THE OMVHA DAILY JJEL : SUMUYm ] \ 8 , 1892-SlXTKEN PAGES. 15
PROGRESSIVE PLATTE
rfi Bankiag Among the llders , she is
Ytrang in Inergy and EesonrccB ,
EQUAL TO ANT , SURPASSED BY NONE
rhirty-five Yews DomoBBtratw Platte
County's Inexhaustible IsrtlHty.
BUTTRESSED WITH ADAMANTINE FACTS
Leaves Prcm the Erpsrience of Her Ener
getic and Thrifty Sous.
- * DOMPETEN'CE AND CONTENT GARNERED
tlmlior I'rlnciid Crjiitul Strcuinn Illi ) > lc >
Through Sjl xiui A'ullcjm l'anl Smillnc
tj.lumU. Whlli"Slmtlmr Walor"
Murmur * ut Her J'l-i'U
J'latte county Is ono of the oldest couutics
In the stntn , linrlnc been first orRnnlyed In
l" .Vi. uud iu li > r 7 the presout boundary lines
were doftui'd. It gets Its nnnio from the
prcat Pintle * river \vhlrh washes tbo southern
Jiortion of Hie county. Plattu county is also
DM ) of the InrccBt o ( tbo eastern counties ,
havinp an uieuof tM ! square miles , Dr4S,7Hi (
cere * Of this there are at the present time
S.'ui.K.'O acres improved , exclusive ol town
lots , and lUT.lMi unimproved. The county is
bounded on the north by Muduon and Stanton -
ton countioi , east by CoUox county , south by
Polk and Butler , and west by Nanco and
Iloonc TUP upland prairies , suitable lor
iipriculture , nave a soil of drcp vccotahle
moid ana inexhaustible fertility. Tbo val
leys and river bottoms are the bust bay lands
in tbe prairie states. The entire county is a
succession of valleys and streams and table
lauds , mnkinp It one Of the best watered
pnrliaus of the stole. The great Platte river
washes about twenty miles of the southern
border of the county and forms a volley
noted for Its beauty and fertility. Tbe Loup
river , unol her beautiful stream , bordered by
n u-ido and fertile valley , ruts nrross tie
county from west to east a few miles
north of the Platte , nrnrnvine Into
the latter about Jour miles
cast of tte city of Columbus. The combined
valleys of the two rivers nt the mouth of the
Lcmp , form a wide expanse of valley laud
lu'vond which is a belt nf low undulating ta-
lilc Innos intersected by tbo winding valley
of Shell creel : which runs turourh tbe coun
ts dicconally from uorthwest to southeast.
I'nlon creel : and Tracy creek water the
DO ! born part , Lost creek the eastern and tbo
Loolcinc Gluks creek , a txiauuful stream , the
western part , emptying into the Loup near
Oconoe. There are In tte county ninety-sev
en miles ot railroad , including the mam hue
of tbe Union Pacific running thioucb Colum
bus , tna county neat. All parts of the county
ore provided with depots and shipping : facili
ties conveniently located for tbo transporta
tion of the vust Mod : mid cram products of
the county There were returned by the as
sessors last year Acres of wheat in Plattc
county ± ; ,4SO , corn bl.dlU , oats 6J Kill , barley
( ) .120 , flnx 4,750 , meadow iU ! , < K)0 ) KtocK was
re'urued for taxation by tbe assessors
herpes 9.r > .t , cattle "S.C21 , hoes . ' ! J.L'i ( ( , sheep
10.0M , mules 4H' > The tiumber of ni res of
improved Jands in the county us stated
above is 2011,1120 , against :47.7r.O in 1SSJ.
It is estimated that fully 400.000
ucrcs of t tie totnl acreage In tbo county are
tillable lands Tbe assessed valuation iu
IbUl was td.riSMiOO. Tba total estimated
Tarnation is flS.DiW.OOO. TUe avoraco price
of larm Inod iu Piatlo couutj isJO to HT > per
ncru. The population in ISiVl was 15,4117
upninst U.Iill in IbaO , shovriuc a pain in ten
years of D.iUiG The total bank deposits are
f440UX ) or EJS..r.7 pur capita. The principal
towns ore Columbus , Humpnrey , Pintle Cen
ter , Liudsoy , Corulua , Creston , Ocouee and
Monroe Columbus , the county beat , is in
the southeastern pan of the county , near
the junction of the Plntte and Loup rivers ,
en tbe muiu line of the Union Pacific roud ,
tuncty-oue miles west of Omaha. Jtt-olevu-
tlou ii > 1,4-42 It-tit above sea loved , stands on a
level plateau , anO besides the main line ol
tha Union Pacific is at the junction of the
Lincoln & , Northwestern , now a pan of the
Chicago , Burlington & yuincy system , and
the Union Pacific with its Sioux Citv , Kor-
JolU. Albion. Cedar Rapids and Pullcrtou
branches. It bos u population of about 4OIK
fliiud in uurJy days was the principal stopping
ftjuce botneon Omaha and Denver , aud a
fctipply point for a hundred miles in uucn di
rection Tbe city has street cars , water
works and electric lights. Columbus has a
dally newspaper , five weeklies , ono monthly
uud ono semi-monthly. The daiJy cue
weekly Telegram is edited DJ I ) . F. iJnvis ,
wlio , by the way , is a state oil in
upeetor by appointment of Governor Boyd.
