw qr 20 120 00 On motion the clerk was instructed to caneel the orders drawn by the road overseer of dist rict 17 on the district fund of said district by reason of the location of road No 41i for dam ages allowed by the commissioners on said road also to cancel the orders drawu by the road overseer of district No S on tho district fund of said district for damages allowed by the commissioners by reason of locating road No 411 The board having discovered that an error had been made a few jears ago in appraising school section 10 township 2 range 23 orders a correction by reversing the appraisement of the east half and the west half of said section from one to tho other which places the follow inc valuation on the various tracts of said section Ne qr of neqr 57 00 Nw qr of no qr 7 00 Sw qrof ne qr 7 00 Se qr of ne qr 7 00 Xoqrof eqr 7 U0 Nw qr of se qr 7 00 Swqrofscqr 7 00 Se qr of se qr 7 00 Ne qr of nw qr 3 T0 Nw qr of nw qr 7 00 Sw qr of nw qr 7 00 So qr of nw qr 3 SO Neqr of swqr 3 50 Nw qr of sw qr 7 00 Sw qrof sw qr 7 00 Se qrof sw qr 3 00 On motion the clerk was instructed to have this correction appear on the commissioner rec ord and to send a certified copy of same to the state commissioner of public lands and build ings On motion board adjourned to meet March 25th 190S F S Lofton Chairman Attest Chaeles Skalla Clerk By M G Elbert Deputy Clerk UMMER DRESS In all colors They are the best made Elbow Lengths for Elbow Kid Gloves best quality p H o Exclusive Dry Goods Millinery and Ladies Furnishings -- - i 1 WilJU J LIGHT s r r xv ri 1 liUUDS WHITE GOODS AND WAISTINGS We have made a special effort this season in procuring the very best variety of all the new weaves and shades of every color which are more beautiful than ever and your at tention is particularly called to our large variety of WHITE DRESS GOODS Our stock consists of handsome sheer and soft PERSIAN LAWNS FRENCH LAWNS LINEN LAWNS SWISSES ORGANDIES BA TISTES MULLS DIMITIES AND IRISH LINENS In every quality from 15c to 150 per yard We invite you to inspect this line before buying OUR MILLINERY AND SUIT DEPART71ENT Is now open and offers an abundance of new ideas and styles in SUITS DRESSES AND HATS We can complete your gown with everything to match and in gloves we have just received the KAYSER SILK GLOVES 100 to 225 per pair - 300 per pair Give Us Your Patronage We Appreciate It iQQVbfQSssQQ y 1 Phone 56 222 Main Ave 2SSfc McCook The Ladies of McCook and vicinity were simply delighted with the showing made yesterday7by LOVELL NEIS In their Easter Opening of selectest millinery creations Unequalled was their display of a Gage and Regina Tailored and Dress Hats For Ladies Hisses and Children WE ARE The Exclusive Agents FOR THE Gage and Regina Hats We will please you and only desire you to see our line before making purchases Lovell Nies Dennison Street McCook Nebraska IK Qi A i 4 f i