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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1911)
I I I SIOO0OOOO0OOOOOO0OO d CONTINUES Our discount sale has been so successful that we have decided to continue it for a short time longer RE i X The official map making car of the Omaha Denver transcontinent al highway arrived in this city Monday night shortly after seven oclock carrying II Ileubinger highway engineer L M May Bard publicity man and C R Babeock the official photograph er The party was expected in the city sooner but delays were encountered early in the trip and the noon stop was made at Hastings instead of here as sched uled The party left Denver Satur day noon and Avith the exception of considerable mud encountered in western Nebraska found the roads were exceptionally fine be tween here and the Colorado cap ital city According to L M Maynard water of considerable depth covered the roads in the vicinity of Culbertsoa where there had been a heavy down pour Saturday night At one time said he we were very deep in the water and were bare ly able to pull through From McCook eastward however we found the roads in good shape All the members of the party MEn were loud in their praise of the work of Prof George R Chat- towns for good roads meetings J Going across this state through Exeter Harvard Hastings Min den Holdrege and McCook the party arrived at Denver J w itnL TviuimjgJSyw er Cent Off On everything in suits but blues and blacks This is your opportunity wtiiirttz uttshn urr s jxmmHi33sZ lMMMHVaMMMVP WW X m tt 5 w it ZW 11 1 4 SONS West B Street Phone 280 cOOO0KiOPOOOOOKCOCQO The tour is under the author ity of the automobile association of America one of the largest burn of the state university who i organizations of its kind in the accompanied the party on the I country the object being to plot trip from this city to Denver out a satisfactory cross country We noticed the effect of theroutc irm Omaha to Denver meetings held all along the way There can be no better roads i i wnen we came over same roaci on the way back said L M Maynard last night Much work had been done in the interim and Mlornc wnrn rfiTv vnnnrli r i tore liad been smoothed olr m good shape The Omaha Denver map mak ing car started from Des Moines July 16 and drove through to Omaha arriving there the same evening making the distance of 147 miles in five hours and ten minutes At Omaha a stop w made until Tuesday when the start was made on the tour across the new route A slow anywhere than those in this state if they are worked proper- ly said Ii ilucbinger the en gineer Ot flic nnrtv lsicf ninrlif mi 1 x i schedule was arranged all the for route said he way through in order that time might be taken at the important jljiuic iieeus to oe general work done on the roads with the drag and the railroad crossings need considerable grading in many places With some surfac ing the entire route through Ne braska will be practically ideal in every respect The tires which we have on our car are in excel lent shape after a trip of nearly 2300 miles the greater portion of which was through this state That is sufficient recommendation L M Mavnard declared thit there had beeu a wrong impres sion given out through the col umns of an automobile magazine in regard to the Omaha Denver ruuie xie asserted xnat less man an eighth of a mile of sandy road MARION Roy Partridge of Minden was a business visitor in town a few days recently Marion Powell is up from Lin coln doing the office work for the firm of Powell Nilsson Mr and Mrs Mitch Young of Danlmry were business visitors in town one day last week John Theilbar of Sherman Kansas was in town last mid week G R Havens returned one day last week from his trip to Mis souri Bert Lafferty and Lena Sand ers went to Oberlin to attend the chautauqua one day last week Prof A L Dunn of the Grand Island Business college came in on a motor cycle last mid week and did some work in the inter est of that school Our business men played ball with a pickup nine last week and were defeated by a score of 14 to 3 The main event of the game was that Win Eifert caugh a fly Sheriff Iliggins was posting up notices of the primary election in the various precincts of the south side of the county the first of the week Arthur B Wood and N J Johnson were over from McCook - ently on business of a political nature George Van Pelt who has been rishiug at his home south of town left first of List week to Take up his work as salesman of office supplies lie expected to work J mm McCook 10 Ft Mor gan Colo and go from there t the Dakotas Taking advantage of the high water in the creek E L Dodge Ray Van Pelt F C and A C Furman constructed a raft of three planks and four barrels and after launching it in the stream west of town they with Miss Vanehe Plumb boarded it and floated around the big bend just north of town Quite a number of the town folks were out to see fhe start and a free outside ex hibition was sriven in which all the actors got a good ducking and cue fellow proved to the crowd that he could not swim The distance traveled was about three miles and various obstacles were encountered and overcome S II Stilgebouer was business visitor on the north divide be- 1 was encountered on the trip- less than could be found on an of the other established or proposed across the state high ways That little stretch is near Imperial and is on a piece of newly made road said Mr Maynard It will in time be worked out so that it will give no trouble to tourists