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I I I i i i r fr A SUCCESSFUL CITIZEN Story of Dr F Verges Exper ience in Nebraska ENDURED HARDSHIPS OF A PIONEER Jlo Kurly Siv tho roimllillltlen or SUKHr llcut Oulttiro Wn Hnnl Worknr mill llit tlm or III Town nl llmrt Wlmt lie Huh Acriiiiiillii1ieil Dr I Verges of this city is ono of tho early pioucors of tliis section nnd ouo to whoso progress nml activity may bo attributed ft very largo share of tho prosout dovolopniont of tho city and country perhaps more than to any one individual of tho city Ho is classed with tho sturdy German sottlors of tho lids thoso who cnnio when there was nothing but tho fortilo and undeveloped prairies to attract who endured hardships and griof that pooplo of later geuoratious know not of nnd cannot appreciate His prosout standing in tho business nud fluanoial world was only attained by toil hard and por8istautnnd if thoro is anyone who is entitled to spend his declining years in comfort and ploaBuro it iB Dr Verges who has spout tho best part of his lifo in attaining his prosout position and has dono more for tho happiness and prosperity of his neigh bors than he is given credit for Tho subject of this skotch is n nativo of Germany aud when ho immigrated to this country his idea was to settlo in some of tho larger cities aud practico his profession thai of rnediciuo Ho therefore first settled in Chicago but through correspondence with frionds in Nebraska his attention was attracted to this state whero it was suggostod that thore woro great opportunities for a young niau and ho decided to como out horo In 1SS he arrived in Omaha which ho found to bo a typical western city on tho outskirts of civilization At that timo tho peoplo wero celebrating tho completion of tho Union Pacific railway tho last spike of silver which formed tho connection bctweon tho east and extreme west having just been driven Ho had no rnonoy to start in business and it was his idea that a young man should start without assist ance Therefore ho decided to look up some fertile prairie land aud start from tho very bottom Six others of similar mind were found and they decided to start together to look up desirable loca tions They had in mind the Elkhorn Valley when they startod and camo to Fremont by rail that being the nearest railway point They left Omaha January li J8G9 and arrived in Fremont in duo time On their arrival at that city they had little money and no team or other conveyance but this did not deter them and thoy started out afoot to their desti nation Tho snow was two feet deep and tho weather was cold Tho little party followed tho Elkhorn river and wero entertained in tho log cabins or dugouts of tho pioneers along the way The entire party could seldom bo ac commodated at ono place and thoy were compelled to divide up nnd a por tion of them proceed to tho next place which sometimes meant a tramp of several miles farther The accomoda tions received were not such as could be expected at a modern hotel and often their menu consisted of nothing more than cooked whole wheat and a little bacon There was a mill near whore tho town of West Point now stands known as the Pebble Creek mill but it was not easily accessiblo and tho home steaders did not ordinarily have oven flour Tho dugouts were of very crude construction and wore covered with slough grass Coming on up the Elkhorn Valley they fiually arrived at the home of Fred Lucas near where tho sugar factory now stands Tho ground covered with snow they had no opportunity to pick out desirable land and went solely on tho advico of Mr Lucas aud other early sottlors who had seen tho laud in sum mer aud judged as to its desirability by the quality of tho gross produced Thoy picked out the quarters desired in this manner and returned soon afterward to Omaha to make encry for them at tho land ofleo Dr Verges and Adam Baumann chose land located about 10 miles north of tho oity in Pierce county That summer two acres woro broken on their claims by neighbors in order to comply with tho requirements of the law On returning to Omaha Dr Vorges wroto to his old homo for saflicieut monoy to purchase a team and in 1870 returned to his homestead During that summer ho broko 85 acres of ground on his claim and 25 acres for his neigh bor and it was not until 1871 that ho harvested his first crop That year there was a market established iu Nor folk tho mill having been built and it might bo said that ho and his neighbors had at last made a start at farming