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THE P.KK: OMAHA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 5, 1915.
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IX the watermelon roia ran at
and a delicious alio of bar
becued ox are aoma of the
attraction that Fremont la
Jrjl offering Ita c)a during tha
mi , I week of tha National Power
Vtormlng temonatratlon, Augimt to 14.
Don't let anyone tell you that Juat ha.
cauae tha watermelon crop of Nebraska
puffared from lata froala and an over
auppljr of molctura there won't ba any
milona on hand at Fremont, for tha de
flrtenrr will ba made up by oarloada Im
portad from tJeorala, ao that tha ai
ctuit vueata, who have enjoyed tha
luclone Netiraaka watermelon of former
ean, will not be completely disap
pointed. The tarbeou will be furnlnheil
by the South Omaha Union Stork Tarda.
Their eata have been nmong the moat
popular thing on the ground heretofore
and there la reaaon to auppoea that the
will live up to their reputation thla year.
And to addition to the watermelon and
the beat there will ba coffee aenrad free
by tha German-American Coffee company
all week.
; Of oourse, tha moat Important and ln
taraatlns thing at tha demonatraiion will
pa the traetora. Evan to tha man who
doeen't know whether a DuirxvJeraey la
a oow ar a aheep and whoea only ex pert
en c on a farm haa been to atop and bag
a drink from tha well, tha oooaaton will
b a memortable one. Thar will ba
forty-two different flrma preaent, with
over 100 complete tractor autflta. Thla
tramenae group of traetora, ail working
at owe in the field, make a apeotacle
never to ba forgotten. When each firm
plcka one representative tractor, and the
forty-two line up and all atart to work
at onoa at a given atgnal. It la aa impree
alva and asolUng aa tha line-up at a horaa
raoe, and It la real fun to wateh for your
favorite to pull out ahead of the others.
But tha traetora do not work all day,
although they ootne pretty near doing
It, and there la plenty to do while yott
are resting or are tired of watching tha
tnachlnea. Kor Inatanoe, every morning
from t to XX there la a tractor abort
, uourae, Thla ta a aummer achool, where
'you can go and rest and listen to a lec
turer, who will explain tha vital parte of
the big machine, lie will tell you why a
tractor gooa and ahow you Juat bow iu
' "Innards'' are made and what make
them work as they do. He will have a
tripped engine to demonstrate, tha polnte
of his lecture, Juat aa tha Instructor oa
, anatomy haa a skeleton at hand when he
tails hla class of budding hyBiclaiui about
tba human bonea. lie will tell you exactly
bow to operate a tractor, and when you
have learned you can go and do it under
hla direction. You can ask him all the
questions you want to about tha ma
chines, and ha will be able and willing
to answer them. In thla way tboee who
go to the demonstration with a real de
sire ta learn something about traetora
aud tractor farming are enabled to secure
the Information they dnalra.
From 10 to 11 a. m. each day there wtll
be dynamite exhtbtttona. It la really
wonderful what constructive work la now
being dona with thla descendant of gun
powder, which waa designed la tha ba-K-innlBg
for destructive purposes only.
. When a man haa some old atumpa on his
plsoe, occupying valuable acres or dis
figuring the landscape, ail ha haa to do
la to bore a little hole In tha proper place
la tha stump, put In a email stick of
dynamite and blow the stump to a thou
sand atoms. When ha wants to dig a
ditch for drainage purposes he laye a
train of dynamite In tha approved man
Tver, sets tt off and, presto, there Is his
ditch complete!
' They are even using dynamite for
planting trees. They find that If yon
blast a hole for your fruit trees, the
earth ia broken up and pulverised all
about the bole, while If tha hole Is dug.
tha dlgirtnc packs the dirt about the
sides, so thit there la a bard wail fur the
Umder rootlets to break through. And
these are only a few cf tha usea that
tha up-ta-dnte farmer haa found for
dynamite. What caa be done with thia
w form of farm power and how to do
it are to to demonstrated daily at tha
demonstration grounds at Fremont.
