April 18, 1901-
THBin3BIlErnnBPEITDBITT.-
CONGRESSMAN ALDRIDH
UsesPeruna in His Family With Very
Great Success.
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TREMBLING MOUNT
PEAK NEAR MONTREAL.
WORTH VISITING.
WELL
Hetgfct of th Mountain Determined u
; t.00 FMt JEitttn Cnlta Stnt Hu
Stoning to Sarpn ta Fni
TUwwl trout It Tp-
HOMES
Would You Like to Own
a Home?
C03GES5lU5 WILLIAM F. ALDBICH, OP AXDRICH. ALA. -
Coo grew rasa William P. AlirSeb, of Aldrieh, Ala., in a recant letter to the
Tents Mssltelne Coiapany, written from Wash ington, D.C., speaks of their great
pie and catarrh fcr lo the following words :
"This is to certify that Peruna, manufactured by
The Peruna Medicine Co., of Columbus, Ohio, has
been used in my family with success. It is a fine
tonic and will build up a depleted system rapidly, t
can recommend it to those who need a safe, reliable
medicine for debility."
Add ft The Peruse Meii-iae Co.. Columbus, Ohio, for a free eepy of
- Sonmer Catarrh. whieh treat oa the phase of catarrh peculiar to hot weather,
sad tl Dr. Ilartmarf experience f fifty years LntLe treatment of thest
disease.
WHAT ANTS DO.
Tnia Tkt Sfeaw TTir BmpmrUr
iatntPf nu
There are a goo4 cany talt of de
ferent varieties " the lot at car coun
try place near C region, aad last year
1 began to 2ke a arstassatic atu3y of
tietr Lafclta. I found rt a most faacln
atJrc yrtire-ut aid bare reeaxaed It with
meek eathatlassi dating several t11U
L2s year. A UUIe lnTtlcaUoa will
eonvlao alzaoct anylKSy. X &ink. that
the ant appro a-cJiee nerer to a man In
polat of IsteUlcnoe ttan any of the
lower aslmala. 8os of the thine I
nar sewn are so taintloai that I
fc-!ute to apeak of them If
aia!lar wca4m ha4 not iuMta. fully re
corded try trained aeienUaU. Near
one of sy Cowrr bed ie a colony of
5111 red acta that are extremely ln
4ntrlooa In oollectlst food, and thy
frtJy perform the znott aatoalah
isc jr.nec1nc feata In trane porting
hry burdna to their home. Not
less aco I wtrd a party of about
a doan tnat had found the body of a
rmall eptsW. and wre lrtiflDjC It
toward the net. The p!Jer had
hairy iet. whirh atruck oat So erery
directlosi aod eanjht en cetjcle.
fTet!y retarding prorei. For eer
eral ss'nute the ante roUd aay w!th
their ik. 1 booty, and then atopped
and cecsd jo hold a rounrlL A mln
iste fracsu of dry !af was lylnc on
it rrovnd; prently they all laid
hold and polled the apidr on top of
it. They then eid tLe edge and
ltd it a!on without diClfMlty. On an
other oceoa 1 aav a large body of
the us asta xmsX oat for a raid on
another edosy. They marched like an
army, with ctcu thrown out at the
aldee, and. when eevrral feel distant
frocn the seat, dirtied Into two partJee.
One kpt etralxkt on and vu soon
nred In Iroe romlmt with the oth
er tribe, wail th erond detachment
aaoe a tor and fell opera the hill
from the rear. The reH wa a great
vVtory for the Invader. Anybody
Jhat fla iclereeted Im the abject and
that will pot in a little time at dose
etudy. wty be certain to witness er
Pott fny m astonlaUcg as those 1
have described- Tinsee-DemocraL
en and children who inhabit this con
tinent. As soon as this danger to cat
tle became known the following no
tice was sent out.
"On account of the reported exist
ence of rinderpest in the Philippine
islands. Secretary Wilson some time
ago recommended to the secretary of
war that such action be taken as might
be necessary to prevent the Introduc
tion of the contagionrinto the Hawaii
an Islands and the United States, by
animals brought on government trans
ports. He also requested the secretary
of the treasury to direct that special
precautions be taken on the Pacific
coast to prevent the landing, of sus
ceptible animals without their being
turned over to the department of agri
culture for quarantine under the su
pervision of the bureau of animal in
dustry. Secretary Wilson haa received
replies from Secretary Root and Secre
tary Gage, informing. him that the de
fired instructions have been Issued.