" 'ho Columbus Joumal is the oldest paper in
the county , ts republican tn politics , ana is
edited by M. K. Turner. Mr. Turner is also
editor and proprietor of the Family Journal
"
The Journal is printed an the" sell name
power press , run by hand , wliicb ilrfct gave
wines to TIIU OMAHA Bin : Bosmep tlio
Journal there are three other papers printed
on the pioneer press uicuiioneu and it bids
fair to ao excellent work for another genera
tlon. The Home Journal , b > J'.d Ballou , is a
inaninly publication. The IVeamurv iies
hcugcr , a jiapcr of free circulation is issue ;
beuil-mouthly to the patrons of the Columbus
croumery and is edited py VV T Lay. The
Platte County Arcus is u woody alliance
paper edited by G. A , L. Birby nua Warwick
Buunders. \Vncbeublatt is a German
veokly edued bv L K. Kiinan There are
three banks , the State , Kutional and
Commercial , with u combined capital uf over
SIIOO.OUO , with personal resources of noarM
fj.000.000 pnk of it. Two iartro llourmg
nulls , tbren clevatorK , one creamery of largo
capacity , duing nn ImmonKO business , four
large first clnsK hotels and suvcnu rucapor
lio'ikes. ouo cigar factory , u wooden KUDO
manufactory , a wholesulo uuttur , egg
nnd fruit cold storage wareHouse -
House , doing a business tint reaches
" .ylbo coast , u jiluning mill , fouudrj , wind
jnlU fuctorv iiurt other smaller industrial on
terpnscu. The B & M. nnd Unlou Pacific
ouch have splendid dopau ,
Humphrey Is ucxlniM/clo Columbus , hav
ing a population of 1.000. is located In the
northern part of the countv at the junction
pf the Union Pacific uud Fremont , J lkhorn
A : Missouri Valley roads It has throe elovu
tors , two bunks , two good hotels and DUO
newspaper , tbn Humpnrey Democrat , editot
py MfGIU .V Meers.
'
'Platte Cuntur , as its name implies , is in tbe
tenter of the county , nn Shuil croak , on thu
} 1'iilou Puctuo roao. Thou theruuroLtudsav
Cornlca aud Crestan in the uorthern part ,
eu tba Northwofcturn i-oud. Ocouuo Is wes'
pf Columbus , uiglit miles , on a branch of the
L'uton Pncltlc , and Monroe i on ttio Altiion
brunch of the sntno road. The Columbus
Looking Glass , a religious , pruhibi.ioii paper
ts published nt Wonruo , bL A , Uerrarn out
Dl the Platte county piouoer
Thtreik siill a large urea of utuniprovud
lauds in Platte county awaiting tue hnmt > -
fcQoUrr at price * varying from f1to iJO p
acre , while improved furnii can tie hourhlfo
Hi,50to-l''per ! ' ' crcaccordingtodistuiicflnim
town , locutinn end value ot improvements
Columbus beiug oncof the oldest towns urn
trading points in the stuio and v , peed place
to stay , has many men in business und bold
leg positions who have boun f umlliur iirures
ior many years.
Jim Mcughur. tbo station acent at tn
Vnion Purltic depot , bus beld dowu that cum
job for twenty year * . By ' .ho way , plmn
* 'Jim" 1 entitled to the military title o
. colonel , having served at u coinnel in th
uruiy , but owing to bis modesty uohodyou
wost" know it until rtK-'outiy , Everybody
tulU him Jltn Meagber ,
M. iu Tunier , uditor nf tbn Columbu
Jourual , stuned hi * pajier in IbTU , wheu there
\va ouly one paper Iu the state west of Col-
uiubu , and that bud Just started at Nonh
J'lutte. Mr Tumor has been prominent in
newspaper and political circo ) tU thu o
frar aud U still at it. He U sornotnli.p. of a
farmer , too , btring nbout l.CKiU acres of land
A few years upbe wes too poor to uu.ld &
ihantr ou bit own land and had to live olso- .
> * I
Lean dor Gerard Is president ef tbe oldest |
tete bank in I iHirnska ntrd was tbe fmuider
il it He is stitl an m-uvo man nna pcntal as
10 is active. i
ADdonon president ef tbo First National ]
mCk , IK at present engaged In aanl&tlng the i
armors by tbo 'roe distribution of tobacco I
ced. which b paid ( . an ootpe for. Some ,
if the oldest liveotork denier * auashinpers in
he state resident I olutT.bus. Amonc them is
the Hicklcvt. anu Uandalls. John Wiggins is
moiber wbo c name 1 * very familiar ut the i
> outh Omaha yards atirt has lieeo prominent
n Bblppinc oiroles for a great many vears I
ii oflice near the depot ii headquarters lor
stockmen all over the reentry.
l.i'Hiidrr Ormril.