Monday. Aucust . ta to ba lowa-Kan-
aas duy, when the show is opened by a
grand psrade of the t rat tors, led by the
band. All the mechanical animal will be
present, and if you think It will be a dull
aad monjtonoMk affair, get over tha Idea
at once, for the various tractors ara ss
different from each other as the animals
that went ta by ta In Noah's procea-
ton. There ta aa muss, differ nee be
tween the Dull and tha C&terplllAr as
there Is betwen the living creatures for
which they are named, and you will
fUid that the Jroa I lore sad the ft eel
Mule differ more than their prototype
In the animal kingdom. In the evening
of this day the regular Oet-Togther
banqUft ta bald, which la tha good-follow-aiilp
meeting held annually, wheie the
Kt'!nont buniners nu n. the ni g ad'ement
uf the alvow and the representatives of
tl. e tractor manufacturing companies
m acquainted
T leaday Is Fn-itiont and Dodge county
da. This I the day when local patriot
ism U La at its hot if hi and all the
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L. W. BALDWIN
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Fremont Granite Works Est. 1886
See Them at Their New Location 320-326 North Main Street
LARGE STOCK OF FINISHED MONUMENTS SET UP IN OUR
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neighboring cities and farms will turn
out Immense orowds tt watch tba ma
chines and Join In tha merrymaking. In,
thla connection, It la not to be forgotten'
that tha champion wrestler. Joe Btecher,
la at home In DodT county and haa been
Invited to ba present at the demonstra
tion. Wednesday ia dadloatad to the imple
ment dealers. In tha afternoon the
traotor men will give a demonstration
of what their machines can do besides
plowing, tha Job for which they were
originally Intended. Tou wtll be able to
one these well trained machine running
grinders and grindstones, shelling corn,
operating elevators and washing ma
chines, and In fact behaving themscivea
with all the docility and usefulness of
the domesticated elephant of India
Thursday Is Nebraska and South Dsy
kota day, when the owners of big
stretches of prairie wheat land and tha
inroprletors of the smaller and more
diversified corn-belt farms will meet on
oommon ground to see what science and
progress have dona to make tha life of
tha farmer on of comparative ease. On
thla day there will be a "Three Oenera
tlona" parade. It will be led by Oov-
Duay af the Barbaeut
amor Morehead and hla staff, who
have promised to be present In
honor of that day. Following them will
come the representatives of the "Fast."
the votprans of the civil war. Then will
come the "ITcaent, as exemplified by
the Fourth Nebraska regiment Follow
ing them the. school children will repre
sent the "Future." The achool children
are being trained In a beauttful ohorua
of 1,000 voice, which will bo heard that
day.
On Friday th Knights of Ak-6ar-Bn
and the live stock men will Join In mak
ing things hum. This is the day when
tha South Omaha Union Stock yards wtll
put on the big barbecue. Omaha and
South Omaha will send big delegations
and there will be something Suing every
minute.
Besides there special days, with their
special attractions, there will be many
oubdde amuaementa to help visitors oc
cupy their time. During tha week of the
demon xtratlon there will be an encamp
ment of the Fourth regiment of Nebraska
national guards Juat outside tha city, and
the maneuvers of tha khaki-olad boya
will add to the possibilities of entertainment.
Besides this, the Redpath Chautauqua,
with Its many excellent rpeakers, beau
tiful mualo and crowd of campers, will
ba In session near Fremont all week.
It waa feared for a time that there
would not be watermelons available for
the annual watermelon feed, ao a fish
bake waa arranged to take Its place.
Watermelons were secured, however, ao
now there will be watermelons and fish,
too, Tha fleh bake will be held at Morse
park one evening during the week. Tht
boating and bathing facilities at Mori
park are unusually fine and will no
doubt ba taken advantage of by the fish
eaters.