In 1875 Dr Verges erected the first f ramo house in Pierce county the others being either log cabius sod shanties or dugouts It was not until 1875 and 1870 that hogs were introduced into the country and previous to that tho Bettlers were depending solely upon their crops of grain nnd hay for their support When thoy entered thoir homesteads Old Man Huobuor was tho last settler north of Norfolk Messrs Wicker Baumann aud Verges woro tho first to sottlo north of him Dr Vorges mado his resldonco on tho homestead until 1881 ho having ac quired up to that timo two additonal quortor sections and had 200 acres under cultivation tho balanco of tho land being hay aud pasture land Tho years up to this timo woro flllod with many and varied experiences iu tho doctors lifo of more than passing intorost Boforo ho had fairly started at fanning ho workod in tho harvest field for others On ono occosiou ho was ollorcd f 1 per day and board to bind on a Marsh hurvestor Tho wages ollerod woro big for that timo and ho promptly nccoptod Tho woathor was hot and tho grain dry Ho worked sovorul days wearing tho skin oil his hands and lingers in sovoral places Ho rested over Sunday and on Monday found his hands so still and sore ho could hardly bond his fingors At that timo the Marsh harvesters woro without a canopy aud us tho suu was almost broiling hot on his suggestion thoy riggod up n canopy with bed shoots and willow polos Whother tho harvestor pooplo got tho suggestion from him or not ho is not prepared to say but tho noxt year tho canopy was put iu use Tho harvest that year was finished howovor under tho improvised canopy It might bo stated in this connection that Dr Vorges aud another gentleman in tho onstorn part of tho stato intro duced tho first solf binders in Nebraska Tho doctor saw ouo on display at tho Omaha fair or exposition nud bought ouo through tho agency of A P Pilgor paying for it botwoeu iflJOO and -100 It was a wiro bindor and was a groat curiosity It did full duty for many years aud bound many ncres of grain during that timo During his farm lifo Dr Verges also practiced his profession being tho ouly doctor for years in tho country His trips wero usually mado on horseback in boo Hue across tho country and woro often mado under conditions most discourag ing Tho tomporature and storms that now prevail in this torritory aro not to bo compared with tho weather thou He often made trips with tho thermom eter indicating 10 degrees below zoro and with howling blizzards raging in fact at that timo 20 below was not con sidered very severe One winter thoro was a diphtheria epidemic and tho doc tor was kept on tho go much of tho tho timo trips between patiouts being a matter of miles In the summer ho had worked all day on his harvesting machine and whilo ho obtained a bito to eat his assistant saddled his pony and ho started for Norfolk a distance of tou miles went around and saw his patiouts and returned home He got to bed about 1 oclock aud was up by daylight to renew his labors at harvesting Many such trips has he mado aud it is ovident that ho knows what work is After tho arrival of Dr Boar at an early date his duties in this particular were not so arduous but ho still prac ticed rnediciuo aud is yet doing so In 1881 ho sold or traded his laud in terests in Piorco county nnd moved to Norfolk whore he accumulated largo property interests both in tho city and surrounding country Tho doctor camo from a portion of Germany where tho beet sugar industry prevailed nnd ho was early struck with tho idea that this country could success fully produce sugar beets As early as 1878 he tried tho raising of sugar beets from tho seed procured from tho old country Tho beets wero successfully grown but ho was unable to determine their value in sugar as there was no ap paratus for testing them Ho raised some beets in his garden later and scut them to Germany to bo tested Tho test was satisfactory and his big ambition from that time was to iuduco a factory to locate in this neigh borhood Prof H H Nicholson of the state university also tested beots for hfm aud obtained good results After tho Graud Island factory was built ho communicated his idea as to this sec tions adnptibility to tho industry to H O Whymau and together thoy visited tho Grand Island factory Ho also devoted 20 acres to raising beets for that factory When it camo to raising a bonus for tho Norfolk factory Dr Verges showed his faith in the in dustry and tho benefits to be derived by tho locality by subscribing 