Armgst 22, 190L
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
THE HOFIE MAKERS LOCATION
In the Great Snake River Valley in Southeastern
IdahoThe Best Watered Region
in the West
Tt prwidcst axd itcrturr o- tfce
Huam Ufct. Ucf, cax,t
lul istpucilos of th variou atrall
LU tocaUwt ia Idaho. Lv decided
oa iccr did do & contract
lor it tract cf fit. land on the Lpper
bst rU-rr valiey. It waa Idpo?'.
to fcrcuxe ts Urge a tody of laud as
e tad Lopl. Large &ough tracts
could Lav ba kcured. tut the cost
of tb ater right aiose ia one case
raa vp to 10 p.r acre. besides the
' cacal were tot corspk-td and there
as a c--tion If tLey would l- rady
by the tln sext spring crop re
qt:r2 watering. Numerous irrigation
project are tinder way, tut cantot
rxisailjr t completed for a year or so
vea if fiuaocial aid is at band. There
for afur full iat ligation and a
cartful cotaid-ratioa of all phases the
Pr&tio3 wat made on the l'pp-r bsake
rir. The tract Is watered by two
laree canal already built- Coasldr
al.e neighboring land i ur im
prattewkt ad in cro; .
GENERAL FEATURES
The Ut.d -eurd for the Home
tr.akr lie wholly oa the flrtt river
iottota. All of it it f rsooth and with
the xcptioa cf the natural fall of the
Tkiy. ti t i about five f-t to the
ts'I is prMtly irtl. Atide from
th canals tte Ur.i are untmproTwJ.
It as !ttd impracticable to include
iir.prc-1-ed frs in our holding owing
jo tie higher price and the difficulties
m hi'-h would be encountered in making
suitable distribution of the allott
o'etttt. The entire tract is eorered
with a oo4 growth of sage brush aj
eragins perhap three feet In
IiF the methods in ue little if any
labor ii required to remove the brush
td clear the land, but what can be
,rT raiily done with a team; much
of it can be plowed out and after
wards burned. Thre kins no tod
coverlne the nil breaks up mellow and
frt and a good crop iJ raised from
itV "first yrar. The soil is composed of
d;!ni?ratM lava, ar 1 is extremely
r,A mr - prrfcgrfs Jarre crops from
tVWit Is put under cultivation and
watered The depth of the toil is from
Tvr",. to e.?ht feet and is underlaid
-alts a strata of coarse sand and
rr'-L Wtea broken up tne soil is
at a dark brown or coe cotor.
WHAT IS PRODUCED.
Vhst i .ucre--fuISy grown and
. . in ij i, ij.h-ls Der acre.
ii'--' .
p-r jc.
grain n
hat is fcowa. the greater
portion :b m i.'i-
i,-ry i aound tfJ hard and owing to
t fSr wither during harvest time
is Moi inj ird as in eastern ttates.
Corn is not considered a proStab.e
f op cwUe to the cool nijtbts. yet a
r--erately fair yield can be pro
duced. However, little eSort is made
is raising corn.
Oif ar- a ur crrt and produce
tevi!y. rar-fc'U.S from to butbela
Thy int are early ana iu
j-oitdi per buahel.
Ilary vild alout 40 iusheis pr
srre fcsd z if redy market. For the
r-?ul pro-j uction of bark-y the
cT.raate -ouid not L-e l-tt r.
A'.faifa pro-iuce enormous crops
w t-re pr- prly matered. It is claimed
tLat a fair average crop for the season
: 7 ton l"-T acre. As much as 10
toz.t U tn harv-t-d from 10 acres
iu n kws. Alfalfa hay U con
tratl for is tbe tack by the Sock
iritri of the turroundins ranees.
Th- uppy Ss ts-j". ejual to the demand.
