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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
DECEMBER 10. 1903.
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Homes For 60 Families
A Rare Opportunity in Missouri Sun
ny Southso Miles from St. Louis
i Best flarkets in the World-Veg-etables,
Fruit, Dairy and Stock
-1 Farms Rail and River Transporta-
tlon, Fish, ilild Climate, Tame
r Grasses A Home for Everyone Will
! ing to Work
..AENTAL INERTIA..
Ccptaln Blflinglty Hu
Word to Say Regarding flea
tal Indolence .
Man's greatest indolence is in not
thinking. Ninety-nine per cent of man
kind, even among adults, shirk from
brain work.
1 We have in view a tract of 2,900
acres of land in a body, on the tbank
of the Mississippi river, less than 50
miles south cf St. Louis. A new rail
road is being built through the prop
erty; depot, coal sheds, etc., are now
in course of construction on this
laud, where a town will be platted;
by January 1 trains will be running
on this road, in a direct route from
St. Louis to Memphis. At present
there is on this land an important
boat landing, where all boats plying
on the Mississippi river slop, also a
large mill and elevator.
; 2,700 acres of this' land is covered
with very, choice .hardwood timber;
the timber can be marketed for more
than sufficient to pay for clearing the
land and preparing it for cultivation.
When cleared it is worth more than
any Nebraska land.
The close proximity of this land to
the city of St. Louis, the World's fair
city, and Its accessability both by
rail and water, makes it a desirable
'property to cut up into small farms
truck farms, poultry farms, fruit
farms, dairy farms, etc. Under our
option we can sell this land for about
$12 per acre, with easy terms to pur
chaser. To those who desire to make good,
cheap homes for themselves and fam
ilies, surrounded by all the advantages
and comforts of schools, churches,
railroads, steam boats, social and oth
er privileges of an old, well-established
community, where good lands
can be obtained really below their
.actual value, this proposition will be
interesting. . -
? Missouri is the best located oi all
the states. It lies midway between
the north and south, the east and the
west. It has none of the extreme cold
of the northern states, nor the tropi
cal heat of the southern states no
terrible blizzards such as we suffer
from in the north and no malaria
fever such as the people suffer Irom
in the south. Its soil is productive
and the climate ideal. Nowhere can
be found a greater variety of avenues
to remunerative industry, competency
and wealth. We invite the honest, the
industrious and' the persevering to in
vestigate this land.
; Missouri fruit crops surpass those
of Florida. South Missouri 13 the land
of the"big red apple. Missouri mules
and horses are finer, than those of
Kentucky. In the production oi poul
try she leads the world, it is the
land of wild grasses and the adopted
home of the blue grass.
In agriculture, Missouri is the gar
den, spot of the universe.
The rich valley of the Mississippi
river is only surpassed by that of the
Nile, where the land has been farmed
since several thousand years before
Christ; the Mississippi river iand
grows richer every year it is farmed
and will never wear out.
BUY HOMES.
We want to buy this land and cut
it up into small farms truck gardens,
fruit farms, grain farms, etc., and
sell it out at verv low prices. We
went to colonize this land with the
very best citizen of Nebraska; make
a town that will be owned ana sup
ported by tho people who buy these
farms. We expect to sell the land in
tracts from I to 40 acres and larger
as the purchaser desires. The day the
land Is settled it will be worth dou
ble the price paid for It If you want
to put it on the market. As tho noil
never loses its product 1 venous u will
continue to rise In value every year.
We want some of this land for our
selves, but in order to Ret it we must
Imv Inn whole tract. We have an on
t!ou on the land pood till I Mi-era her 15.
Wft would Ilk to hear flora every
reader of The Independent who would
like to buv land in .MUoul. If
enoush people arc Interested wo will
tir n;e our option and elos imp eon
trart for the purchase of the land,
Thl la a rare opportunity for home
Wrlto nromutlr. Your Mter will not
obltr.ate you to buy land, but wo want
to know how many people aiis lnhr
eUd. piotlded tho land la thoroughly
atUfaitr.ry, when we hc kJuii you
a thorough dt'triHiot) ana uu oppor
tunlty to ea it.
vi:w:h & fauhis,
Lincoln, Nib.
It is a rare exception for anyone
not to pursue a thought channel of
least resistance. We envelope our
selves with wrappings of notions, tra
ditions and hearsays. Majestic- ideas
are only born after long, continuous,
persistent work and endeavor.
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Most people form opinions and
judgments from one-sided suggestions,
from one point of view. This is done
In the most important affairs of life.
They don't stop to hear, weigh, inves
tigate, consider, measurer-they make
no effort to sift the chaff of error from
grains-1 of truth. . ,
This mental inertness is what makes
most opinions of little value. The
silly vaporings and witless nothings
we daily hear would Almost warrant
the conclusion that many people look
upon life as a, big joke, Instead of a
stern reality. !
Most of us thrash out the same er
rors over and' over again,' before we
can get a little common sense jarred
into our anatomy. If we daily would
stop and weigh and consider what we
are about to do, many things would be
left undone and a different course
would be pursued. At the bottom
mental laziness is the. great fault.
