IT’S A GOOD MOVE
RESOLUTIONS PUT FORTH IN THE
REAL ESTATE CONVENTION.
LET NEBRASKA’S LIGHT SHINE
This Can Be Done by Her Agricultural
Statistics—Mr. Buchanan Gives
Pointers as to How to Go About the
Work.
Near the dose of the meeting of the
Real Estate Convention, Fremont. Neb.,
on the evening of February \4th, the
following resolutions were offered by
Mr. Leach, of Antelope County, and
passed unanimously:
Resolved, That we favor a State law
to provide for the gathering of agricul
tural statistics by the State Labor Bu
reau covering substantially the fol
lowing points:
1st: The acreage seeded to grain,
hay and other crops,—officially gath
ered and reported to the head of the
Bureau,, on or before the first, of June,
and by him compiled and published by
the first of July of each year.
2nd: That a census shall be taken
on or before the first of November,
which shall be compiled and published
by the first of December of each year,
showing the yield of grain and other
crops, and the value and number of
live stock of all kinds.
As the time was short, the resolu
tions could not then be discussed. Sub
sequently, at the banquet table, Mr.
Buchanan recurred to these resolutions
and expressed the regret that the ttnn
was too limited for a full discussion o.”
them, suggesting that they were of
vital importance. He stated that lie
had listened with interest to all the
discussions, resolutions, and addresses,
and had discovered how it was pro
posed by the real estate men to attract
tho cmiwanni - _J ,1 1
they were going to secure his payments
of delayed indebtedness, and all of the
other matters pertaining to his care
after he arrived; but they had failed
in the most important feature of the
discussion, which was, “how to get
him.” These resolutions, adopted at
the close of the evening session, em
bodied practically all that had been
said upon tnat subject: and. as it was
vital to catch the rabbit before you
skinned him or could eat him, it was
equally vital to get the emigrant be
fore you could treat with him on me
question of selling him land or getting
his money. Hence, it seemed to him
most important that some means
should be devised by which a systemat
ic effort to entice the people of the
neighboring states to come to Nebras
ka and see, and then buy. He further
stated that if the resolutions as passed
were carried out in good faith and
actively, they would supply the over
sight. The resolutions recommended
the passage of a law which shall malrc
it the duty of the Statistical Bureau at
Lincoln to provide the requisite blanks
and to have certain representative per
sons in each township in the agricul
tural portion of the State, (say east of
the 99th or 100th Meridian), gather
statistics from the 1st to the 15m of
May, showing the acreage planted to
the various crops, the acreage devoted
to hay, the number of cattle, horses,
hogs, sheep, etc., in each township.
This report should peremptorily be in
the hands of the Statistical Bureau by
or before the 1st of June. This would
show the expectation for the State's
products. Then, the more important
features was the gathering by the
same local statiscians under the same
jurisdiction, between the middle of Oc
tober and the 1st of November, show
ing the actual products of the various
cereals, of hay, and the stock industry
throughout the same period. These
statistics should be peremptorily in the
hands of the State Statlcian in time
to have them compiled and published
by the 1st of December at farthest.
The reasons he gave were, first, that
the farmer in the neighboring state
whom we are seeking to influence to
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during the winter months from the 15th
of December until the middle of Feb
ruary, and will read anything placed in
his hands. Second, he will not read
anything after that time, because his
spring work will have commenced, or
be commencing, or he will be arrang
ing for it to commence. Third, if hr
is a renter or if he is not a property
owner in the neighboring state, hi
will make his arrangements by 01
about the 1st of March for the suc
ceeding year. Hence, matter placed in
his hands after that date could not
and would not influence his movemen'
for another year at best. Fourth, ii
this information is not placed in his
hands within the time mentioned, a;
he will not read it and cannot read it
until the succeeding winter, it will be
ancient history to him. and he will not
read it at all. So that it is vital to
the interests of Nebraska immigra
tion to have these statistics which are
essential to influence immigration
placed in the hands of the prospective
settler as current history of the year
just closed. It is useless for him tc
be supplied with this information a
year late. Again, it is important foi
the reason that when we have a leg
islature it is the duty and pleasure ol
the Governor to submit to that Leg
islature a message which shall cove,
such recommendations as he may have
to make on the various subjects of in
terest to the State. If he has not these
statistics in time to make these rec
ommendations, of course, it is useless
to make them all. But if he has cur
rent statistics or the statistics cuivent
for the past year just closed, he can
study them during the month of De
cember prior to the delivery of hi.
message upon the 1st of January. Then,
again, if these statistics are published
and are placed in the hands of the
prospective legislators during the
month of December, he will come to
the Legislature posted, and with the
statistics properly digested. He will
be prepared to submit suggestions or to
endorse recommendations by the Gov
ernor as to what should be done to
encourage immigration, whereas, if he
has no statistics, he is dependent up jo
imaginary necessities and the immed
iate interests of his own particulai
township or locality.