"Rinderpest is. the great plague of
oriental countries, which has frequent
ly t wept over Europe, destroying near
ly all bovine animals, and has at
tracted ?peclal attention during the
past two or three years by its ravages
in Africa, where In many sections it
-lestroyed SO to 95 per. cert of all the
cattle.
"Although Inoculation has at last
Uen ro far efflcac'ous as (o somewhat
reduce the losses from this disease, it
rtlll remains one of the most fatal to
cattle."
It is not necessary to bring cattle
from the oriert to spread rinderpest,
it can be- carried like any other con
tagion. One of the white man's bur
dens that this courtry will have to
bear will be different from those that
preceded it, when the - rinderpest
strikes the great cattle ranges of the
west. ' -
THE SOAP BUBBLE.
IIw Am Tr KMmp f
r If4 ?mrr ft .: all k 4ey tu.
&- er.. ltMba4; Cu-. t krx or K. T.
Beasts Beilir Tbaa Men
The spread of Aiatic dieaes
among the people of this country nev
er moved the general government to a
single st, but the danger of the spread
of those diseaaee among cattle has
stirred op thre departments at Wash
ington and vigorous measures were
Immediately adopted. The Indepen
dent has frequently called attention
to the sprwkd of these dlaes and ad
vorated the ftrlrtet measures to pre
vent their dissemination. We hate had
a smallpox epidemic, which Is still
raging In tome parts cf the country,
as the result of McKinley'e benevolent
assimilation tra!ces and part of the
white Etans fcurdtn. and when the S0.
oea soldiers return frora the Ih51ip
plnes during the next few months we
may look for still more serious re
sult. No special precautions hare
bea taken, bat as soon as the cattle
were threatened with Atlatic dioeasee,
the cabinet waked cp and went to
work. In thU age cf feld at.d glory it
is In accordance with the eternal At
nees o thing that brutes should ap
pear more p.-cicns to those who have
aiardonel the Ideaa cf the treat and
good of ail the pan and etarted out
a a, tew career cf empire and con
izZ, than the million of mu, worn-
Coaktrle Kmrrh Ha rrl That It
I Prf Sphere.
A perfect sphere presenta the least
amount of surface In" proportion to its
hulk. Apart from geometric proof the
best illustration of this, fact is to be
found in the common soap bubble. The
envelop is perfectly elastic and homo
geneous, and when detach"! from the
pipe it takes the form of a perfect
sphere, because in that shape the least
amount of film contains the greatest
amount of air. or in other words, it
presents the least amount of surface
in proportion to its bulk. The early
experiment to prove the ineompressl
blilty of water was rounded on a
knowledge of this fact, the knowledge
having been obtained by geometric re
search. A golden globe was filled with
water and subjected to pressure, the
experimenters knowing "that If It
could be altered in shaje the water
must be compressed." A similar prob
lem has been propounded, "How
should a shepherd arrange 100 hur-j
dies so as to contain the greatest num
ber of sheep?" and the'answer is; "In
a circle. and what is true of a circle
la true also of a sberf. Cincinnati
The Farmers Supply Association of
this city In the conduct of their large
mail order business and retail trade
occupy more floor space than any
other mercantile Institution in this
city. The store is located opposite the
Oliver threatre. 12S-130-132 North 13th
street, five stories and a basement
Their Immense stock of goods makes
one of the finest, displays for the In
spection of visitors to be found in the
city. If you have never ssen the stock
do not fail to do so the first time you
re In Lincoln. . Visitors are always
welcome. : '.
In a speech delivered in Victoria, B.
