THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAXu JULY 17 , 18.92-SIXTEEN I'AGES. 13
ABOUT ADAMS COUNTY
Where the Soil's ' Fertility is Proverbial and
Prosperity Has on Abiding Place.
HASTINGS , "QUEEN CITY OF THE PLAINS"
A. Pipulons and Progressive Community
Upgrown in Twenty Years.
WORE PRAISE DUE TO PLUCK THAN TO LUCK
Brcat Possibilities of Ochre and Salt Mining
Near the Oounty Seat.
TILLERS TESTIFY TO ADAMS' ' ADVANTAGES
tuncl Inurcuioil In Vulur 1'our Hundred P r
Cent In J'ourtpvu Vriirn 1'lno I'riill
Ciitiiilrj No Ono
K to * 'll.
Adams county is ono of the aocond tier of
couullu * In Nebraska uorth of the Kansas
line , and about 120 intlos west of Ilia Mis
souri river. Its coucrcsslonnl ucscrlptlon is
townships 5,0,7 , S , liiratipos'J , 10 , 11,12 , west
of tliu sixth principal meridian. It Is almost
mhhvay botwocn 41) ) nntl 41 degrees north Int-
tudc , and iT ) and US decrees west longltudu.
Its areu Is 07G syunro miles or UG3G , 10 acres ,
while its menu elevation above the sea level
Is lbOJ foot. The population in 1STO wns
10 , In 1SSO , 10,539 , nnd in 1S90 , 24,303. Adnms
county picscnls sonic rcmarltuMc contrasts.
In 187:3 : ihuro was not a bullilliigvhero the
city of Hastings with its 54,000 clti/cns now
stands ; five years before that the land was
inhabited only by Indians , and its praluus
dotted ttltU buffnloos. Twenty years ago a
man with a welt was uuvlod by Ills neigh
bors for miles around ; nnw every farmer
must have his windmill with pipes running
over nil the farmyard , anil the city of
Hustings possesses ono of the bast water
systems \\est of the Mississippi ilvor. Then
muiu teams were eagerly sought for ; now
the fai mer ci inos to town with his wife and
children behind a team uuich is properly an
object of jealousy ou the pirt of
the more unfortunate city mortals.
Tno country is noteworthy In muny
respects. It is ruoro densely populated than
nny county In the state outside of Douplus
nnd Lancaster , its overalls per mlle being
fortjthree persons. Outside of these
two , it is also the wealthiest in
tbo stato. Within its Boundaries uro
fully 150 farmers who each are
votth f.j,000 nbovo all incumbrnnco. The
Boil Is most peculiar. The roAds are as hard
as p.uimentbilo plowca land is as mellow
its nn ush heap. After a heavy rain , and
Within a ilmo surprisingly short loan east
erner , the ground" will upnaroatly be as dry
ns bofote. The water is absorbed , and does
not remain upon the surface to form the mud
which Is fie familiar In otbor sections. In
itself , the soli is n rich black loam. The
drain n ( re is excellent. Through the southern
part of tbo county runs the Little Blue
rlvor , with its bronchos. Sand , Thirty-two
Mile , Cotton wood and Pawnee creeks ;
throuch the northwest corner of tbo county
runs the south channel of the1'lntlo. .
Astdu from the natural fertility of the soil ,
"the re in i ) other navontacos which have as
yet remained undeveloped. Some little tune
ugo a ( irospocting well , u thousand feet deep ,
vus dtillcd by the eltiens of Hastings. Be-
tmnlng ; at a dnpth of10 feet and extending
to the ! Jt > 0-foot level , there was discovered to
bo n bed of the finest quality of yellow ochre.
.At ! M'J fcot a How of salt water was struck ,
V hlih seemed to bo inexhaustible. Neither
the ochio nor the salt beds have ever bo-ni
woilml , but It is only a question of time un
til Net/rzslcu paints and salt will be furnished
ironi the Hastings beds.
Adams county was organized in 1SG7 , but
ns ut that time the country wns practically
uninhabited the act WHS permitted to become
u dead letter. In November , IS" ! , a proclam
ation was uiado by Acting ( Jovurnor James
orgnnirlng the county fur executive and
judicial purposes , and lixiug the data for the
election of county ofllcurs on December 12
following This election was held and tbo
chosen odlccrs duly qnalllled. Juniata was
made county seat , but in 1679 , after the Usual
county seat war , Hastings was made the
capital of Adams county.
Indian troubles were unknown in tbo early
liUtorv ot the county , as before therewcro
tnany whites to molest the redskins Dad all
icon romovcd to reservations. And yet there
tvoro doubtless many exciting scones , lost
now almost to tradition The old California
trail , the oblcct of many a memory , loads in
n northwesterly direction through ttio coun-
tv , nnd over it must have passed Kit Carson ,
Vicmonl , and the earlier explorers , Malut
and Uobltaltlo. In Washington Irvlug'u
"Astoria" mention Is iiuulo of an oncamp-
monl v. Huh must have been near Juniata , in
the centr.il part of the county and Fenimoro
Cooper's "Hawlteyo'1 must have boou famil
iar uitli this legion.