Mr. Buchanan further stated that ..s
there were some 260 real estate m n
from the various localities in the stats
present, if they coincided in the views
of the resolution for which they had
voted, it certainly would be desirable
and was important that they should
take the pains to inoculate their sev
eral communities with this idea, and
when their legislator, or prospective
legislator, was nominated and elected,
that he should be influenced to realize
that this sort of a law was of vital
importance to the State, and seek to
secure its passage, and it certainly
would rest with the real estate agents
present to exert their influence locally
to this end. Without such a law and
without such statistics and efforts of
the real estate convention just held
would be of minor importance. This
is certainly the key to the situation
and ought to be impressed upon every
body forcibly.
One thing further Mr. Buchanan sug
gested as an aid to the end sought,
which was that, as there are some five
hundred or more papers published
throughout the State, if the real estate
men would take it upon themselves to
provide their newspaper each week
with one example of successful farm
ing or stock raising in his community,
it would no doubt be published read
ily, and as there were some copies o!
every paper in the State Bent to former
homes of the editors in neighboring
States, this item af actual results in
farming throughout the agricultural
portion of the State would necessarily
be read by men in neighboring States
where it was important this informa
tion should go. Thus, with five hun
dred such examples being published
throughout the State every w'eek, ono
in each newspaper, and there being 32
weeks in the year, it meant more than
25,000 examples of this kind through
out the year being given to foreign
States of successful work in Nebraska
by the farmer and stock raiser, and
that it would seem that it would be of
immense advantage that these 26.000
for-a-year examples should be given,
and their influence must necessarily bo
felt on the immigration to the State.
These remarks by Mr. Buchanan weru
well received.
rnctlou Fiftoi Note*.
Don’t allow draughts In your loft, as
pigeons are very susceptible to cold.
Be sure to furnish your birds a shal
low tub to bathe In, and they will not
trouble your water bucket.
Don’t feed new gTain to your pig
eons, as in many cases evil results
have been known to follow this prac
tice.
A handful of hemp several times a
week will be relished by the birds, and
is also beneficial to their welfare.
Try tobacco stems for nesting. They
are grand for keeping down vermin.
Don’t breed both lice and pigeons.
City fanciers are troubled by the
plumage of their pigeons becoming
soiled with tar. Sweet oil will re
move It. *
New beginners in pigeon culture
constantly inquire which Is the best
grit for pigeons. Our experience
teaches us that no better grit can be
provided than old mortar.
In arranging. your aviary see that
the perches are arranged low. If the
birds have no high perches to fly to
when you enter the loft they very rap
idly get accustomed to your appear
ance among them, and therefore be
come tamer.
Young fanciers are sometimes at a
loss to know where to buy, and pro
cure their birds at bird stores. Our
advice is to write a reputable dealer
and send him your order. They may
cost you a little more, but when pur
chasing always buy the best, as they
are the cheapest In the end.—Orff’s
rarm ana poultry iteview.
Wants a Stock Ranch. *
A gentleman living In Chicago writes
us that he has $20,000 which he wtBhes
to invest In a stock ranch and wants
to know where to locate. He can gc
to the range territory of Oklahoma or
Texas and find good openings for in
vestment, or he can try the range
country of the Western Dakotas with
almost equal promise of success, or he
can take up the breeding of blooded
stock on the higher-priced lands of the
Mississippi valley in the corn and clov
er country and perhaps do Just as well.
If the question of health for himsell
enters into the matter, as in this case
it does, we would recommend the
Dakota plan as best. A five year bout
with Dakota range conditions will
make the rundown, wheezing Chicago
business man feel like a three year
old corn-fed Dakota steer—make him
all over of such good stuff that he will
not care a cent whether school keeps
or not.
Plant it to Evergreens.
A friend who has a few acres of
quite sandy soil on a ridge on his
farm which was poisoned with sorrel
wrote us last year wanting to know
how to get rid of the sorrel. He did
it by plowing twice during the drouth
of last August and September, and
now wauts to get the land into clover
with a view to enriching it as the soil
is very thin and poor. This is a hard
proposition unless he is sure of aoun
dant moisture, for an August sun will
about cook clover, without rain, under
such conditions of soil. Instead ol
clover for such a case we would try
cowpeas and if we had such a spot on
our farm we would give up the idea
of trying to make either pasture or
tillable land out of it and would set it
out with Scotch and white pine or ce
dar. It would then look nice and
would cease to bother even if It could
only be regarded as a legacy for our
grandchildren.
