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Scenes of Alliance and Box Butte County.
Some Facts Concerning In
vestments in This County.
Hifcrybcxly wants a home and money. Land is
the surest and one of the quickest means of wealth.
Men who a few years ago invested their capita,
whether large or small, in land in Iowa and eastern
Nebraska and Kfansas are rich today. Laud for
which they paid from five to ten dollars per acre is
now worth from seventy-five to one hundred and
fifty dollars. The same story is being repeated in
western Nebraska. No other section of the United
States offers such opportunities for both a profitable
investment and an attractive home. Land is the
safe investment, for thieves cannot carry it off, nor
burn it. Its value is absolute, not dependent upon
people or conditions, more profitable and safer than
having your money in the bank.
The owner of land is the only really independent
man in the world.
lEaBHIIIIIIIIIIH
HOMES
n? ? jr jjji o country's prosperity. Box
Butte County is dotted all over with homes that arc
attractive and substantial. Even a small investment
will soon enable a man to establish himself well,
and make an attractive home for his family.
He who oii'its the soil owns up to the sky.
MONEY
' ' invested in western lauds brings quick profits.
Where else can you be assured of increasing your
capital from four hundred to five hundred per cent
within a few years, and this with absolutely no dan
ger of loss. If you have large capital, invest largely.
If your capital is small, a reasonable investment will
secure you a home, a sure means of livelihood, and
as large returns proportionately as if you had in
vested a fortune. In order to acquire wealth, men
must invest wisely. Work and careful investments
make the rich man. Here is an opportunity you
may never have again.
A dollar invested in land never returns alone.
TEN REASONS '
, why Box Butte County offers exceptional oppor
tunities for money-making and the establishment
of a home. "The Hustler" has always traveled to
ward the sunset. The Western land docs not dis
appoint or deceive those who come to it. Less than
half a century ago the geographies designated this
- vast and fruitful area west of the Missouri as the
Great American Desert. Now it is a land of grains,
of fruits, of cattle, of homes a land virtually "flow
ing with milk and honey." Although it was said
that nothing could be raised within this area, yet no
state in the Union surpasses Kansas, Nebraska and
the Dakotas as ideal homes for the farmer and stock
man. Only in this western section, however, does
there remain land (and that is going rapidly) that
can be bought at a moderate price, and so will in
sure large returns and quick profits. The ten rea
sons for buying this land arc : climate, soil, rainfall,
crops, stock, transportation and market facilities,
rapid rise in land values, limited quantity of land
on the market, home advantages, and educational
advantages.
Ten reasons arc enough for the wise man.
CLIMATE
'is an important consideration to the man expecting
. to raise grain or stock, to the man wishing to make
ahome, and even to him who is holding his land
for speculation. Box Butte County, with an alti
tude of over three thousand feet, and located in a
rolling prairie country, combines the advantages of
mountains and plains. This combination always
produces a most healthful climate. In the summer
the warm days, so conducive to rapid growth of
grain, are followed by cool nights, the ideal combi
nation for the farmer, his cattle and his crops. The
many small hills and the Black Hills, lying to the
north, break the winter winds, so that hard winters
resulting in heavy losses are practically unknown.
Sufficient snow falls for protection and necessary
moisture, but this is not a land of blizzards or
storms. An abundance of sunshine characterizes
. both summer and winter days.
Three hundred days of sunshine every year.
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SOIL,
fertile, is the farmer's best friend. The soil of
Box Butte County is a black, sandy loam, rich in
phosphates, and with a surface level in most places
and slightly undulating in others. It is friable and
inexhaustible, some valleys showing a depth as
great as forty feet. It holds moisture exceptionally
well, so that crops are not entirely dependent on the
rainfall, and it is easily worker. Fully seventy-five
per cent of the land in the county is adapted to agri
culture, there being in all over Five Hundred Thou
sand Acres of good tillable land. Another advan
tage is that plenty of good water can be found at
from forty to sixty feet below the surface. In irri
gated regions, anything can be raised, while on even
the tlryest uplands fine crops of hay are harvested.