who travel over 1 lie new highway across Ne braska According to the map making parry of the new route there will be four feeders or tal highways which will turn tour ists into the Omaha Denver route The Waubonsie trail across Iowa running for Keokuk to Fort Mad ison and then to Nebraska City will be one of the principal ones and will connect with highway at this point This route has been laid out for some time with the exception of from Lincoln to Ne braska City This will be blazed today the party leaving here for the Otoe county town during the forenoon for that purpose The Blue Grass trail across Iowa will be another feeder to the new trans continental route This highway swerves from Fort Madison and passes through Bur lington and ends at Omaha where it connects with the newly estab lished route through the South Platte country Still another highway is the river-to-river or newspaper route which extends bell S pecial Prices from Davenport la through Des Moines to Omaha The fourth feeder to the South Platte high way is the old established mili tary route called the Iowa trans continental which originates at Clinton la and passes through Marshalltown and Cedar Rapids to Omaha If we do not have a passen ger over this route until 1915 I estimate there will be fully 20000 to 30000 tourists through the city of Lincoln and over the Omaha Denver highway that year said Mr Maynard last night That year will witness thousands of autoists going across country to attend the big Panama exposi tion al San Francisco and by thai time the South Platte route will be so well known and so widely advertised that the majority of the travelers will take it said he All of the Iowa roads have either established connections with highways extending farther cast or are now completing ar rangements for doing so accord ing to the party The Waubon sie trail which connects with the Omaha Denver route at Lincoln has through highway arrange ments made as far east as Indian apolis and others have already connected through as far as Chi cago Lincoln Journal Tlie McCook Tribune 100 a year ON ALL Low Shoes and Slippers AT THE MODEL SHOE STORE Buy Now and Save Money Phone 18 E D PERKINS CO The sewing circle met with Miss Edith Newberry Friday B F Darnell and family went to Minden via McCook Saturday to visit the home folks B F came back and left the family for a longer visit L D Newberry took them to McCook C M Dodge was up from TVil sonville Saturday on business BOX ELDER Mr nd Mrs D C Shaw visit ed at J A Modrells Sunday Mr and Mrs Otto Pate visited Mr and Mrs G- A Shields Sun day afternoon Rev Stalley preached at this place Sunday evening Ben Kinjr and family i New Morris Bldg Maxwell Wolfe returned from his Imperial trip Sunday A number of young people from this neighborhood attended the party at TVm Randalls last Saturday evening Pearl Sexson and Gussie Gor don spent Sunday with LTugh Campbell Mrs Marilla Bolles returned the hitter part of last week from her sad trip to Kansas where she was called by the death of he arher Miss Dossie Younger went t Friend Monday morning R F D No 4 William Little was in Hastings visited J Tuesday on business his parents Mr and Mrs S C Charlie Evans delivered hosrs King Sunday in the city yesterday G II Harrison returned from The farmers wont look at vou Friend last Saturday when they tell you the price of Marie Stone visited Jennie and hay Daisy Younger Saturday and Sun J L Iioyt had business in day town Monday Pear Alpha retta and Lilr George TVallen arrived homt ampoel went home with Grace from the east Saturday Mrs Ijiiey and Mary Sexson from TVallen meeting him at the train day school Sunday morning George Daek has moved onto Miss Florence Watson is home the Silvers farm roii McCook where she Las W C Zieafoose had five head been attending normal j of cattle die Saturday last from Mss OJie Brown returned on eating cane Saturday trim Oxford j Ed Jacques is in Colorado Uev and Mrs J F Russell locking after his wheat crop spent Sunday after Sunday school with Mr ind Mis T M Camp- Try a Tribune want ad and watch i results -- M J i 1- i i i i nil - - - J i j S5STI t ir f - 7aEoAo i I r I 1 4 jT l7tcvcn ko wujr tonus 4gzy tct j j I i i BTyTTTTVTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTYTTTTTTTTTTTYTTTTTTTTTTTTYTJI GREAT 0MAHADENVER TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTE iAiAAiiAAAAAAAAAAAAAYTYTTTAiAAAAAAAlAAAAAAAAAAAiiAAH OMAHA DENVER TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTE day July 26 At that end a monster mcctiiur avjis liolrl ni fhn 4 Denver chamber of commerce at which several Colorado state of ficials spoke and at which the good roads cause was given a great send off in that state Real Estate Filings The following real estate filings have been mad ein the county clerks office since our last re port Robert McQuilkin to Samu el G Small et al wd and nw4 lilOO 00 David S Brown to Claudie B Brown wd 7 8 and 9 in 61 Bartley 1500 00 David S Brown to Claudie B Brown bill of sale 6 horses and all livery pro perty and two cows 1500 00 John F Cordeal to O N Rector wd 8 and 10 in 29 2nd McCook 1 00 Notice I hereby give notice that I will not be responsible for nor pay any bills or debts contracted by Mrs E TV Sovern E TV SOVERN Get our rates on Farm Loans DORWART BARGER For special on dill sour and sweet pickles see Magner The McCook Tribune It is 100 the year in advance The best brands of canned fruits and vegetables at Magners Remember our mm fs oii oTrfw cleaned McCOOK MILLING CO m s rf 1 I Y 1