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RED C.LOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF WANTS OWN FARM Why One Youth Seeks the Land of Opportunity. bi3Lild.iii.cr TSIeu? Salem. Ill . C M. jW .A - . w Honest: Ape'i'Toi7ia,l631"7 : A mJvP uoasteoj) ioi WCv? ' ft VfeSss . . - -. . - ' Y &..i - n Beckoning Hands of Independence and Wealth Stretch Out From Western Canada to Those Who Havo Faith and Courage. Strolling M'outiil the exhibit room of tile CullUtliull gOVellllllCllt ollleo In St. 1'nul, studying the grain, ami picking up uu odd piece or two of literature describing tanning ami Its results In Western Canada, a dapper, well-built, strapping six-footer said to the mali nger, "I've been having a grand whirl of living for thu past few years. I used to work on my uncle's tuna In Iowa. 1 heard of the big fat pay en velopes tl it the city chaps weie get ting every week. 1 went to the city, mid 1 began getting them, too. I had till the excitement they would bring theaters, dinners, swell elothes and ta.F. 1 Miicly saw u lot of that life that In days gone by I had tinximiMj Kii.ed upon and secretly wanted to try. "Hut I'm driven to earth now. I'm still woiLlng, but the pay envelope Is thinner. Not working steadily, you lit mw, and I sort of miss those silk fchlrt times. 1 went to Western Can iidn once, and I think I'll make uu other trip. "I was up there live years ago. 1 want money, and lots of It; I want to be my own boss, but I haven't much coin to start with. I want to get Into that class that don't have, to worr.v about a 'buck' or so. I know fellows out there In Canada who went there, li few years ago, got a quarter section some homesleaded and some bought on easy payments ami they are well off today. A number of the boys from my own slate paid for their laniN from a single crop. I may not be a" euecessful as they were, but 1 want to try." He wanted to talk, and the mannger was a good listener. He continued: "I want to hnve my own home, and raise my own cattle; I want hogs and poultry, and milk and eggs to bell. Can I get a market?" Jle was assured that he could, and lmt he could get a decent-sized crop to thrash every fall." "You know," he snld. "If the fann ers on llve-hundred-dollnr-nn acre hind can make money, my leasonlng leads tne to believe that I can grow as many dollars an acre from that cheaper land In Western Canada." This period of semi-unrest Is cnim fng more thinking and planning for the future than prolnbly at any time In the past. The desire for personnl owl UnnnclnJ Independence Is grow ing. To secijro tills, the first real nource of wealth Is the land Itself. That Is the solution. During the era of high prices, doubtless there was Home Inllatlon of land values. So the new man the young man wishing to make a start on a farm was con fronted with the problem of the hind lie wanted having gone beyond his ' limited capital. lie must seek else- ' where. Two decades ago, and less, good farming land could he bought tn Canada nt four dolJars an ncre. but i as the demand Increased and Its pro ductivity was proven, prices advanced. There has been no undue Inllatlon. though, and prices today are very rea sonable. Some day, when the coun try Is settled, lnnd will bring a much higher price In Western Cnnnda. To day land prices range for unimproved. $18 to ?i!.r au aero; Improved, at 530 up. The productive value Is almost be yond estimate. The reports of those who have been farming these lands, tanking money and enjoying every personal freedom, are available and can be seemed on application. It Is apparent that this Inst big available farming area of Western Canada will tend, to no small extent, to dispel some of the unrest that Is so prevalent today among the young er men, who have had a taste of bet ter things and who Intend to have them In the future. Advertisement. Ml I mSR VtfSSi voir A tsf' v " - ' " , . -k jrn A- - TIP- - M.-lv ' "'-;' in fty r. , - '':- r ,: i-:. : ' j jp -A , 1 t " ' -tfc nflwYwaii -in HHP.T l fR't VwB'"Cl"vl;lv ii fyiijltlimUDa 1 VX'tScyCaat v BBBBBBBaSPgaVBlBBB A 1 a ., - - --5 V"fli vir ili( fcggy'y"'ggjpsg;yS5fg I LUCKY STRIKE CIGARETTE Ot HARK niCIITINia U-l.TATKHt OrriCA THE GREAT Poultry and Hog Feed 100 PURE-No Adulteration 1 Rutledge and Camaron Mill 15 Potcr Lukins, Shoemaker 2 Lincoln's Rat Boat .10 Dr. Rainer's Office 3 Mill Dam 17 Dale's Carding Machino House 4 Ferry Boat IB Trent Brothers 5 Oilut Store 19 Phlliman MDrris. T.innpp 6 Steamboat "UUMy" 20-Mexandcr Waddoll, Halter 7 R. J. Onstotl, Bom 1G30 21 Robt. Johnson, Res Wheelwright! 