V 0 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT August 29, 1001 THE HOME MAKERS LOCATION 0hJZ Th! Cut Actual HHP P.RFAT FRFF VATfiH flFFFR I.IL.r..t kul.l.l,.r.ll..l. Wil MIIMII IIIU llIIWII B B .ia Mrt 14.1m ! ft Water! K-rgt- la tl Wa The president and teTetry of the Horn Makers Coopacy, Itr a care fol iEurpectloa of the various avail able locations fa Idaho, have dieted oa scseptiuc and did close a contract lor a tract cf fine lacd a tho Upper Snake nur aly. it was impossible to ulcere a Urge a body of Und as we Lad tepd. L&rfre enough tract ecu 14 Lave La secured, but the cost cf the crater right alos in one case raa ep to per arre. bsid-s the canals were &ot c.-EcpI :! and ttr was a question If they would b ready by the tic; next spring's crops re qcir4 watrlcg- Numerous irrigation project are coder way, tut cannot posiii-iy be rompieted for a y-ar or so even If financial aid is at band. There fore after full ia realisation an 4 a careful con;l ration cf all phases the rlr Tt.e trart 1. watered br tw0ll I in CC CD 1111 ""IW ------ - . , 4b I aalSil il I lilt llll .' uio w lun wa j ucici ui?a i-jiuuivs juui i t'Di wn larre casaU already bnilt Consider- X "-nu'4-u 2 box will help any case. By wail, plalo wrppn avl E's!orlEr land li under la- o l&old bf B.O. Kortla. Linroo.Neb, IIAHX'S Pharmacy, IS05 Far nam St., Omaha, Neb. .ffiw-.;t fret, -OfrN"0'$O GENERAL FEATURES, j - The lands mr-& for the Hoae- j r eal fields and lumber regions, bring zsakers lie wholly oa the first river lng thtf two articles much rearer to lottos. All of it If amooth and with ua. The Lne Is graded and trcckla - One Thousand Boys and Girls earn this watch every week. You can do the work in one hour. Send your name and address, no money. Ve will forward a book of ten coupons, each good for three months subscription to the best home magazine in Amer ica, to be sold at 10c each. You see ten people only, as everybody takes advantage of this bargain. When sold, send us the $1.00 and we for ward the wajtch prepaid. This is an American Watch, Nickel Plated, Open Face, and Heavy Beveled Crystal. A Written Guarantee goes with each watch. It is a good timekeeper, and in mis respect is equal 10 uic nigncai prmc wcsaoii, FRANKLIN SUPPLY CO., 392 CHICAGO the exception of the natural fall ot the ! lug tow under way. valley, which is about ve feet to the ; OUR MARKETS. Bile. Is perfectly kvL Aside from ; mrx,am - the canals the lasds are nteprored. j J?e2,T ! SS18.': It was dese4 Imyrarticlie to Incite ' LllfiZ .fthl.fr n Improved fans In oar toldinrs owing j Jf ViS nS?" toihe higher price and the diCltl If ' daJ pftTJae Cm which ocM to eacowterai 1- aaWns J 3lTlk e-ltahie dUlritmton of the allott- ! .k y and i the hunireds of saVata, The ettire tract it covered j arlTlns mining towns. It must be I IrH ,. t. remembered that the productive area e-raglEC perhaf three- fet la height. of the western mountain regions is . 11 l.ll. IV 1 ulorL to rth ; i- Practically limitless and and clear the Uad. Init what can b. ,;ts f ncy of development. As the Trr m'lr 4011 wi"i a team- much niIneral resources are developed from Jf'Tt a i xlowdhot sTd H'er- ! to year the demand for the prod vards barae-i. There t!r. no sod : "ets lf fa,m. increases In propor coverics the soli breaks tp mallow and , Jloa- " ia s.afe l y that the day is fertile fad a rood crop ii raid from indeed remo e when the surplus farm the m year. The oa i. compel of , Products will exceed the demand ditiaterrited lava. ad is extremely therefor in the immediate mountain rich and prod ares large crops from rountr5- the time it i pat under cultivation and i CLIMATE, HEALTH. ELEVATION, watered. The depth of tie soli is from j WATER, three to efirht fet and is underlaid j No official data is at hand covering with a strata of coarse sand and ' the matter of temperature, but in jnareL When broken cp tee soil is ; general terms it is safe to say that the cf a dark trowa or oe: color. ! climatic conditions are not much un- WHAT 13 PRODUCED. j at, f Vtah.. ThZ glorious ! climate of California has been much Wheat Is successfully grown and vaunted, but the citizens of Idaho be rieids from Zj to W tuhel pr acre. ; lleve they hare a clearer atmosphere While fall wheat is sows, the greater Uhan the far-famed Golden State. It portion is o! the pnc variety. The i i hard to realize that in a region tTTy Is touad z.ua. hard and owing to ; where perpetual snow shines on the the fair weather daring harvest time , surrounding mountain tops 100 degrees is seldom Injured in eastern states. ' i8 reached in the valleys in summer Com is cot eotsiflered a pro table aad from 1 to 2 degrees below in win crop, owlc to the cool nights, yet a ter. and occasioaally dropping as low raoderately fair yield ran be pro- t as 12 degrees below. The state is in dtt4, Iloever. little effort is xaade the same latitude as France. Switzer ta raiting com. j land and parts of Portugal, Spain and Oats are a sure crm and produce j Italy. The great Japan current streams heavily, ranging from j to hj bushels tap the Pacific coast, and the wind, f per acre. They mature early and tne , born of this warm water, blows in- srrain is heavy. wigh;ng abvjt 4i land for many hundred miles, modi pounds per bufchtL fying an otherwise uncongenial cli- Barley yields about C bushels per mate. The winters are short and out acre aad fiads a ready market. For the j door work is carried on the year sacrsfa! production of barley the ; round. The following remarkable ta clirsate could r.ot b better. j ble compiled from U. S. government Alfalfa produce