C, Lord Duff erin , once described
Canada's moat western province ae a
sea of mountains. It has been consid
ered a happy expression, and no doubt
it was, though the true sea ot moun
tains is. after all, the . Laurentian
range. The peaks of British Columbia
are too sharp, too soaring and too
rocky to convey, a very accurate im
pression of waves.but the Laurentians
are so rounded, so regularly Inter
valed, and of a tint, under ; summer
skies, which is such a wonderful imi
tation of old ocean's blue; that the
traveler on locking down upon them
for the first time will almost certainly
notice their resemblance to swelling
billows. The greatest obstacle to en
joying the illusion, or rather, such op
portunity to grasp an adequate con
ception of the Laurentians as they
really are, is the difficulty of finding a
point of vantage. Earth's oldest range,
for such we are told by geologists is
probably the truth, possesses few con
spicuously lofty peaks, the hills ; be
ing slsgularly regular in altitude, so
that points of observation from which
a study of the range may be made are
few and far between. Montreal is,
however, fortunate in having one of
these natural observatories at no great
distance. Trembling Mountain, whose
base Is two and a half miles from the
station of the same name on the Isa
bella branch, is the most elevated
summit of the Laurentians in this part
of the range. Quite recently its height
has been determined at 2,400 feet. - As
all its companions are mere hillocks
by comparison, the view is uninter
rupted, -and the eye sweeps over miles
and miles of these forest covered
northern Laurentides. 'Americans
boast, and with reason, of their White
Mountains, Adirondacks,and Catskllls;
but in all New York and New England
there is nothing to surpass the pano
rama spread as a scroll beneath the
weary feet of the pilgrim who stands
at length, blown, but happy, amid the
blueberry bushes on Trembling Moun
tain's scarred old crest. Unlike the
Innocent Abroad, an explorer of the
mountain will find no guide to point
heavenward to the lofty peak and
splutter: "Zer wis ze haut can be?
but the same thought in other words
will be often in' his mind as he strug
gles doggedly ' up the steep , slope.
Trembling . Lake at the ; foot of ' the
mountain is ,734 feet above sea. level,
thus the" ascent means climbing . 1,600
feet." Unfortunately the path that
must be followed is not a direct one -on
the contrary. It resembles Brer
Rabbit's . doublings when he endeavor
ed to escape the. too assiduous atten
tions of Brer , Fox.. Windfalls have to
he dodged, and rock falls avoided, all
of such deviations consuming, time,
and making, the climb a; much longer
one than would be the ease If -a few
hundred dollars were spent in opening
up - one ' of the most attractive peaks
in the province. Trembling Mountain,
station, ninety-one miles from Mon
treal, is the gateway to the park. ..A
drive of two and a half miles over an
unusually good country road,, leads" to
the lake, Just where the latter spills
Its surplus waters into the Discharge,
by 1 a leap of some forty feet. This
Discharge eventually helps to swell
the Devil's river. It contains a great
store . of pike, and some very, heavy
red trout, but the smaller fry are ab
sent, owing to the esteem in which
they are held by the said pike. Hap
pily these . fresh water sharks have
never found their way Into the lake,
or into any of its feeders; were they
to do so. Its grand trout fishing would
be In serious danger. Montreal Her
ald and Star.
WORTH IMITATING.
InSJaes f th Omaha Tribe Train Thlr
Children.
Mr. Francis La Flesche. an Omaha
Indian, has recently published an ac
count of the 'training of children f in
the tepees of that , tribe. No child it
permitted : to interrupt an elder per
son, or to pass between two persons
who are speaking," says, the author,
"still' less to come between them and
the ' fire. We were strictly enjoined
never to stare at strangers, nor to ad
drtss any one by his personal name
without a title. From : his earliest
years the Omaha child was trained in
the grammatical use of his native
tongue. No mistake was ' allowed to
pass uncorrected. No Indian parent
ever whips his child. When It com
mits a fault the entire family assem
bles in solemn conclave, and it is sum
moned and reproved with such gravity
that It never forget3 the lesson.". These
are not civilized ': red men,, but the
class known to us as "savages." Lon
don Truth lately gave an account of
the training given in Tokyo in the
prefecture of police. The Japanese po
licemen are taught to knock gently on
the doors of houses before they enter.
Under no circumstances are " they to
talk roughly. "Rough talk. intimidates
the innocent, while the hardened, crim
inal does not mind it."1 In executing
'search warrants they must' not dis
turb sleeping children - or invalids.