The assessment books of last year show
tlmt the value of the personal property in
Adams county was ? 4r > uO,000 ; of the farm
real estate. fO.WW.OOO ; of town lots , $4. 0 ,
000 : of railroads , f 1,500,000. This valuation
would make the avorngo wealth of rach por-
Fen In the county to bo ? I ) . ° iO Last year , no-
corillnt : to the records of mursgaxoj illod anil
released with the legister of deeds , the
farmers of Adnms paid elf 6100,000 raoro
mortgnees than wcro ( lien Of this , a com
parntivi'ly small amount was settled for by
loicclosuien. In the month of Juno of this
year ) tOII ) , ! of mortgages were filed and
fOri.S'.b ' rclcasiui , nn excess of siuiufnction
amounting to KITi , ' & ' ! . During the same time
then ) weio no sheriff's deeds made and of
the aotlgngo filings fully i.7 > per cent was for
part payment of purchase money.
AH Tortile Hi Old HBJ t.
The fcitlllty of Adams county farm lands
Is proxerbial. Of thoaTO.OOO ucros of land In
the county u very small fraction Is unfit for
tillage , lu thu northwestern portion , border
ing the Platte , iMid in t lie extreme west are
uuuiirous sandhills , while In certain parts of
the COUTBU ol the Little Jiluo the land l In
clined to bo somewhat rough. IJut , strange
ns it m.iy seem , bomo very excellent crops
nro buing raised on these sandhills by
thorough cultivation , while thu bottom land's
of thu Blue furnhh tha best of p.isturago. In
main , tl.o bulk of the land Is as fertile us the
valley of the Nile , wltnout the attendant dis
advantages of llootlsnnd crocodiles.
Of i-oiiiso. corn Is the staple product , nl-
thouuli of late years wheat and outs have
risen in popular favor. Last year , from 100-
OOJ ueres planted , Adams county raised
enough corn to give tuonty-ono pounds of
hello : ! corn to every family of live persons
in the United States. In the same year tbero
were ittt.STO acres of wheat nnd : tS,4t > 0 of oats.
The pioximity to lliu OximrJ beet eugar
works mis caused many farmers to try the
experiment of raising a few acres of 'sugar
beets. Flux uncl uucHt\ heat are cultivated
to a certain extent , whllo ttiuro were 2,870
ncr i > of r.\o and 10,573 of bin ley grown ac-
co ml i. g to tbo assessors' boons for lb'1.
It is u mistaken idea that leads muny people
ple to a pink of "treeless Nebraska , " for
there ore moro shudo and fruit trues on
farms and city property in Adams county
than lu many of tlio states farther oust
Which wcro onglnulljr covered with forests.
Adams county apples mo shipped tu Penn
sylvania , orders having I't't'u 'nluced iu the
can during tbo late trip of the Nebraska ad
vertising train. Hasting * , although ouly
twenty j corn old , U ono of the slutdlust of
Western cltlss. Cotton woods , as a quick
prowiri ? trw , wore the llwt choice , but later
these uro Riving way to elms , maples und box
Idcr * . Referring again to thu assessors'
book * . It U fouud that I hero wcro last year
1)-GO ) ; ! trees In the county , a largo Increase
over the returns of tuo year prerlouo. Ou
the lawn of 1'ostmnstcr J , 11. Hourtwoll of
Hatting * are plumed lxty varieties of fruit
And M > u do trees.
lluitlnc1 origin dates back to IST'i when
tin * towitilta was surveyed under orders of
VVnlter M. Mlculln and Tboumi E. Furrell.
> t that tltno the B. & M. Has la operation ,
nnd the St. Joseph tc , Grand Island ( then
St , Joseph & Denver ) had been extended to
meet Its lines at Hnstlnrs. 1'robaoly two of
the most Important factors In tha growth of
the new city wcro the removal of the county
seal from Juniata to Hastings , and the great , |
lire of 1S79. The great firn of September ,
Ibi'J in the
, destroyed thirty-three buildings
central business portion ot town , causing
tlOO.OOO of damage. The ruins had hardly
ceased to smoulder when the 'vorK of replac
ing the old wooden buildings with substan
tial bricks was begun.
In March. ISStf , an ordlnanco authorizing
the city to borrow $53,000 for the construc
tion of n system of waterworks wns passed
nnd hts action confirmed byavotoof the
people. The syntm consists of eight bore
wells 140 foot deep , which pump the water
Into a largo receiving basin. Two largo
force pumps take the water from the
reservoir and pump it Into thos'.andplpo , 123
foot high and twenty foot in diameter. Tbero
nro nearly twenty mlloi of mains , and Jlro
hvdrants nra scattered at Intervals throuch
the city. The works are self-supporting , nnd
each year pay moro than the Interest on the
Investment , besides giving the city the nd-
vnutneo of free hydnnt service for flros.
flio water is us mire ns that of a mountain
spring , and the supply Is Inexhaustible.
