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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1911)
t saatfessfe DANBURY Lester Lord left Saturday eve ning for Omaha where he has hired out to Paxton Gallagher Co to cheek for them in their hardware department If a business man should fail to write his wife would a type writer J S Gadd the jewelryman made his regular trip Wednes day lie visits here every two weeks Ed Ruby and Orley Newberry left Wednesday evening for Falls City Neb to get work Ben Moss and Ray Sims are lo cated at Port Royal S C They joined the navy a few days ago Miss Athol White from the Sappa spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Esther Dolph C E Eldred and Lon Cone of MeCook were over in these parts Tuesday Mrs Burnett Dolph arrived Tuesday from Denver where she made a short stay Miss llallie Green returned on Friday from Colorado where she weeks The wind on Wednesday night blew down Otto Puelzs windmill and did other small damage Mrs L Newberry and child ren of Marion were down Mon day doing some shopping Ralph Messner and Roy Brock visited in Jennings Kansas last Sunday Frank Yarnell was in Marion on business Monday last E F Osborn and Mr Barnett of MeCook were over Thursday on business M Hanson of Indianola assist ant veterinary made his regular trip here Thursday 0 B Woods arrived on Friday from Fresno California where he has been working for the rail road the past few months Geo Thomas was a MeCook vis itor Friday Prof Morris went to Orleans Saturday evening on business The Oberlin band with a num ber of other people came over on Friday in the interest of the chau tauqua that is to be held at that place The band played a few se lections which the people enjoyed very much Mrs W II Harris went down to Steele City Neb for a visit and to bring her daughter Ruth back who has been there visit ing for a number of weeks S R Messner an old pioneer of this county died at his home at 2 4o p in Saturday He was up and around just before he died Rea Oman and family departed on Monday overland for North Platte where they expect to make their home A number of Masons from In dianola and MeCook were over Monday to attend the funeral of S R Messner Chas Johnson came in on the passenger Monday BOX ELDER Frank Hoar of Yuma Colo is visiting his sister Mrs D C Shaw A number from this neigh borhood hauled hogs to MeCook this week Mr and Mrs J S Modrell re turned on Monday from Imperial where they had been visiting their daughter Mrs Satchell They report crops to be looking fine in that vicinity Mrs Marilla Bolles and Chas Bolles visited with the Stones near Thornburg first of week J A Modrell and family spent Sunday with Ben King and fam ily near Red Willow Marie Stone of Thornburg is visiting with her sister Mrs Geo Harrison Lillian Doyle returned Satur day from her visit in the sand hills The young folks took advant age of John Modrell while he baching and had a surprise on him last Monday evening And he was surprised They took ice cream and cake along to break the fast which he had been hay ing The evening was spent in games and music Everybody re- ported an enjoyable time Mr and Mrs D C Shaw and Mr Hoar took dinner with Mr J and Mrs J K Gordon Sunday R P D No 4 Harm Smidt threshed wheat on Tuesday Among those on route 4 who threshed wheat this week are Claude Evans John Burtless and Oscar Schmitz George Wallen went down east this week J L noyt was in Culbertson Tuesday on business F Dack lost a fine cow last R M Hill is in Greeley this week for The Trihune DOCTORING A DIAIYIUNU Trick That Makes a Yellow Stone Ap pear Clear Blue White Let me show you a little trick that I would advise you not to put into prac tice said a jewel fancier to a number of friends the other day The conversation had turned to dia monds during the midday luncheon and the expert had been holding forth on his favorite subject The little group of St Louisans were interested I still more when the speaker drew a big solitaire from his finger and beck- oned a waiter across the cafe Bring me a glass of water and an indelible pencil said he when the servitor came over to the table This is a trick that is essentially crooked said the jewel fancier and will get by nine times out of ten even when the examiner is an expert at judging precious stones and detecting trickery It will make a yellow off color diamond look like a stone of the very first water Pawnbrokers in numerable have been fooled by this same trick as it is extremely difficult to detect even with a powerful glass The expert took the pencil and allow ed the indelible load to dissolve in the glass of water In a couple of minutes the water was as blue as indi go water Now watch said the man who knew the lore of jewels He took the ring and dropped it into the glass Its brilliancy was dimmed by the hazy bluish water until it look ed like a dead stone Now you noted said the demon strator that the diamond I placed in there was a bit yellow It will be a clear bluish white when it comes out of its bath At the end of a minute the stone was taken out The top of the gem was dried with a soft handkerchief and then the ring was waved to and fro for a few moments It was held up for inspection Not a gleam of yellow was to be seen The stone was ap parently a magnificent blue white gem that any one would be proud to own and loathe to pledge It is the blue pigment deposited on the back of the stone that has made the difference said the jewel expert The deposit is so filmy that a strong glass cannot detect it You cannot see it from the rear of the mounting and only a bath of alcohol