4500 to tho faotory Ho was also on tho gnarauteo committoo and contributed another 500 through that means thus contributing in nil 5000 This is not tho only ovidonco of tho doctors interest in tho welfare of Nor folk Ho contributed to tho street car lines the olectrio light plant and other public improvements Ho did not go in for tho purpose of speculation but with tho solo object of nidiug in tho develop ment of the city and vicinity Dr Verges now owns stock in many of tho industries of tho city He owns two brick blocks and other business prop erty and has extensive interests in town lots nnd residences Ho owns farm lands in Wayne aud Stanton counties aud considerable country and suburbau property in Madison county principally around Norfolk It is estimated by a friend that the doctors wealth today is in tho neighbor hood of 75000 While this was not all mado by farming exclusively that in dustry furnished the foundation for his wealth and the large portion of it is tho 4 direct result of tilliug the soil THE NORFOLK NKW THURSDAY MAKOI1 8 WOO m ATI ii ii ill 11 The Transportation Board was Coming Today WAS TO HEAR RAILROAD 0ABE Ill lr miik tlm Ditto IIximI liy tin Statu lldiiid of TiiliortiitlHi 1ml Without Nollco to Noifolk Mtloni Tlny Kultix to Ill Ill till lIKIIIlllll Koni TiiomlnrV Daily This is tho tlay sot for tho hoaring of tho case brought by tho Business Mens association of Norfolk against tho Chi cago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha railroad boforo tho state board of trans portation Tho hearing was to bo hold hero but tho day lias como and gone nud no high pop dignitary of tho stato board of transportation has put iu an appearance This was to have boon tho final hearing for tho purposo of allowing tho railroads to make a showing as to why tho rate ordered by tho board at tho hearing held horo on February 1 which lowered tho cost of transporting freight of tho first class from South Sioux City to this placo from 18 to 5 conts a hundred should not bo ouforcod On February li ono 1 W Edgorton secretary to tho stato board of transpor tation sent notice that tho final hear ing on this ciiso had boon fixed for March J and that if it was not conveni ent for representatives of the Norfolk Buslnoss Mens association to go to Lincoln ono or more monihors of tho board would como horo Tho board was iuformod that it would bo hotter to hold tho mooting hero and iu tho absouco of nny contrary information arrangomonts wore mado to havo tho hoaring at this placo today At an early hour this morning n rousing tiro was built in tho city hall so that tho ono or more mem bers of tho board who Bhould como would not bo greoted by a chilly atmos phere and ovorything was placod in readiness to givo thorn as cordial a re ception nB thoy desorvod But thoy camo not and now tho question is what has become of tho Norfolk caso Will tho now rates ordorod by tho bonrd at tho previous hearing bo put iuto effect or not Sovoral days ago tho railroad through its attorney filed its answer with tho board which is in part as follows Tho complaint charged that whou Secretaries Laws and Edgorton visited Norfolk last Juno thoy found that thoro was no freight schedule posted by tho road on which thoy might depend for information and that tho secretaries promised to command tho road to pub lish such schdulo but that they did not koop their promise This allegation tho road emphatically denies asserting that it has been guilty of no discrimination or injustice The document filed by Attornoy Sheenan is filled with denials It denies that tho road discriminates against Norfolk iu favor of points no better situated it denies that no tariff sheet is published it denies tho publish ing of rates from Sioux City la and South Sioux City Nob other than Norfolk to tho exclusion of tho lntter It denies that tho road published a rate from Omaha to Nebraska points other than Norfolk it denies it will not ac cept freight at Omaha to bo shipped to Norfolk agreeing to transport it only to Hopo a small station a mile from Norfolk and assorts that the road is willing to accept freight at Omaha at any timo to bo carried to Norfolk if ouly a roasonablo rate may bo charged Tho road also denies that it has dis criminated in auy way against Nor folk In conclusion tho answer says And further answering this respond out says that whatever disadvantages if nny aro suffered by tho business men of Norfolk aro duo to circumstances and conditions brought about by tho location ot tho city that