.Soinii rciiturcH of Hustings.
The state asylum for the Incurable insane
was located at Hastings In 1839 , nn appro
priation of ? 7ul)00 ) being made by the legisla
ture. In addition the cltizeus of Hastings
gave ICO acres of land two miles from the
city as n building slto. At the last session ot
the legislature an additional appropriation of
$75,000 was tr.ado for the purpose of adding
two wings nnd other needed buildings. The
main building is 112x170 , with wings in the
roar 15(5 ( foot lone. The now wings at the
ends of the central part are each 140 fcot nnd
three stories high witn a basement. The
larni is cultivated in part by the inmates
tbomsclvos , a number of acres being glvou to
sugar bcots.
The nuw courthouse , which was completed
In liOl ut n cost of ? r.,000 , Is said to bo the
finest edifice of Its kind in the state outsldo
of Douglas nnd Lancaster counties. It is
built of pressed brick , with red sandstone
trimmings and toundatlon , and with a slate
roof. A central tower 128 fcot high is sur
mounted with a statue of Justice twelve foot
in height. Tno various olllces are most
comfortably and commodlouslv arranged , the
casings and oftlco furniture being in main
of natural oak.
Whllo Hastings has never been loudly pro
claimed as n manufacturing city , the fact
remains that the ' 'Queen City of the Plains"
has ruoro factories than oven her own citi
zens give her credit for. The largest cold
storage plant In Nebraska Is located there ,
sending eggs as for cast ns Boston.
A wholesale harness factory gives work to
fifty hands ; a soap factory to n number ;
The Queen city steam laundry operates from
Omaha to Cheyenne ; the Hustings specialty
mill sends corn meal to Tennessee , and n
fence factory has lately been established.
The Hastings foundry is owned by William
Moi Itz and employs n number of bands the
year around. The Hastings roller nulls are
favorably known over the state , ouooflts
owners , Mr. O. H. Kdgorton , being ouo of
the directors of the State Manufacturers
association. In addition there nro anutnoer
of brickyards , cigar factories nud cornice
works which employ hundreds of men.
Last year tbo city council submitted a
proposition to the voters to bond the city to
put iu n system of sewerage. The proposi
tion wns once defeated , but upon again being -
ing nut before the electors it was carried
almost without opposition. A sewer farm
was purchased ana u line system of sowars
put in according to plans inaUo by the
Piesent city engineer of Omaha , Mr. Andrew
Uosowuter Tbo system has given onliro
satisfaction , nnd now all of tbo business
houses and muny of the private rosideucos
are connected with It.
In the latter part of July , 1S01 , the question
of paving tbo central portion of tuo city was
agitated by some of the citizens. The'coun-
cil ordered paving district No. I to bo paved
and called an election for the purpose of is
suing $ T > ,000 , of intersection bonds. Ouco the
work baa begun , the property owners saw
the advantages to bo derived from paving ,
and petitioned the couuril to create paving
districts 2 nnd 3. At tbo special election
called for July u last to consider the issuauca
of $35,000 intersection bonds , fully 1)3 ) ucr cent
of tbo vote cast , was in favor of the proposi
tion. The now districts em brace jieaily all
of the business portion of the city , about
twenty blocks.
Trots , lulptand I'edugoKrjr.
Hastings has no need of a militia company ,
if it bo true that tbo pen is mightier than the
sword. The city boasts of no loss thaa three
daily and live weekly newspapers. The
daily and weekly Nebraskan are the oldest
papers in the city , Messrs. J. A. and T. J.
Urooth being the publishers and editors. The
dallv Republican is the only morning duilv
between Lincoln und Denver ; C. L. and K
A. Wntklus are the owners. They also pub
lish n wceltly edition. The dally Times is a
penny dnlly "published oy the Times Publish
ing company. 13otU the Nebraskan and
Republican are republican papers. The
Adams County Democrat , published by I { ,
li. uud C. O. Wahlquist , dispenses demo
cratic doctrlnn to its readers ovcry Friday.
Our Own Opinion Is nn Independent weekly.
The Independent Tribune Is a stalwart re
publican weoklv , conducted by the veteran
journalist , A H. Brown.
.Hastings is pro-ominontly a city of
cnurcaas. The finest church edifice In the
city is owned by the Presbyterian society ,
and is situated at thu corner of Lincoln
nvonuo and Seventh street. It wns erected
at n cost of .15,000 , nnd Is built of brick with
rod Colorado sandstorm trimmings. It con
tains a pipe organ vnluod at 1,500. Hev.
Hurry Omar Scott Is the pastor. St. Co-
cilia's Catholic dates back the
( ) to establish
ment of Hastings. The parish is presided
over by Fattier J. 12. English. The first ser
vices of the Congregational denomination
were hold In the covered logons In which
the pioneers traveled over this region. The
first rotrular organization was made in 1S71
ut Hastings. Tbo society at the present
time owns a neat and commodious plnco of
worshln nnd has Kov. Mr. Powell as pastor.