eaortaous crops statistics, gives a true picture of Ida where properly watered. It If claimed ho weather: that a fair avtr&re crop for the season Number of clear days 149 is 7 toas per acre. As much as ISO j Number of fair days 126 tons has Ura harvested from 10 acres Number of cloudy days 90 ia one seaioa. Alfalfa hay is con- Number days on which rain fell. 75 frarted for la the stack by the Cock- Number inches rainfall 10 raafters of the surrounding ranges. Average rainfall for 10 years 13 The supply is cot equal to the demand. There are no rains or storms dur This season's crop w&s contracted for ! ing the summer season, while crops during last witter a. 4-Sa per ton in (are maturing and being harvested. No th stack, the farmer receiving $1 cash .cyclones, floods or destructive storms, down at the time. Prevailing prices j The death rate In Idaho is the at the present time are. however, i smallest of any state in the union, much higher. The ralsir.g of alfalfa j being .33. against California 1.61, and brines much proSt to the farmer and Arizona 2.61. Such diseases as asth is as a coafeeqaeace oa of the chief ma. hay fever and pulmonary trou rop. bits yield to the influence of this deli- Potatoes thrive exceedingly well ! cate air. and the patient alwavs finds and we were tel l cf yi-M as hieh as relief and permanent cure. There is UfQ bushels to the acre. Our members , co swampy land: malaria and conse we feel suje will be content with a quent lung troubles are unknown. It much raa!r yield since the quality ; is claimed, with apparent justice, that is cf the Utt. f the climate of Idaho is unsurpassed. Of the oiht r crup which are success- f The altitude of our location is some fally grown aie hops, rye, Sax. peas. I what less than 5,000 feet above sea cabbage and vegetables of all ki;.ds. level, insuring cool nights and sound. Vegetables from this region are row , invigorating sleep. The water Is pure being ibirpe-1 tt far as Si. Louis and and contains no injurious substances. Chicago and are ia great demand. j The water of the Snake river is clear Fruit It i rot claimed for this sec- land pure and where of considerable tioa to te what is termed aa exclu- j depth presents that blue cast found sive fruit courtry such as is found in j only where the water i3 entirely de th western part of the state and where j void of sediment and foreign mat ihe altitude is about 2.00 feet- But j ter. Many settlers use this water for with the exception cf a very few of '. drinking purposes in preference to that the more delicate varieties fruits of all j obtained from wells, kind Uhrive on the Upper Snake river j WATER SUPPLY, valley. Fine orchards are started and j From tbe official biennial" report of small fruit yields abundantly. ; tie state engineer of the state of Idaho The surrounding country for hua-ifCr 1853-1500 we quote as follows: dreds of miles is elevated and in the 1 -With but few exceptions the canals distance forms into mountains. The now in operation In the Upper Snake entire region Wing government land ; river valley were built and belong to affords free range for stock. Of this , the irrigators themselves. The reg rasge our members raa take ad van- j ulatlons of most of them provide for tage. th settlers of the valleys ting j a division of water among the users entitled to the adjacent range. The ; at the rate of 1 Inch per acre; in some thousands cf horses, cattle aad sheep s cases a more generous allowance is roaming the ranges of Idaho answers j made. In most cases the full allow the question regarding adaptability to i ance Is turned out from the canal; in stock raising. j some places it is all needed, but more Hogs are raised at a good profit and i frequently a large proportion is wasted. Sad a ready market at good prices. It j The capacity of canals already con is stated tnat hog cholera does not ex- ! structed Is estimated at 7.200 second lit In Idaho. IfeeL he full capacity of these canals Batter and the products of the dairy j i of course not used at present, but as iad very good market and we ad- suming that every user receives his Tis our members to tot fail to make j share, his "Inch to the acre." they provision to engage to some extent la j would require a discharge of 3.S80 sec th:s occupation. A creamery should ond feet; a very conservative esti b aa early acquisition to our settle- j mate. During the flood season it Is zaect- I undoubtedly much greater than this Poultry and ergs are another source j and it is never much less; therefore cf great prot la this mountain region, this might be taken as a fair average the suppiy cf the home product never j of the volume diverted by the canals equaling the demand. More profit is from May 1 to August 1; after that to he derived frora the raising of poul- date the demand Is not as great, prob try ergs ia the Snake river val- j ably not more than 3.000 second feet, ley than from any other occupation of ( At this rate there would be delivered like tEvetraeat, 1 to each acre of land during an irrl- Flfh and scame are plentiful. large j gating season of six months, enough RAILROADS. game tlrg focad to the north and northeast cf oar settlement. la the mountain range to the east timber ni fair quality abounds, and a number o sawmills are-la operation. The better quality cf lumber is brought fioat western Washington and "Ore-rofl and Is sold at a fair figure Coal for fuel Is brought from Rock iFpr.: , Wyo.. and es$ta about the same as Is wert?rn Nebraska. A new line ff railroad building from lilac k J&ot rcTthwestwar&s will pen up new 