8 Rev. John Cameron's Home 22 H. Onslolt, Res. and Cooper Shop 9 Rutledge Tavern and Home 23 Kelso Residence 10Spnngfield Road 24 Miller, Res. and BJacksmlth Shop U"!;Ine.01!) . Bcrr)' GroccrV 2G School Taught by Minla Graham 12 Dr. John Allen s Residence 26 Gravo Yard 13 Hill & McNamer Store 27 Row Herenden 14Chrisman Bros. Store 28 Sangamon River By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN. A blond of mirth and endaco, smlk's nnd tears; quaint KtilKlit-cinuit of tho ilont'era, A liomoly lioro. born of Btnr nnd sod. A pcasunt prlncf, u inasterplcco of God. SEMICt jA, CONDENSED KZERIffi Makes Pig Hogs Makes Chicks Chickens Vertical Work Only. English charwomen demand twice, the money and double the food of pre war days. One of them Is reported as saying to her employer: "Your feeding, ma'am, Is satisfactory, but owing to our bavin' to cut more to keep goln In these anxious times, us charladies havo decided to take uo fltoopln' Jobs after dinner." Boston Transcript. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOlllA. that famous old remedy for Infants and children, and see that It Bears tho Signature oi In Ubo for Over 30 Years. Children Cry lor Fletcher's Costoria &y0&? Much Appreciated. "They say an hour early In the morning Is worth two In Uio after noon," "So It Is, If you can havo It In bed." Catarrh Can Be Cured Catarrh la a local dlseaBo greatly Influ enced by constitutional conditions. It therefore requires constitutional treat ment. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICIM3 la taken Internally and acts through the Blood on tho Mucous Surfaces of the System. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE! destroys the foundation of the disease, gives the patient strength by Improving the general health and assists nature In doing Its work. All DruRslsta. Circulars free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. A fiery temper Is likely to leave oni at fifty a cinder. O TIIOSK who know their Lincoln and every good American should read and reread this Bible of Amer icanism tho name of New Salem, III., calls up a chapter in his life that no man can read without Millies and tears nnd wonder. Kor "Now Salem was Abraham Lincoln's town during the six years which marked the first stage of his development from "a ipialut knight-errant of tho pioneers" to "a mnstei piece of God." He arrived nt New Salem In 18."J1 "a stranger, friendless, uneducated, penniless hoy. working on n flathoat for $10 a month," us he himself put It. In 18o7 he left New Salem to take up his law prac tice In Springfield. In those momentous six years -he had trans formed himself from nn Ignorant and uncouth youth of twenty-two to a man of acknowledged promise and ability, with more than a local popu larity and un ambition that spurred him to travel far. Those sis years wore crowded years. It was at New Salem that Lincoln earned his nickname of "Honest Abo" and Incidentally fastened upon himself a burden of debt which he was never nhlo fully to wipe out until his fortieth year, ufter his election to congress in 1819. It was at New Salem that he was clerk nnd storekeeper; that he studied grammar and Black stone; that he was a captain In the Black Hawk war, that he was deputy surveyor, that he was postmaster, that he was defeated and then elected for tho legislature. And it was at New Salem that he loved and wooed and lost Ann Kutledgo, over whoso death ho neurly lost his reason from grief. New Snlem was rounded In 3823. Soon after Lincoln went to Sprlnglleld the little town began to decline. Its people left for more accessible places. By 1845 New Sulein had been abandoned. Today, under the auspices of the Old Salem Lin coln League, nn organization formed In 1017, "Honest Abo's" town is being restored In fac simile. It will bo In every posslblo detail like tho New Sulom which he knew. Old maps, old prints, old deeds every record obtainable have been consulted to mako the new village an exact repro duction of the old. Tho only new building Is the Lincoln mnsoum. William Itnndolph Hearst gave the property. The cost of rebuilding Is being met by popular subscription. The work will bo dono some time this summer, it In expected. Old Salem State Park. Old Snlem State park will be New Salem's new name. Its purposo Is to preserve for posterity the environment nnd utmosphcio that helped make Lincoln, thu man. As to the photographs here reproduced: Tho portrait of "Honest Abe" Is one of tho earliest photographs he had taken and gives the best Idea of his nppenrance as a young man. The numbered plan is from the