They '.must deal kindly with dogs be
longing to strangers; hospitality is due
to animals as well as to . men. No
amusement must ever be shown at the
mistakes .of foreigners. - Every- effort
must ; be made to impress strangers
with Japanese politeness and . all peo
ple with the kindness as well as 'the
Juati.ce of Japanese law.
Will You Investigate a Practical
Plan for Securing One?
' ' "HOME-f'v '"':':.:-".
The American, home Is the bulwark of Ameri
can liberty.' Ithas been. well said that no man-will
! fight long or valiantly for his boarding house.
There are millions of home owners in the. United
States;, but there are other millions who ought to
be home owners. " T
American expansion is a good thing, and the
most inviting field for it is right, on this continent.
Between the Mississippi river .. and ' the Pacific
, ocean, between the great "lakes and : the Gulf of
Mexico, lie millions of acres that require "only tne
industry of man tai make them produce generously.
In nearly every state of the union there are
thousands of men,! heads of growing families, who
year after year expend their time and energies cul
tivating lands not their own. They eke out year
by year , perhaps a little better than a bare exist
ence. Yet.the high price of lands practically pre
cludes them from becoming uome owners in their
present. locality. v ;s v "
On' the other 'hand it requires more courage
than many, possess to strike out boldly and seek a
r.few location, cutting loose frdm friends and ac
quaintances, and going amongst utter strangers.
Besides, it frequently happens that the indepen
dent home-seeker, after spending a good portion
of his savings in travelling expenses, fails to find a
suitable location' where the price of land iswithin
his reach. '. Many a place looks promising enough,
but' it is so far from civilization that the prospec
tive settler, prefers renting in a well settled com
munity to home-owning in a locality, where, like
Robinson , Crusoe, he ' is "jmonarch of all he sur
veys." ; .' ,.' ..-v' ;:' . -.; .
Consolidation' is ' growing on every hand, ; be
cause by consolidation the operating expenses 'can
be , reduced toa minimum.;. Co-operation is one
method of consolidation. By co-operation the In
dependent Home Makers Company expects to over
come, for a thousand or so of tenants, the difficul
ties which now- stand in their way to becoming
home-owners.' -" ' . ' ' '
.The: Honie Makers Company solves the ques
tion of excessive travelling expenses in seeking a
location, by doing the "work for two thousand or
ffore home-seekers at one and the same - time,
aided, of course.by a committee of the home-seekers
themselves. ... . .. . ;
The Home Makers Company' solves the ques
tion of securing good lands at -low prices, and at
the same , time giving the settler plenty, of good
neighbors, by first securing the unsettled lands and
then taking . the settlers to them , in a body. You
will not be obliged to go miles away from a thick
v ly settled community to get lands within your
means, because the thickly settled community will
spring up as if by magic within a very short time
after the home makers are located.
Are you, dear reader, looking for a-home of
your own? Have yotr an ambition to cultivate your
own land and be your own "boss?". Except under
the home-making, plan there is no .way by which
the man of "moderate means 'can get: a home In a
well-settled community without encumbering him
self with debt under our plan this is possible. If
you are interested, read carefully; all our articles
about our plan. V , k ' .
. UNEARNED INCREMENT." .
" Have yon' ever thought ' about what ; the econ
omists call t ''unearned Increment f" Suppose a
tract of excellent land, capable tt producing- heavy
crops' under proper, cultivation, be .wholly; unoccu
pied ' and remote from ; settlements. - That tract of
land wbuld be practically valueless. Now, sup
pose you i cquld .place one thousand ? families in
comfortable .homes';' on ..one .thousand 1 forty-acre
tracts of that land :j you can readily see! that every
one of the forty thousand acres would; immediately
become valuable, "and that the value! would in
crease as ithe : settlers continued, to improve '.their
properties. " 'Not stmly that, , but ; all,. the ? adjoining
land would become valuable, even, though it might
lie idle" for. :years. ."Each' settler by: Improving .his
own land adds? value: to the holdings of his neigh
bor, whether the neighbor makes any. effort to im
prove his own land or not. : The "unearned incre
ment, is what that; neighbor ' gains without effort
on his parti' . '''. :' '" :'';' ': .. '
It is only because of this fact that the. Home
Makers Company-is enabled. to fulfill Its promises.