A farm has three needs good weather, good soil
and a good farmer.
RAINFALL
in sufficient quantity means crops. Crops mean
home, money and success. Box Butte County "fur
nishes all. Government reports for several years
shows that the rainfall has been steadily increasing,
until for the year 1908 it amounted to about 20
inches. For the first six months of 1909 it has
been 13.52 inches. The history of all farming lands,
and Nebraska, both eastern and western, is no ex
ception, shows that the more land is cultivated, the
more trees planted, and the greater the amount of
irrigation, the heavier becomes the rainfall. Every
country, as it is cultivated extensively, has an in
creased rainfall; so with this country. For several
years past, each twelve-month has seen a larger
number of acres under the plow, and the rainfall
is gradually increasing. The amount now, which
will unquestionably increase for years to come, is
amply sufficient, although the character of the soil
is such that crops do not fail, even in a dry year.
It is possible to raise fine crops here with less rain
fall than in any other part of the country.
In this country "the rain falls on the just and the
unjust."
CROPS
in Box Butte County are never a failure. This is
because of the character of the soil, which does not
demand so much moisture; because the rainfall is
sufficient; and because so many different kinds of
crops are successfully raised.
Potatoes arc one of the best crops. Box Butte
County is already the second county in the state of
Nebraska in the shipment of this important crop.
This '.-ounty is known as "The Mecca of the Potato
Industry." There has never been a year when
farmers' have failed to raise a fair crop, without irri
gation, commonly yielding a hundred bushels to the
acre. In the most favorable years the yield has
been greater, running over two hundred bushels per
acre. The quality, also, of these potatoes, has made
them famous. It is a fact that the farmers of Box
Butte County have made more money from the
potato business than their brethren in the eastern
part of the state from their grain and corn.
Grains of all kinds do well, the yield of different
ones being as follows :
Wheat, 25 to 50 bushels.
Rye, 18 to 25 bushels. &
Oats, 40 to 80 bushels. " " -.
Macaroni wheat, 20 to 50 bushels
Barley, 30 to 42 bushels
Spelts," 30 to 80 bushels.
Corn, 25 to 50 bushels.
Alfalfa, li to 2A tons per cutting.
All these grains are exceptionally free from
rust, smut and insect pests.
Potatoes and wheat pay better than wild oats.
STOCK-RAISING
was for many years the chief industry of this sec
tion, and individual cattlemen controlled ttiousancis
of acres of land over which roamed vast herds.
Soon it became known that this land was too valu
able for mere grazing purposes. Still, it will al
ways be a great stock-raising country, owing to the
mild climate, the nutritious native grass, the abund
ance of hay and feed raised, and the suitability of
certain sections for grazing purposes. The ten
dency now is, however, towards the raising ot smau
bunches of finely bred stock, instead of the immense
herds that once covered the plains. As a result
this is now a most desirable place for tie man wish
ing to raise fine stock on a small scale. Sheep have
also been raised with great profit, and are not sub
ject to the attacks of wild animals, the most fero
cious animal of these parts being the prairie-dog.
These facts are 'worth taking stock in.
TRANSPORTATION
and market facilities are of the best. The city of
Alliance, the most important town in the county, is
a division point for the C, B. & Q. Railroad, which
furnishes direct and speedy communication with all
points in Nebraska, with Wyoming, South Dakota
and Colorado. The home markets consume a large
nronortion of the outntit. while the stock man can
ship his cattle or sheep into the Omaha markets
with practically no loss in shipment ; and the farmer
can place his products in half a dozen large markets
in this and neighboring states within 12 hours.
Quick and short shipments mean profit for the
farmer.
(To be continued.)
THE LATEST IN
SUMMER DON'TS
Most people hnvo n collection
ot hot went her don'ts. Hero Is
a list:
Don't work too hnrd.