architect's working model. Now Salem, Urst called Cameron's Mill, was on the Sangamon river (then spelled Sangamo and pronounced Sangitmaw), -0 miles northwest of Sprlnglleld. In those days New Salem was In Sangamon county, with Sprlnglleld as the county tent. Sprlnglleld Itself was still a mero village, having u population of 1,000, or perhaps 1,100. The capital of tho state was' yet at Viindalla, and waiting for the parliamentary tact of Abraham Lincoln and the "long nlno" to take It to Spring Held. Tho historian of ttie restoration project wiyn thnt tho first settlers of Now Salem wero John M. Cameron and his uncle, James ltutledge, who en tered their clulnis on July 29, 1828. Hero they erected their grist and saw mills, both housed In ono structure built out Into tho Sangamon river, that fringed tho town site. New Sulem grew up uround this mill. Settlments existed nlrcady at Clary's Grove, nt n placo now called Athens, at Sugar Grovo and ut Indian Point, all within ten or twclvo miles of New Sulem. With a mill to attract those settlers, the opportunity for business ut tho now settlement JdOJWrWY-Gl&C&RT CWj&FZ ?zzzttzf,im&uix?zm7yZR sraR& wiih goon, and bumuel llln mid John McNeill pres ently erected a store building of logs. They sold tea, coffee, sugar, salt and whisky in the grocery line, and blue calico, brown muslin, cotton chain and straw huts, with a few ladles' hats and other ornamental feminine apparel In their dry goods department. ' John McNeill's right name was John McNamer. He (pilckly made a "fortune" of about $112,000 and wooed and won Ann Hutledge. Then he left to bring his mother and sisters from New York. A long delay broke off the engagement and Lincoln then won Ann. McNamer returned to llnd Ann dead of fever. Town Gets a PoGtoffice. "On Christmas day in 1S29," the historian goes on to say, "a post olllce was established In New Salem nnd Samuel Hill was made postmaster. Coorge Warburton then built a store building nnd put lu u stock of goods, but soon sold out to the Chrlsman Brothers, one of whom, Isaac I'., be came postmaster on November 121, 1831. William Clary, the brother of John, who gave his name to tho Brove whoio lie settled In 1819, erected and became pioprletor of Clary's grocery. Then came Doctor Allen, who erected a dwelling across the street south from tho Hill & McNeill store. "In addition to his professional duties Doctor Allen conducted a Sunday school. He was an ardent temperance mini und formed the first tern pernnce society In the community. The place of meeting was In his residence or in the log school house erected shortly before this time on the Hill side south of New Salem. Doctor Allen was both ered as to whether It was right or wrong to en gage in the practlco of his profession on Sundays nnd compromised the mntter by relieving the sick but giving bis earnings on that duy wholly to tho work of tho Lord. "Then, during the summer of 18.".0, Henry On stott moved from Sugar Grove, erected a dwelling nnd established a cooper's shop, supplying the kegs and barrels for the Hour and meal made at the mill, and the containers for the cured poik shipped by ilntboat to the markets of the South, generally from Benrdstown, to which placo It was hauled In wagons. Denton Offut Arrlvcn. "During the summer of 18:11, Denton Offut, on his return from n llatboat excursion to New Or leans, contracted for lot 14 north of Main street and erected a stoie building, tho deed thereto be ing dated September 12 of that year. Then came a rush of other settlers Philemon Morris, a tan ner, creeled a dwelling and established a tan yard; Joshua Miller, a blacksmith and wagon maker, built a residence and established a shop; Alexander l-'urgesou and Peter Luklns, the shoo makers; Hubert Johnson, tho wheelwright, who made looms, spinning wheels and furniture; Mar tin Waddell, the hatter, who made hats out of rabbit fur, wool and the fur of other animals; the Bale family, headed by Jacob Bale, who bought and operated Hill's carding machine and store house for wool ; tho Herndon Brothers, shopkeep ers, who established n store west of the James ltutlcdgo residence nnd inn, and in a part of the houso of Joshua Miller, which was double, lived his brother-ln-lnw, Jack Kelso, whose wife kept boarders occasionally and who himself was tho champion hunter and flshermnn of tho village. Henry Slnco came In tho fall of 18U1 and sold out at tho end of a year to Doctor Begnler. Also camo Doctor Duncan, David Wherry, Isitac Bur ner, Edmond Greer, Isaac Gollamer, Robert and Wllltnm McNeely. Caleb Carmen moved thero from Hock Center ufter Trent left und nuidu shoes. . . . "Thus tho town soon became self-supporting, and had It not been for the fact that It wns almost luuccesslblo except from tho west, thero is no rea- -. . jflr jutksw nTlTl T iT Iff ''i orta'4tviji ibb ami' IWiiB L23SPJF i st!mMss5m ife&s2na Kw, . 