It i a well settled proposition that you cannot get
something for nothing and people who- believe
otherwise are the' sort that buy gold bricks. We
have no gold bricks for sale. We expect to profit
by having home-making settlers on the alternate
tracts, thus Increasing the. value of the Home Mak
ers Company t lands adjoining. ; We expectto gain
some of the ."unearned, increment." In other words,
while you are improving" your own lands and mak
ing your home more Valuable you1 will.. be' adding
to the value of our piece of land adjoining yours.
V But we propose to give you. some" compensation-
for doing this.-; - We propose to give ? you an
advance payment for this . work, by giving you a
tract of land for less than it ac.ually costs U6. At
$5' per acre a l60-acre tract would cost us $800; it
costs you but JojO to get it. and even then you get
a . rebate . bond good for $40 to $80,v according to
aistance your land is from the city. . We could
not do this if we sold every acre of our holdings
at that rate. The day you get comfortably settled
in your new'home (and all your neighbors are set
tied in theirs) :your quarter section will be worth
fKm $1,600 to $2,000; and our quarter adjoining
will be worth .$1,000 to $1,500, Now, if we have
paid $1,600 for the two quarters, both you and the
Home Makers Company are gainers you have a
good home for a-little less than $500 and we have
money and land sufficient to reimburse us for our
outlay. .-, r-''-
: But in no Other way can you receive compensa
tion for the value you add to your neighbor's prop
erty.. Ordinarily you must pay a good stiff price
for land, and take your chances that the lands sur
rounding you may be held indefinitelyjinlmproved
by speculators while you toll from day to day to
increase the value of your home, all the while help-
, ing them without any return. By co-operation we
are enabled to give you an advance payment for
the part you perform In making the settlement-a
success. This is not possible where each Individual
seeks -his own location. By locating in a body,
under the management, of a home-making com
pany, each home-maker saves expense in travelling
around looking for a location, and gets an unin
cumbered home at very little cost. -
"We have no desire to mystify or deceive any
one. We do not care to pose as philanthropists
who are giving away thousands of acres of land at
less than cost, without hope of future reward. But
we expect to give the settlers all the advantage
possible,, because our. success depends , upon theirs.
It is to our advantage to get the best possible loca
tion; to get the best possible class of people in our
settlement workers, not laggards; honest men
and wOmen, not -"crooks;" and to do everything in
our power ,to;build up a community of energetic,
home-owning people.' ;. v . -
. There are tens: of thousands of tenaflts in "Am
erica who - ought to .have homes; who would be
proud, to" have homes; and who could have-homes
if the cost spf finding and securing a location were
tiot so great- as it Is under Individual' effort. By
co-operation our Home Makers Company proposes
to furnish cheap homes for some of these.
t , - .... OBJ EC i. -r . - V A
The Independent Home Makers Company, as
has been said before, is not organized for the pur
pose of exploiting some new theory , or. ism, but
will be conducted on purely ; business principles
and common sense. No ' common ownership of
property will prevail or enter Into the plans or
conduct of the affairs of the home-making settle
ment. ' . ; - v "'",
. . Every member will receive title to his allott- -ment
andvwill be its sole owner, free from indebt- v
edneBS when the title passes from the Home Mak
ers Company to him or her. Neither is it the pur
, pose of opening an avenue for speculators, but for
. the purpose of securing for its members good, com
fortable homes. We desire only those, as members
who want homes for themselves or for their chil-
- dren to subscribe for location stock: 'f- The mem-
Lership of speculators is not solicited and not de
sired. - 4 - ' .
, The actual settlement" of the members on the
lands selected, which he then improves, is one of
the main essentials towards the success of the en
terprise, r While members will not be compelled
to move on the lands immediately upon-the loca
tion of the settlement and allottment of the lands,
it Is desirable that they do so as soon as they can
arrange their affairs and can conveniently move
their effects. This is a grand opportunity one
which may never be offered again.
