The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, February 26, 1912, Monday Evening Edition, Image 1
i a i W 1 r 4 14 in 3 fit If - - THIRTIETH YEAE z j J 4 4 i r t i r I Seed For Sale i Red Spring Wheat Barley and Corn I UPDIKE GRAIN CO S S Garvey Manager Phone 169 W I i vtl Costly Wreck As the details of the wreck near Straiten cin Thursday morn ing to freight No 70 became known it developes into one of -the costliest freight wrecks on this division for some time The Denver Post places the total loss at 50000 which is perhaps too high But the loss includes 70 head -of fat steers 300 sheep sev eral carloads of merchandise of different kinds fourteen freight ears touch damage to track re pairs labor etc which may push the total tip uncomfortably near the total indicated A broken wheel was the cause of ctihe wreck The unburned portion of the wreck was brought to MeCook Saturday Snow Storm Sunday Commencing about 11 oclock Sunday morning a snow storm prevailed an tliris section of state during the remainder of the day aeecimpanied by a ncrtheaot wind which drifted tJie fine snow con siderably The level was be tween 4 and 5 -inches Poultry People Notice We wall deliver free of cliarge from one to three sacks of straw as you wish along wuth your or der for feed Please do not or der straw until you order feed so that we ean take both in one delivery 19 2w McCOOK MILLING CO Get our rates on farm loans DORWART BARGER McConnell for drugs Everything in drugs nell Fidelity to deity and humanity travels along parallel lines Wedding Breakfast Wibite Rock and pure maple syrup at ners Phone 14 The W C T U will meet with Mrs J S Miller next Thursday afternoon Mrs Lewis Canh lead er Your teeth will last one hun dred years if you will use Rexall Pearl Tooth Powder McCONNELL Druggist Classified Advertisements FOR RENT Two furnished rooms for light house keeping Inquire 216 West B St Phono black 271 4tf WANTED Pupils on the pianc and organ Beginners preferred Terms 50c per lesson Susie Mc Bride Phone black 464 I I III III -I I II FOR RENT OR SALE The Blue Front livery barn See M O McClure at Bullard Lumber Co office FOR SALE 9 room residence modern 2 lots desirable loca tion S09 2d E Phone black 267 Found Place to have carpets eleianed 5 eents1 a yard Phone black 74 FOR SALE 160 acres land 5 miles south miles east of MeCook Terms 1600 cash Mary E Battershall owner Okarche Okla 4tw FOR SALE S W 7 3L Hayes Co Neb acre one third cash V - sec 35 20 per FOR SALE W i of W y Sec 13-1-31 Hitchcock Co Neb 8 per acre one third cash bal ance 6 W J FRfYER 24 Cooper Bldg Denver Col FOR SALE Three large cluiiek en ooops Call phone 214 -26 FOR SALE Good work horse Cheap if taken at once Phone 25 CARL MARSH Jounnal fc Jllcffi00l Regretted Error By a make up error in last Thursdays Tribune a final par agraph referring to the death of Martin Yager was- printed at the end of atn article referring to the death and hurial here of the late Pater Carry Of course the un intentional nature ot tile error wiiM be easily seen by all but it is regretted deeply by the pub lisher March 8th Date Set The railway commission has indefinitely positponed ai hearing set for March 8 on the complaint of the ciity of MeCook Avhich asks for a reduction of Bell fijSle nhone rates in that city This ac tion was taken by the ccinimosision because tihe parties on both sides say they are not ready for a hear ing Lincoln Journal Died at Danbury J II Rice passed away at Dan bury Saturday morning Deeeas ed was for a number of years a resident of South MeCook pre vicus to his removal to Danbury Mr Rice was a member cif Mac cabae lodge cif this city The ibodj wais brought here today for bur- iiiaiL wnaeh was nven under aus pices of the lodge The New Way of smoking meat We have a pure wholesome liquid smoke with the desirable elements of hickory wood without any dan gerous substance McMILLEN Druggist Denver Property 6 room modern home 2 story pressed brick fine location east side for sale or will trade for MeCook property 18 tf F W BOSWORTH 524 Main Ave MeCook Subscriptions Dcntforget that Barney Hof er will save you money on sub scriptions new or renewal for any paper or magazine publish ed Get his new club catalogue McConnell fills prescriptions Kodaks Kodak supplies McCONNELL Druggist For MackreL white Fish Salt Salmon and Codfish come to Magners Phone 14 Those who knew know there are no later styles in hand bags tham those Ave are allowing L W McCONNELL Druggist The seniors and juniors met in a base ball battle Friday after noon with a resultant score of 14 to 9 dn favor of the seniors All the latest ideas in wall decorations are embodied dn our spring stock of wall paper They are worth seeing See them soon McCONNELL Druggist Called meeting of the Metho dist Ladies Aid soeiey is an nounced for Wednesday after neon at