Lc-andcr Grrsrd. now president of the
jtato bnni ; of Colambo * . tbo oldest s-tete
tank iu KetiraKkn. cnmn to Omaha Iu IHTifi
and Uxmtrd in Columbus ten years later He
camp to Nebraska \vhli little or no means ,
'relented. ' railruad"4 , traded with theJn-
dtiins , practiced law or anytlilug nnd everv-
thine to make nn honest dollar. Ho pstahlish-
od btsbankiu 1S71 , and has been Instrumeu-
.ol In planing a great muuy farmers on their
and " 1 want to ssy one thing , " said Mr
Gerard , "and that is that farmers who iiavo
Lhe title to farm lands in Nebraska should
tn all moans haug on to it. even if it is hard
to kecj ) up the Interest and taxes , for it
will soon be worth u great drs !
more money ; hnn at present.
Timr was when nn Ohio man found land too
dear be could go to Indiana , tbe Indiana man
to Illinois , the tllimn rann to Iowa or Mis
souri , or AO on. out now they are doubling
back , the government land is i.'liout nil takeu ,
und the opening ol reservations causes n
rush of thousand * , rf men. wblch Is proof of
what 1 BBV. Ai'Otbt'r thing-leal estate is
tbo most uidesiruciibln of all property , and
good farm land is fust boronuug the most
lirotllablc land a man rnti own.
I'ulrt CIO TIT Cent.
Charles Rein lie was one of the first moc to
.otllo In ! 'lau coun > He pre-empted a
quarter section ten miles northeast of Colum
bus iu IbTili , when there were Imt few ujon
except Indians iu the state. Ho still lives on
tbo spot where he first settled and has trans
formed it into a pleasant and even a luxuri
ous homo. Wheu nsued bow ho scraped up
money enoucb to pay the government for bis
claim , ho replied. "In the first plncr 1 paid
tbo filing lee of &J."iO and in three years after
when Uncle Sam wanted bis money , fl.2 , "
per acre , I did not hove a dime toward pay
ing it A friend loaned ine fHK ) at C > 0 j < er
cent , but that was pot enough Ui lot mo out ,
so I bought a loud warrant at a reduction
and puic up When tbe homestead law was
passed 1 wanted to got another 100 but i
could pot do so without moving on it nnd 1
would not do that , but I got ciphn acres
adjoining mo without moving on it. 1
uow have 403 acres 1 first built a
frame house , story nnd a half high. 14x in
dimensions , and sawed nil the lumncr for it
by bund with one of these whip-saw arrange
ments Tuo timber was hackborry. red elm
anil oan. and was awful crooked and knottj
It was tbe hardest won : I evur done in inv
life. 1 livotl m that bouse until 1 7i : , when 1
built a good bnrfc honso I ir40. two stories
high , wnb a kitchen HxlC. in addition , inno
roums m all. 1 still live in it and it is one of
tbe best bric"k dwellings in tno county For
the first six years 1 was single , uud bached
it , but got awful tired of it , nnd never could
make a dollar until 1 married At the end
of three years I found n ivomnu who wanted
u man as bud as I wuntea a wife , borrowed
f3 to ppy for the license , and we were mar
ried. 1 boran to mane money at once and
huvr done well evur bioce. I never sold much
gram , exropt nt first , and then I bad to nuul
it to Fort Kearney and peddle it out for what
I could rot. I remember taking gold dust for
grain , and it looked morn like crushed coal
ttian gold dust , it was so tilncK. 1 sold it to
Millard in Omaha for M4 an ounce. Of late
years 1 have fed more gram tnun I could
raise , although I generally raise 7,000 tob.OOf
uus-hois u year 1 have raised as high us
nighty bushels of oats per aero nud thitty-
tlvo bushels of wheat and seventy-five "to
eighty-live of rorn For the last ten rears
1 have kept i00 ! to 111)0 ) cattle. My land is
not all under plow , stmplv because I need It
for bay. 1 have put f 11.000 in buildings , to
suy uothiug of fences. 1 have ouo barn 100
feet IOLC and 4D loot wide , a borso
barn IMs s , then 1 nave a cat
tle shed 12Gx4S feet. My laud
all taken together Is worth at least S.T. per
acre. I keep good horses and cattle and tul.e
good care of them. Put never have dealt iu
fancy or Utgh-brod stock. There is no coun
try where a man can make money on a farm
easier than In Nebraska , and for this very
reason many farmers got careless. I think
any muu who owns eighty acres nnd farms it
and attends to Dusines.s like business men
iu town are forced to do can mnko a good liv
ing and lav upirom00 to Kl)0 ! a your be
sides. " Mr. Ueinkc is a man who does not
parade hU wealth , but it is well known that
besides his farm und stock he owns n largo
block of bank stoct. His farm lies ten miles
north of Columbus.