Th: Vwc'i cro? contracted for
durir-c iat :r,t-r a per ton in
t ta -k the farmer receivinK fl cash
down at tbe time. Prevailing prices
at th" preient t-.me are. however,
mvfh blither. The raising of alfalfa
bru-jr mufh prott to tte farmer and
is a. a uzf-i t one of the chief
i'vtv-- thrive exceedingly well
ere toid of yields as hlh as
liUt
:rl to the arre- Our members
. . 4 1 -uje -alii ror.tect with a
rr.ee h r.ialrr yield tinre the quality
1 ti tL- ir-t.
i, ti.- ether crop wLich are success
fully croma are Lop, rye. fiax. peas,
cabt-are and vegetable of all ki;ds.
V rUL from tbis r g:oa are ro-w
l-;nj5 th:;;-d a far as M. lxuis ana ;
CLirafO in i are In gr-at demand. i
Kruil It l tot claimed for this eec- ,
t.on to - what i termed an exclu
fr;;r country such as is found in ,
: -tr.-ii part of the tate and where
!:f :-t'u U al-ut 2,."J f-tt. But
;ta tb xr-ptios of a very few of j
rr.orr d iicate vari-tiet fruits of all i
, t. ;s i on tbe bp:- r Snake river j
ulf. Kite orchard are ftaried and j
tn.ai: fruit y; 1 abundantly. ;
TL surrounding country for bun-
drd cf is elrvated and in tbe
;;tanre Jorcsa into mountains. The
entire si tein government land
a'yris fr-e rani: for ftock- Of this
r-ane our denser can take advan
tage. il.e settlers tf the valleys being
er.!tl1 to the adjacent range. The
tboitand of kc-rHr. cattle and thecp
r'm:nc the ranjr of Idaho answers
tb -js'Joo regarding a Izi lability to
fc'CKk ralfir.j.
ilr,frt are rid at a good proft and
Zt. a ready market at good prices. It
it jt3 that hog cholera does not ex
in Idaho.
Butter and the products of the dairy
f-;d a vry market and we ad-
oxit cmLr to not fail to make
; '.or. to er.fare to some extent in
t: orcttption. A creamery should
be an early &i-quiiUGn to our settle
rest Pocltry and rrs are another source
of rrat profit In this mountain region,
the aip;-iy cf the horse product never
enalSn the demand. Mom profit is
to be derived from the raising of poul
try and errt in tbe Snake river val
ley than from any other occupation of
like investment.
Flh and gatse are plentiful, large
fame l'.ng found to the north and
tcrthtt o? our w ttiemtnt.
, Is the mountain ran re to the east
-tireber cf fa'r quality atounds. and a
cumber c;f avcilli are n p-e ration.
The tetter quality c, lumber Is
troi-tt trtits western W ashington and
Ortzoa and it cii wX a fair figure
Coal for fuel is brought from Rock
SpriUfeB, Wyo.. and costat about tbe
tm as Id western Nebraska. A ner
line ft railroad building from Black
fcot rorthwestwards will op2n up new
ccal tie Ida and lumber region, bring
iog th6 two articles much neater, to
us. Tbe line is graded and trackla
lug now under way.
OUR MARKETS.
Tbe markets for tbe surplus prod
ucts of tbe valley are fouad ' in tbe
great mining camps of tbe inter-moun-tain
country. The large cities, Butte,
Helena. Anaconda, Pocotella, Ogden,
Salt Lake City and the hundreds of
thriving mining towns. It must be
remembered that the productive area
of the western mountain regions is
exceedingly small, while tbe mineral
belt is practically limitless and yet
in its infancy of development. As tne
mineral resources are developed from
year to year the demand for the prod
ucts of the farm increases in propor
tion. It is safe to say that the day Is
indeed remote when tbe surplus farm
products will exceed the demand
therefor in tbe immediate mountain
country.
CUM'ATE, HEALTH, ELEVATION.
WATER.