the home of Mrs F A Munden Episcopal Sunday March 3d Sunday school at 10 Holly Com munion and sermon at 11 Even ing prayer and sermon at 800 The Ladies Guild meets with Mrs Morrissey Alfrie tj R Goldsmith There is philosophy of value in the homely advice Better bear the ills von have than flee to these you know not of More than one has left the Red Willow eoun ty pan to fall into the fire Canada and elsewhere rn The cough itbaife has continued until it has heeiome chromic must be cured by something other than an ordinary cough remedy A reconstructive tcmic Hike Rex all Cod Liver oil as necessary This cures stubborn cpuglis and all wasting diseases Price 1 McCONNELL Druggist Professor Swenson of the Hrf rege high seliool formerly a foot ball star at Peru state normal lias been appointed Bieakl of the physical education department of River FaMs Wis state normal The appointment wag upoih the recommendation of J W tree president of the normal and formerly -of Nebraska Lincoln Monday Evening Edition McCOOK RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA MONDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 26 1911 IRRIGATION DITCH MEETING A Mass Meeting Will Be Held in the Red Willow County Court House ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON FEBRUARY 29th To Hear the DeReiier Olson Irrigation DProposition in Detail Promi nent Speakers Will Be Present Let There Be a Large Attendance at This Important Meeting As indicated in Thursdays Tribune we are able to announce thafo the mass meeting referred tc then in the furtherance of tihe big ditch and reservoir proposi tion wdli be held in the court fhouse in MeCook Thursday af ternoon of thus week February 29th beginning at one oclock At this meeting Messrs DeRem er and Olson of Denver who are back of the proposition will be present It ds expected to have some speakers of prominence here from Dcnveras well as from this state men who are experts cm this line and will doubtless ibe able to give the meeting advice and information of value The proposition is the most im portant ever placed before the citizens of Western Red Willow county It is momenotus in im PERSONAL MENTION Frank S Valme was a Satur day business visitor in the city A L Rice pcstcffiiee inspect or was in MeCook Friday on business cf mspeetam home Sunday morning from her visit in Omaha- and other painte nn eastern part- of state Carl Bates will leave tomor row night for a business visit tc Superior Lincoln Omaha and cither points in the state John W Green of the Bank of Wiauneta was down to see the folks Friday night returning up the line on Saturday morning E E Magee came up from Au rora Neb Sunday on No 1 to visit the children a few days He is a guest in the publishers home Mies Claare Thursby was able to resume her work in the school room tliis morning after- an ab sence of a week on account of aiecidenta injuries Dr J F Hart is in Republican City today inspecting some horsea previous to shipment of the an imals to Canada From there he goes to Wilsonville to do more in speetion portance and stupendous in fig ures a matter not to be ap proached with levity or entered antio without the most serious thoughtful and intelligent consid eration and investigation Let the people come out and hear for themselves and then in vestigate deeply and wisely It is not necessary now to in dicate the value of a successful reservoir and irrigation ditch pro jeot All thoughtful intelligent people already know The ques tions involved are Is the propo sition feasible Is the expense reasonable Are the assurances and guarantees of the promoters sufficient Are the interests of the people properly and suffi aienfly safeguarded Come out and hear How dear to our heart is the steady subscriber Who pays in advance at the birth of each year Who lays down the money and does it quite gladly And casts round the office a halo of cheer He never says Step it I ean not afford it I m getting more papers than now I -can read But always says Send it our people all like fit In fact we all think it a help and a need How welcome his check when it readies our sanctum The Barney Lewis Special Barney Lewis iho tngineer step ped up town on an errand Wed neoday and in am error somaway the train went off and lit hiin th s fireman starting cut en likelv supposing tho Ja Mrs John Lankas returned j ney would catch on and up out Jiarney mrsssu eca n rrixne The Iiciff Bpecial was tit uy from Palisade the gaselinc ear and took him to Culberlson tc take his train which was held for him As the train had on aven cars cf hogs it had to - make Oul bertson for the Denver stock train Wauneta Breeze Come and Pay AM book accounts due the Hube stone should be paid at once 1 w iil be at the store from 9 am tc 4 p m this week to reib ciipt any desiring to pay 26 2tsw C NADEN Trustee ml i i -I 1t i