Itorii In J'lutte Cnuut.r.
W. T Ernst is pornnps the wealthiest
farmer of bis ago in Plutte county. Ho is the
son of Jacob Ernst , who came to Columbu1.
hi lS5ri aud died lust January. The lute Mr
Ernst took of l.he
never advantage preemption
tion law , homestead or tree claim act , out
bought bis land as he could got it. VV T.
Ernst was bom In Platte county , und has
mauaced his father's farm ever since ho was
old enoucb. Ho owned cousideraale of il
wtiile his fatner lived and at his death be
willed the remainder to him , giving tbe older
brother for his share valuable business prop
erty in the city of Columbus. Mr Ernst has ,
in all. 70G acres , all In oue Ira ay except one
quarter section , nnd it is conmaerud the huest
farm west of Omaha. The buildings on
it make a respectable little rural
town. Tbe family residence. U largo and
and tine there are several largo barns , cat
tle sheds aud water works. The Buildings
buve cost quite a snug little fortune The
farm is all fenced except KKi acres of as fine
bay lund as lays in Platte count ) . Mr. Ernst
LUVS he could take t-40 on acre for the bay
land nt any time , just us it lays. The farm
lies L' , north of Columbus und is called
huort-ioak farm. The hav laud is all ditched
so that it can bo inowtid right up in the
ditches. Mr Ernst , in speaking of his crops
said : "I raised 140 acres of corn lust year
that made 7f > bushels pur acre right through
home ol my corn tool ; n premium ut tbe Puns
world fair three veurs ago. 1 had ten acres
of wheat that uvoraged lt > bushels per acre ,
the rye wont iiuud barlov 41busheis nu
acre. 1 have " 10 head of cattle , fed ( b head
this year and marketed them ut Omaha at
FI ; 7 , > four weeks nba. 1 hare -5 head of
Morses. 1i > of draft and 10 of eood rr.adsters
1 sold bi ; ticad of iul bogs recently nnd bavo
itr > more to go soon. Have I1. acres of orchard
and loU of small fruit und u all does utn.
Pnnniuir payt. big if well conducted We
have some men wno undertake too muoti , and
don't raise more than half as much par
cure us the laud is ratmhlo of producing
I feed all the gram 1 can raise nnd have
never semi a yuar ynt that I did not have to
buy. The Omaha market is a tug thu.g fui
us. It gives a good market rigut ut home.
It U too fur to Chicago. As lor climate im
proving tno country it has modified tbo win
ters and caused the summers to give us
plenty of moisture. Where there used to bo
snowdrifts twenty feet deep there is nout
now. yean , ago there was not a tree , grove
ur corn blalK to stup tbo blinding snow , and
uvuu tbo prass was burned off , but now we
ure not troubled with HIIDW lliino is no
Imtter farm land or hotter forming country
iu the L'nited Status tbuu thu pun of Ne
braska and 110 place iu tbo world where
iurruers can do their work or make tnutr
money uusiur than iu Nebraska.
Wriit to riki-V J'rult.
Governor Blrney Rays ' ! cnme to Omaha
iu 1-i.Vi ana to Colurauun in 1S57 Toe
govurnmcnt survey had not been made , so J
took a squat tor's claim , uiid in IbllO wbon the
ur\tn was made 1 noH tbe olutui for f5u !
und went to Pike's Puck 1 rumbled around
awhile aud ihou took auotlior claim ou the
Piutte , thirtjnvc miles this side of Douver.
put up hu > iu summer and Jrulcbtod 10 the
imiiekn , wiulttr I pot FlliP to flbilutonfor
hauling , but it uuk u ueek urnatto a trip
und I bad to cat f rosen pLatoa and bread
and hltwp ia the snow ] uept that up for
live j wars uud made money. At tbe end nf
that time u Hood came und entered inv
claim with trail one to throe
foot of sand. Of course it was
worthless , so I loft il anil came back to C'o-
luiubub , inarnoa aud tooj u homestead and
prfe-tmiptioii rluiai four miles west of Colum
bus. 1 sold Hull Cvo ynars ago for 57.IKUnd
bought three eighties two una one-half nines
south of thu old paoo oa the Plutte and lived
tb/sre until last March when Ijmoved to town.