The Methodist Episcopal church was organ
ized in it depot lu 1ST- , and their present
church is a great contrast to their former
humbloquaitors. Kov. Adams is their min
ister. 1 he Baptist church was tounded in
1S74 , Uov. J. K It. Folsom is the present
pastor. St. Mark's Bniscopal parish owns a
very neat and cooifortablo ulaco ' of worship ,
with Kuv. William Ljoas' as rector. The
Christian church is presided ever by Uov.
Mr. ICiischslcin. The Swedish and Gorman
citizens nave eaeh religious organizations ,
the Swedes having ono aud the Germans
four.
Hastings has nn enviable reputation as an
educational center. Tbo public schools are
under charge of Superintendent Crown ,
with n corps of twenty-six teachers. The
city owns tlvo line brick buildings , each sur
rounded by it largo playground. Tbo sohool
census gives 2,201 persons of school ago in
tbo city , nnd the attendance at all tlmos is
unusually good. "The pride of Hastings" is
a name often given to Hastings collogo.
This institution is largely u product of
Hastings push , although under the control of
the Presbyterian uouoininnUon , McCormick
hall , thu building used for recitation uur-
poses , was erected in IBbit-l , It is named
lifter the into Cyrus McCormlok of Chicago ,
who was ono of the best friends tbo institu
tion ever hud. Ladies nail U larger than tbo
first building , nud was built iu Ibil. There
are on un averaga 150 students in attendance
at each term. Kov.V. . P Kinglnnd , D. D. ,
js president , with a faculty of olght Instruc
tors. Thoacauoniy of the Sisters of the Visi
tation was established in the spring of ISV.- )
Thu academy building Is 110x134 foot , three
stories high with u basemaut. The toaool
was opened January 0 , 1S1U.
Hie secret iratornilto * are well repre
sented in Hustings , there being four princi
pal halls for meeting. Tbo Masomo tomulo
wns built In the full of Ibsl ! on Sccoud street ,
between Denver and Hasting avenues. The
building has a frontage of GO fcot , with a
depth of 110 foot. The entire ouitdlug is ar
ranged with especial reference to the needs
of several Masonla organizations. The Odd
Followi huvo a ball of their own on Lincoln
avenue , and tbo Knights of 1'ythmi a Casllo
hall on Second street In thu central block ,
The Grand Army of too Republic owns tbo
postoltlco block , which has the lodge rooms
in thu second story.
I'limnrlal nud Commurclnl liutltutlonn.
The Nebraska Loan and Trust company
has its headquarters at Hastings ; in fact
Hustings was its birthplace. It was organ
ized in ISi.1 , with a capital ot J 100,00J ; tbo
present capital U toOO.OJO.
There uro in Halting * four bank * . The
capital of the First National is $100,000 , and
the capital and undivided pro ( Its with the
surplus (200,000. It has nearly KOO.OOO on
deposit , of which fully 35 per cent Is money
deposited bv farmers. Too German National
was founded In lt > S7. lu capital stock is
uud of tbo (150,000 on deposit a con-
sldernblo proportion Is owned bv farmers. I
Tbo Adams County bank was founded In I
ISsO. Its capital , undivided nroHt * and stir-
plus Is J90.00J , and or the SIM.OOJ on deposit I
f , " > 0,000 is farmers' money The Kxchanuo
National has $100,000 capital , $ : oOJii surplus
and 5150,000 on deposit , nfarly all farjier '
money.
Hastings ns n wholesale point pan hnrdly
bo excelled. With the main line of the
U. it M. route nnd Its branches to
Aurora , Kearney , Oborlln and the Republi
can valley , nnd to Cho > enne. with the St.
.loo & Grand Island giving direct communi
cation with the Union Pacllio at Grand
Island , ami leading to tha southeast , with
the Fremont , Klkhorn & Missouri Valley to
the northeast , and the Missouri Pacilk- to
ward the southern part of the state aud Into
northern Kansas , It will bo seen that Hast
ings Is amply supplied with railroads , and is
nn excellent point for wholesale houses to
locato. Tbero nro now located in tbo city
hardware , grocery , lumber , furniture , liquor ,
cigar , commission and produce wholesalii dis
tributing houses , and tiioro are constantly
being added.
Six miles west of Hastings on the Unas of
the H. & M. and Missouri Pacific Is .situated
Juniata , with COO Inhabitants , the oldest set
tlement In tbo county and a good 1'voly
country villnco. The town of Juniata was
surveyed in November , 1871. The village
was incorporated in ISbO nnd U now uiulor
the trustee system. The Methodist nud
Baptist denominations have church buildings
ana supplies nro regularly made for other
denominations. The Grand Armv of the
Republic has n largo ball and the Odd Fol
lows have lately built a boll for their own
uso.
uso.A largo grist mill furnishes employment
fur a number of men besides n number of ele
vators which nro of much convenience to
grain producois. The Juniata bank is con
ducted undorthc Arm natnoof C.H Jones &Lo.
