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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1911)
r'i'i(viiM .': i '( M ! i i I'll ''M TIIE OMATTA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 22, 1911. D Results of Nature Culture Shown in Lavish Profusion NORTH PLATTE VALLEY TRACY BROS. BOOTH. I :. ..- . t . " ILL I I w Y F" 1 i j I nwkv li m ,il i J4 Th accompanying picture ahowa th booth of the North Fltto valley ex hibit. Th products which thla exhibit slows ere tlmoot wonderful and have cxuead rr.esy a apecutor t want to llva hirt auch results can b attained. North Piute valley lead la aval'tbl at vary low price now tod offer great opportunity for prospective aattlera. Farms tier can ba tntda to par for theraaelvee , In two years. Th lend la moatly IrrlgaUd and the ability to turn water onto the land when needed loaurea the crop. The valley now produces beets In large quan tities and they pay big returns. Alfalfa, potatoes, dairying, poultry, all are prov Jng Immensely prof.table and tht ho.ne seeker would do well to Investigate th.a rich valley where wealth la abundant. Ilia booth at the Land ahow la under the auspice of the Commerlcal cluba of North Plane taller, aptly termed "The Valley of the Mle." PU PONT POWDER BOOTH , ,..M . Ul , II, IIIHIIII II I II ' ' '' v '-' - - iiMni nn 1 1 t. me ii 1 -' . . I - - v ' . ' ; ; p '"wojerfi,. re, -S , ' " ' i ' .fellt.;: A revelation to many was tht leoturr of ndwerd Lawla, expert on txplonlves. representlns; the 0. T. Du Font Fowder compuny of St. ' Luls. lie revealed to the aetonlihment of many the boaaiblllttes 'of dynamite In farnitaa;. Thee potalbllltles are ronelderrd a 'greater Improvement than Irrigation. Home of lb chief uvea of "Bed Cro'e" dynamite, euld by the DU Font people an clearing land of stumps, trete and bould ral plowing, draining swmpi, digging dltcheif, erlo. j B'anncre would ell to examine closely the dete.Ua of lhle useful ortlc:l and hav thettendnat In ohwrge at th exhibit of the t)u Pont Powder company explain Ha ueis. WILLAIIETTE VALLEY, SALEM, OREOON ' 5r,i i 1 ih A dlatlnetlva feature of the Lnd aliow, unique and' In laas of Its) sen; la the panorama, of the Willamette, Vglley and the City of fielem. George L. Hohrelber l the creator of thla wurjt, .which wee ex. hlblted at the State Fair of Oregon, end where It created uth e eeneatlon thet the bualneea men of Balem and t;e t'ounty Court became eponaora for send ing It here. The panorama depicts the benuty of the valley and the happy auspices under which the fruits, grain and hope are grown and harvested, a, place such that very on exelalma "I would 1U to live there." Looking at the Dictograph, which la a perfect representation of the valley and the city of 8 elem, on exoUlma with Mr. Bohrelber, "Of what avail la all the product of a country, the luscious fruit, the grain and other1 bountlee ef the earth If they are not an aeeet for pece, ontentment and liapplneee, SHINN BOOTH i ; .. ,'':.:;v;;u'.,.''l..Ji' A . sj.'.Cl kti I -t i. '" ' " '.. i , -' r-;v: I - : v-: .;.' : . ' r f: i unf 4awH.VI I , .i ' "i . , - j ;;. - . ; .: r DAYES IS EMPIRE IN ITSELF Formerly Great Cattle Range, it ii Now Garden Spot of Nebraska. TILLABLE AREA IS IMMENSE Chadroa, Coeutr Heat, Has formal School, Cetholle Aeademy, Fir ovarii Srkeols aad le lhrl. ta Little City. "fihtnn" It the trade marx ol tht best llghtninc protector. You are entitled to the beat there Is In llpiitnlng rod and ou'U get It If you order from Vf Ci bhlnn of Uncoln, Neb- The Fl.Inn roile absolutely prevent the etormciouu from reaching the building. Vhl I a moet desirable protection and people would do well to vielt the Bhlun exikibtt at the Omaha lAaa hoiv DAVES COUNTY, NEB., BOOTH, r The Ch&dfon Commercial elub did well Id kendlaa tbld exhibit bf lWea county t the Omaha lnd show, Ivt, judging trooa the remarka of admiration of many apectatur li will roeull In many new aettUra Id thai touhly, Dawe county U altuated In the north' rd Uif 6f Countle Of Nebraeka, With bniy one county feepatatlug it from uranuni on ins wvsi. 