Fremont ta a good town In which to
entertain these crowds. Its beautiful
drives, artistic and comfortable homes
and enterprising and hospitable cltlsen
are a combination that few towna in
Nebraska or any other state can offer.
Fremont Is amply able to entertain the
multitude of gueata that will be present
during the week of the demonstration,
and attendance at this ahow will toe one
of tha very most profitable and enter
taining methods of spending a week's
vacation that can ba offered In tha wast
thla summer.
Fremont's Lights and Streets
T eam of Profits POWER Will
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There are a score or more of labor-saving uses that power machinery may be put 5
to on your farm tin tits that either you have performed yourself or left to horse power.
?J Practical farmers appreciate increasingly that the power way is the practical way.
i Tractor Show at Fremont, Neb.,
August 9 to 14
will show you how to make your farm turn in the profits to which you are entitled.
You will there gain many practical hints on agriculture from the thousands of other hi
Hi farmers that will attend. Demonstrations of power farming held each day of the show.
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will tako vou there ouicklv and comfortHblv. Soloiulid trnin Rorvir into TTWrnr
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What? Millions of bushels of one dollar wheat and seventy-five
cent corn. . ...... .
Where? Right here in Nebraska.
Why? Just because some of the owners of low land did not pre
pare for so much moisture.
WOM!
Who? The land owners that took advantage of the dry years and
prepared for the wet ones.
How? By having their land Tile Drained. We can tell you
the rest if you will meet us in Fremont at the National Power
Farming Demonstration.
Platte Valley Cement Tile Mfg. Co.
FREMONT, NEORAGKA
REMONT has tha best lighted
SI main atresia In the atata
I with the possible exception of
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admit, because the brilliancy
of Main street, Fremont, at
night ia really astonishing.
On either side of tha street are pillar
of splendidly sculptured maaalve iron.
bearing aloft five, slectrto lights in
globes. The topmost of these la of 10.
caadlepower. The four grouped around
It are of slxty-candlepower each.
There are at of theee electroliers to
each block, three on each aide of the
atreet, making a total publics Illumination
of over I.oim candlepower to the block.
In addition to theae are nuraeroua eleo
trto buatneaa signs of various colors and
some of them mechanical regular met
ropolitan style
You'll go far before you see a more
Impressive night scene than Main street.
reraont, with the Unes of electrto lights
stretching away until they nearly come
together ia the distance. ,
Nor are these lights confined to ths
prtwipel atreet. Tbey are also on several
of the adjoining business streets.
Tba paving la also of first quality.
Eight ml lea of broad atreets are paved
with brick. And the "job" haa been
welt dona. There's not a whole or de
pression in It. And It Is a'l kept very
clean by the street cleaning department
of the rtty.
Ths many stores are up to date, many
of them with elegant store fronts and
with most artistically dressed windows.
And the private electric business sigua
as stated, are numerous.
Two big nw business blocks are In
course of eonatructioa on Mala atreet.
A' splendid theater, the Empreaa.. waa
recently completed. Ita front looks very
much like the Omaha Empreaa, after
which It was largely modeled.
A unique thing about Fremont Is that
here a public and private electric light
plant abide aide by aide and do busi
ness and proeper.
The Fremont Gas, Electric Light and
Peaer company la one of a i'haia ef
plants In L4ncoln. Denver, Bpekana and
elsewhere belonging te New Turk capi
talist. Thla company baa within the
laat few ytere made enlargement and
Improveuienta at Us Fremont plant cost
ing I'.&o.ouo.
The Fremont municipal power, 11,-ht
and water works plant Is owned by tha
city. It has a large and Imposing build
ing near ths center of tha city and sup
pile electrto light and power and ths
water for tha city. This plant repre
sents an Investment by the city of fao0,
000, and la under the management of ths
Board of Public Works.