No ofSciai data is at band covering
the matter of temperature, but in
general terms it is safe to say that the
climatic conditions are not much un
like ti.at of Utah's. "The glorious
climate of California" has been much
vaunted, but the citizens of Idaho be
lieve they have a clearer atmosphere
than the far-famed Golden State. It
is bard to realize that In a region
where perpetual snow shines on the
surrounding mountain tops 100 degrees
is reached in the valleys In summer
and from 1 to 2 degrees below in win
ter, and occasionally dropping as low
as 12 degrees below. Tbe state is in
the same latitude as France, Switzer
land and parts of Portugal, Spain and
Italy. The great Japan current streams
up the Pacific coast, and the wind,
born of this warm water, blows in
land for many hundred miles, modi
fying an otherwise uncongenial cli
mate. The winters are short and out
door work is carried on the year
round. The following remarkable ta
ble compiled from U. S. government
statistics, gives a true picture of Ida
ho weather:
i Number of clear days 149
Number of fair days 126
Number of cloudy days 90
Number days on which rain fell. 75
Number inches rainfall 10
Average rainfall for 10 years 13
There are no rains or ftorms dur
ing the summer season, while crops
are maturing and being harvested. No
cyclones, floods or destructive storms.
The death rate In Idaho is the
smallest of any state In the union,
being .33. against California 1.61, and
Arizona 2.C1. Such diseases as asth
ma, hay fever and pulmonary trou
bles yield to the influence of this deli
cate air. and the patient always finds
relief and permanent cure. There is
no swampy land; malaria and conse
quent lung troubles are unknown. It
is claimed, with apparent justice, that
the climate of Idaho is unsurpassed.
The altitude of our location is some
what less than 5.000 feet above sea
level, insuring cool nights and sound,
invigorating sleep. The water is pure
and contains no injurious substances.
Tbe water of the Snake nver is clear
and pure and where of considerable
depth presents that blue cast found
only where the water is entirely de
void of sediment and foreign mat
ter. Many settlers use thi3 water for
drinking purposes in preference to that
obtained from wells.
WATER SUPPLY.
From the official biennial report of
the state engineer of the state of Idaho
for ls99-l&00 we quote as follows
"With but few exceptions the canals
now in operation in the Upper Snake
river valley were built and belong to
the irrigators themselves. The reg
ulations of most of them provide for
a division of water among the users
at the rate cf 1 inch per acre; in some
cases a more generous allowance Is
made. In most cases the full allow
ance is turned out from the canal; in
some places it is all needed, but more
frequently a large proportion is wasted.
The capacity of canals already con
strutted Is estimated at 7,200 second
feet. he full capacity of these canals
is of course not used at present, but as
sumlng that every user receives his
share, his "Inch to the acre," they
would require a discharge of 3,880 sec
ond feet; a very conservative esti
mate. During the flood season it is
undoubtedly much greater than this
and It Is never much less; therefore
this might be taken as a fair average
of tbe volume diverted by tbe canals
from May 1 to August 1; after that
date the demand Is not as great, prob
ably not more than 3.000 second feet
At this rate there would be delivered
to each acre of land during an Irri
gating season of six months, enough
water to cover it to a depth of 6.3 feet
or the equivalent of a 76-Inch rain
fall during the growing season of
crops."
From the above official quotation
our members will see that the question
of moisture is certainly solved In this
favored locality. We could continue
to quote at length from tht3 same re
port, but the sum and conclusion
reached is that the Upper Snake river
valley is the best watered region of
the west.
RAILROADS.
Our location Is situated immediately
on the railroad, tributary to tbe high
way from the Puget Sound to Ogden
the gateway of the inter-mountain
country, being on the main line from
Pocotella to Butte, Mont, the greatest
copper producing region In the world
The Oregon Short Line, which tra
verses the Upper Snake river valley, is
managed by progressive men who take
a personal Interest In every newcomer
and endeavor to do what lays In their
power to promote bis best interests
The train service Is excellent and no
discomfort will be experienced in re
moving to our new homes.