Don t think too hard.
Don't fail to play.
Don't, If you nro a innn, wear
n wntsteont.
Don't. If you nro n woman, full
to remember thnt nature did not
menu you to bo n harnessed,
cnrveless creature with no di
mension save length, but Instead
a being whoso whole body, In
summer especially, should bo
allowed to breathe.
DON'T WOU It Y.
Don't hurry.
Don't wear blnck.
Don't lose your temper.
Don't forget to bnths often.
Don't scold the children.
But do drink wnter early, of
ten, Into.
Don't feed n baby every time
It cries. The chances arc it
needs water more than food.
Don't wait until your own
throat is parched and then gulp
down drafts of Ice water. livery
time you hnvo nothing else to
do swallow a llltlo more cool,
pure witer.
I How to Kill Flics.
I A good fly poison not dnn- 2,
gerous to human life is a so
lution of bichromnte of pot
nsli, 0110 dram dissolved in
two ounces of water and
sweetened with n little sucrar.
Put some in shallow dishes $
and plnco throughout the
house. Flics aro no more y
dangerous ilow than they al-
I ways have been, but the oc- $
I cnsionnl mysterious occur- ?
rence and SPREAD OF COM
I MUNI GABLE DISEASES
; have now been clmrccd to
their account.
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HEfllNGFORD HERALD.
HEMINGFORD, BOX HUTTE COUNTY, NEH., AUG. 5, IOOQ.
How to Eelieve Ivy Poisoning.
Orange juice is a simple rem
edy for ivy poisoning. Dathc
the nllllctcd part of tho body.
The Itching and burning will
cease, and In a few days the
skin will peel without any fur
ther spreading.
Peroxide and sugar of lend In
solution nro both excellent rem
edies, but SUGAR OF LEAD IS
A POISON nud must not be left
where It may be swallowed by
mistake.
i$Mil$!MI' 'l! ? $ 5Jm$2,Jm$$ -J 5 f
T Go Barefoot an Hour a Day.
"If you enn spare time and
swallow pride and RUN
BAREFOOT FOR AN HOUR
EVERY DAY in tho dew or
T simply on tho ground," says
$ tho foot specialist, "your feet
I will bo healed of all their
t troubles and your body will
benefit also.
t. "If you can go in wading
4 in a cool brook, so much the
f hotter. Did you ever see a
. cow standing knee deep in a
T creek whilo she composedly
X chewed her cud ? Well, she is
X doing exactly what human
X beings ought to do for the
good of their feet.
.C "Few people realize what an
T important part feet play in gen-
J. eral health.
T "They show even more quick-
ly than the tongue what tho
4. physical condition is, uud yet
X ihcv are treated with litlio re
spect, squeezed and tortured,
kept cold in the winter and
hot in summer. IF LEFT
BABE AN HOUR EVERY
iUt 1 and uippeu in tne cany
dew, corns and callous spots
4; will eventually disappear,
nerves will improve and in
41 somnin bo overcome.
J "A wonderful bath for del
? icatc, tired foot is prepared us
Z follows: Cover with five ..
quarts of boiling water and X
f let simmer for twenty min-
X utes one ounce of dried mint, X
t 0110 ounce of dried sage, three x
ounces of dried angelica, half t
pound of juniper berries, one S
X pound of rosemary leaves.
The bath should be moderate- f
X ly warm, and tho feet should f
X be immersed for about twen- i,
T ty minutes. T
' "A good foot powder is J
X made as follows : Lycopodium, X
three drams; alum, one dram; X
tannin, thirty grains." 4;
Hemingford Happenings.
Mrs. Anton Uhrig is reported very
ill.
Earl Lucis enmo up from Allinnco
Friday.
Jean Rustin camo up from Allianco
Friday.
II. L. and Clins. Uuslincll 'went to
Omaha Monday.
M Mutton has sold Mr. Schlman's
farm to a man in Iowa.