Ths Fremont fire department had ths
first firs auto truck In Nebraska, It new
haa two auto trucks of the latest type,
composing a firs fighting apparatus of
really exceptional value.
la parka the city le rich, though one
wondera what la the need of parks
when each oosy home has its own private
park right around it, and every wide,
trae-eheded atreet ia a park In itself.
Klverslde and Morse parks are great
play places, where there is good bathing
and all the things that go to make de
sirable parka.
Besides these, there are various public
squares, provided with benches, band
stands and other park equipment.
Another feature on which the city la
right at ths front of municipalities la
the absence of overhead wires from Its
business streets. Not a wire 1 ta be
seen, all being carried in subterranean
conduit
Such are tha attractions prwtdsd for
the inhabitants. The natural attractions
of ths surrounding country Invito to en
joyment. There are many picturesque
walka and drives rivers, bluffs, wooded
Islands, lakes, good fishing resorts; de
lightful picnic and camping grounds.
There Is an inexhaustible supply of
the purest water, wholly free from all
taint and pollution. Perfect drainage
and sewerage add to the fine natural
health condltlona
Sample of Song for Fremont
P at ths club rooms one even-
Ul ing George Wol. who Is &1
I ways of thinking of ways
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entirely hnppy unless he Is
devising some new scheme for
sounding the glories of his city or making
thoae glories greater, remarked:
'I have a atanding offer of IX to any
one who will write and set to music a
song about Fremont. It must be some
thing catchy and Inspiring like 'Old Ken
tucky home' la for Kentucky and 'Mary
land. My Maryland' is for that state.
There's a chance for the song writers
to get a little extra money."
Then up spoke "Doc" and said:
"A g9od Idea, and I'll put U on top
of that."
Oood saaipla of el vie spirit and "sprit
da corps"
So we sat down and trlod a haad at It
and produced the following beautiful bal
lad. To aave the extra work tn this age
of "flheacy" we Juat wrote It ts ths
metre of "America" and tt should be
aung to that tune in order to get Ita full
beauty. Here It ia:
"My Fremont, tl of thee.
1 oh tl or piMept-rlly,
I thank the blessed fate
That placed me in thla atata.
And ever will relate
Fair Fremont'a fame."
If this proves satisfactory to the "-en
tlemen putting up the fifty bonea we
will engage to write four mora verses,
even more beautiful than this one. Five
verses for $00, gsntlemea. It's a bargain.
City at a Glance
FREMONT STATE BANK
T. L. UATHEWS, Praident. D. D. EOWB, Cwhlar.
Capital and Surplus $55,000.00
ALL DEPOSITS PROTECTED BY THE DEPOSITORS GUARANTEE FUND OF
THE STATE OF NEBRASKA,
W Handle Checking and Sarlsft Aoooonta and Would Appreciate Your Btulna,
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
H. J. LEE
0. O. MARSHALL
J. H. HOEBENER
A. J. EDDY
J. A. MURRELL
O. O. MARTIN
D. V. STEPHENS
L. E. MAY
T. A, YAGER
W. T. 00URTRIGHT
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OONCKETE Idea of the slse
and growth of Fremont Is ob
tained, front comparative fig
ure of two years, com
piled by the Fremont Tnbuue,
as follows:
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Bank otaerinas
I'ostoffu-e rei-elnts
Ooneral Improvements.
K-1 lenee tiuprovatn'ts
Total imDrovwnenl
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j btiliool enrollment
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Nebraska State Bu lding & Loan Association
HOME OFFICE:
Fremont, Nebraska
Assets - - - $1,611,488.24
Of ficert and Directors:
T. L. MATHEWS, Pres. and Manager. HO S3 L. HAMMOND, Vice President.
D. D. ROWE, Secretary. J. T MAY, Treasurer.
PAULCOLSON E. R. OURlfEY, D. V. STEPHENS
W. J. COURTRIOHT, CHARLES H. HAWLEY '
We Have Agencies in 150 Nebraska Towns.
Writ Us If You Want a Loan.