'rt4 ti4lthful eibiut tad rich soil of thlg eettorl offer1 unlimited opportunities td the tt)r and rrotpecUv purchaser, The t'rodueta et this booth ebuw only too plelul whet tneege lwee eountv eende ti, h'l, 'Cow, beie and proeper,n Situated out lf the northwestern corner of Nebraska, 'A mllee from Omaha, close to the atat lines of South Dakota and Wyoming, Is Dawes, one of the best and moet prollflo counties In the Antelope etate. It la almost an empire In Itself, being thirty-six miles square smd la said lo contain more tillable land than any other area of the same alxe In the atate. Generally speaking, tawe county Is an tzrlcultural aectlon, but some year ao It wae one of the greatest cattle range known. Bince then the big ranchea have been broken up to great degree, though eorr.a of tbem are etlll Intact. The county la the best watered of any In the atate, the White river flowing across the north and the Niobrara across the south end. There are numerous tributaries, all fed by springs and furnishing an abundance ef water. On the hl.'li lands, away Trom the numerous streams, good well water la obtained at a depth of from thirty to eighty feet. The soil la a black, aandy loam, under which there 1 a elay, ex tending to a great depth- Generally peaking, the surface of the county Is slightly rolling, though on either eldea of the two river I rugged and covered with heavy timber, much of which le pin. rwe Ha 81 Mills. In Paw en county there are six saw mill and t(i annual out Is sufficient to supply the horn demand for lumber, and f the prevent method of conserving the line le continued, It will furnish enough lumber to meet the demand of the entire aaunty for the next twenty year, tla ildea the pine, there are large area along the river and creeks that are covered with maple, aim, havkborry nod cotton- wood, all of which, when converted into lumber, la unexcelled for Inside work and nlshlng. Chadron Is the 'county seat of Pawe. t Is a modern little city of 3,600 In habitants, on the Northwestern, which allroad company here maintains machine khopv which give employment to about 200 men the yexr through. It Is also a division station on the sam road. The elty I the site of on nf the slate nor mal echoolr. which ha an enrollment of 176. Here the tt owna eighty acre ot land and ha building that have cost UOe.COO. In addition to the normal, there a a Cathollo academy that coet 110.000, and ha a larga attendance. The city High school cost 75,OOi and the ward school. 130.000. Thua It will be een that te Cbadroit educational faoIUtlea are lie equal of thoe pf any city in the "n1 ntry. The buelneee itreeta are broad and well '.rpt. whll the building that line them ere of brick and stone, and filled with i'k that would be a credit to towns and four tlmee It slxe. tteatdenr Utetrlrt f Gem. So far a the residence district I con cerned, It I a gem. The house are all of good style of architecture, neat and kept painted. They alt In larga yards with broad lawna. while row of shade tree line the tiet. The city has elect ru lights, aewerage. and a water svtem that coat J10C.CM, and Is owned by tb publlo. The oourt house la a ure-proot or e and atone building, nearly new, and coat n,000. A 15,000 library hae lust been com- pleted and 1 supplied with more tnan (9,(00 volumna of book. Th other prlnolpal town In Dawe county are Crawford, with . popula. Uon. and Whitney, Wayalde, uruo ano Ilemmlncford. roaller. but all goca trao. Ing point. Owln U Vh way In which th railroad croea th county there U 00 point that la to exceed eighteen rout from a market town. All through the county land 1 cheap, unimproved tun ing from li to lS per acre, the prio de pending upon th quality and th near no to market Improved farm Mil from m to iwa per acre, th prlc belnf gov erned to a degree by th Improvement. Thar are two flouring Mil's, on at Cbadroa aad th other at Crawford, bay ing egpaoiu of ISO barrei per aay, aon. end lhev run ever day In th Yr, tbalf output ooraing to rn Nbrka, wher en the Omaha marxet tn uu bwuihj product I alway In good demand. T . . .. .... ..I!-,.,- .n,i:llnlll Owing to in su u"m.w - there ha nvr beeu a wop lauur i few ouunty. wheat averaging wemy buebei to Ui acre, oats, feitvi barley, forty, and com. thirty-live. lalfa la one ol th leauiog oropf, u ffordlng three ruttlnee per year ol from ope te three ton per cutting and selling at from to Pr to'i. In addition, after the Ut c4tt:. the !?,Ua will rale a seed erop of fovr to Itvs auw per cr and eell at from W to U buehl the product ln a'l vr tnt world. Fotetoes le nothr -ret cmp. The arease U largs Knd the yield etiormnnw. often running ae high e bu.he'e per acre. Tbes crop ar a'J raised In P oounty without irrigation, the rnfU. witloh run from twenty-four to twenty. lg Inches nnuall', being uflie'nt ti keep the ground In the beet of condition during the entire year. The cllmt le Ideal, being neither cold In winter nr hot In summer, pawe oeunty u first cett'rd twenty el rear ago. Prior to that It wae tht homo ef th Sioux Indiana, who later gov way to th stockmen and their mrn herd, who held uncllsputod ' until about U y4r ago, wbM the ri Invasion of the farmer Started. Bit.ee then