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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1910)
-Mm ri t 1 Hi ys mitiht 1 s teCa ikf j r jj4 XiZJiXti mmmy m v iV - vcv fes Sv Si i v B tv3 8 xr fWi I - iSjM ynn JjjUiyUJU Aa Z 15 s With a Base Ball Bat Some men shoud bo beaten with a base ball bat instead of with n broom If thcro is anything that will try a good womans putienco it ishum coal If yon want coal that will please let us sell you If your wife dous not say that she never had better coal for tho money wo will take tho beating and remove the coal at no expense to ou All wo ask is a trial order You take no chances Wo agre to deliver coal with all good qualities Give us a trial order Ask our customers Stansberry Lumber Co Closing Out Sale I mnan hu ini If you h ive monpy well wind mill and three cisterns Pos 1 can provo to you thit Money Tuiks aes don March 1st I am offering for hhI Uih following properties No 1 Lot 8 bllt 1L 2n i add to Mc Cook unimproved pxcept as to a few trees location No 903 W 2nd st No 2 Lots 5 and 6 of bIW 27 nil add to McCook improved hou e No 401 5tb st East onu blocK from school 7 room hou e good repair fitted with gas for ccoking and light shude ltwn and cement sidewalk comer lot- jj0 3 A lovely suburban home ad joining the town of Indianoln 40 acres of land brie1 house of 10 rooms one half mile from post office frame barn No 1 E Y2 320 acres im proved farm 8 miles from McCook 14C acres in cultivation 1G0 acres in pasture Thfa is a nice farm and in plain viev of city with good roads Frame bous of 4 rooms stable 10x40 well winr mill and cistern some tree Posse sion Mar h 1st Object for selling is to quit business I will make reasonable terms If interested coma and see me and look over the properties If they suit you wo can deal If you deal with me ou have no commissions to pay r in- ir A j -fl T I ifio 3lTliXii9 J wner 20i flain ave McCook Neb Phone 191 ljaJBaMWWCPMBPiPWMMIMM an D W COLSON FIRES NSURANCE Residence and Business Property for Rent Office Phone 16 Residence Black 333 McCOOK NEBRASKA BgyryypWvT V Franklin Pres G H Watkiks Vice Pres R A Green Cshr The Citizens National Bank of McCook Nebraska Paid Up Capital 50000 Surplus 25000 DIRECTORS V Franklin A McMillen R A Green G fl Watkins Vernice Franklin iiiTflft1 iw if r if f f t f iiW Lf L ttilliM a i iii u i igsg HIGHPRICED McCOOK Living- expenses have advanced 50 percent in the past few years but you can get the BEST OF ALL KINDS OF COAL at the SAME OLD PRICE of the Bullard Lumber Co Phone No i i i M O McCLURE Mgr THE TRIBUNE 150 Value for 100 TEE TRIBUNE Office for Office Supplies ADVERTISEMENT PAYING THE PIPER- NEBRASKA PROSPERITY Two of the delegates to the national convention ot the W C T U m Omaha made addresses defending the policy of state wide prohibition Gov ernor Robert D Glenn of North Caro lina and Mrs Nellie G Berger of Mis souri went into the economic and so cological aspects of the subject They both attempted to show a higher de gree of average prosperity among the people of Maine than existed in li cense states Governor Glenn reiter ated the statement often made by pro hihitionists that the people of that state had more savings placed to their credit in the banks than was the case with the people of license states He also made some general remarks about Maine prosperity which should not be permitted to go unchal lenged There is no more reliable barometer of the financial status of a state than that whjch is given by the comptroller of the United States currency The latters report for 1907 is quoted be cause the figures for that year mark the high tide of nation wide prosper ity up to that fated day in October when the panic put a stop to commer cial and financial activity The comp troller shows that the people of Maine had on deposit in national banks that year 32412000 while Nehraskans had on deposit at the same time 73942000 which making allowance for the difference of population puts Nebraska a license state far ahead of Maine on that score In this connec tion it is interesting to note that tlit people of Kansas a state having per haps a third more population than Ne braska had on deposit in national banks in 1907 64978000 or some ting like ten millions less than Ne braska money getters had In propor tion to population Kansas should have had a third more money on deposit than had Nebraska The national banks of Maine in 1907 banks footed up 132909000 or about 60 per cent more wealth in the banks of Nebraska than there was in Maine banks The assets of national banks in Kansas aggregated 110476000 or about 12500000 less than the assets of Nebraska national banks with a population a third greater than that of Nebraska The comptroller shows that the average resources of Majne neonle ner canita as shown