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tiny place tlin thy mrn In FYmont? .
, . if yo i bnw(r yr to (ha flrot nuoaUim
J you aurrljr miwit Iv a nrgaflve reply in
h ather two.
. Tha rltir of Ihom, llnrs liaa khiTi nit'
J tlr In majiy lantii. (tut nowtiere at
riy tlm ha h n n mora cliarmlrii;
i)i(v. a Ixinirr city, a dly with iiwra rlvU'.
i rlt, i olty with mart bank, a city
i-wlth mtrc i ntitomobiloa, a rlty with a
JWrhtr rontrt'hutnry nnd nurrouniilna ter
litorjr. In t!ic 10,'0 populnttnn clana.
" Framrint. ' la nlmly a r otidiH-.
J ' AThrn n allshtftj from th train hjhI
jafkl ' out' ' ftnto' litu1. ' beautifully
1 Pti-Kl, tr'illlahfty. 1lkhla1 Main, trt ha
2loppr4 "in BfltonlMitwnt, itilmlrlng th
tIendld Illumination, tho line of vim t-
ful ornamental Iron plllnri, each baarlnK
fife light atrt'(c4ilng away and convnrg
rlnaT In tha dlitancc.
Then uptown he atartatl looking for n
. hatai. But It aeemful that all tha gooj
Jiornart wr oocuptcd hjr banka. Two
national banka Mood on oppoaltfl oornora.
lna occupied tha flrat floor of a fine,
J :imT, flva-atory building.1 " Ottvrn wcr
"attf rod about. 1 '
: Fremont has foilr national banka, thrc
'laving banka, two building and lnn aa-
acK-lntinna and a general tnut company.
2 Tan banktnC tnalltuiloni' In a city wit't
jjo.ooo population! - Omaha would hava ta
hv 3M banking lntlmtlona to keep up
lh came proportion. .
Jt Add tHa automobllaa. Thay purrod up
khd down that amoolhly paTtd atraet In
on contbtual prooaaaion Juat aa thick
ICftry bit aa on Plftk avenua, New Tort,
r on broad atreot, PhlladalphU. ' '
f And thay war linod along tha' curb
Tr. either aide. What' that? ' No.' air,
not Ford. Soma Fordu, of Aourae, but
a grat proportion of thoae big, allant,
purring, gliding, high-powered, luxurious
v tar that ar bought by tha rich. And
, jt a goodly number of "eleetrtoa" driven
ky women and marked by every refine
"ment of elegance.
" And thla la Fremont, the apot where,
.M but a few dH4a ago, OenaraJ John C
.7 Fremont camped In hi lonely exptona
tkin of tha great, unaettled land for tha
J L'nlted Ftatea government.
Tt Thla la Fremont, where tha hardy ml-
Rrant. following tha Overlaad trail to
Jth far weatland In March of gold or
m home, atoppad In the etlant Bight and
alept and kept watch agalnat raid of
Tthe red man.
m Tht rrn,ont where. It la poeatbla,
. Coronado hlmaelf may have arrived In
Thij eearch for the fabled wealth of the
.Seven Cltlae of Cibola.
. Poor Ooronado failed to find the wealth
Fremont City of Many Advantages
OP MR. FRANK FOWLER IS
L,a3 :?s::,r:.
of which he had boen1 told. Thwe waa
no grain of gold. Coronado hlmaelf re.
ported that the otl wa "fat and blai-k'
and "better fitted to ralae all tha prod
uct of Rpaln' than any other aoll he had
aver aeen."
Little dkt' the Hpanlaid dream that VO
year later a race of man would aettla
on that aoll and from It Would take each
yoaf more- wealth than he In hit wltdoat
fllghta ever imagined he would find In
yellow gold in thoea aeven cltle.
Mile of brick-paved atreeta, milea and
mllea of cement aldewalk, hundred of
beautiful reaideticea.'each aet In Ita own
little park with velvet lawn, flower bede.
treat ahade tree; aevcnty-flve manu
facturing, jobbing, ahlpplng and general
distributing concerna a city beautifully
laid out on perfectly level land and aur
rounded with a farming community
whoaa wealth fcoth actual and potential
la not exceeded anywhere. Aa for actual
figure regarding the value of thla farm
ing land la the fant that Dodge county
land la rated by the state author Hie a
second la vahia In Nebraska, being ex
ceeded only by that of Dougtaa county
and the latter Is largely due to the blg
populatton. The figures are 190.10 per
acre for Douglaa) county and PQ.U per
acre for Podge county.
Thera Is a bird' eye view of the
wealth, happlneaa and proapeiity of Fre
mont and Dodge county. The various a
tivttles and Interest ruuet be considered
under separata headings.
It Is really a wonderful city, an aston
ishing community. Tou have to admit
that, no matter what la your own homo
town.
PARADISE AND
Are the Highest
ASK YO UR GR
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NOT ALONE ONE OF THE SHOW PLACES OF FREMONT,
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Fremont and the Farmer
O WE3 went out by automobile
s
to the grounds where the na
tional farm tractor demon
stration la held every year,
one of the blggeat agricul
tural allows In the world.
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Over the brick paved streets the auto
mobile purred and then along the well-
kept Uncoln Highway road, only a five
minutes' ride from the center of the
city.
There, aa far aa the ey could reach
over the level country, spread wheat and
corn fields, the former yellow unto the
harvest and the latter green with prom
ise. They were at work In one of the big
Mold with the binders. So we stopped
and want In.