'iy ...'' -vtA.t-TT" . . r t:" .i-sv.A'x rai 'GXMUa i j yv-j 5 .tftvn'iwi 8 "35 KftiTi (- ' '""it it it. ysMsssmm St kA Redact White Diarrhoea and ChoUra Losses Increase Egg Production ORDER NOW Don't Wait Dy-j You Ara Missing Something Goo4r PRICES REDUCED TO Dbls.,500lb3 3!cperll H.tlf bbls,300lb9 4tfcperlb Quarter bbls., 140 lbs. ...... . .4?ic per lb.' f. o. b. factorial SPECIAL NOTICE You may deduct one half cent per pound from bove prices, for cash with order, during Apr tnd May. Consolidated Products Co. Dept. 200 Lincoln, Nebr. OuyFairy Sodas packer) intin 1 Jo keep the do j nty freshness in. I . 23a2&Zrt5StJ&& son why it should not have grown and become tho metropolis of the county." 0 Lincoln first miw New Snlem In April, 18IU, when he and his llatboat crew had, their famous ndventure or. the mlllditm. lie wns on his way from Benrdstown to New Orleans, where he saw the selling of slaws und said, "If eer 1 get a chance to hit that thing, I'll hit It hnrd." July 1, 1831, Lincoln walked Into N,ow Salem to serve as clerk In the Offut slore, when It should he ready. The town election at that time was held during the first week In August, audi Lincoln be ing about the polling plnce, was asked by Mentor Graham, tho man who later became his friend nnd teacher, If he could write. Lincoln replied, "1 can make a few rabbit trades," whereupon he was Invited In to assist In keeping tnlly, the regular clerk having failed to appear. It)s said that dur ing the lull lu voting Lincoln Improved the op portunity lo tell htoiles. So here was Lincoln's Introduction to politics. But ho was a llulshcd ptory-teller even then. "Tom" Heed of Maine, tho famous speaker of the house of representatives, oncejsald, "A states man Is a successful political) who'ls dead." The humor and sarciiMii of this are exceeded only by its value us a popular gauge of pojltlcs and poli ticians. But where Abraham Lincoln Is concerned nil signs fall. He was a consumjjinto politician all bis life, and bo never liesltatedto seek public preferment. Lincoln's First Campaign. After "Honest Abe" had been In New Salem a year or so ho ran for tho state legislature, lie had already learned to write, ns IhVIiowu by his announcement of his candidacy, wlljch concludes thus: n I "livery mnn Is said to havo his peculiar ambi tion. Whether It be true or not, ijjcan say, for one. that I have no other so grcnt nsjjhat of being uuiy osiociiumi tn my luiiuwiuuii ny t'liucnug my self worthy of their esleem. How fur I shall suc ceed In gratifying this ambition Is yet to be de veloped. I am young und unknown to .many of you. I was born and have ever remained lu the most humbly walks of lire. I linvcio wealth or popular relation or friends to recommend me. My case Is throw n exclusively upon the independ ent voters of the county ; and If elected, they will havo conferred, a favor upon mo for which I shall be unremitting lu my labors to compensate, But If the good people In their wisdom shall see fit to keep me In the background, I have been too fa miliar with disappointments to be very much chagrined." i Well, Lincoln was beaten by Poter Cqrtwrlght, the Itinerant preacher whom ho dofentep In 1840 for congress. But New Salem went for "Honest Abo" with 1277 votes out of the 1!00 cast. And two years later ho was triumphantly eledted. ' Nobody ever saw any difference! between tho Abraham Lincoln of New Salem nndj tho Abrnhom Lincoln of the Whlto House. Ho nuver changed. Moreover, then) was something In ills lowly origin nnd In tho story of his llfb thntbro(ight him closo to tho peoplo as ono of themjj Arul In the development of the mnn thero Is uo moretfuscluat lug chapter thun New Salem, 1831-37. ) FAIRY SODA 'PJbiscuitcq; jSHOWnniir.uAitHlES UJriiwwuAr.urwui fuovw sW ALWAYS IN SEASON Tli ilnlntr tiutlnrm of thr flu eruckrrs mnke them u eur 'roonal food for nrry iluv u. Brvfl with saluris and tart AnMcrtai Tliry make delightful tanilwlchra with your fuvurlte IIIIInK and rnnUa thn dnlntlrat, crlap- r Kt Marcucrltra und other confoctlona Imm- Innbln. Served with noups and with drlnka audi as tea. cocoa nnd chocolate, of couriia. There aro a great mnnjr uen for Talry Soda Cracker criimbn. auch na muklnc hamburger, tnenl loaf and aca.loped dlnhea. 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