LOCATION OF SETTLEMENT. ;
The location of the Home Makers
Settlement lies 14 miles west of tbe
Oregon Short Line and extending 8
miles south and west from Idaho Falls,
n Bingham county, Idaho. The entire
track is located in an irrigation dis
trict and is watered by two large ca
nals. Idaho Falls , is a thriving city
of over 2,000 Inhabitants, has large
business houses,, a large flouring mill
run by water power, electric lights
generated by water power, gravity
water works system, seven churches,
arge school houses, two good hotels,
two newspapers, one brewery; is a
junction point of the Oregon Short
Line, and, in short, is a city in keep-
ng with the rich and rapidly develop
ng surrounding country. Much of the
and under canals is under cultivation
and yields magnificent crops.
VALUE OF IRRIGATED LANDS.
The history of Irrigation is the his
tory of scientific farming. Fifty years
of Irrigation in the arid regions of the
west have demonstrated certain facts,
beyond the possibility of a doubt, and
among them are the certainty of good
crops, perfect development, large yield
and never a failure. For once man is
ndependent of nature. The returns
are larger on irrigated lands than
those dependent on rain . and it is
known that 10 acres will produce more
than five times that area in a country
where the farmer waits for showers,
which do not always arrive on time.
Speaking from a strictly business
point, what would an eastern farmer
give in hard dollars for water oh his
fields, at the time he wants it and pro
vided he could get all he wanted of it?
The senate special committee some
years ago, speaking of Utah farms,
said they found that the average farm
consisted of 25 acres. There is good,
hard sense at the bottom of this. A 25-
acre farm, properly cared for and
scientifically managed, is enough to
engage a man's attention, and when
worked with brains" will yield a
handsome revenue. Hundreds of
farms in Utah are not larger than 10
acres, and a farm of 50 acres is con
sidered large. A large population is
thus supported and the farmer does
not strive to handle more than he can
successfully manage.
FORTY ACRES ENOUGH LAND.
For the ordinary man forty acres
will be all he can conveniently farm.
f more Is taken it will prove an en
cumbrance unless it is put into alfalfa,
and then the farmer win need extra
help. It may be surprising that in
Utah under exactly the same condi
tions as prevail in our settlement.
many families make a comfortable
iving on ten acres. We do not advise
our members to take more than forty
acres unless they have sufficient help
to properly work the same. Many
fail because they attempt to farm more
and than they should where a smaller
amount properly tilled would bring
bigger returns.
CHANGES.
Making the change from locating on
what is termed "dry farming" to
farming under irrigation made it nec
essary to pay much more for our lands.
While it has been necessary to. pay
these advanced prices we have secured
land worth four times the former in
productiveness. It is a well known
fact that as much and more can be
produced by proper handling, under
irrigation, and with almost absolute
assurance of annual crops as can be
raised on four times the amount of
land dependent wholly upon rainfall.
After a meeting of the directors of the
company at which the entire ground
was carefully gone over it was de
cided to adhere to the original plan
as given in the prospectus, except it
was found necessary to reduce the
number of acres to be allotted to mem
bers and to eliminate the rebate bond
feature from the present settlement.
By making these two changes we will
be able to make an entire success of
the undertaking. Every member will
receive the same value for his money,
less ia acreage, but more in value.
The amount of shares required for
the various allottments will be found
further on. With the two exceptions
above noted the plan of the Home-
makers' settlement remain the same
as heretofore.
COST OF LOCATION SHARES.
The cost of Ideation stock remains
as before, namely $25 each. The fol
lowing allottments include water
rights.
ONE SHARE gives you a city resi
dence lot.
TWO SHARES gives you a city busi
ness lot.
THREE SHARES gives you a five-
acre tract adjoining the city.
SIX SHARES gives you a ten-acre
tract.
ELEVEN SHARES gives you a
twenty-acre tract.
TWENTY SHARES gives you a for
ty-acre tract.
Application for location stock should
be accompanied by an advance pay
ment as follows:
First
Sub. of To be placed on payment
1 share, Residence lot $25.00
2 shares, Business lot 25.00
3 shares, 5-acre tract 25.00
6 shares, 10-acre tract... 50.00
11 shares, 20-acre tract 75.00
20 shares, 40-acre tract 100.00
WHEN TO REMOVE TO THE NEW
SETTLEMENT.