Necessarily the number that can be taken in
au enterprise of this kind must be -limited; too
many makes, it cumbersome and unwieldy; conse
quently, when the desired number is secured no
I mors .will be taken. Those who avail themselves
of this opportunity will secure goati homes at mod
erate outlay, much less than the actual cost of the
land to the Home Makers Company. This whole
enterprise will be managed ofr the. best interests
of the members, as on their success depends ours.
. ,u. In order, that no one person may become pos
sessed of large tracts of our home settlement lands
and thereby crowd out many who wish to" avail
themselves of this splendid opportunity to secure
and build - for themselves comfortable homes, we
have limited the number of shares atiyvcove person
can hold at TWENTY. This method gives
fair chance. . . ' . ,
Membersare restricted to holding not to ex
ceed twenty -shares each. They may, however,
make such , selection or combination of selections
of allottments as they may desire. They may apply
their shares on city lots, suburban tracts, or farm
tracts or any combination of . all, just so they re
niain within the limit of twenty shares. .
-.:; . ' - : THE PLAN. ' ,'':.-. ..
About 50,000 acres of land will.be needed for .
our undertaking. This will be in as compact a
body as possible. Near the center, or at , some
point where natural advantages render it ad vis-able;,-a
section, or so much as may be, necessary,
will be surveyed and platted as the cite for our .
city , into business lots, residence . lots, and sur
rounding them, five-acre and ten-acre tracts. Fur
ther out, twenty, and forty-acre tracts will be laid
; out; and still further, the 80 and 160-acre tracts.
The Home Makers Company will retain the alter
nate, land tracts, allotting the others to members
according to. their desires and the. number of
shares" taken. But no allottment of a tract of land,
manifestly Inferior to that surrounding it, will be
made to any. member, as we desire to please and
satisfy all our. members if possible. ,
" Membership in the Home Makers Company is
secured by purchasing location stock at. $25 per
share. No member may purchase more than 20
shares. Members are not required to make com
plete payment, down, but application for' location
stock : should be accompanied by an advance pay-
ment as follows:
For twenty shares.. ...$100 00 '
For twelve shares........ . 75 00
'' For eight shares.-...;....'.. 50 00
For five shares;......'..... 50 00
For three shares or less. ... 23 00 ' . '
' This -is a guarantee that you mean business,
because we cannot hold our books open indefinite- ' .
ly, or. waste time with those who might otherwise
join out of pure curiosity and later withdraw at the
lastmoment. On our part we agree, in the event
that we cannot sectire.a sufficient nuniber of mem- '. .
:bers to put the plan Into practical operation, to re- '
. turn to you your advance payment, less a small
amount to cover postage, advertising and little in-t
cidental expenses. None of the company's officers
receive any salary out of this their reward de
pending wholly upon the success of the under
taking.... ..' . ' - . . .
': "Final payment on. location stock must be made
within thirty days after notice is given that a, suf
ficient number, of members, has been secured, and
the location selected. . There will, however, be no
forfeitures should any member be unable to pay for
. the whole number of shares he subscribed for. For
example, you have subscribed for twenty shares,
. and have paid down $100; should you be unable to
raise the remaining $400 when call , Is made, pay
ment of $200 would entitle you to twelve ' shares
(80 acres) ; ' $100 would give you eight shares (40
acres) ; $25 would give you five sharf es (20 acres) ;
or. you-could ask for four. paid Up shares, without
additional payment, and be entitled to a ten-acre
tract and residence lot, or such other combination
' a& the four shares would cover. However we ear
nestly request members not to ask for more shares
than they can pay for conveniently, as our pur
chase of glands will be based : on the number of
shares Upon which first payment has been made.
V RULES OF MEMBERSHIP
- Shares of membership are placed at $25 each,
and will , entitle members to allottments as fol-
: lows: " '--
ONE SHARE gives you a city residence lot.
TWO SHARES gives you a city business lot
or a five-acre tract adjoining the citjv
. THREE SHARES gives you a ten-acre tract,
or a five-acre tract and residence lot. If a ten
acre tract is selected, the Home Makers Company
will, besides deeding you the land, Issue to you Its
Guaranteed Bond for $25, payable on or before five
years, drawing interest at the rate of 5 per cent
per annum) This bond will be accepted at par by
the Home Makers Company at any time in pay
ment on any lands or lots bought from ; the com
pany. FIVE SHARES gives you a twenty-acre tract.