rue Btaite department mas ap pointed Dr J F Hart of our city as stalEon inspector and the doctor will look after much of Jthe work of that department in the state west of here in Hitchcock Hayes Chase and Dundy Kjounties during me next few weeks t b wit t How it makes our pulse throb how it makes our hearts dance We outwardly thank Mm we inwardly bless liim The steady subscriber who pays in advance Exchange SOCIAL AND LITERARY Boyd Willetts was thoroughly surprised Thursday evening the occasion of his 16th birthday by the girls of Miss Claire Thursbys Sunday school class and the boys of Miss Millicent Slabys Sunday sdhool class the B B Cs The decorations and menu were pat riotic The Father of His Country and Boyd sharing the same natal day In the serving of the appetizjng content of the commissary the hoys officiated wfitili skill in cafetaria style Mrs Juliet Walker entertained about twenty lady friends at bridge whist Saturday afternoon Three course refreshments were served Dark red carnations and pink carnations and ferns were the decorative details in the home Mis O M Knipple car ried away the honors of the play ing and Mrs C D Ritchie the consolatiou The ladies assisting wene Mrs A Galuusha Misls Jul iet Galusha and Miss Zella Tay lor of Red Cloud Miss Maud MeMillen entertain ed the Young Ladies Whist club Thursday evening in traditional style Whist playing and refresh ments engrossed attention il NUMBER 79 - THE SEED BED By Dr W E Taylor Director Soil Culture Dept Deere Co Moline Illinois Primarily I want to impress up on tihe mind of the farmer the fact fcliat good farming involves at least four essential features ail of equal importance and all in terdependent and a neglect of an one of them wall be sooner or lat er reflected in products of the farm The four steps or opera tions are as follows 1 The seted bed 2 The fertility which involves the necessity of stock raising 3 Seed selection and breeding 4 Cultivation and crop man agement We will first consider the seed bed how it should be made and what at should contain The seed hed is the home of the plaint From the seed bed the plants receive their essential requirements namely food air water and warmth Plant requirements Plant rer quirementsi like those lof animals are exacting The laws of life anc development of the plant permit of no repeal nor will they toler ate radical interference Plants like animals may subsist on a starvation dliet and in an unsan itary environmentbut under such eondiitaons growth and itliion is unprofitable The best re suits are obtained only when na tures lawsareobservedand quan tity and quality of every tilling that enters into the growth of either plant or the animal are provided Air Plants require air and it should not only be accessible tc the stalk branches and leaves but it is absolutely necessary thai a sufficient amount be in seed bed within reach of the plants amid roots Nature lavishly supplies the plant with abundance ofat mos pherie oxygen and carbon above the ground but it devolves upon the man to so make and maintain the seed bed tliat the parts of the plant below the surface will also have an abundance of free oxy gea Soil lis composed of crystals and Mrs W R Starr was hostess particles- of disintegrated rock alt the Au Fait club gathering containing ehemiical elements Friday afternoon A five oclock regular surfaces of the particles do not permit them to ia in two rmn srr n lm come -V M Cl w gastronomic particular Mrs TV close contact witli eacli ctlier E McDivitt assisted the hostess Mrs Elizabeth Walker was a spec ial guest Mr and Mrs O M Knipple en tertaimed the J O C club on- Thursday evening The decora tions were appropriate to Wash ingtons Birthday hatchets and cherries and patriotic colors m evidence A seven oclock din ner was served there were souv enir hatchets at each guests plate and the napkins were in cherry design Mrs II vP Sut ton Mrs C R Knowles and Miss Helen Knipple assisted Mr and Mrs Albert MeMillen Mr and Mrs J G Stokes Mr and Mrs Albert Barnett Mr and Mrs II P Sutton and Mr and Mra Frank Real were guests The intervening spaces are equal an volume to the particles of soil tiuait as approximately inty per cent of the volume of the aver age soil is air spaces These spac es are intended for the circula tion of lair and the passage of minute roots Oxygen enters the soil iui various iwa3Ts and is util ized by the plant roots and thru the same air spaces carbonic aeiid gas and other noxious gases paB3 out If from any cause ground as sealed up If the air spaces are clogged either by Water or silt the plant suffers from two thingsnamely auto intoxication caused by tihe presence of poison ous gases and smothering ensues on account of the absence of at mospheric oxygen Plants in thin respect are not unlike animals for if a man or an animal is placed