Under the present arrangement, the
canals being completed our members
will be enabled to move onto their
holdings this fall if they so desire
Buildings can be erected, the fields
cleared and everything put in readi
ness for spring plowing. The small
laterals can be plowed out and the wa
ter led to the proper places on the land
When all this can be done during tbe
winter months the farmer's time can
then be wholly devoted to his crops
the coming season. No member
should undertake to remove to the
new location until we have filled the
entire membership (but few shares
remain unsold) and until we have
made a careful survey of each tract
and made the allottments to the mem
bers. Nothing can be gained by going
in advance. We will look after, the
welfare of all alike. Special rates will
be secured for the members and their
effects when we are ready to place
them on the lands.
pany lands adjoining their own on
crop rental for a year or two. The
company's, alternate,, tracts are held
at a minimum price of $20 per acre
and will not be sold for a less amount.
Land under cultivation' and some
mprovement readily brings from $20
to $40 per acre at the present time
and we feel confident that in less than
three years our lands will be worth $50
per acre. The tract is . especially
adapted to sugar beet growing and ef
forts are now being made to secure the
ocation of a sugar factory in our vi
cinity. , The immigration into the
Snake river valley of Idaho during the.
past year and at the present time is so
great that in one more year the entire
valley will be: filled . and every avail
able tract occupied. The entire . ab
sence of, alkali in the soil is a feature
much prized.
AS TO OUR OWN LANDS.
Members desiring to do so will be
given an opportunity to rent the com-
The membership is growing at rapid
rate and the great enterprise is now an
assured success. Many have held back
until the location was determined upon
and these are now coming in with a
rush. . ' -
Members who subscribed for location
stock under the old plan, before Irri
gated lands were determined upon for
our location, are given an opportunity
to change their applications to the
amount of irrigated lands their sub
scriptions will purchase. Those who
do not desire to make tne change will
have their money refunded on applica
tion. ' '
Subscribe for The Nebraska Inde
pendent and keep in touch with our
great Home Makers' enterprise. When
you have .read your paper hand -it to
your neighbor, he may become inter
ested.
If after a careful reading of our. plan
of home-making, it meets with your
approval, send, in your application' at
once for such amount of location stock
as will meet your requirements and
means. Send remittance to the,
INDEPENDENT HOME M'AKERS CO.
1245 N St., Lincoln, Neb.
Moms Makers1 Notes
To the farmer who has always been
dependent upon unequal and irreg
ular rainfall for maturing his crops,
farming by irrigation has many
charms. Next to having a sufficient
supply of water at just such time and
place as each crop may require is the
great advantage of being free from
rainstorms during-the season of har
vest and hay-making. To be able to
"turn on the rain" in one field and
"turn it off" in another at will is the
system which brings results not to be
obtained outside .the irrigated regions
and while some good people are sat
isfied to farm as did their fathers on
the stony and barren hills of the east
and the drouth-stricken prairies of the
west, quoting the old saying that they
"prefer to trust in Providence," they
surely forget that the same Divine
Providence which ; provides the rain
in season and out of season has also
provided our intermountain region
with snow-capped' mountains and
mountain lakes which form the peren
nial rivers in the yalleys below, and
if a direct scriptural injunction to
farm by irrigation is necessary, let him
read 2nd Kings,1 3rd chapter, 16-17th
verses: "Thus saith the Lord, Make
this valley full of ditches, for thus
saith the Lord, ye shall not see wind,
neither shall ye see rain; yet that val
ley shall be filled with water, that ye
may drink, both yfe, and your cattle,
and j'our beasts." ; .
The advantages in favor of irriga
tion cannot be stated in figures, but
this much can be said,' that there can
not be any possibility of failure of
crops, either through drouth or drown
ing, as is too often the case In the
great agricultural states. It is esti
mated that the land irrigated year by
year has double the productiveness of
land in the east. The natural fertil
ity of the soil is enhanced by the fer
tilizing influences of the irrigating
waters which keep the land perpetual
ly fresh, so that not only a better
quality of crops, but a larger yield per
acre year by year can be raised on ir
rigated land from the constant com
bination of sun and moisture (moist
ure at the roots and sunlight at the
top), thus the two essential conditions
of vigorous plant life are always present.