Besides the Home Makers Company will issue to
you its guaranteed bond for $50, payable on or be
fore five years, drawing interest at the rate of 5
per cent per annum. This bond, will be accepted
as cash at par by the Home Makers Company at
any time in payment on any land or lots bought
from the company.
EIGHT SHARES gives you a forty-acre tract.
Besides the Home Makers Company will issue to
you its Guaranteed Bond for $75, payable on or be
fore five, years, drawing interest at the rate of 5
per cent per annum. To the above -bond will be
added $10 for each mile over two miles distant the
tract may be from the citiy limits. This bond will
be accepted as casn at par by the Home Makers
Company at any time in payment on any iands or
lots bought from the company.
; TWELVE SHARES gives you an eighty-acre
tract. Besides the Home Makers Company will
issue to you its Guaranteed Bond for $100, payable
cn or before five years, drawing 5 per cent interest
per annum. To the above bond will be added $10
tor each mile the tract may be distant from the
city limits. This bond will be accepted as cash at
par by the Home Makers Company at any time in
payment on any lands or lots bought from, the
company. -
TWENTY SHARES gives you one hundred
and sixty acres. Besides the Home Makers Com
pany issues to you its Guaranteed Bond, payable ,
on or before five years, drawing 5 per cent inter-
est. for a sum equal to $10 for every mile the tract
is distant from the city limits. No other rebate is
given on 160-acre tracts. . This bond will be ac
cepted as cash at par by the Home Makers Com
pany in payment on any lands or lots bought from
the Home Makers Company. s
. .APPLICATIONS..
Each member should designate !n his applica
tion the kind of lots or the size of the land tract
he wishes to take. A great many people desire t
, business and residence lots, while others will want
city lots and small tracts adjoining the city which,
as the city grows (and this one will) can be laid
out into additions to the city and be made to yield
the owner handsome returns. Others will want th
smaller tracts for fruit raising and truck farm,
ing. Others will take the 40, 80, and 160-acre tractii
and later, add more, which they will be able to do,
from the . company lands on- long time and easy
terms., v.-:. , . .-. ..'
All members cannot receive 160 acres, neither
will all want tracts of that size. Not all peoplo
who will join the home makers will be farmers.
It will require, a great many business men, me
chanics, professional men and laboring men who
will find "employment in factories we propose to
locate and In the other ordinary avenues.
The Home Makers Company itself will for a
long time require the services of a number of peo
ple, and will of course employ only shareholder;!
where It is possible. All this will bring many to
the city and will take up the city lots. The build
ing of a large city requires time and a vast amount
of labor. ,
Every member will be given what he asks for
and his shares of locating stock entitle him to.
Each will receive a clear title from the Home Mak
ers Company for his allottment and will not be
liable for or required to pay any more money. AU
indebtedness and responsibility that may be in
curred .will be assumed and borne by the Home
Makers Company. 'By this method' any possible
assessment for, various purposes. Is eliminated and
the settlers are free and secure in their holdings.
The sale of location stock to memDers will ot
course not bring sufficient money to pay for the
needed land, as . we expect to pay In the neighbor
hood of five dollars and upwards per acre for the
land. The Home Makers Company retains each
alternate tract of land and makes up the extra
amount necessary to pay for the entire tract thus
giving the settlers their allottments clear of In
cumbrance. As soon as the settlement is located
prices will immecliateryjadyance and It Is by the
sale erf the' alternate tracts At .advanced prices,
that the Home Makers Company expects to reim
burse itself for the labor and expenses of conduct-
s j.-je .
mg mis iarge unaertaKing.
LOCATION. ."' ,
In what state or territory is the Home Makers
settlement to be located? This is a. very natural
and proper question for the prospective member
to ask. In the first place, a careful reading of this
prospectus will disclose the fact that the interests
of the Home Makers Company and those of its
members are so 'intertwined that the company
must -select the best possible location available.
The location must be in a healthful country; soil,
climate, water and other natural advantages must
be good, in order that our members may prosper.