The world all about us and within
us is full of mysteries, challenging our
investigation. We rest complacently
on a little surface observation. A
man down at Atchison, Kas., says that
"life is a plain proposition with only
a few simple things to know to get
along all right." What does he know
about Force? Yes, and thousandfold
complexity of Forces.; Everywhere
force. Force in the sun, force in the
icicle, force in the lightning; force in
the rotting blade of -grass. From
whence comes it? How was it cre
ated and whither does It go? It must
be as limitless as eternity. We stand
dumb at the contemplation of its vast
ness and complexities.
Time and many other things all
about us are just as full of mysteries
as Force. However, we are quite con
tent with a few scientific hearsay
terms, and shield our ignorance with
formulas and words. The man . who
has an intense love of the beautiful
in things about us, and can frame that
love into a manifestation we call
poet, painter, orator genius. ;
-Uan himself is .a miracle of mir
acles. The patient tests of the mem
bers of "The Society of Psychic Re
search" have scientifically demon
strated and proved in late years that
man has great psychic powers which
if conceded to be, in existence years
ago was stamped as the vagaries of
a lunatic. Ernest, persistent thinking
will redeem man from much of his
Ignorance. Look at this after spend
ing millions and devising thousands"
of mechanical devices, man cannot
make a machine to fly like a bird
but he will and then, what I Battle
ships and forts will go out of busi
ness, commerce and trade bo revolu
tionized; tariff walls cannot be built
high enough to bar out the world's
precious merchandise, and many, other
strange things then will come to pass.
- - In these United States are certain
incorrigibly religious people, with well
meaning zeal, working from a narrow
point of view, who are striving to re
move a senator, not because he has
more than one wife, but that he be
lieves in the principle of polygamy.
These over-zealous folks invade the
domain of thought in their mote
hunting industry, but manifestly are
blind to the concrete faults of some
senators, who in Vthe primrose path
of dalliance treads" in their laisons
bordering; on nervy notoriety with
government employes. The . "Great
Master on a certain occasion said,
"He that Is without sin let him cast
the first stone;" it is not recorded that
a rock was thrown on that occasion.
He rendered a great service to hu
manity in repeatedly unmasking
hypocrisy. L. W. BILL1NGSLEY.
SAM'L B. IIAMST ATTORNEY.
Articles of incorporation of the
Pythian Sunbeam Publishing Com
pany.
Be It remembei"ed that the under
signed,' Jacob II;' North, Samuel B.
Iiams, Kent D. Cunningham and
Frank J. Kelley of the city oi Lincoln,
Lancaster county, Nebraska, do here
by in. pursuance ;of the statutes of said
state of Nebraska in such cases made'
and provided associate ourselves to
gether in business as a body corporate
in the manner and for the purposes
hereinafter mentioned, do hereby
adopt the following articles of incor
poration:
Art. 1.. The said corporation shall
be named and known as The Pythian
Sunbeam Publishing Company. """
Art. 2. The principal place of trans
acting the business of said corporation
shall be In the city of Lincoln, Lan
caster county, Nebraska.
Art. 3. The general nature of the
business to be transacted by this, cor
poration shall be the owning,, main
taining, conducting, publishing and
editing a fraternal newspaper devoted
to the interests of the order of
Knights of Pythias and for such pur
poso may purchase, own, lease, sell
and convey such property, personal
and real, as may be necessary or in
cident to the main powers of the cor
poration. Art. 4. The amount of tho capital
stock of this corporation authorized
is the sum of One Thousand dollars, to
bo divided into two hundred shares of
the par value of five dollars each. At
least sixty per cent of said stock shall
be subscribed and shall be fully paid
up at par upon the organization of
this corporation and fully paid up
harea of ald utoek shall be Issued
to the stockholders thereto and not
otherwise.
Art. 6. The highest amount of In
debtedness to which this corporation
nlmll at any time subject itself shall
not exceed, the sum of one hundred
dollar.
Art. 6. The dale of the commence
ment of this lorporatlon ahall be the
I3th day of Annual, 133, and shall
continue for tho p-rlo. of thirty year.
Art, 7. The affair and luinra of
thU corporation hall b conducted by
a board of at leant four and not over
nine dlriHtor. one of whom ahall be
lmiltrtt, on the .vrrtary, one the
trenurer, and one the muiaiur. Th
board of dlrertor Khali b elected, by
tho atoeMioldcr from among their
own number,
Art. 8. The first meeting of the
stockholders shall be upon the day of
the organization of the corporation,
and thereafter the reAilar medings
shall be held at the office of the cor
poration in the city of Lincoln, Lan
caster county, Nebraska, on the first
Monday In each and every month.
.Art. 9. The' officers of said corpora
tion for the first year are Jacob H.
North, president; Samuel B. Iiams,
secretary; Kent D. Cunningham, treas
urer, and Samuel B. Hams, manager,
and any tjvo of said offices can be held
by one and the same person. They
shall hold their offices for the period of
one year and until their successors
are elected and qualified. Should a
vacancy occur in any of said offices
or on the said board of directors, the
same, may be filled by the remaining
members of the board of directors,
such appointee to hold until his suc
cessor is elected and qualified.