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 tho question of moisture Is certainly solved In this favored locality. We could continue to quote at length from this same re port, but the sum and conclusion reached Is that the Upper Snake river valley is the best watered region of the west. Our location is situated immediately on the railroad, tributary to the 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 his 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 1 miles west of the Oregon Short Line and extending 8 miles south and west from Idaho Falls, in 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, large 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 ing with the rich and rapidly develop ing surrounding country. Much of the land 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 independent 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 on 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 ren sketch showine a lateral on the spttl-. ment lands. TTaken from ohotocranh 1 c J 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. If more is taken it will prove an en cumbrance unless it is put into alfalfa, and then the farmer wm 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 living 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 land 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 tnese advanced prices we have secured land worth four times the former in productiveness. It is a well known fact that as nruch 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 in 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 location 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 REMO 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 the winter months the farmer's time can the valley expecting increased quan tity as depth is attained. The dis patches locate this new oil field in the vicinity of Nampa on down tho river from our settlement. Help the boy to a farm, you will never regret it When he gets uneasy buy hjm a piece of land and let him show his worth. You probably would not have a home yourself if there had not been cheap lands. Now you have accumulated and laid up considerable money, open up your, purse and give the boy a chance. Have him join the Home Makers and become prosperous like yourself and you will enjoy the lift you gave him as long as you live. No allottments will be made until the membership is filled. We are do ing all In our power to finish this part of the 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. 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 the change will have their money refunded on application. The Home Makers Company desires a good active man in' every community to present our plan ror home-making to parties desiring to change locations and secure membership for the Home Makers. Write us for terms. 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 interested. The success of the Home Makers en- Pen sketch of the Snake river and valley showing dortjon of settlement lands. photograph. Taken from 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 JbQ gained by going In advance. Weill look after the welfare of all alike Special rates will be secured for the members and their effects when we ate ready to place them on the lands. AS TO OUR OWN LANDS. Members desiring to do so will be given an opportunity to rent the com 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 improvement 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 location 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. 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 the change will have their money refunded on application. 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 interested. 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. Home Makers Notes The Home Makers Company does not make it compulsory for members to remove to the lands immediately. We aim to sell location stock to those only who intend to make their homes on the settlement lands. Some will want to remove as soon as the allott ments are made, others will not be ready to go until spring, and perhaps later. Those who have in mind joining the Home Makers and share In the benefits to be derived thereby should attend to the matter at once. Delay gains noth ing, besides will be the cause of many being unable to secure location stock. terprise is now an assured fact. Those who- have been holding back hereto fore are now coming in, and our mall is increasing daily. We regret our inability to provide homes for many who have written us, but are unable to raise sufficient money to secure location stock. We are willing to do all we, can, ..but, of course, cannot furnish land free. 5 In this issue of The Independent we again repeat the general write-up of our location, the production of the valley, the climatic conditions, the purity of the water, etc. We do this in order that all can be fully informed and save us answering many ques tions at length by letter. Many have written for back copies of The Inde pendent containing Mr. Mary's letters. We regret to say that we are unable to supply back copies, the entire is sues being exhausted. These letters have aroused great interest all over the west and have been read with much interest by thousands. Our old friend, Mr. L. L. Trefren, formerly treasurer of Hooker county, Neb., but now a resident of Ashland, Oregon, writes under date of May 5 last in reply to a letter of inquiry re garding a location for our settlement as follows: "My choice for your pro ject would be Idaho on the Snake river or some of its tributaries. This