Because upon their prosperity in the new location
depends our ultimate success. Unless the members
by making good, comfortable homes on their al
lottments, cause land values to rise, our alternate
tracts will prove a dead, weight on our hands.
Hence, it is plain that we must take care in selec
tion of our location.
. Our first thought was to locate in Oklahoma,
but it was not long before we discovered an over
whelming sentiment - amongst our members and
prospective members favorable to Oregon or Wash
ington. Upon further investigation we find a num
ber of reasons why either of these states can fur
nish a better location for our settlement than can
be found In Oklahoma, and this without saying x
word of disparagement against Oklahoma.
We liave now in, view several available tracts
of land In Oregon and Washington well suited to
our purposes. These, will first be carefully In
spected by the president of our company, whose
many, years of experience in handling real estate
make him well qualified to judge. After his In
spection our location committee, composed of sev
eral of our members, selected probably from the
largest clubs, will be taken to look over these dif
ferent tracts and make a full report of their inves
tigations, same to be published in the Nebraska
Independent. We do not deem it for the best in
terests of our members or ourselves (and these In
terests are practically. identical) to announce our
exact location more definitely than we have done.
The states of Oregon and Washington are vir
tually alike; but we want to be free to select, af
ter careful inspection, the spot in one of these
states where the soil will be rich, rainfall suffic
ient, climate agreeable and healthful, and other
natural advantages best suited to our purposes.
And this is not a matter that should be decided
hastily. The man who is willing to locate in either
Oregon or Washington is not particular as to . the
exact county, so, long as he ha sassurance that soli,
climate, water, etc., are good. It is to our interest
to find the best place.
' NOTES.
Subscribe for the Nebraska Independent and
keep in touch with, this great home-making enter
prise. ,
Send In your application for the allottment
you desire at once. Do not delay, and thereby re
tard the speedy formation of our organization, be
sides you may come just a little too late. Once in
you are safe.
The money you pay for your location certifi
cate will be secured by one of the largest and saf
est guarantee bond companies in the United States.
YOU HAVE NO RISK TO RUN; YOU ARE AB
SOLUTELY SAFE.
Perhaps you have a son, or several of them,
growing, up to manhood, and your present farm
will soon be too small to furnish employment for
your whole family. Why not take some shares In
the Home Makers Company and get a quarter sec
tion of good land v for each of your boys?
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We confidently look to be able to place our
members on their lands this fall or during early
winter. That would give members an opportunity
to do their building and otherwise prepare for
spring work. But the sooner the better, as we will
have a great deal of work to perform before we
will be ready for the members even after the loca
tion has been selected.
.The Home Makers great enterprise Is being
conducted under the auspices of the old, reliable
Nebraska Independent, of Lincoln, Nebraska, a
newspaper having a larger circulation than any
other English weekly in the state. From week to
week in its columns will be found reports of the
progress made by the Independent Home Makers
Company, A word to the wise Is sufficient.
It will be impracticable for us to answer by
letter every one of the thousands of communica
tions received from prospective members. There
fore, we shall endeavor to make everything so
plain and simple that itvwill be unnecessary for
them to write making further inquiries. We shall
aim to answer all questions In a: general way
through the columns of the Nebraska Independent;
and if every member will carefully read The In
dependent each week, he can thereby keep himself
thoroughly Informed on all phases of the ques
tion. Watch for The . Independent every week.
Read every word about the progress we are mak
ing. Your question will be answered in some of
the articles about the Home makers Company.
The president of the Home. Makers Company,
a practical and experienced man, will shortly
make a tour of inspection of the northwestern
states, especially in Oregon and Washington, look
ing up the various places to which the locating
committee will be taken. Having had a number
of years' experience In handling and settling west
ern lands, his judgment may be relied upon. Here
in Is one great saving effected by our company:
one man makes the preliminary inspection; a com
paratively small committee, selected from among
the home-makers themselves, makes the final de
cision. The expenses are a mere bagatelle as com
pared what they would be If each Individual sought
his own location.
INDEPENDENT HOME MAKERS COMPANY,
124S N St., Lincoln, Nebraska,
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