Parties desiring to join the Home
Makers need not hesitate because they
do not understand the science of irri
gation. They will have plenty of
neighbors close by who will teach
them and by close observation will
learn it quickly. They will soon real
ize that the man who owns a farm
equipped with Irrigation canals and a
sufficient supply of water is master
of the elements.
The motto of the irrigation farmer
is independence. The canal reaches an
area around his fields, and he is inde
pendent of the rainfall. Enabled to
intensify the product of each acre, he
make3 his living from a small farm
and is largely Independent of hired
help, diversifying . his product so that
first of all he raises nearly everything
his" family consumes. He is indepen
dent of the outside world. Disposing
of his surplus in the home .market, he
is independent of the railroads. As an
illustration, suppose the hard times
prevailing in the past should become
much worse and continue for five
years. In that event the market for
labor and all the products of the fac
tory, the mine and the farm would be
at the minimum. Under these unhap
py conditions the man with the little
irrigated farm in the west would be
far better off than any other class of
his countrymen. He could operate his
farm without help and raise nearly ev
erything he consumed. As, when there
is little demand for anything, the best
product sells first and at the highest
price, his surplus, If anybody's, would
command sale. The most prosperous
of men in good times, he would be the
most independent in a long period of
bad times.
M
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It is a fact that land producing crops
without danger of failure, and crops
of the best quality and largest quan
tity per acre, must rise to high value.
The most valuable agricultural lands
In the world will be the irrigated
farms of the arid west. The returns of
the census of 1900 show that the first
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READ ABOUT IT; IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT, INVESTIGATE
Are you coming to the state fair? It
is well worth your time and money to
come, as the fair this year will surpass
anything ever held before. Eighteen
thousand dollars have been spent in
erecting new buildings, painting the
old ones,!and beautifying the grounds
generally. Lincoln itself has been
greatly improved in the last year.
Several miles of asphalt paving has
been laid and several new buildings
have been erected.. Besides several
new business houses have started up
whereby the whole state of Nebraska
has been benefitted, among them be
ing the Lincoln Supply Co., formerly
called the Farmers Supply Association,
is doing a fine business in the mail
order line; they ship goods of all de
scriptions, everything you need in the
house or on the farm, all over the
state. The . business has grown from
nothing to $30,000 in the first nine
months of its existence. The follow
ing are a few testimonials regarding
their manner of doing business and
the class of. goods they sell:
Martell,isTeb., Aug. 6, 1901.
Lincoln Supply Co.
Gentlemen: I bought a folding bed
and mattress and some kitchen uten
sils and had them shipped to me. Re
ceived same in good condition and
the articles are No. 1 goods. My wife
says these are the first things I ever
bought that suited her. I shall give
you more orders if I need anything
more in your line. Wishing you suc
cess, I remain, yours truly,"
A. ARMANN.
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 5, 1901.
Lincoln Supply Co.
Gentlemen: I take pleasure in be
ing able to say that the goods I bought
of you last April were satisfactory in
every respect... Your steel range is the
best I have ever used. Yours truly.
L. M. UPSON.
Wilsonville, Neb..'. July 29: 1901,
Lincoln Supply Co., Lincoln, Neb.
Dear Sirs: The business transacted
by me with your company has been in
every way satisfactory. The goods
were just as represented and ship
ment prompt. I know that the farmers
can save money by buying of you.
Yours truly, ' L; J. LOMAX.
f Raymond," Neb., Aug. 6, 1901.
Lincoln Supply Co., Lincoln, Neb.
Dear Sirs: -The combination writing
desk and, book case arrived O. K. Will
say I am much pleased with it. Any
one desiring fair , treatment and their
money's worth should buy of the Lin
coln Supply Co. You will receive our
orders - in the future. Thanking you
for past favors, I remain, yours truly,
' H. W. DETWILER.