state has no very choice lands that could be purchased at a reasonable price ex cept in eastern Oregon and there it is very cold. But in Idaho are large tracts of land that can be irrigated that are as fine land as ever I saw. I think the state would be very glad to welcome such a project as yours in the valley of the Snake river. The winters are not hard and prunes, peaches, ap ples, in fact all kinds of fruit grow as freely as in Oregon or California. I have thought seriously of removing to Idaho to live myself and may yet. In eastern Idaho I saw the finest vege tables I ever saw grown and every one was prosperous. On the Snake river there are long stretches, in places hundreds of miles, where steamers 'drawing 10 to 12 feet of water can be run. Coal is plenty and timber in the hills or mountains is also plenty. The country looks hard to a man who does not understand the sage brush lands, but get water on it and one acre is worth five of prairie soil. The land about Boise City was once sage brush, but now is the prettiest of all the coun try I have seen east or west Should you conclude to come west with your colony any information I can give is at your command. Yours truly, "L. S. TREFREN." Mr. Trefren is an old acquaintance and had been a resident of Nebraska for twenty-five years or more before his removal to Oregon. He is a man of honor and high standing and we knew his "opinion would be valuable to our members. However, for some reason his letter was mislaid and not opened until this week and we were glad to see that our choice of location coin cides with his judgment Press dispatches from Boise an nounce the finding of oil in the Snake River Valley in Idaho at a depth of 250 feet. Six rigs are at work drilling in We might proceed to write up our Home Makers enterprise in glowing terms and flowery phrases, and picture our location as a veritable garden teaming with all the good things that go to transform life into a sweet dream and render existence on this mundane sphere a pleasure rivaled only in the New Jerusalem, but we prefer to confine ourselves to hard facts plainly told. We do not desire to present a picture to our members which when brought face to face would cause disappointment. Therefore we say ours is no Paradise nor do the streams flow with milks and honey. There are no fatted calves ready to be led to slaughter at the beg of the set tlers. Our members will be placed on the richest soil mother earth pos sesses, they will have . an exhaustless supply of water with .which to add moisture to growing crops, a climate positively unexcelled and water as pure as crystal. Close by cedar grows on the higher lands which is at the settlers' command for fuel and fencing, but not for the purpose of sale. A good native lumber can be had in the Black foot mountains to the east which can easily be hauled by train. There is an unlimited amount of building stone within hauling distance. These are some of the natural advantages at our command. It remains for the Home Makers : to develop them and bring about the change which only applica tion and labor can render. We are willing to take our chances with our members and feel confident, nay posi tive that success and prosperity awaits all who enter and join this great home-making enterprise. We would like to ask, has anyone ever heard anything derogatory to the Upper Snake River Valley in Idaho from persons who live there and are industrious? Has anyone ever heard of a crop failure when proper atten tion was given to them? Has anyone ever heard a complaint against Its climate or its water? There Is per-; haps no country but what one can find some of Its inhabitants who are dis satisfied,, but not many where their labor is sure to be rewarded. In the Snake River Valley crop failure is un known and if dissatisfied inhabitants are found the reason can generally be traced to their constitutional aversion to manual labor. The industrious Inhabitants are all prospering. We are in receipt of many letters ap pealing to us to take them into the Home Makers and allow them time in making payments. Much as we would desire to help everyone to a home we cannot possibly sell location shares on a time basis. All who have studied our plan can see that it is impossible for us to do so. The settlers' allott ments are placed at a very low figure. It takes much hard labor and expense to gather. the settlers together. The object is to supply homes at the very lowest figure and have the settler out of debt when he starts in on his new home. If we could take members on a time basis our membership would have been filled and overflowing long before this time. In answer to inquiries- as to freight and passenger rates to the Home Mak ers settlement we will say that rates on imlgrant movables from Sioux City, Omaha,. Council Bluffs, St. Joseph, Leavenworth or. Kansas City is 50 cents per 100 lbs. Minimum weight, 20,00 lbs., Including not to exceed ten head of live stock. Will pass one man one way if car contains live stock. Passengers rates vary and members can secure information by addressing nearest U. P. agent. As to securing special rates for our members, every thing will be done by the company to obtain the very best concessions favr orable to the , Home Makers. When the time comes we will arrange so that where possible several parties may join In shipping their goods and thus effect considerable savtng. Some of our members are getting anxious to go to the new settlement. To such we say, have patience, noth ing can be gained by going before ev erything is ready. Remain where