will remove it It will stay on the gem for weeks if it is not removed in that way It used to be a favorite trick of many folks who now and again had to put a dia mond into the hands of a pawnbroker The trick is called doctoring a stone but as I said in the beginning I would not advise you to try ir I dont know what the law on such matters is in Missouri but there are states where a person convicted of such an offense would seme a lung penitentiary term for his cleverness St Louis Republic How Artificial Furs Are Mads The raw pieces of pelt are frozen and the skin carefully shaved off thawed and sent to the minimus to be made into leather The frozen fur which remains is allowed to thaw slightly at the bottom so that a siuIl part of the hair is freed from ice This thawed portion is then iMvred with a solution of rubber winch is allowed to set The result is that large seiimless pieces of fur are obtained much cheaper than those which come with the natural skin These same artifi cial furs are said to be more lasting than the real because they are im mune from the attacks of moths Paris Nature Values We have just got the market price of wives doped out not to a penny but close enough The research work came to an end when we put the subject of marriage up to a prominent bachelor I wouldnt give 50 cents for a wife he asserted But we asked youd give a counterfeit half dollar for a better half wouldnt you lie acknowledged that he would So you see were getting right down to cases New York Journal The Point of View I suppose your clerks are all Re publicans No said the merchant I hire the best men irrespecthe of their poli tics What a queer way to run a busi ness commented the politician Louisville Courier Journal Only a Decoy I think she will make a very domes tic wife I have been calling on her for several months now and always find her darning one of her fathers socks But have you noticed that it is al ways the same old sock Loifcvjile Courier Journal High Finance Why do you keep asking people for change for a dollar and then asking other people to give you a dollar for your change Well somebody may make a mis take in change some time And be lieve me it wont be me New York Journal Wonderful Kindness Hatteras Is Ghivers good pay Hanchett Good pay Why once when his assets were twice as much as his liabilities he went into bank ruptcy so his creditors would get 200 cents on the dollar Puck The feeble howl wit the wolves bray with the asses aria bleat with the ohopn Roland 1 SAN PR 0 VETCH A ISINO CROP May Be Found Useful in Sandhill Region of Nebraska SWEET GLOVER FOR HARD LAND y Erwin Hopt Assistant Professor ol Agronomy and Farm Management University of Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station Sand vetch variously known as win ter vetch hairy vetch Russian vetch Siberian vetch and hotanically desig nated vicia villosa is a species be longing to the genus vicia the vetch es This genus In turn Is one of the numerous genera making up the great natural family of legumes This being true vetch has certain qualities which characterize clover alfalfa peas beans etc Prominent among these characters are such qualities as the - - 2S - r sM - - i SAND VETCH GROWN ON ENPERI MENTAL STATION FARM AND J SEEDED LAST YEAR seeds being born in pods a high pro tein content in plant and fruit and as far as permanent agriculture goes perhaps most important of all the nitrogen gathering nodule forming bac teria among the roots Sand vetch must always be distingushed from its rather close hut for us unimportant and ptobably worthless relative vicia fative variously known as sprin etch spring tares common vetch and Oregon vetc i rfand vetch introduced over halt a century ago as Siberian vetch has ony recently begun to attract much attention Seme highly important work has been done with sand vetch in the south notably by Duggar in Alabama but for the north it may as well be trankly confessed that sand vetch is a plant about which much is said and little Is known Seed firmj through descriptions of it in their cat alogues have perhaps more than any other agency kept the plant before the public Several qualities conspire against universal culture of the plant 1 Its seed is high priced seldom gettirc it seems much below o per bushel 2 Much seed is required per acre one to one ann a half bushels sixty to ninety pounds per acre being gen erally recommended Less than thirty pounds is seldom if ever seeded 3 Though under favorable condi tions and when properly handled it may reseed itself indefinitely the plant is nevertheless an annual or at most a fall annual like winter wheat 4 The seed is considered to rather quickly lose its vitality seed more than two years old being counted un- B V 5 The plant has a sprawling melon like habit that makes it difficult to harvest for hay or seed unless it be sown with winter wheat or rye for Biipport C Repoits from various stations in dicate that inoculation is often need ed rninoculated plats have often lfhr 43 SSfii -- SWEET CLOVER SEEDED LAST YEAR yielded in hay but one third one-quarter or in at least one instance less than one tenth of what inoculated plats did There seems then good reason for not rushing headlong into the at tempted growing of sand vetch The most that can as yet be said in its favor is that it is a promising crop for certain sections of Nebraska ana as such is worthy of trial in a small way and entirely preliminary way an acre patch at the most Where red clover or alfalfa thrives there seems at least as yet little occasion to tam per with sand vetch Unfortunately however there are large