by the j wealth in national banks was 7728 while the per capita resources of Kan i sans in national banks was 6673 Here are two prohibition states set up against Nebraska a license state the per capita average resources in tional banks of Nebraskans being 11813 From the report of the comptroller another interesting comparison may be made touching the capital stock jn state national and private banks and loan and trust companies The aggre gate amount of wealth under this heading in Maine was 12344300 while in Nebraska it was 22278140 While these figures are greatly in favor of Nebraska it must be borne in mind that Nebraska and western states derive nothing in the way of material gains from Maine whereas the tour ists who raise the population of Maine very largely during the summer sea son spend millions of dollars annually so that Maine is drawing money from many of the states of the west and benefits through the prosperity of the middle west states LINCOLN BUSINESS CONDITIONS No business man talking for publi cation can afford to admit a falling Dff of daily sales Every business man knows this to be true While Lincoln merchants are suffering from the dry policy prevailing there very few of them dare say so openly yet a few of them are telling their friends that they are sick of existing conditions The Lincoln Herald says Many farmers for miles around have ceased corning to Lincoln and go to Crete Sterling Hickman Pleasant Dale Wahoo Eagle and Havelock for their pastime and do much of their trading People who used to come here from out over the state for a few days recreation and to buy clothing and other goods now go to other cit ies People who come here because the town is dry are people who nev er spend much money They bring lunch with them and sleep on the street corner standing up Business has suffered in all lines wholesale as well as retail especially the hotels The cafes at the Lindell and Savoy have been closed all summer and the Flemish at the Capital has discontin ued and the room rented for a real estate office Real estate has taken a back seat and buildings formerly occu pied by saloons are vacant or occupied by ljttle dumps that pay a nominal ADVERTISEMENT rent for annearanccs Business nsn mlmit these conditions and cemphvin Lincoln Neb adopted tho dry poi- t t f nubllcation They co icy in May 1909 thus forfeiting over glad t0 have the Heraia ten the story 40000 of license fees annuau dia months later commenting on the sub ject the Eally Journal said Tho increase in tle consolidated levy ver last year amounts to 1275 mills tho greater portion of tlus being made by the school district which of course must have funds to take the place or over 40000 in license money which It has lost Its levy is increased trcm 195 mills to 27 mills Of this 25 mill 3 is for general purposes and 2 iur nit jja infill i uvtv est To be more specific the above recital means that the dry policy adopted by Lincoln has saddled upon the taxpayers an additional burden or G5000 This condition was brought about hy the emotional agitators wno pay no taxes while the property own er must dig down in his pocket and make good the deficit for them and some have requested us to do so to publish the truth PROHIBiTIOMENAGE TO BUSINESS Prohibitions Deadening Effect Duns review of trade conditions Issue of Oct 2 1909 on page b pie sents a table showing the commercial failures in the several states for the nine months of tlds year as well as for 1908 There Is no truer sign of the material conditions of a state than that afforded by the record of commer cial failures During the last nine months there were 75 commercial fail ures in Maine with liabilities of 1- 223710 In Nebraska during the pres ent year there were 100 commercial failures with liabilities of S749u2 These liabilities aggregate about a third less than the liabilities growing out of the failures in Maine for the same period In other words with a population one third greater than that of Maine the business failures of Ne braska this year aggregate jn losses one third less than the total liabilities of Maine failures The bank failures of Maine for the nine months of 1909 entailed liabilities in the sum of 1400000 while in Ne braska there was not a single bank failure During the year 1908 there were 123 commercial failures in Maine with liabilities of 660584 whereas in Ne braska last year there were but CJ commercial failures with liabilities o 245264 that is to say with a pop a lation one third less than that of No braska Maines lesses m commercial failures were nearly three times the amount of the Nebraska losses Nc braska has had a consttutional pro vision for licensing the sale of liquor nearly as long as Maine has had a con stitutional provision to prohibit the traffic Hon Charles P Libby