The Shah is "It.”
One of the most absolute of the
world's monarch is the shah of Per
sia. who is master of the lives and
goods of all his subjects. The whole
revenue of the country being at his
disposal, recent shahs have been able
to amass large private fortunes. That
of the present occupant of the throne
is reported to amount to $25,000,000 or
$30,000,000. most of it represented by
I diamonds.
A Disciple of Chance.
Thomas W. Lawson, owner of the
Independence, is something of a fatal
ist. The toss of a coin has determine!
for him more than one stock trans
action. He believes that whatever be
falls after a man has done his betd
is part of a grand scheme of the total
of human events. He believes in uie
good luck of certain numerals; the
figure three or its multiples appear
in all his affairs. His office is at 333
and 3339, respectively. His yacht’s
first sailing test took place on June 3.
He wears a watch chain consisting of
333 gold beads.
Paris is Gloveless in Daylight.
The latest Parisian fashion for thn
fair sex is not to wear gloves out of
doors except in the evening. This
gives the Parisian a chance to show
her hands, which are nearly always
pretty. It also affords an excuse for
wearing rings on every finger, thosT
cn the first and second being valuable
old family trinkets once worn by male
ancestors. One duchess actually vs ears
the signet which was on the finger of
her great-grandfather when he was
guillotined.
The greatest secret in courage is an
implicit faith in God.
Another Man Altogether.
Valley, Mo., Feb. 24th.—There is a
man in this town who has undergone
a most remarkable physical change in
the last few months.
’ His name is Perry Nelson and those
who knew him but a short time ago
are amazed at his present condition.
He had not been feeling well for
some time and susneetlne that the
trouble came from bis kidneys, which
he knew were not any too strong, he
determined to try a kidney medicine.
Dodd’s Kidney Pills were highly
recommended and Mr. Nelson began
a treatment of them. He was reward
ed by a complete restoration to vigor
ous good health. He says:
“I used six boxes of Dodd’s Kidney
Pills and they have helped me a great
deal. I feel like another man and can
recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills very
highly.”
Woman’s pastime is circulating
money. Without her, man would save
too much.
Dropsy treated free by Dr. H. H. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Go. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adver
tisement in another column of this paper.
If you are fixed for life the insur
ance companies will fix you for death.
WHEN YOUR GROCER SAYS
he does not have Defiance Starch, you
may be sure he Is afraid to keep it until
Ills stock of 12 oz. packages are sold. De
fiance Starch Is not. only better than any
other Cold Water Starch, but contains 16
oz. to the packaee and tells for same
money as 12 oz. brands.
There is no education like adversity.
—Disraeli.
Career and Character of Abraham Lin
coln.
An address by Joseph Choate, Am
bassador to Great Britain, on the career
and character of Abraham Lincoln—
his early life—his early struggles with
the world—his character as developed
in the later years of his life and his
administration, which placed his name
so high on the world’s roll of honor
and fame, has been published by the
Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail
way and may be had by sending six (fi)
cents in postage to F. A. Miller, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Chicago, 111.
A man is generally at his heaviest
in his 40th year.
This Will Interest Mother*.
Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for
Children, used by Mother Gray, a
nurse in Children’s Home, New York,
cure Feverishness, Teething Disorders,
Stomach Troubles and destroy worms.
At all druggists’, 25c. Sample FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
People are not reclaimed by calling
them names.
FREE TOBACCO CCKE.
Mrs. A. K. Raymond, 964 Charles street, Des
Moines, la., has discovered a wonderful cure
for tobacco habit. She is curing all her friends.
She will send receipt free to anybody sending
two cent stamp for postage. Write for it,
Brave hearts break out their own
opportunities.
10 to 10 or * Chang* or Ratio.
To purchasers of starch. Heretofore
they have been paying 10 cents for 12
ounces of even much inferior goods to
that turned out in Nebraska and
known as Defiance starch. Now, how
ever, the up-to-date housewife who has
an eye to money saving, insists that
her grocer shall give her Defiance. It
costs less and goes farther than any
other starch made. At your grocer’s.
Made by Magnetic Starch Co., Omaha,
Neb.
Breadth of outlook depends on ele
vation of life.
DON'T FORGET
A large 2-oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only
6 cent*. The Russ Company. South Bead, lad.
Time may be money, but money ,s
neither time nor eternity.
MORE FLEXIBLE AND LASTING,
won’t shake out or blow out; by using
Defiance sturcii you obtain better results
than possible with any other brand and
one-third more tor same money.
The new church believes in doing
good as well as in being good.
Landscekers* Excursions
to Virginia, North and South Carolina.