sections of Nebraska notably the high lands of the western third or fourth of the state and also the sandhill region where save for exceptional and re stricted areas like some of the valley land even alfalfa will either not grow at all or at best is unsatisfactory If permanent agriculture is to exist at all in these sections the finding of some legume which will be to this re gion -what clover and alfalfa are to the east and to the valleys is imperative It is not a question of a legume or no legume but merely as to what legume Of the various legumes now some what cultivated and more or less un derstood but two seem at present to have any especial promise One of these is sweet clover the second is sand vetch At best prophecy is dan gerous and often unwise but it seems not altogether improbable that for the hard lands of western Nebraska sweet clover may in time prove of value while for the sandhill region sand vetch may be found useful On the other hand it is entirely possible that one or the other of these plants may prove better than its jival in both sections or indeed thatboth may fail in either region and some now little known legume prove exactly the thing Among the uncertainties of the le gume problem in the sections men tioned two factors stand out in bold relief 1 That sweet clover and sand vetch are promising enough to be worthy of careful cautious trial in a small way 2 That some legume or other must be found Gasoline Engines for Pumping By C K Shedd Department of cultuial Engineering University of Nebraska At the piesent time gasoline engines are being used by a great many farm ers and stockmen in Nebraska for pumping water Probably many oth ers are contemplating the installation of an engine pumping plant A few figures regarding the cost of pumping with a gasoline engine may be of in terest It may as well be said at the outset that where only small quantities of water are used the cheapest power for pumping is the windmill The windmill has a number of advantages The operating expense is practically nothing It requires very little atten tion although it should have more at tention than it gets on many farms Bolts should be kept tight and bear ings well lubricated It is well to use on the farm for other purposes it re it up to the pump The size of engine required for ordi nary farm pamps is from one half to one horse power It is advisable how ever when purchasing a gasoline en gine to get one a little larger say from two to four horse power Then belt the eneine to a line shaft and belt from this shaft to the pump the grind stone emery wheel small corn sheller etc In this way the engine is made jtXjl STAY Everett Dexter who said he was a section hand at MeCook on his way to Chicago to see his mother pleaded guilty to being drunk and drew 1 and costs which he did not pay Wednes days Lincoln Star The Main Store On tne Main Street If it is the freshest and best in gro ceries fruits vegetables etc you seek look no further than Hubers The Only Union iiiade overalls in the city are the Carhart Huber is the exclusive agent- Also jackets and caps The phone is 97 The city is having tour new ce ment crossings put in at the cor ner of Main avenue and B street LEGAL NOTICE Notice of hearing on petition for distribution of residue of es tate State of Nebraska Red Willow county ss To all persons inter ested in the estate of Mary J a mixture of flake graphite and oil on Baldwin deceased the bearings occasionally as this j Xoiicv is hereby given that V makes them smooth and they will not Franijn administrator of said cut so rapidly if allowed to run dry I tat fil d hi petition in The windmill will cost about the nravar same as a mnll niimnimr enc ne if l m J ymj 0 however an engine is already in use of which are that a decree of dis t may be made of the quires only a small outlay to connect idue of said estate now in his to do much more work and is there fore a more profitable investment The engine has several advantages over tne winamm on a large iarm The engine pumps water faster and steadier than the windmill and this is especially true if pumping into an elevated or a pressure tank with the use of an engine It is not necessary to have so large a supply tank A two days supply is sufficient where as with the windmill a stockman is not safe unless his supply tank will hold a two weeks supply of water A few tests have been run at the Nebraska Experiment station on a small pumping plant installed by the Department of Agricultural Engineer ing for experimental purposes The engine is a three horse power It is belted to a line shaft and this shaft is belted to pump jack feed grinder and corn sheller The pump has a 3 cylinder and an 8 stroke The water in the well is about forty four feet bejow the pump spout Pump tests have been run as fol lows First series water discharged at pump spout against no pressure Barrels water pumped per hour 118 Gallons gasoline used per hour 0140 Barrels water pumped per gal lon of gasoline 843 Cost of gasoline 18 cents per gallon to pump one barrel of water 00021 Second series water discharged at pump spout against a pressure of fifty pounds per square inch which is equivalent to pumping into an elevat ed tank 115 feet high Barrels water pumped per hour 109 Gallons gasoline used per hour 0177 Barrels water pumped per gal lon of gnsoline 615 Cost of gasoline 18 cents per gallon to pump one barrel of water 00029 Third series Only one test run Water discharged at pump spout against a pressure of seventy pounds per square inch which is equivalent to pumping in to an elevated tank 1G0 feet high Barrels