president ot the American Bar association and long a prominent citizen of Maine re cently made a public utterance de nouncing prohibition He stated that the policy of prohibition had retarded the material progress of his state and had prevented a growth of population which had resulted in great injury to the people The Portland Argus of Sept 21st 1909 in an editorial paragraph says For years Maine has barely held in own in population and in the last de cade or two the rate of increase has been the reverse of impressive Pro hibitlon has been a drawback tc Maine What progress the state has made has been in spite of this heavj handicap MONEY WEALTH OF STATES The national monetary commission be reported total assets of 56509000 j has just laid an exhaustive report while the assets of Nebraska national f0re both houses of congress It show s the total money resources of the peo pie of the several states based upon official reports of conditions existing April 28 1909 This is the latest and most authentic information about the wealth of the people Its accurac cannot be questioned Comparing the wealth of the people of prohibition states with that of these in license states reveals some highly illuminating facts For instance Xe braskas total banking resources psi capita are 21492 while those of Kan sas are 13750 South Dakota a li cense state 1S275 while North Da kota a prohibition state has but 15332 To show how eastern capita is shunning Oklahoma since that state adopted prohibition it is noted that the per capita banking resources of that state are but 942G Outside cap ital has also deserted Mississippi and Alabama whose per capita resources are about 45 Maine brings up the rear of New England states falling far below Rhode Island Connecticut and New Hampshire Can the industrial and commercial interests of Nebraska be induced to load up with the blasting incubus of prohibition BANK CLEARINGS Bank clearings afford sure indica tions of the state of business Duns Review of Nov 13 1909 has a report of the bank clearings as usual All over the country according to this statement bank clearings show a steady increase At some cities notably St Paul Kansas City Omaha St Joseph and Denver the increases are large A comparison of some of the cities in prohibition states with those in license states affords food for reflection For instance this report shows that Portland the commercial center of Maine shows a decrease of 27 per cent in October bank clearings as compared with October 190S and a decrease of 9 per cent for October as compared with the figures of October 1900 Springfield Mass shows an in crease of nearly 21 per cent New Haven Conn shows an increase of nearly 10 per cent Birmingham the great industrial center of Alabama a prohibition state shows a decrease of 87 per cent in bank clearings in the month of October of this year com pared with these in the month of Oc tober in 190S Topeka Kan shows an increase of 32 per cent The two towns in Nebraska reported are Oma ha which sows an increase of 98 per cent and Fremont which reported an increase of 12 per cent At a season of the year when there js great indus trial and commercial revival in all sec tions of the country and when a very small porcPTtige of cities show a de crease in the volume of bank clear ings it is a significant fact that most of the cities showing such decrease are situated in prohibition states A New Line To The Northwest Through the Big Horn Basin Tho Big Horn Ilasin is fust settling up and olfers tho greatest opportunities for farmers and esrecinlly FARM RENTERS to secure lino government irrigat ed farms at tho mere cost of the water and of ten A SINGLE CROP CAN BE MADE TO PAY FOR THE FA KM Ten yearly panicnU without interest This is cheaper than paying rent in an 1 cality With the com pletion of the no lino this promises to become a great wealth producing region Tho oil gas and irrigation of tho liig Horn Basin will nmlo that country n combination of farm and industrial prosperity Write mo for full descriptive literature Go with mo to tho Basin and let me select you i now home DOLLARS PAID FOR RENT ARE LOtT 1 D CLEM BEAVER General Agent Land Seekers Information Bureiu Room 6 Q Buildmg Omaha Neb Trees and Seeds That Grow For the nast 24 years we have supplied our customers g in all States with Trees and Seeds that grow We gSkW carry a most complete line or Fruit and fqS Coin mental Trees Berry Bushes Roses Snlat e stock nials Bulbs etc atlow prices Apple iY L m3 o 6c Plum 12c Cherry 15c Peach fgBSlV SIrdIn nd 5c nil budded trees Con- PFIower Seeds to select d 50 GPfc32 per from Write for our lame 1 VI icrht dQm Pa2e catalog and Garden Guide fr ireignt on ttKwQMmzaP Va mnil snmn free of charcre to anvono 10 or ders How Sugar Melts If we drop a lump of sugar Into