Good farm and stock lands cheap. Nortor
uadoes or heavy winters. For pamphlets
and excursion rates address W. E. Conklyn,
N. W. F. Agt. C. & O. Ry., 2B4 Clark St.,
Chicago.
Hosiery covereth a multitude of
shins.
Don't you know that Defiance
Starch, besides being absolutely su
perior to any other, is put up 16
ounces in package and sells at same
price as 12-ounce packages of other
kinds?
The world needs saints more than
sermons.
When a girl Axes herself you ran't
blame her for doing her prettiest.
Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of the throat and lungs.—Wu.
O. Endsisy, Vanburen, lud.. Fob. 10.1000.
Point of view sometimes blunts the
intellect.
USE TI1E FAMOUS
Red Cross Ball Blue. Large Soz. package E
corns. The ltuss Company, south Bend, lad.
If you would remain a favorite nev
er ask a favor.
Si ATE or Ohio, city or Toledo, i
Lucas County, (*“•
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is tha
senior partner of the llrm of F. J. Cheney & Co.,
doing business In the City of Toledo, County
end State aforesaid, and that said Hrm will pity
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every ease of Catarrh that eannotbe
cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this Cth day of December, A. D. 1888.
(c,.., l A. W. OLEASPN,
lsKAUJ Notary Public.
Hull's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surface*
Jf the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, a
Sold by Druggists, The.
Hall's Family Pills are the best
It takes a cross female to Rive it to
it moti ui i'o ioht
Florida Excursions
▼la Virginia and Carolina Winter Resort*
and Charleston Exposition, Hot Springs,
Old Point Comfort, Southern Pines, t" or
information address W. E. Couklyn, N W
P. Agt. Chesapeake and Ohio Ry., 284 dark
St., Chicago.
The intellectual type of beauty is
heard hut not seen.
To Cure a Cold In One day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 2flo.
It takes many a woman a long while
to find out how small a part she plays
in the world.
WHEN YOU BUY STARCH
buy Defiance and get the best, 16 os. for
Iu cents. Once used, always used.
When a bee loses its temper look
out for a stinging retort.
No chromos or cheap premiums, but
a better quality and one-third more of
Defiance Starch for the same price ol
other starches.
Distance of manner does not lend
enchantment to a young man's view
of a pretty girl.
Many a woman's popularity is due
to what she forgets to say.
FREE
KIDNEYS BLADDER
CURE.
Mailed to all Sufferers from Disorders
of the Kidneys and Bladder, Bright’s
Disease, Rheumatism, Gravel, Fain
in the Back, Dropsy, etc.
The following letter from Hon. I. A. Hnpkina,
Chairmar ol the Board of County Com mi >wi oner*,
Ellsworth, Kan.,‘ tells how Alkavta cured after ho
made up his luiud that ho had but a short time
to live.
Gentlemen:—I believe and know that I owe my
lift* to Alkavis. 1 had been troubled with Kidney
and Bladder Trouble for years. My lirobv. were
swollen with Rheumatism so that i could hardly
walk. I had to get up every hour of the night to
urinate, f passed great quantities of blood on
account of hemorrhage of the Kidney* ami Blad
der. I tried aud had lwen trying everything in the
Mrs. Mary Fox, Seymour, lows.
shapeot Medicine for KidneyTroubie that I could
think of or that the Doctors recommended, but
noi nine helped me. I made up lnyiiiiiid that I had
only a short time to live. I stmt to you for three
bottles of Alkavls; begun to take it, anti before 1
Imd taken it one Week began to get better. My
Kidney Trouble ami Rheumatism were soon gone
and I am In good health now. I have recom
mended Alkavla to a great many people and all
have been benefited bv Its use.
Gratefully yours. I. A. HOPKINS."
Mrs. Ida A. Francis, of Moorosville,Ind., writes:
" Him had been bolhered with Kidney and Bladder
Trouble ever since she was six years old; did not
get any rest day or n gbt, and had to be up fifteen
times a night at times. Was also troubled with
Rheumatism, Female Complaint amt Irregular
Menses, also symptoms ol Dropsy. Tried muny
physicians but received little benefit. Two years
ago took Alkavls and was completely cured and
Hiatus alio will answer auy letter that comes to band
concerning the wonderful medicine." Mra. Mary
Fox, Seymour, Iowa: Mis* Viola Dcarlng, Peters
burg, Ind.; Mrs. Jas.Young, Kent,Ohio; and many
other ladles Join In testifying to the wonderful
curative powers of Alkavls in various forms of
Kidney and allied diseases, and in other disorders
peculiar to womanhood.
That you may judge of the value of tills Great
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Church Kidney Cure Company, No. 106 Fourth
Avenue, New York.
OKLAHOMA 500 homestead Sa*
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