Tbo Juniata Herald Is n newsy weekly , re
publican In politics , with Isaac H. Rickell as
its editor.
Kenosaw , westof Juniata , was a prosper
ous settlement in 1S73. Its present 'popula
tion is about 400. Catholic , Methodist , Pros-
bytcrlan , Baptist and Evangelical denomina
tions nro nil rcprcsontcd , with several houses
of worship. Years ago , ns It was on the
government trail , IConesaw wns a favorlto
stooping place for prairie schooners , and al
though the villaco has lost this former Im
portance the growth of tbo country surround
ing has made it u good nctivo little town.
The Kenosnw Citizen is a republican paper
published there , and two banks , Exchange
bank and Bank of IConesaw , do a thrifty
business with the merchants and farmers
surrounding ; .
South of Hastings ten miles is the village
of Ayr , whoso history dates back to 1878.
Ayr is pleasantly situated on the Republican
branch of the B. & M. near the Little Blue
rivor. The omnipresent red elevator is bore ,
and the trade of the south part of the county
is mainly given to Ayr. Tbo Methodists and
Presbyterians have churches. Marvin N.
Kress , bettor known to old timers as "Wild
Bill , " is nan tno postmaster.
Hanson is a little burg ulna rnllos north of
Hastings , whoso claims for recognition depend -
pond upon the trade given it by the sur
rounding country.
Presser Is the terminus of tno Nebraska
branch of the Missouri Pacilio and a grain
collecting cantor.
On the lines ot the Kansas City & Otniha ,
in the west central part of the couiuv , nro
Holstul'i and Koscland , two villages estab
lished comparatively recently. On the same
road twelve miles south of Hastings is La
Roy , and n counlo of miles farther on Pau
lino. This latter vlllaga claims the dlstinc-
tinclion of being u junction point , tbo Mis
souri Pacitlo and Kansas City & Omaha
crossing hnre.
I'rom Fifteen to Sixty-I'lvo ,
Generally the prosperity of a county depends -
ponds moro upon the thrift and energy of its
in habitant * than upon any superior natural
advantages It may possess. If Adams county
occupies an enviable place among the sister
hood of Nebraska , it is because pluck more
than luck has placed her there A few in
stances out of the many are cited to support
tuo claim that Adams' is ooo of the best
counties in the stuto.
Charles B. Btgnlow , the present county
clerk , came to Nebraska In 1ST- , along with
a party of "tourists. " Ho first wont down
into the Republican valley , but not liking
the country bo retraced tils stops as far as
Juniata. Near this city ho was obliged to
stop , "on account of a lack of finances , " as
ho puts rt. In fact , ho was unable to pay
the pra-omotion fee required by the govern
ment for homesteaders , and was obliged to
"squat" until ho could raise tbo requisite
$2. In addition to his original eighty which
ho obtained from the government for $14 , ho
has now an eightv-acro tract and a twenty
adjoining , * for which ho paid So an
aero. His eighties cost him practically
nothing , and whan it was suguestod to
Mr. Bigelow that jierhaps when ho had been
cloctcd county clerk he nad disposed of his
property , ho answered : "Sell lii What do I
waut to sell it for ? It didn't cost mo mucu
of anything , and It brings mo in a good in
come. No , I rented it , getting one-third of
the produce. " Near Mr. Bigolow are his
father nnd his brother , whoso experiences
are very similar to those of C B. Mr. Bige
low states that when ho first came to Ne
braska ho had to go two miles to got water.
A neighbor of bis hud to go to the same well ,
a distance of four miles , nfoot. nnd carr > the
water In a couple of palls. This same man
thought ho was In great lucic when Mr.
Bigelow dug a well upon his own place , and
the distance ho had to travel was reduced to
two miles.
F. Rlnker of Wast Blue township carao to
the state in Ib77. Ho was fairly well oft
when he began , as ho bad a capital of about
J.J.OOO ; $1,010 of this was invested In 100
acres of Union Paclllc land , for which un
oiler of J6.000 would now bo refused. Besides
this bo owns city property in Hastings. Mr.
Hlnker's specialty is iino horses , of which ho
ICPODS on an average twenty ou tha place at
nil timos. Lust your bis forty acres of corn
uvoragud fortv-tivo busbck an acre , and the
same area of oats fortv bushels. Half of his
farm ho still keeps in meadow and the lest Is
Highly nnpro\ed.
The writer recently made n trip Into the
northeastern portion of thu county into West
Blue procinut. Calls wcro made at nearly
every farmhouse , with the object of deter
mining whuthurhis views of Adams county's
prosperity were shared by the older settlors.
It must bo understood tliat the trip did not
oxtoud ever tha whole township , but that
the route was chosen entirely at random , so
the absence of any of the older class must not
bo taken as intentional.
Danlol Dillenbach was the first called upon.