you are, we will tell you when we are ready. We regret that some have started overland when we have right along urged against such hasty ac tion. Some people know more than those who have had experience and are consequently not to be advised. For the past two weeks it has re quired about sixteen hours' labor each day to keep up the work in our office and even then we are at times unable to do so. We could be saved much of this labor if people would read The Independent closer. Hundreds of ques tions put to us have been answered over and over in The Independent dur ing the past few months. Members should remember that they must provide for themselves from the time they locate on their lands until a crop is produced, the same as in any country on earth. While work can no doubt be obtained in the valley and surrounding mining regions, yet if all depended on securing employment tho chances are some would meet with dis appointment. Everyone will find plen ty to do in preparing his land for crops, and ought to go provided so he can devote his time In that direction. Many ask us the following: After the first payment is sent in with the application for location stock, when will the balance be payable? This question is answered on page 9 of the Prospectus and is made a part of the terms in the application. The time when the balance is payable cannot be definitely determined until the mem bership is filled. When that has been accomplished thirty days will be given members to pay in the balance. The money is then used to pay for the larfd. No time payments are contemplated in the purchase of location stock, therefore parties applying for shares should be prepared to meet payment when the call is made. 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 MAKERS CO. 1245 N St, Lincoln, Neb. With the address on the wrapper of jour paper you will find the date at which your subscription expires. This Is to keep our readers acquainted at all times with the condition of their subscription accounts. What does yours show? 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For Register of Deeds Dear Sir: Having contributed to the material interest and growth of this county for the past twenty-six years, and served in the war of the rebellion from 1862 to 1J64, participating in many of the severest battles as a vol unteer without bounty or pension, by the advice of many, friends I am a can didate for the office of register of deeds before the fusion conventions of this county. Hoping my personal acquaintance with you will justify a favorable con sideration of my claim, i will pledge myself to a strict and careful atten tion to the. duties of the office. Yours most respectfully, JOSEPH McGRAW. HEAD OF THE PROCESSION Business Men AH Over Nebraska Cheerfully Become Members of the Advisory Board to the End That They May Aid the BANKERS RESERVE LIFE ASSOCIATION. In Its Commendable Effort to Build Up Home Life Insurance and Save to the State the Frightful Drain of $1,500,000 a Year. il , The Bankers' Reserve Life associa tion again announces to the people of the west and particularly to the people of Nebraska that heat and drouth have not hindered the good work of its field force of life underwriters, but the bus iness of August will break all previous records. The Bankers' Reserve Life associa tion has written more business In the aggregate, on a superior class of risks and upon a better policy than any alien competitor doing business in Nebras ka and challenges the largest of its competitors to a comparison of aggre gate risks, a. character of risks and of class of policies issued. The Bankers' Reserve Life associa tion boasts not because of its phenom enal growth and of its extraordinarily low death rate. It boasts not of econ omy of management and prompt pay ment of death claims. It boasts not because It writes more Nebraska busi ness every month of the year than its most aggressive alien competitor. These are facts so well known and accepted now as to require no boast ing. But The Bankers Reserve Life associa tion does boast of the modern, prog ressive, up-to-date policies it offers its patrons and challenges the world of life Insurance to present as liberal, progressive and profitable a form of investment insurance. It claims to have a policy unexcelled in the world and its underwriters can demonstrate the fact on demand. Not only so, but The Bankers' Reserve Life associa tion boasts of an advisory board of about 400 members In Nebraska, the choicest business men in the state. This board is back of the company with its moral and financial support, and this board alone without the other attractive , features .which make for the success of the enterprise would be a sufficient moral and commercial force to make the company win. The Bankers' Reserve Life associa tion, B. H. Roblson, president, was founded to win and Is managed to win quickly. No malicious alien competi tor with a contemptible anonymous printed circular or any form of covert attack can undermine this company In Nebraska and thus far the alien life In surance trust has neglected to accept any of the challenges of the Bankers' Reserve Life for an open fight. The simple fact Is the Bankers' Reserve Life association is the most popular life company in Nebraska, and CONTRACTS WITH AGENTS . ' of alien companies are being made every week. B. H. Robison, president, Omaha, Neb., needs and must have one hundred and fifty more agents and In vites all experienced men to write him for terms. Inexperienced men of abil ity, character and , address are - also demanded. 0 i i