in a closed room where noxious exhalations are breathed amid f resli air is not admitted the main- or animal perishes Common reasoning should teach us Irow to rectify the oondition but too rV not reason we are eon tn nf tr Wain natures elements u Vrtrihute the deficient harvest to lrck o fcntflrty cf thr ircrl Tc o much water in the ed bed niay be the cause The watei line or sheet water may be so near the surface that the surfaioe sft is constantly surcharged with wat er or a hard pan may exist pre venting percolation of water to the deeper subseate thereby ihcld ing it in the seed bed In aifclnr ass the surface water should be removed Drainage Drain tile is a most effectual remedy If however the texture of the soil is cf such a nature that a free subsurface flow is permitted ditching will serve the purpose as well as tile The benefits of tile drainage are 1 The removal of surface wat er between the plane of the tile and the surface of the ground 2 Physical improvements of the soil rendering it porous and mellow 3 The admission of atmos - - pheric oxygen and carrying off neavy noxious gases 4 Rendering the soil several degrees warmer than undrained ground 5 Increasing the water absorb mg dualities iMierhv more water in rlie deeper subsoils 6 Preventing the washing aiway of soils and soil f ertility 7 Destroying hard pan While drain tile and ditches are splendid means of venitilaring the seed bed we are mindful of the fact that all farmers cannot resort to these expedients Except where soil is deep plowing and deep tillage ar nearly as beneficial as drainage If the subsoil is loose rendering the sub flow free deep plowing is more desirable than tile especial ly in sections where therainfall is abnormally low Water It is hardlv neeessainr to state tliat plants require water not in minute but very substan tial qualities It requires aibout three hundred pounds of water tt make one pound of dry material or to mature an overage acre of corn or grain at requires from four to six hundred tons of watei The soil water holding in solu tion plant food is carried thru the plant performs its functions and is evaporated through th leaves Soil moisture together with humus equalizes in a great measure soil temperatures dassoK es eiiemaeal elements and distrib utes them and in a great meas ure contributeis to the life and activity of the soil Water is found in the soil in three forms namely 1 Hydrostatic or gravitation al 2 Capillary Water 3 HydroesopiCjOr vapor water Hydrostatic Water stattdc water is the water that fails on the surface in the form of rains or by artificial irrigation If thus water exists in excessive amounts and percolates slowly saturating tine soil to the extent of filling the air spaces between the particles of seal far a pro tracted period thereby driving out the air it works disaster to the crop If however the ground is of good tilth and the seed bed as deep and free from hard pan the downward movement is sufficiently rapid to prevent smothering of the plant If a hard pan exists which is rare ly the case where deep plowing ia practiced but is usually found TOhfiTf till nrafitiipo t trv shallow the soil remains saturat ed rendering it cold sour and Hiifeless Deep plowing and sub soiling where it is needed are us ually sufficient to properly tak care of ordinary rainfalls Capillary Water Capillary water is the reverse of hydrostat ic water in its movements Wat er is stored in the deeper subxi and by the process of attractioir it moved upward passing from soil partiele to soil particle en veloping each with a film of mois ture until the surface is reached This water dissolves plant food elements and distributes them It also forms chemical eombinaitions making plant food compounds an holds them in solution until they are utilized by the plant The root hairs or food and water gatherers pass between the soil particles throwing out their min ute tentacles which wrap around the particles of soil absorbing by the process of osmosis nourish ment and ssnding it through the plant arteries performing its functions of life and growth It is needless to say to the ob serving farmer tliat this prcecea is not carried on in saturated acil for but few farmers have not ob served the absence of a crop where water has stood or the ground has been completely sat urated fcr any considerable length of time Hygroscopic Water Hygro scopic water is the moisture that is foamd on sciil particles but is not subject to mov ment either by gravity or by teaipiilary attrac tion More or less moisture ex- asjts in the air and as the air enters the soil the moisture adher es to- the particles This water probably plays little or no part an dissolving or distributing plant food but at the same time it will quench in a measure the thirst od sun burned plants i n semi arid regions To be continued