1 runt tbe place lor (400 a year cash runt. It
u well improved , good house , barn uud or
chard , prupuH and small fruit. For the last
twenty years 1 have fed oil my grain uud
bought niora. I hare made two trips to Eu
rope nua will go upalo soon. 1 attuuaed the
woild's fair at Paris three years ago Suyou
MK a farmer if be works und niaubgcs we >
can afTnrd tc see a little ot the world as wml
as the business man I have alwavg made
money DO matter what I engaged in , but I i
always worked hard for ft. " ,
Andrew MMhlrt. j
Afcdre Mathies cftir.e Vo Nebraska In 1S.V
with nothing and verr little of that. He
werbod nround Colombas for two ur thrpo
years at odd Jobs , aved a little tooncv and tc
IHftl vent op on Sboll creek and filed on a
claim und when tbe homestead liili became a
low took advantage nf It and bole his land
Eight vears are he txrogbt anotbpr quarter
seotiou nnd still owns the BL'o acres Said be
" 1 first built aof \ boose and that hurnrd
dnwu tbe first -winter and tuen 1 built a sod
bouse nnd lived in tt for seven years. 1 then
built B frame house10x2 $ , utory and o half ,
with a shed kttcheu und porch My land U
all fenced , have a good orchard , Miiall fruit
ot all kinds Aitocotbor my farm
Is well improved L.HBI yeor 1
fed a few cattle , but usually soli groin 1
had fore acres of corn last season that tundp
2t ! > bushels , have fed some of tt and have
l.r.lHi bushels on hand tiou. 1 hud thirty
acres of outs that u.ade l.Sun bushels , ten
acres of banev taat made MO bu bels Have
bad bad luck \\lth hoes Lost sixty -five
heaa with cholera n year uco last loll Vos.
] nave soon some pretty tough times in tec
start Used to go to mill at Fort Calhoun
and Omaha , seventy -five aud 100 miles away ,
nnd one winter f ground corn for family use
iu n little hand mill that cost Ki. 1 have i
made it pay cron under anch conditions , but
1 think II would b < * raster to buv uud PB\ for
land under present conditions than to do as 1
aud otbnrs were forced to do
Untight Ills Turin.
Hon. J.C. Swartstpy is one of the men \\hc
cnme to Plane county In more recent > rors.
bringing enough motcv with him to buv 1(10 (
acres at fi ( > per nrre His form lies fno
miles north of Columbus. Ho paid a big
price , but , said lie "II is a good farm iu a
good locution. When I bought it there was
tut little on It excep ; u bouse , but 1 now
have it very nicely improved , with good
biiildiugn , triKid orchard ot l.V. ) trues , all
icnced und broke. 1 ruise corn to sell mid
feed to hogs. 1 have twenty-live in res of
tame tncadow that made two uud oue-half
tuns per acre last season. It w as lee wet
last seusou for big crops , but mine were
talr. My outs made MX ) bushels
from eighteen acres , live acres of rye mudo
120 bushels , eighty acres of corn went fifty
bushels par acre. 1 do pot liirna as big us
some , but mm to do it uell , which 1 think
pays o great deal batter than running oa-rso
much luno. The greatest drawback 1 have
had is hog cholera whicn comes occasionally.
My son bus u plucoicitsod adjoining mine and
on the two together we raised 7,000 bushels
of corn last season , sold 4.0JO bushels nt 111)1. ) ,
cents In Columbus , and l.OiU bushels since ut
'Si i-eiitE per bushel and still huvo l,00l > bush
els for tale. "
Mr S ji-urtsley served in the state legisla
ture 10 Ibs'J.
W. tl. Newman.
W. J. Newman is ono of tbe model farmers
of Piatto .county on u small scale. He owns
and farms a half-suction three uud one-half
miles due east of the court house alColumous.
Mr. Newman says : " 1 came to my present
location in 1S74. I hud u little mouoy and
boucht railroad land. I have u half-Mietiou
on which 1 hove spent considerable of money
for improvements It is all leuccd , 100 ucres
under plow , gond buildings , orchard and
small fruit. 1 consider the place wortb f 10-
I'JU , but would not s'jll it for that money. 1
have KOUIB tame meadow and cut ninety
acies of prairie grass last veur. It
was too wet last year for hie crops
My corn averaged ouH thirty-live oushels ,
as I could not tend it right on account of wet
I had twouiy acres of barlev that made 500
ousbols machine measure , and pan of It was
not cut oncausc it was too wet to get on tne
grouud with a machine. Five acres of wheat
made eighty-live bushels and oats fifty
busnels par ucrs. Ali ihe small gram grew
too rank and lodged J feed my grain to
horses , hogs nud calves , do not leed calUe
for marmot but seil MOCK cuttle aud think it
pays best. Yes , J thin It farming pays well ,
uud besides it is an independent business. Jf
a man attends to it right , sauio as a success
ful merchant , he can make it pa\ , but if he
goes to town too often , luvs around saloons
und tulkj politics it will prove u failure tee
same us some of the marriages we road
about. I pay particular atteution to garden
ing uud raising small f-uit. 1 have a PICO
vineyard and all varieties of small fruit
strawberries , vines uud busbtis , uud they
boar profusely v
Mr. J.ewman is entirely true from debt
nrd has money in the bank. His brothar is
cashier of ine Commercial hank at Colum
bus.