H. E. Johnson left Tuesday for tho
eastern part of this state
Mrs Sherwood loft on tho cast
bound passenger Tuesday,
Clyde Wlicnlcn'8 littlo girl was quite
sick tho middle of the week.
C. J. Wildy is putting n light plant
in his new residence- this week,
Thero wcro twenty-three cars of
stock went out of hero Monday.
Jim Roberts is shaking hands again
with old friends and neighbors-
Grovcr Fosket has been visiting at
Ora Fosket's for a couplo of days.
E. Rex nnd Mr. Gilman nutoed up
from Allianco Monday on business.
Dr. Eikncr arrived homo from Battle
Creek, Mich. Ho seems to bo feeling
fine.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Olds went to
Allianco Wednesday for an over night
stay.
Roy Thompson came hero recently
from Iowa for a short visit with Chas.
Price.
Quito a few oi the Normal girls came
up from Allianco Friday for 0 vacation
before school starts.
Emma Anncn quit work in the cen
tral office Saturday. Jessie Goigcr is
now tho new hello girl.
Frank Clark came up from Allianco
Friday for a few days' visit before re
turning to Hay Springs.
W. V. Norton autocd up from Al
liance on business Thursday, accom
panied by a party of friends.
Mrs. Lcorn Rustin returned from
Allianco Saturday where she has bcon
teaching in tho Normal this year.
Mrs. Fred Ahloy returned Monday
from her western trip. Wo suppose
Fred is glad to be relieved of the cook
ing.
Dr. Iiowman performed an operation
on Mrs. Leo Frohnnpfcl Monday. She
is getting along very nicety at this
writing.
Jossio Gciger went to Alliance Wed
nesday for a couplo of dnys's visit with
old school mates and friends, return
ing Friday.
Mr. Henderson, tho Curly postmas
ter and storekeeper, was in town Tues
day, taking homo with him a large load
of supplies.
Miss Blessing and Miss Walling
from Edgcniout, S. D., camo up from
Allianco for a few weeks' visit with
Clara Burri.
The, Hemingford base ball team play
cd the Nonparicl team on tho homo
diamond, tho score being 9 to 2 in
favor of Hemingford,
It is reported that Mr. Whclan has
bought tho Millctt house and lot, and
that Mr. Millctt will move to Casper,
Wyo., whero their son, Warren, now
is.
Quito a number of tho Hemingford
hoys took an outing, going over to tho
river Saturday evcuing and returning
Sunday. They report a good time and
a goodly number of fish.
Mr. and Mrs. Davison from Iowa
Btepped off the train hero for a short
visit with old friends and neighbors.
They aro on their way to Seattle.
What might have been a serious ac
cident occurcd Tuesday in tho C, A.
Shindler hardware Btoro. Whilo Mr,
Shindler was working with soma steel
a picco flew and struck one of his clerks,
Wra, Fosket, in tho mouth, causing
htm great pain for some time- He
seems to be getting along very nicely
now.
BUYERS and
kjl JlZ JLsLjM4 jfm kl
We Get Them
Together
HUTTON, Hemingford
Food Versus Character.
Obiervo the various operations
Of food and drink in several nations.
Was ever Tat tar fierce and cruel
Upon tho stronKtli of wator gruel?
Dut who shall stand his rage and forco
When flrnt lie lidos, then ials his horse?
Salads and eggs and lighter fare
Tuno the Italian spark's Kultar,
And If I take Don Confuse right
Puddin? and beef make Britons light.
The Old Reliable
Hardware, Harness and Implement Firm
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In order to make room for new goods will make special
prices on
Buggies, Spring and Farm Wagons
Agent for the well known Deering Hay Tools and Harvesters and J. I.
& " Case Threshing Machines. u CZZD 1 " vJ f
In HARNESS My motto: "How Good; Not, How Cheap."
Anton Uhrlg
1 EMINGFORD, NEBR.
N. FROHNAPFEL
Hemingford, Nebraska
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