Art. 10. At all stockholders' meet
ings each share of stock shall be
entitled to one vote and a vote of a
majority of the shares shall in all
cases control. Stockholders may vote
their share in person or by proxy duly
authorized in writing.
Art. 11. The board of directors shall
have full power and authority to make
all rules and by-laws Tor the purpose
of conducting the business affairs of
the corporation and may alter and
amend the same at pleasure.
In testimony whereof we have here
unto affixed our signatures this 13th
day of August, 1903.
KENT D. CUNNINGHAM.
FRANK J. KELLEY.
SAMUEL II. HAMS.
JACOB II. NOUlIf.
Iu the presence of p. Jan. Cosgrave,
State of Nebraska, Lancaster Coun
ty as.
Do it remembered that on this 13th
day of August, 1003. before me, a no
tary public la and for l.aru aster coun
ty, Nebraska, came Jacob II. North,
Samuel 11. llama. Kent D. Cunningham
and Frank J. Kelley. to me known to
be the Identical persons whose names
are affiled to the foregoing, articles of
Incorporation and they nevrraliy ac
knowledged the Meetttion of the name
to tw their voluntary at t and deed for
the purport in said article e?preed.
In tetdUmmy whereof I hereunto
sutwrll my name and affix my offi
rial ral the day and year lant above
written. JA& COSGUAVH.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
cut orr TPKIR LIQUOR
The United States Is placed in the
most ridiculous position that ever a
great nation found itself. Here are
the two houses of congress, called via
extra session to transact business that
in the opinion of the chief executive
could not be delayed until the reg
ular session met, and both of them
meeting from day to day and refusing
to transact any business at all. On
the 7th the two houses will meet in
regular session, appoint the commit
tees, a few thousand bills will be in
troduced and then they will adjourn
for the holidays. Every appropriation
bill wjll be delayed to the very last
of the session and then all sorts of
steals will be rushed through, dispos
ing of more than ; half a billion of
money that has .been taxed out of the
people. A red-nosed gentleman,
standing in front of a Lincoln saloon,
heard two men discussing the situa
tion,, and he broke into the conversa
tion with the remark: "Tha's all
right. The women took the liquor
away, and they jes can't stay long
'nough on the hill, to do anything."
"Aro you referring to the closing of
the capitol saloons?" asked one of the
men."-"Sure," the red-nosed gentle
man replied1; -"and you'll never get
any laws passed "'tiiMtiey get their
liquor, back. Hadn't any "business to
cut off their liquor.' ---
A. D. KITCHEN, Real- Estate and
Rental Agency, 1222 O St.; Lincoln,
Neb.
FARMS WANTED.
'If you want to buy a farm, or If you,
want' to sell a farm, see me. I have'
several buyers who want to buy. List
your farms with me.
AH Purchaser Pleased.
If you are looking for a chance to
better your condition to buy a farm
home for yourself and family, or
make a good, paying investment,
write to the Woods Investment Co. of
this city. The lands are splendidly
located, crops are sure and the price
is within the reach of everyone. AH
who have purchased are fully satis
fied. ". For list of names and addresses
of those who have visited the lands
and made purchases see the ad. in this
issue or write the Woods Investment
Co., Lincoln, Neb.
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the Rock Island System
Low rate excursions Nov. 17 and
Dec. 1 and la. The Rock Island is
the only line running through train
from points in Nebraska to Oklahoma
and Texas without change of cars.
Call or write for rates and other in
formation; also new Oklahoma book:
containing cpunty map of Oklahoma
and northern Texas.
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1045 O st, Lincoln, Neb.
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Cattle; Good cattle generally stea
dy. There are very few good corn-fed
cattle coming now, but a good propor
tion of short-fed steers, which are
fetching unsatisfactory prices as
neither packers nor speculators want
them, and a fair run of cows and heif
ers which sell better proportionately
than the warmed up steers. Stockets
and feeders are a little stronger.
We quoto choke corn-fed steers
$1.75 to (5.00, fair to good 11.15 to
$t.G3. Short-fed down to $3 Choice
heavy feeders $3.40 to $3. CO, medium
$2.IK to $3.30, common Rraies down
to $2.3i Yearllnc steers, choice, $3.15
to $3. CO, others $2.80 to $3.13. tJood
tat corn cows and helfrra $3.00 to
$3.50. Stock heifers $t.tw to 2.i'K
Canners $1.23 to $2. Milkers ami
springers $-0 to $35. tUeer rahe
$2.!i0 to $3. Veal $1.60 to $5.&0.
Hull $2.0 to $2.50.
Receipts of ihrrp liberal. Market
lowvr.
Killers. Feeders.
Lambs $150-5 23 $UM.r
Yearling 3 StM.(0 3.35-3.50
Wethn 3.tf-.1.70 3 m-3.:.0
L'wr :.V)-2.S5 2 00-5, to
Hog rwHpu fair. Mantel ttady,
but a little tower. Itatifco $l.:0 to
$U0. '
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