Nrbnifku IVutt , IVisfniiKln.
Joseph Looffelholr has been a Plutte coucty
farmer for the past eight yours. He eurne
here from Wisconsin with , money enough to
buy ant pay for Itili ucres at JO per acre , four
miles south of Humphrey Dunuir the
eigut years he has lived there be nns mude u
Cue home ou his farm , putting a great deal
of money in improvements , all of which be
made en the farm , as it took all his cash to
pay for his land. Ho followed farming in
Wisconsin and did very well but he nays
Nebraska is much the best farming country
in many respects.
respects.A
A JV Others.
Oeorge Berney come to Platte county in
the 'OJs with uoLhiug but u team uud WOROII.
Hi ) uow owns a section of valuable land
about six miles south of Columbus , bus it
handsomely improved , is worth about f2Tj.-
000 , nn'd made every dollar of it on the
farm-
Dan Holloran owns and farms 1,000 acres
of land on Shell creek , In the northwest part
ol Platte county. Ho settled there in IhTl ,
poor us a Sundnv Hchool rodeut , and has
grown to be worth at least . ' 10,000 , all made
on tbo farm. He feuds cattle aud 1 ogs , und
raises horses and keeps steadily buying more
land.
land.Engelue
Engelue Buss is another Shell crnek
farmer , tun miles north of Columbus He
xvciit there Iu 'OU without money enough to
secure a homestead He today bus a section
of land well stocked und mouey in the
bank.
Lawroncy Q > uovia rame lo Platte county In
1S7J , uxtrouioiy poor , Uud auout S"J. > in money
and nothing else. Ho owns a bulf section
of land , well improved , stocked with
cattle uud horses , uud uny of the
Columbus bautcs would take tils note for any
'
ninourt he might desire. Throe nr four o'f
his countrymen cume witn him , all poor uhUo
and all now lunepuudoul. Lust -.vmter it > uo-
VIB gave ? r > OD to the church , wbicb sum
would huvo bought out a dozen such nutiiis
us the whole crowd \vhun they ilm came ,
liilniumi Culture .
There is un effort being made to introduce
the culture of tobacco -into Plallo and ud-
joining couutics It has IIL-UU discovered bv
experiment thui the suil and climate is tvi-ll
adapted lo the production of the tobacco
plant , uud prominent inuu have takeu up the
mutter and are assisting the farmers to pro
cure snod and information with regard to ilio
successful cultivation of the plant. A. An-
der.-.ou , president of the First National bunk
of Culumbus , bus taueu the lean iu the mut
ter uud at tno expense of his bank bus st
cured u quantity of s od at (1 per ounce ,
which tin is distrioutmg among the farmers
free of cnarge This seed was saved from u
crop of touuci'o wbiun sold for " 5 rents a
pound It IK ui the best variety and to in
sure something line a fair trim Mr. Ander
son furnishes with cacti package uf
beeil u copy of u bulletin published by
the Uuitod States Agnculturu ! departineM ,
compiled by Juhu M E les , special uguLi fur
the tobacco exhibit at thu Columbian ex
position Alruudj u list of 110 farmers have
prumistid un aggregate acreage of 51 acres
to be planted tt-i i cur. It is thoutitthut
tobacco raising will prove to ho an ituparlunt
and urotliuble branch of agriculture ia thu
pear future
Migar Jlrrl Culture.
Tbe farmer * of Platte rounty cie fchowinj
tbmrfuub in siignr boots bv preparing to
ruit-c a large ucrouge Uus season. Most of
them will begin ou u smull siule , but the
aggri'gulc arrtiage wi.l be lur u. A fnv. ,
however , nre preparing to p'ant rxietiMvely.
. The Jitwell Bros will cultivate UOJ ucrii this
1 season There u ill ha uot loss than l.O1) . )
I urrt raitfd iu thi county Tue product will
go to Norfolk Nearly all agree that tbe soil
I of Plutte county is paouliuriy nEJiipind lothu
product ! ou ofsuar UjJt. a id also to'Ji-jjo .
LCAVKVVMIUTU , 1C , June IS ' 3D
Dr. 3 a. Moore : Mv Dear fair-1 hnve
been sul ject to sick heudncbo all my Ufa
Over two year * ago I began using ' 'Moore's
Tree of Life" for It and never had u case of
sice headache siuce , except when the
medicine wait ut ono and uf tbe road and I at
the otner It Is worth more than money to
me. 1 heartily rocnrnniBiid It to ull sufferers
of r' 't headauue. Very trulv your * ,
W B. Lux
Pastor Flint 3opti i Churc.h.
For sale by all druggists.