V Rockford, Tfeb., July 26, 1901.
Lincoln. Supply Co., Lincoln, Neb.
Gentlemen;. Some, time ago I or
dered a $65 top buggy and set of double
harness from you and will say in your
behalf ' the goods were entirely satis
factory and I am- well pleased with
them.' - The buggy Jias been in constant
use since purchase and looks as good
and bright as it did the first -day out.
Very truly;. ' J. M. DAVEY.
' (This buggy had been -in. use about
eight months .when., this, letter was re
ceived.) ,
Malcolm, Neb., July 30, 1901.
Lincoln Supply Co.,' Lincoln, Neb.
Gentlemen; I have gotten a good
many things from you and always
found them to be first class in every
respect. GEO, HANSON.
, Aurora, Neb., July 29, 1901.
Lincoln Supply Co., Lincoln, Neb.
Gentlemen: I- received a bill of
furniture from your house which came
to me fully as good as represented and
at a less price than it could have been
bought in the city of Aurora. I think
I received this bill last February. I
can say l am well pleased'. Yours.
C. C. LING.
We have letters enough like these to
fill this entire paper, but we believe
the above are sufficient. We are located
just one-half block north of the cor
ner of 13th and O st3. By Agoing east
on O st. to 13th "we may be easily
found. ".. - ' ' .
We. will absolutely give away FREE
a $45 driving. wagon. during fair week.
This applys only to our out-of-town
visitors. If you will call at our ex
hibit on the grounds or at" our store
you can learn -full particulars. All
we ask of you is simply to call and see
us whether you buy anything or not.
Remember we handle furniture, car
pets, stoves and ranges, hardware,
tinware, granite ware, buggies, wagons,
harness, farm machinery, etc. , Every
thing you need in the. house or on the
farm. Come and make our store yout
headquarters during your stay in the
city. Use our free check stand and en
joy, a few moments' visit with us.
LINCOLN
SUPPLY
CO.
(5 stories and basement.) 128, 130, 132 N. 13th St., Lincoln, Neb.
cost of irrigated lands, with their wa
ter rights, had been $77,000,000, and
that their value at the time the census
was taken was $286,850,000, an in
crease of about 283 per cent.
When land is purchased under ca
nals, "a water right for it must be se
cured. By a water right is meant the
perpetual right to demand from the
canal at any time a sufficient amount
of water to irrigate the land, the quan
tity, of .course, being limited, but
which is the maximum amount re
quired for successful irrigation. For
illustration: A completed canal will
carry sufficient water to irrigate 20,
000 acres of land. Under the law no
more water Tights can be sold than the
canal covers, and every one buying
these rights in our settlement owns a
proportionate amount cf the carrying
capacity of the canals, which cannot
be alienated or separated from the
land. It must be understood that the
land Is valueless without water to ir
rigate it and that the value is more
in . the water than in the land.
J. M. Bailey of Pilger, Neb., enclos
ing draft .In first payment on location
stock writes: "I have just got back
from a trip through the western coun
try and will say from what I saw
there, southern Idaho is my choice ev
erything considered. If you will lo
cate where you are sure of plenty of
water everything - will pan out all
right."
G. W. Moore, a member from Fuller
ton now looking over western lands,
writes praisingly of tbe irrigated sec
tions of Idaho visited by him.
than cur alternate tracts that is what
co-operation . in settling a country
makes possible. That is what we point
out In our prospectus. Don't stand
in your own light.- ;
The Home Makers Company desires
a good active man In every community
to present our plan for home-making
to parties desiring to change locations
and secure membership for the Home
Makers. Write us for terms.
Our map has not been prepared and
we cannot print it for some time.
Members can readily find our location
on any map of Idaho. .We are kept too
busy working up tbe membership, an
swering hundreds of letters, etc., to be
able to put much time to anything
else for the present. .