"Oh," said the owner, "I guess It'll
run thirty bushels to the aore. Not so
bad."
"How many acre you got in this
field."
"Well, there's only 1M In this patch,"
he aald.
A little mental arithmetic showed that
there would be over 4,000 bushels "In
this patch." And, figuring at a dollar a
buahel, which Is too low, the Income
from "this patch" would be quite con
siderable; yea, quite considerable.
On the way back to town our guide
ordered the chauffeur to atop where sev
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Fremont, Nebraska
OMAHA, THUItKDAY, AUGUST 5, 1&15.
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Smiths dung&low
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eral farmers were talking. We stopped
and backed up.
"Are you expecting to start cutting
wheat tomorrow?" he asked a big young
farmer, who was whittling a stick.
"Yes, I expect to go' In with six bind
ere," said the young farmer: ''five of
'em I'll pull with the tractor and the
other with horses."
"How many acres of wheat have you
got, Raymond?"
"Well, we're figuring on 15.000 bush
els," said Raymond MiddauKh. "I've got
60 acre."
Now, gentle or violent reader, please
remember that 15,000 bushel of wheat la
just as good as $15,000 In gold in the bank
vault. Tet this Fremont farmer talked
about it just as nonchalantly as though
It was 115. Think of the automobiles and
talking machines and trips to Europe and
all those things that $15,000 will buy!
Then we began to understand why there
are ten banking institutions ten. count
'em, ten in Fremont and why they are
all strong.
Then w understood why the streets
are full of automobiles. Then we under
stood how dosens of men have made
fortunes In retail businesses In Fremont
In a few years, and how scores of houses
trading out from Fremont among people
who are "figuring on so-and-so many
bushels of wheat and corn and oats, and
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on the Market
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and Unusual Attractions
BUT IS ONE IN WHICH ANY
so-and-so many horn and cattle and
sheep" had made fortunes.
Within the last five years they have
added l,?o0 aplendld eighty-acre farms to
the area tributary to Fremont added
them lust aa surely as though they had
hauled them in from somewhere and
found a place to set them.
A hundred thousand acres of Platte
and Elk horn bottom land had been too
poorly drained to ralae crops and permit
breaking tip Into farms. This land wa
Imply bursting with richness; only the
water must be removed to make it
available.
Drainage legislation was enacted;
drainage districts were formed, and $500,-
mo waa expended within a short distance
of Fremont In straightening the Elkhorn
liver and reducing Its length by twenty
mllea. and cutting waterways across the
valleys into that stream, straightening
the Logan, eta
If Coronado had but seen that the
gold of the Seven Cities ot Cibol was
metaphorical gold had ha but tuken
from Dodge county alone the golden
wheat and the golden corn which It
produces every year, he would have car
ried away such treasures every year as
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COMMUNITY WOULD TAKE
CT. Morehouse Home.
the court of Spain had never dreamed of.
This black loam and the moisture re
taining sandy aoll of tho I'latte valley
produce unfailing crop, and many are
the farmer who "figure on" 13,000 bush
el and far more and who get It, too.
It la estimated that the farm land of
thla county alone, with its Improvement,
live stock, etc is worth easily $.'0,000,000.
Fremont's
It. Fremont postoffice occu
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pies a large and well appointed
building and does a good busi
ness. Its receipts lost year
amounting to very near $1,000
a week..
The city is completely covered with the
free delivery system. There are three
deliveries of mall every dav In aha hui.
nesa district and two a day In tho resi
dence district.
There are nine mail carriers, eight mail
The Best Place
BOILERS, STEAM ENGINES, OIL ENGINE3,
GASOLINE ENGINES, ELEVATOR PANS,
ELEVATOR BOOTS, COUPLINGS,
SHAFTINGS, BOXES, HANGERS,
COLLARS AND ELEVATOR
BUCKETS.
Leather and Rubber Belting, Packing1 of all kinds, Gas
Pipe, . Fittings, Valves, Steam Gauges, Water
Gauges, Compression Cocks, Injectors, Oil
Cnps, Grease Cups, Lubricators, Babbitt
Metals, Spark Coils, Dry Batteries
and Belt Dressing.
STRUCTURAL IRON
Consisting of
BEAI3, CHANNELS, ANGLES, TEES, COLUMNS
DOOR PLATES, LINTELS and BASE PLATES.
Sash Weights, Fire Brick and Fire Clay
ELECTROLIER STANDARDS
For Street Lighting Purposes.
WELDING
of Brass, Copper, Ahnnlmna, Cast Iron, V rought Iron,
Mailable or Steel.
Fremont Foundry
and Machine Co.
Corner Second and H fits.
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PRIDE
Besides Dodre county, Fremont draws
directly on large parte of the neighbor
ing counties of Douglas, Saunders and
Washington. A healthful climate, a
plentiful and easily obtained supply ot
puro water, plentiful streams and the
absence of swamps, ponds and stagnant
water, combine to make a most healthful
natural condition.
Postoffice
clerks, a parcel post delivery man, three
substitutes, a driver for the mall wagon
and a man to superintend the handling
of the malls at the Union station. With
forty-three pajsernger trains In and out.
Fremont has a mall service second to no
other city of Its size in the country.
The Fremont poetofflca Is of the first
claaa. The building was erected at a cost
of $50,000 and has been Improved at a
cost of $s0,0u0. It stands on ground valued
at $20,000.
on Earth to Buy
FRE2JONT, HUB.
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