Ho came to Nebraska in 1878 and purchased
160 acres of land a short distance north of
the city at about $15 nn aero. Mr. Dillon-
bach has improved his farm by setting out
ou it numerous fruit and shade trees , until it
Is known pretty well all over tha county as
n line fruit farm. Ho has planted , and Is
now receiving tha returns from , four acres
of apples , a flvo-acro peach orchard , cherry ,
plum and nutboarlng trees and grapevines ,
which are planted in great numbers on bis
placo. Small fruit ho has in profusion und
still ho has room to cultivate the usual farm
products. His land has increased from (15
to ? o"J in value in fourteen yonrs.-
Tu tlmony of I'ractluul Tlllum.
G , G. llalstoad lives tbroo miles north of
Hastings , whoroho has a 147-ucro farm. Ho
obtained bis land eleven years ugo , paying
for It $ .1,51)0. ) It is not In the market now ,
but its value Is fully $12,000. Last year ho
raised 1,000 bushels of oats from sixty-tlvo
acres , U,000 of corn and 125 tons of tame hay.
Ills corn averaged forty bushels on aero.
When Mr.nW. J. Fisher took up his
present farm In ' 87 fully half of it had never
been broken , although the pnco paid was U22
nu acre. Now it isn'i in thu market Ho
has put out a quantity of fruit , besides a
peach orchard , which is in a promising con
dition. Last year his prlnciual crops were
corn , tlax and oats , all of which yielded a
good crop.
Six mtlos from the city TUB BF.K ronrojon-
tativo mot Mr. M. Mueller. Mr. Mueller
has lived in the state lor seven years aud on
bli present place for the six last past. His
quarter section Is planted in com , wheat ,
outs nud llax. Mr. Mueller bad a somewhat
novoi Idea to advance. Ho suggested that
lustoud of excursions being made into the
Etato by railroads that a more lasting Im
pression could bo made upon the minds of
oasternorj by ( tending Nobraikans back
among choir old neighbors. The average
tourist oamo to the west with tno expecta
tion of rinding a country glvon over to bison
and Indians , and when they have such on
entirely different experience Uioy are bo-
wllderod nnd do not exactly know what to
think concerning the land. Nebraskans sent
to the oust , on the other hand , would bo ublo
to Intelligently present the advantages of tbo
state , thus socurlng u moro touting Impros
sion.
William Huxtablo has occupied tils present
place for nineoars , it orig
inally being school land. To
secure it cost him M.720 , but its
value now with improvumenU , is ( U GOO , au
increase rf nearly f < ywo-in nlno years. Corn
Is thu principal crop , nlttftugh Mr. Huxtablo
lias a weakness for line colts.
William Munroo has n 340-acro farm about
six miles north of thtsctty limits. EIc has
seen many changes since ho cnmo to Ne
braska twenty years npy , For six weeks ho
lived in n covered wittfod. nnd Immediately
upon his arrival bo entered n quarter-section
of government land Six years after ho
purchased eighty acres | 0f railroad land nt
f4 nn ncro. The cnllrc.240 acres Is now val
ued nt10 nn acre. I I
Latnyotto Doinlny mpted to Adams county
In 1S70 , nnd homosteadco toO acres. A couple
of years later ho added another quarter-sec
tion of railroad land , for"ivhlch he paid ? 0 an
ncro. Now he wouldnUtako f30 an ncro for
It , as "It Isn't for solo " Ho raises corn , rye ,
timothy and clover , hliorthorn cattle are
also carried to a largo extent , whllo bo
usually has about twenty-flvo head of horses
on liana at a timo.
James Yntes bns n Quarter-section of land
a few miles from Hastings , Ho has a , 70-
ncro pasture , and carries corn and oats as
well ns tha usual other farm products.
E. F. Spicor farms 140 acres. In addition
to this a portion is rented by him , BO that ha
was nblo to cultivate 100 acres of corn last
year , fifty of oats and ton of ryo.
A Wuttt Point .Story ,
Hnrpor's Young People : Two plnln
ordinary citizens visited West Point for
the first time nnd were dcoplv interested
in the blithusotno ctulot. With the as
surance tlmt they were on government
ground , nnd time they were Unite purls
of the same government , they went
whore they pleased and were not inter
rupted. As the dny waned , however ,
they drew nigh forbidden ground a
plot stiured to the embryo generals. As
they stopped across a line , ignorant of
the awful trespass , a mild youth with
spotless uniform nnd heavy musket ran
up.
up."No citizens allowed hero , " said the
sentry.
The citixens turned sadly away.
"I feel like thesutibetgun , " remarked
ono.
ono.Tho sentry stopped to listen.
"Why ? " inquired the other citizen.
"Because 1'vo just been fired off , " was
the answer ; and to the citizen's delight
the sentry smiled.
MR EYES ltrri AKK
TO XOU.