< t T
ABOUT YOUR
LOT
4.50 The Great Special Sale
$ 6.50 AT THE
S 7.50 j Western Blotting Go , ,
$ 8.50 ' ' 1317-1319 St
- Douglas
! ,
$12.50
Popular Pricesfor ElegantTail-
$15.00 i or Made Suits and Overcoats
that will Appeal to Every
$18.50 J Sensible Reliable Wearer Clothing. of
Free , with every purchase of a Suit or Overcoat , a fine derby
hai or a silk umbrella *
There is no earthty use in paying tailors three times over
for suits and overcoats which we sell at $8.50 , 1:2.50 , $15.00
and $18.50 ; as we guarantee our's to be equal and In most
cases beter in fit and detail of finish.
Our suits include swell English worsteds , cheviots ,
twills , homespuns , etc. , etc. , in sacks , frocks and Prince
Alberts.
Special drive in Men's Fine Trousers , from 1.98 , $2.25 ,
$2.50 , $2.75 , 53 , $3.50 to § 4.50.
Mothers will find our stock * of Boys' and Children's Cloth
ing more complete of any in the cit3r , at extremelT low prices ,
from 690 a suit to $3 a suit. Tell your friends and neighbors
of this. They will appreciate it.
Don t forget to secure a ha' or umbrella gratis wit/i a > ery suit.
m
. .
i < BK. VJ LJLA tj.V > t
1317 and 1319 DoUolas St.
J. Bamberger , Proprietor
ABSOLUTELY PURE. JUST TRY IT.
PAXTON & GALLAGHER , OmaliaNeb
differs from inferior whiskies and those dis
tilled from corn. Inown as Bourbons , in
that it is highlr nutritious , plea snt tc the
taste and doubly matured It's purity is
guaranteed. Von may known bv its smooth
ness and delicious bouquet ( ahothc propri
etary bottle ) Because of these qualities
physicians recommend it to invalids and
for sideboard use. Call for "Cuam Pure
fif" and take no other For sale at all
first-class drinl.mp places and drug stores.
9 DALLEMANP i TO Chiwco
FINE 8PECTBCLES
und BUB Glasses.
ur tllC inrrurtlon uf ull dt'lm-t. c.f rlsltm
Solid Cold Spectacles
I'roni . , .UJ upward
Fine Steel Spectacles
I rum ( I 09 upward
rotet-t anl imp-ove yj jr eyBO.J.U.
. "our v to iai iraa ba pra tl.cj
O tinan.
ViAX MEYER & BRO. CO
i l.HtatiliKtum IsiHi 1 Alts All uud liltti
III'
WOOD'S
PENETRATING J/ ; / "
in . .yjvauce of or-
dlimrj-ioniu | pla .
w orih luUuiK truubli. & " < *
bUL.lt EV IHMT.CIBTS
1 M KVU1I1 I I.
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use i mo'.auib if cuai of Uic w > nt U-id : sad ul Lint
fin it t afw lMMn caruj. IsdiHid mftmnju my faltb
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a VaLVASLC Ttl ATI"E oat id mt < > iirr ul
f rorvbov .kcuJmntUurrj T ; nil' U uddraiK ,
T. A. BIi.rom. III. C. . 1'.3 I't-arl f t. . N. V.
Jl ( JS. want
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IDEA IN
jUldr r. ! ' i n. > "fL ,
Oniahn i. .V 1' . t.i
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All 1A110QIU A flPC !
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AVorth of rare , valuable information suut
to mo nddiesb
FOR POUR (4) ( ) CENTS
This -wealth of knowlt-dpe , this poldcn
trcaiuro of heljis to health is contained m
a new , nbly written nnd handsomely illus
trated
BOOK OF 120 PAGES
which hits just b en issued for the lienofit
ol hUuVrmi : liaiiuiuit * , bj tlmsc eminently
Buccussful and jpoiiuiur i-li siuatib and
Btirgeonb.those JUN Gb OY Sl'iX i ALlbTs ,
Drs. Belts & Beits
TVitli the aid of this ralunblo end inter-
i&titiK work , tuiiitlt'J "Know Tbjwslf , " its
riiiiilui > nre onubu-d to adopt UitilKuit , Hnfefit
und Kurt : t mtlhod > for tli" jirc8nr 'iition of
h ir hualth : or , in onse the > artutllnlid ,
ihi'y are fully informed a to the naiuro
and fcyiniituiuB of ovui j disuast Thtsj nun
ut oiice clucide what iiixrtiuular form of
Nervous , Gironic or rnvatf Msease
I their malady ) ms nsBuiimd , whether it 1 > a
i ai/i/iiliti / , O'cnorr/iorn / , ittwt , S'llctwi ,
IJiidronlc , Varlcnoc-f. I'tlet , , HUmd or
Skin iJixta't b. Llw , h'J'Iiicj/ Urliuiry
'Inmlili.Hi nuy ol tlie thousand illh of u
kni'lrud ' nature.
IZvcn iniiii and evurj woman < > hould
r > d Ihu iHiulvhicli ; lo tlw. ufHinlwl in
vMiriii UN u.-i ht in fold , mid t > uill to uny
B.IJn-Mi for FOriC Cli.S'Ti. .