WTe are in receipt of a number of
communications in which the writers
remind us that as soon as the members
are located on their lands our allott
ments will immediately be worth four
or five times the price members pay
for their holdings. This is admitted
and hoped for -by -both members and
the company. The numbers' im
proved land will be more valuable
Since the announcement of the loca
tion has been made, an enormous in
terest is being shown in the Home
Makers' undertaking. f From all sec
tions we are listing members. We re
ceived an application this week from
a man living on an island in the Pa
cific ocean on the west coast of 'Wash
ington. Nearly every state in tbe
union is rePresented,
To these members who contemplate
driving overland we wish to say that
it is a long distance, long stretches of
desert will have to be crossed where
water .and grass will be short. There
fore care should be" taken that a good
route is selected. ; .
No allottmeoats will be made until
the membership is filled. We are do
ing all in our power to finish this part
of tne work at the earliest possible
date. Members can help much by se
curing their friends and neighbors.
Nothing will be gained by rushing in
advance, remain where: you are until
we are ready. :..
Send in your subscription for loca
tion stock at once. -INDEPENDENT
HOME MAKERS CO.
Lincoln, Neb.
Shopping Hours
Two bills to Vegulate the hours of
British shopmen and salesgirls are be
fore parliament, while an amendment
offered by Lord: Salisbury himself
foreshadows the probable tenor of a
measure satisfactory, to the cabinet.
This . amendment provides that "pro
visional orders" fixing hours may be
passed by local authorities, subject to
revision by parliament
This law will be the first step in
Great Britain to regulate the hours of
male adults, : and will be closely
scanned as a 'possible precedent. Of
its necessity the .report of the lords'
committee permits no doubt. Says the
Saturday Review:
"It was already known, that eighty,
eighty-four, -often ninety hours a" week
are worked in many shops, not includ
ing hours worked after closing. It
has been shown that these hours are
spent In surroundings insanitary, in
bad atmosphere, in circumstances caus
ing that dread disease known popular
ly as consumption, and others of a tu
bercular character." f '
The .. life X)f s : .London f shopman Is
tmade even more unbearable than this
statement would indicate by the "liv-ing-ln"
system, under which clerks
spend practically the entire twenty-
four hours upon the premises. And
the unions of shopworkers confess
their inability to secure better condi
tions. .
In New York long hours of labor are
still too often exacted. But in the great
retail shops working-time never ex
ceeds sixty hours .per week, except
in December; and to compensate for
Christmas overwork but fifty hours
per week are usually required in mid
summer. And this policy pays. New
York World.
Knighthood
There is lively excitement among
the mayors of the new municipal bor
oughs included in the district of Lon
don, for it is intimated tnat King Ed
ward will confer knighthood on every
one of them when their terms" expire
in November. His majesty's desire is
to commemorate the first term of these
mayoralties, and to emphasize for fu
ture candidates that the . offices carry
with them possibilities of high honors.
Heretofore these mayors were not
very highly thought of by the great
ones of London town."
The king's action will make some
curious additions to the list of knights.
One of the mayors 1 across whose
shoulders the royal sword will be laid
is an East End saloon-keeper, another
Is an advertising agent, and the ma
jority are comparatively humble wage-earners:-
That a saloon-keeper should
have a chance of knighthood is a great
shock to the fastidious, who forget
that so many members of the house of
lords are brewers. Ex.
BEST FOB THE
If you hTn' a regular, healthy meTemen of th
bowu erery day, you're 111 or will be. Keep your
bowels open, and bo well. Force, In the shape of lo
lent physic or pill poison, 1 daiiReroun. The smooth
est, easiest, most porfoet way of keeping- tbe bowel
clear and clean is to take
CANDY
CATHARTIC
EAT 'EM LIKE CANDY
' Pleasant, PalataMo. Potent. Taste Good, Do Goo (t.
Kerer Sfcen, Weaken, or Oiip, 10, 85. and 60 cents
Eer box. Vrlto tor free sample, and booklet ; o a
ealth. Address '
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