the rates and charges mado by this rospondout aro entirely equitable and just to tho pub lic aud to tho shippers that South Sioux City is a village existing under and by virtuo of tho laws of the stato of Nebraska and containing not more than i00 inhabitants that no shipments of any cousequouco aro received from that village to tho city of Norfolk that thoro aro no manufacturing commer cial industrial mercantile or jobbing enterprises at South Sioux City that there are no commodities and Btaple goods of any charaotor which aro offered for shipment from South Sioux City to Norfolk that tho domaud con tained in said complaint for a readjust ment of rates botweeu South Sioux Oity and Norfolk Neb is not based upon any demands of shippers from South Sioux City nor from porsonswho wish to ship from Norfolk to South Sioux City but such a demand is adopted as a subterfuge for tho purposo of securing action on tho part of this honorable board to secure lower rates from ua interstate point to wit tho city of Sioux City in the stato of Iowa to tho city of Noifolk Nob aud for tho purposo of scouring tho lowering of rates from other through points without the stato of Nebraska that tho rates from South Sioux Oity are governed by a distance tariff and tho same distance tarifi is applicable to all small towns similarily eituatod and near to South Sioux Oity as well as other towns and villages in tho stato of Nebraska This respondent denies oaoh nnd every allegation in tho complaint uml in each paragraph thereof not specific ally admitted Kent Knmtn Iriitinrur Tho following transfers of roal ostato aro reported by Chostor A Fullor mali nger of tho Madison county abstraot olllco at Norfolk Martin L Williams to Alvin liowo q c d lot 5 block 15 nnd lot 1 1 block 17 Western Town Lot Co s add to Nor folk Junction Ml 00 Albert Edwards and wife to William henry wd lot 8 block 1 Kimball Blairs add to Bumott 1100 H O Hanson and husband to Potor Michaclsonwd oSOfcot of w f foot lot I block I Burnett 75 00 Cyrus Blush to Win Lonry wd lot 7 block II Kimball Blairs add to Burnett 100 00 Thomas Newlovo to Susan Nowlovo Q O 1 lot 7 block I It I add to Newman Grove I 00 John Mollowoll and wife to T L and E O Danes wd ou of sw ltiOO 00 1 lonry Olauson and wife to W II Vickors 10 W Slum jr and M 1 ltiley wd lot tl block 1 Clausen cemetery 15 00 Ada A Olulsohillos and hus band to George A Piatt wd lot 0 block 1 Gardnor nnd Bratischs atld to Norfolk iirO X Gustnv Nelson and wife to B F and 1 L Witt wd o tj or noV sw1 of no1 and mv1 Of SO1 I100 00 Goo C Heed aud wifo toDanl Murphy and Potor Barrett Wd lots 10 and 11 block IK Western Town Lot Co s atld to Norfolk 50 0 T J Mitcholl and wifo to Wm 1 Sollnmn wd so 2000 00 Francis Frnnuk to Charlos A Adams wd oj of so 1 100 00 Mathias Hettinger and wifo to Mrs E I North wd ou of nojif loo oo Chicago Burlington juiiicy railroad company to Augustus F Tannohilldsorsoi 27- 215 1 mo 00 John F Wado and wifo to Francis Franok wd olu of ho1 ll ft I 80 of Edward Allen and wifo to U W Shippoo wd lot H block 1 Tildou 20 00 J O Trino and wifo to Andrew J Heath wd lot 7 block 7 nw ndd to Madison 125 00 D S Frnsor to W Volk wd iiw 200000 Geo H Ci Spaulding nnd wifo to D S Eraser wd nwj f 2500 00 David C llerrington nnd wifo to Adolf Schilling wd nwJf 2 and si of nwf 5000 00 Lillie A Stuart to Barnard M Carson wd S0J4 8 oxcopt fi acres in so corner used as 11 cometerynndiiwj 10-22-2 7700 00 Geo Losoy shoriff to W E Reed sheriffs deed scij 8-22- 2 1 1C0 00 W E Reed and wifo to James Stuart qcd mi 8-22-2 1 100 00 11 Fied Smith and wifo to David C llerrington wd no1 200 00 Helena Schilling and husband to John Mauer wd swK 22 2 2 fiOOO 00 Mrs Etta G Vanhorn and husbnud to Alvina Knapp wd lots 25 and 20 Braaschs ndd to Norfolk 700 00 H E Becker and wifo to Sarah E Carson wd lots 2 li 4 5 and 0 block 5 block I Madison pnrt of 1850 00 mM Je ARenuineWnlo Silver Steul String for your Violin Mandolin flultnr or Banjo will be bent absolutely free to nny address on receipt of a 2 ccnt postage stamp for return postage GREAT REDUCTION IN MANDOLINS FOR THIS WEEK ONLY Ourdandollna ire guaranteed to bo absolutely true In tlio Scales perfect workmanship and correct udjuuincnt of taring Our 195 Walo Mandolin reduced from J3 00 Is Walnut and Maple 11 rlus neatly finished I u laid soundliole rosewood flusfer liourd position dots American patent head FKHR with eery Mandolin an extra set of Strings and a valuable Self 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