CM on u * AT ONCK and Imvo thorn exam
ined ( Flints OFlIlAllHh ) bj our Optician , nnd ,
If nccensarjtlttod with u pair of our 1'KUFKU
TIO.N KYUI.AhKsorbrKCT J.nB. We tit
HL'lK > TIHCA.lViimlBrlml ] luni > oi to correct
nil the \nrlous dcfocts of vlilon. euch an
IIVl'Klt.MKTnol'IAUar elitht ) , JHOI'IA ( near
M ht > , i'Ki.siivoi'iAoit ( * iKhtA.siu.MA'rm.M )
( Irri-KUliir Blunt ) , AbTHK.NOIMA ( weak sight !
WI'l.Ol'lA ( iluuplo HlEht ) , AMhOMHTUOIMA
( unequal flcht ) , STIlAlllS.MUd ( squint or crosf
UG ) , t'tC , CtC.
SOLID GOLD SPECTACLES or
EYEGLASSES from S3 Upwards.
PINE STEEL SPECTACLES or
EYEGLASSES Irotu SI Upward.
COLORED GLASSES /or Shading
the Eves from 50c Up.
MAX MEYER ; & BR ] . GO
Practical Opticians.
FARM and Wli Sis. , OMAHA
Established 1866.
The Houston CuroInstitute invites
all temperance workers to call and in
vestigate the mothdas''oiniloyed to euro
the liquor disease. The liquor habit is
beingtocognized by the best authorities
as a disease , ana they are treating it as
such.
It is wonderful to see the improved
condition of all whouro earnest in their
ondo.ivor to bo cured.-
There is a clearing of the skin , a
brightening ol the eye , strengthening
of the nervous system and mental pow
ers.
ers.But
But , the best , of all , is the fact that
homes have been redeemed , wives and
mothers uindo happy through the successful
"
cessful treatment of "tho
HOUSTON CURE.
Write or call for particulars.
HOUSTON CURE INSTITUTE ,
C'or. 15th and Howard Bts. . Omnha , Nob.
QUAIL BRAND
HEALTH FOODS
Parched Rolled Oats ,
Unequalled in Flavor.
Corn Gritz ,
Sold only in 21 pound packages.
Velvet Meal ,
For niulHns and goms.
rni 1WP
Dim
Sold by ull I'irit Class ( iMcor < .
DO. B.C. WEST'S NKRVKAKDURAINTIIEAT
JliC.NT. a spocttlc for lljratorln. Dlzzlnesi , I'ltt , Nou
ruliMa , liendaclio , Nurvous I'rostruton cuu od br
alcohol or tobacco , Wukufulneis , Montnl Donrai-
eluQ , Soitnesiof the Uratn. cauilneIniruilty , iiiliurr ,
docny , ( loath , 1'roiuatura OUI Ana , Ilarrcnon , Liosi
of 1'uwur In either BOX , liupotuncjr , Luuoorrhun aril
nil 1-oijmlo NVcaknosua , Involuntary lx soi , Spar-
nialorrhas caused br oror exertion or the brnln
belf iilimoorer Induicouco. A month' ! trontmunt
fl.tiforfi. br mull. WoicunmntcaBU bozo ) to euro
llHCb order for bboioi. with 13 mil Bond written
Knarantuoto refund If not enroll Guarantee Inuail
onlr b ) Thi'Ddoro , F. Latvia tlrucKlst , eulo nicoui ,
Bout beast corner lUh nnaJ/anmm m , LMimlia ,
N , M , RUDDY ,
THE ONLY PRACTICAL OPTICIAN
CIO Houtli 15th Bu , Farnum Ht Tlioiitor.
EYES TESTED FREE
Rlussus 1'lttod to romoJy Jill ( IcfooH of uyu-
ulu'lit. Ktcul spui > tuclus(0uur.iiitoucl ] quality
fllliul Ul. )
Solid ( iultl Spocticli'uu3 ' Eyo'Un3 > , 81
niul upwarJ. Oacull'V'd praicrlptloni ( or
glusio * llllotl correctly Biiinu duy us rooolvoJ
AETIFIOIAL HUMAN EYB3 INS EETB
'CURE ,
r
rYOURSELF ! ,
, Aik your DruggUl ( or ,
m bottle ol llliS . The only .
V non-poitonuui rcuitdy lor.ll I
thu unnatural dlsctiarKi-i pnd
I prlvnioilUe j * ol tucu aim the
I debilitating w aknc" pei-ullar
I to women. It curt * In o lew
I clays without the aid or
publicity o ( a doctor.
rhf Cniunul American Cure.
Manufactured by
The Evaai Cbemiol O
CINCINNATI , O.
U , O. A.
BMKB HMMONH * VBVBBMBnB HHlVBMKXKMIMHW&HBaK. h WH wirw
Your Boy
During this great sale we have never said
very much about our buy's clothing in our ads ,
for the simple reason that it has been about all
the men in this department could do to wait
upon the trade. But the goods have been all
right best in town and that we make one
final sweeping cut before we quit we think it
no more than right the people should know it.