a cup of tea we line it takes a consider able time to melt if allowed to remain at the bottom of the vessel but ir ve hold it up in the spoon near the sur face of the liquid it dissolves mucn more rapidly This is owing to th sugar as it melts rendering the portion of the tea containing it heavier The sweetened part therefore descends leaving the sugar constantly in contact with unsweetened or only partially sweetened tea in fact a continual circulation of fluid is promoted until the whole is dissolved When the sugar is placed or permitted to lie ni The Power of Snails One day by way of experiment 1 harnessed two common garden snails to a toy guu carriage to see if they could pull it along says a writer in a London magazine Although the gun carriage was a heavy leaden one the snails pulled it so easily that I loaded the body of the carriage with small shot The snails however were more than equal to the task Anxious to test their powers still further 1 at tached a toy cannon made of lead and brass behind the gun carriage but the snails and their additional load moved on once again with the same apparent ease Out of curiosity I decided to weigh the cannon gun carriage and shot and to my great surprise found the total weight to be almost one pound I venture to think this a very good load for two snails to manage Meanness to a Blind Man A man with dark glasses over his eyes touched the conductor ou the shoulder as the car ueared Euclid ave nue and East Fifty tiftu street Pardon me the man said but if youre the conductor 1 want to ask a favor Im blind and l want you to lead me over to the curb when the car stops if youll be so good Not that I minded the little bother of doin that for him remarked the conductor wheu he got back on bis car but taint right to let a blind man go around all alone like that at night trying to find his way around In the dark Cleveland Plain Dealer interested also sample package of our New Coreless Tomato the finest of all Tomatoes GERMAN NURSERIES BOX 225 BSA7H5CF r3 rmrrrrni - - CHAiMRLAINS Cough Remedy Cures Coughs Colds Croup Grip and Whooping Cough We are pleased to inform our readers that Chamberlains Cough Remedy does not contain narcotics of any kind This makes it the safest and best for children It makes no difference when you canght the bottom of the cup it dissolves until tiat coit von have it and want to get rid the layer of fluid next it is thoroughly of it quickly Take Chamberlains Cough sweetened or saturated when it Remedy tically ceases to dissolve any further the sweetened and heavier stratum Tf do to fool with a bad cold XTVv flll fllifc rTll Will Vlf above it acting for a considerable time catarrh chronic 1ronchitis until the law of diffusion comes and consumptioii invariably result from ally into play like an impervious cov anegiected cold As a euro for coughs ering in keeping back the lighter an colds- nothing can compare -with sweetened fluid above hence the Chamberlains Cough Remedy Sold son also why stirring in breaking up everywhere at zoc uc anu the saturated layer and allowing ac cess to the unsweetened portion Is so effectual in bringing about the uni form sweetening of tea Life is not In frequently sweetened by the same stir ring up process The Family Pair The wrigidy stillness of the study period was broken by a slamming door and a thin boy in dirty ragged clothes slouched across the room Halfway to the teachers desk he drawled Pa wants that you should let Jim go home right now As Miss Davis looked a little doubtful he added ne kin come back right away The permission given the two badly soihd half starved sons of the most shif ss family in the district sLuflled down the stairs Very shortly Jim re turned wearing a pleased and impor tant smile on his pathetic little face I cmiie as soons I could Pas brothers dyin to Poplar he announc ed cheerfully Thats why pa wanted me But you werent gone long you didnt stay home I cant see why you went at all answered the bewildered Miss Davis Why pas goin explained Jim Yes hut what has that to do with you asked the teacher Pa had to have his suspenders was Jims matter of fact reply Ex change FRED WIGGINS AUCTIONEER mmmM T JdUC VltTTiAAVOvW T1 5aaSKSf2ssK S2il M will cry your sales any tim any whnre Bills post ed in t h Sappa coun try and tin cups fur nibbed for your free lunch with o u t extra charge Terms 10 first 1000 or less 1 per cent on all sales r u n ning over 81000 Dater made by The Danbury News Daubury Nebr HYYTYYYYYYYTTYYYYTTYYYTYYK l The Updike t I Grain Co 4 i i sells the following coals i t Nigger Head Maitland - Canyon City Lump Canyon City Nut Baldwin Lump - Iowa Lump Pea Coal Wier City Lump t Wier City Nut - Sheridan Egg v Rex Lump Pennsylvania Hard Coal -4 S S Garvey Manager - Phone 169 3 HAAlliiAiAAAiAiiAAAlAAAAAW ui i