water pumped per hour 107 Gallons gasoline used per hour 018 Barrels water pumped per gal lon of gasoline 593 Cost of gasoline 18 cents per gallon to pump one barrel of water 00030 ujossiuii u uie panics eiuiucu by law to receive the same You are hereby notified that lid petition will be heard by the County Judge at the County Court room in the City of Me Cook in said county at nine oclock a m on the 7th day of August 1911 It is ordered that a copy of this notice be published for three successive weeks in The MeCook Tribune a newspaper printed and published in said county Given under my hand and the seal of said court this 20th day of Julv 1911 J C MOORE Seal County Judge First publication July 20 6ts NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of Red Willow County Nebraska In the Matter of Ithe Estate of Hiram P Feekm de ceased I Notice is hereby given that the ftime limited for the presentation of i claims against said estate is six months from and after July 22 1911 and any claim not presented by that time shall be forever barred that I will sit at the county court room in MeCook in said county on the 23rd day of January 1912 at the hour of ten oclock A M to examine adjust and allow the claims against said estate and that the time limited for the payment of debts is one year from June 2G 1911 Dated June 26 1911 i J C MOORE Seal County Judge CORDEAL McCARL Attorneys First publication June 27 1911 8ts Legal Notice In the County Court of Red Willow County Nebraska To all persons in terested in the estate of Juliet B Hume deceased Notice is hereby given that Rob ert W Hume administrator has fil ed a final account and report of his administration and a petition for fin al settlement and discharge as such and for the distribution and assign ment of said estate to the persons entitled thereto as required by law It is ordered that the same be heard before said court at the coun ty court room at MdCook in said county on the 26th day of July 1911 at one oclock p m Witness my hand and the seal of said court this 5th day of July 1911 J C MOORE Seal County Judge HARLOW W KEYES Attorney First publication July 6 3 wks W v a WITH THE If WmrmS m JunSfm lllol kjtM4l COWS You will get more clear money from them than you can any other way provided you use a DE LAVAL cream separator which gets all the cream under all conditions If you have an old cheap machine or one nearly worn out we will make you a liberal allowance for it in exchange for a DE LAVAL in order to get you started right MeCook Hardware Co NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of Red Willow County Nebraska In the Matter of the Estate of Carolina Feekin de ceased Notice is hereby given that the time limited for the presentation of claims against said estate is six months from and after July 22 1911 and any claim not presented by that time shall be forever barred that I will sit at the county court room in MeCook in said count on the 23rd day of January 1912 at the hour of ten oclock A M to examine ad just and allow the claims against said estate and that the time limit ed for the payment of debts is one year from June 26 1911 Dated June 26 1911 J C MOORE Seal County Judge CORDEAL McCARL Attorneys First publication June 27 1912 Sts In the County Court of Red Willow County State of Nebras ka In the matter of the estate of Robert B Wilson deceased state of Nebraska Red Willow county I J C Moore county judge of said county hereby notify all per sons having claims and demands against the estate of said Robert B Wilson deceased that I have set and appoint ed the following days for the reception examination and adjustment of said claims and de mands as provided by law at the county court room in the city of MeCook in said county to wit On the 10th day of August 1911 and the 6th day of February 1912 All persons so interested will appear at said time and place and duly present their said claims and demands in the man ner required by law or show cause for not so doing and in case any of said claims shall not be presented by the 5th day of February 1912 the same shall be forever barred It is further or dered that this notice shall be given by publishing a copy of this order for four weeks in the MeCook Tribune a newspaper printed in said county Given under my hand and the seal of said court this 10th day of July 1911 Seal J C MOORE County Judge Ritchie Wolff Attorneys First publication July ll 8ts NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Frank S Vahue Daniel B Doyle Jr and Emmet E Hovermale de fendants will take notice that on the 31st day of May 1911 W B Whit taker a justice of the peace of Red Willow county Nebraska issued an order of attachment for the sum of 200 in an action pending before him wherein George W Marquardt is plaintiff and Frank S Vahue Dan iel B Doyle Jr and Emmet E Hovermale are defendants that prop erty of the defendant Emmet E Hovermale has been attached under said order consisting of Enamel sink 27 feet in pipe and bib gas fixtures and fittings lad der and 40 feet of track 92 running fieet of shelving 10 feet high 6 counters 5 show cases wall case cash register desk hook case set tee 3 chairs spice cabinet stove and pipe 3 twine holders broom rack whip rack 2 tobacco cutters 40 packages stock food oil tank basket bolts 6 seats barrel and about 15 gal oil 2 barrels 12 egg cases egg carriers window trim mings cleaners scoops pails and boxes 2 Rochester lamps and awn ing frame Said cause was continued to the 29th day of July 1911 at 9 oclock am GEORGE W MARQUARDT Plaintiff By H BOYLE Agent First publication July C 1911 3t Tl l