Boys' All Wool Boys' Fancy Worsted
Cashmere Suits ;
Short Pant Suits , Former Trice , $4.50 ;
In 4 Shades , Nice Line of Them.
Boys' Finest Imported Cheviot
and Cassimere Suits
Cut Down from $7 and $ S to
Our $6 and $10 Men's Suits have never been
equalled in Omaha.
A few more of those Fat Men's Pants at
Plaid flannel coats and vests , $1.OO.
Serge and Mohair coats and vests in light
and dark shades. $2.OO.
In our window we are showing BOc and 7Be
Domet , Sateen and Crepe shirts at 3Sc ; regular
made , with yoke.
Swits Conde Outing shirts , silk finished ,
worth $2.23cut down to 75c.
HELLMAN'S '
Administrator's Closing Sale ,
Quitting Business August 1st.
13th and Farnam Sts. *
BEAUTIFUL TEETH.
f rJ
SUCH A. BWElR/r BREXATH.
What can be moro charming in a person than BEAUTIFUL CLEAN TEETH and a SWEET BREATH. Ono may ba
robed in the richest apparel and ornamented with the rarest gems , jot if accompanied with unsightly , dirty tooth ,
the charm is gono. While , on the other hand , a person possessing a beautiful or even clean set of tooth , when ncconr
p.inied with plain dress , is at all
times attractive und fascinating.
DO NOT delay these important organs
VISIT DR. BAILEY
OMAHA'S
LEADING DENTIST ,
atid have your mouth put in a healthy
condition. For those who hivvo boon so
unfortunate as to lose a part or all of
their natural-tooth , a beautiful artificial
set may bo made so natural in appear
ance as to deceive the closest observer.
Teeth Inserted Without Plates ,
no covering in the roof of the mouth. It
will pay all who desire Artificial Tooth
to investigate this method.
Broken teeth and roots made uboful
and natural looking by artificial crowns ,
all without pain.
Our WonderfulLocal
Local Anesthetic
or painless extraction is causing much
ovorablo comment all ever this bcction
af the country.
We still make a Set of Teeth for Five Dollars , a fit warranted in every case
DR. R. W. BAILEY , - - DENTIST ,
Office , Third Floor Paxton Block , 16th and Parnam Streets.
Cut t his out for u guido. Telephone 1085. Entrance on Sixteenth Htroot.
HOME
INDUSTRIES
By Purchasing Goods Made at the Following1 Nebraska Factories. If you
cannot find what you want , communicate with the manufacturers as
to what dealers handle their goods.
AWNINGS. BASKETS
OMAHA TKNT AND OMAHA BA SKKT
AWNINO Co. FACTORY ,
n > rii. Inunm ock , olland rapacity 8,0)0 ) per rtnr
rubborololhlnii Cunrtfor Tacking lioxo to order
cutulOKuo 1113 rnrimm Olllto bUl Cup Av. Tel 177.
BHEWEI13.
OMAHA BHHWINO
1NO CO. ASSOCIATION.
Our liatttod cabinet boar OuaruntoiMl to equal out-
dollvoriiil to any imrt Ida hranilt Vlennn
of tbaoltr. Kxiiurt liuttH'il bear ,
HWJui.uo" Struct. dellraruil to fumtlle *
BOXES.
OMAHA Box FAC
TORY.
Kalloil and dovetailed
ho u . Capuoltr ft.U )
day. Kait Omhba'lul
I3. 1' u bozU )
BOILERS. OAHniAQES.
WILSON & DUAKK. TUB OSTBKIIOUDT.
Hprl"K Wagun Mfif Co ,
Tubular Ituei , oil end Invorpornttid.
wnler tnnki ) , brcvchliu
,
Reiiitlrliu on "hurt no.
bi < t Iron urk. ' eta. tuu. fnrrluxa imtntlnv.
Itithund I'lvreu. IBJl.lK'JJCan. 'J'ul. Ibi7
CIOAK3.
SMOICK BUJK SKAI < II. J3KSKI.IN.
CIUAU. Bpi'tUl brandt uiado to
Nebraika Manufacture ordur.
l'nctorr.V4/j'utrlck ( | Ave
Jfttob btoru , blil.Sultu IMli.
MATTRESSEa
' "in ! OMAHA MAT-
TRKSS CO.
.MnttnimoH fimtlior I'll- '
Ion mill umiiforU'M
Totrudu on ly
IIIMMU Ilurm > y ht.
POOPS SADDLERY
OMAHA Hi iniKitCo MARKS BROS'
HADDLBUY Co.
.MnnnfarturliiK nnd Job
l.cri of nil kin In of Hlnck huddles und lluht
rubber "H h Brand" h > rnt mui > i > iclalty 1IU7
Itoodi. l&JO I'nnnttii Ut llurntiy Mrtnit.
WHITE LEAD.
OAUTKU Wurns
Ll'.AI ) CO. ,
Corroden and ( Jrlnderi
btrlclly iiuru
Ka.l Uuiuu * .