tha Increase In population h bn rapid, One of th b?t farming ooctlona la th county 1 the tether table, a level plateau, twenty hy thirty mile In extent and a level a table. Her th black loam run to a depth of x to eight feet, producing a flno grain of a'l varletle a can be found anywhere In the world. Th Pawe oounty exhibit was gathered largely through the effort of J. M. Cain of tht Chadron Commercial lub and William Chliholm, president f the prn'stlorv In automobile they drove ovir the county for Car Intereetlng the farmer and Inducing them to bring In their exhibit. In Ui Osramerelal club lhr are a large number of farmer and ler.cluneti, and ae a result In the north geUry at th Land show Dawe county he one of the best and most aomplet agricultural exhibit that ran be found. Tber I nothing la th grain or ', i . J A At th enlrsnc to tha msln building of the IJind Hliow stand this booth of Traoy Bros, company. Thl firm I do ing the larxeet jobbing bulne on tiger In Omaha and South Omana. They elao cover western Iowa and raet rn Nebraeku by their ealeemen and do a nice business In these parte. The leading brands of th Tracy Bro. company are the well known C-cent Un of Te-Pe-C. and th popular 10 cent La Truda. They also sell a l:ga variety of popular clvar Havana E'o;l. They have two atoree, one locet-d at 1416 Pouglaa street and the other at 161 J Pout Us street. Thla firm haa bean doinc burlnes her for nearly twenty years and has earned th patronage and good will of thou sands of people. Charles A. Tracy and Thorax H. Tracv are the brothers who give thla corporation Ha nam. : ...... I m W l T-'-hiX A ; f -v In WE Bi&lH V . friZam.eKwtS$. .j . A S j -V . 1 i ti I h SHERIDAN COUNTY BOOTH. Tbl booth, ahowlng the poaslbllitle of Sheridan county, Nebraska, lantla, la th Sheridan Couaty Boosters' associa tion. Bharldan county 1 in northwest Ne braska, 413 mile from Omaha, 100 mile from tha markets of the Black Hllla and 300 miles from Denver. Th main Un of th Chicago c Northwestern crosses th county on th north and the main lino of th Chicago. Burlington V Qulncy cronse It on th aoutit. . iSvery kind of crop In a northern cli mate can b raised here, with wheat, oat, rye. barley, speltz, nilllot, corn, alfalfa, potatoe and all klnda of vege tables Included. Th products of the county exhibited at the Iand Show ar attracting much attention, and many have expressed a dlre to live there. W 1 '1!. - ? - . '-n r -w. . ..e..'- v - 'f:' : . V" : ..... ' 3 f ARDMR0E S. D., BOOTH. It , Foadik and Lou Qayhart brought tli accompanying exhibit to the Land Show, and It show adequately what awaits prospective settlers In Ard more, South Dakota. Tha United titatea government lies es- tabMyhed an experimental ferm two mile from Ardmore, 110,000 being ap propriated for the deroleamont of th soil and 1 16.000 tn rovr .cost of build ings. Thle 1 the strongest evidence w know of to recommend th land approx imating Ardmore to homtjeslcera and purohasers. Prosperity awaltfi thong vrho will ac cept the vrclcoma ef tbo Ardtoorw peo ple to oome there. Plenty of rain Is had In thiu sautien and corn and wheat averag thlrty-flva buehols to th acre. ' - i i. . i . -'"" 1 ' ih-ii .in iii.iwsm.'. ''iii,, ';i jn jw'.um ummiuin i 'i i -" L ' .mmm' 1 ! ''aiil" - -r;- . a ,-i:r 1 '-A r,,-"" -J WOODMEN OF THE WORLD BOOTH In aoceifd with their usual gsirlt of weleom and progresslTnj, th Wood men ol th World ' placed th booth ehewrl bat at th Land Phew aad In terested many people, both members and prvapeutlve ones. Mr. VnlU la In charge of th booth aitd III b glad to furnlah any Information te those Interests! n thla great and useful crgnniaatlcn; The Land tfhew msntte-nent feel per- tlju'erl" glad to hove th Woodmen rrp reeentedt eli-ce the crju-lsrUait w founded and chr.rtcred here In Omal'.a and drawe r.a merr.berhl.n from the tr rltcry west of here to a great extent. T7T V. A t:' Vf-:ix d r.li'if- -,pl'- ff,Y't I, 1 d DELTA COUNTY. COLO., BOOTH. On of tb prettiest exhibit at th Iend show we this on showing th product ef Utile county, Celoredo. O. Y Hr, orchaidlsti Is In rhsrge of thl exhibit id he may 'l be proud pf It Th product shown her explain to aom extint the heavy Infl-'x of people to thl ktctlon and th prosperity la store for them. A poor man ca buy good laud In hl county and b no longer poor, f?r tb grope are euro- Fruit growing i ee ptclxlly prcfltab'.e hsr and th floe spec imen at the booth prove conclusively whut Pelta county will do for thos h will come out to this rich et.tion of Colorado, A'iH I I f rIJ tWlSS M1 COLORADO: A DM f ' - t k . ri ..-5, mi vtgtbl lino that ta at shown. u their ajojao.