C.iH uiim ( addronb
Dr.s. Belts & Betts ,
119 South 14lh StN K. Corner 14th
I undDou lUj Sts.
Omalia , Neb.
JRlDE A COCKHORSETO
CHICAGO OF COURSE JO GET ,
S BOSS ,
ITS MERITS FORCLEANING
AND WASHING THE CLOTHES.
ASSURE IT A WELCOME
WHEREVER IT GOES.
FAIRBANKS
IS THE BEST FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD USE.
ALL GROCERS KEEP IT ,
/\\PE. , oNLy
N.K.FAERBANCHICAGO.
CHICAGO.
' "THE RIPANS TABULES regulate the stomaih , liver and
bowels , purify the blood , are pleasant to take , safe a .J
always effectual. A reliable remedy for Biliousness , Blotches
on the Face , Bright's Disease , Catarrh , Colic , Constipation ,
Chronic Diarrhoea , Chronic Liver Trouble , Diabetes , Disordered
Stomach , Dizziness , Dysentery , Dyspepsia , Eczema , Flatulent c.
Female Complaints , Foul Lrvath , Headache , Heartburn , Hives ,
Jaundice , Kidney Complaints Lner Troubles , Loss of Appetite ,
Menial Depression , Kausra , Kettle Rash ,
Painful Digestion , I'.m- pics , Rush of Blood to
the Head , Sallow Om- plexion , Salt Rheum ,
Scald Head , Scrofula , Sick Headache , Skin
Diseases , Sour Stom- ach , Tired Feeling ,
Torpid Liver , Ulcers , Water Brash and every
other symptom or dis- ease that results from
impure blood or a failure in the proper performance of their
functions by the stomach , liver and intestines. Persons given
to over-eating are benefited by taking one tabule after each
meal. A continued use of the Ilipans Tabules is the surest
cure for obstinate constipation. The } ' contain nothing that can be
injurious to the most delicate. Prict : One gross § 2 , sample bottle
15 cents. For sale by Druggists , or sent by mail postage paid.
Address THE RIPANS CHEMICAL COMPANY , New York
The UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS
that the
3ehr Bros. & Go's.
Htm- attained , nntl Ihr hisli prni < r they lm\i > oliclliid from Hie wirlilV MOST HE-
0 > MsJl ] ) AKT1ST5. Irom the j > ro s anil Ironi u public Iwis ; prcjiulluud iu fmor of
Idcf iiiiikts , it is sule tu a'-iuniB that th iiiitrumerit inu t be iio si'ssej of UNCOil
MO * ATTIUHU'l'ES.
ATTIUHU'l'ES.MAX MEYER & BRO. CO. ,
Sole Agents , Omaha , Nebraska.
Estxbhslcd
S iBhlnp to IntroOuw our
J0AYS CRAYON PORTRAITS
nd ut the ttiiujb time us
mud our | juninew und
xuftKr now riuuomurh wi
liuTf ( Iccidud to iiiukp tilth
hiH-clul Oiler : bund tin n
Cutmiul Picture I'liuin
pruiili Tliity | > fAmlr"ir | . (
url > uueroi > I'C of yourHwl *
or an * nirmtiur of youi
uni livuif nr dead , and
? rre will nmko vnu n
CKA1 ON J'OKTItAll
ruir < r CIIAHOI
proridt'd you oxhllilt it ti
your Jrlcntln UB u namiiUi of our Trork
r.nd USD ronr tnQncncc ID m-cnrlnc UB luturc orders 1'lncc
iiumi nnd uddrciiB on tinct of picturn nud It will lie rotu-nofl
m iMTfect order Wo rankc nny clmncu U iilrturt1 you wtaii. not tntcrlcrluR itli Uic littneue
i'.i'lcr u in ? ' ' nnnL In ' 'lucnyu Adrtriiw nil nun to
THE SSESCSNT CSAYON CO. , Opposite NCT Gcrnaa Theatre , CHirASO , ILL.
" b Ut will 1 irlun fllK'Ui to onyonc i > oudinc un iihoto uiid not rpcnlvlns crnyon pictnrp
' up t r l ll onpr I'lilt. ( ifTor In lionn tlrti
1316 Douglas Street , Omaha , Neb.
The rnilnont Pimriniia' ii IK M i u ciironn prmt c in ol ekin uud tmntiry cltitnUM A rt nl
reciiuorod trniduntc Iti niuUcirii uri - tJip oinuc unu rfrnti HU-C M > > w l tttlll tntuiini : wtili fit * pntttosi n
i uiurrti Mwrnititirrti ] tc % i mt niKnt ) titimiiitit \\-ttbi iMkb IUSHUH ttnjummry BjrithlliK Bin uc
orriiut , nmt't Mire M * n ; rii Ni tin ort ur > . uio JS T -attiiHi.f fur loan of vimt II..HIT Jartio in. t ft
% i-n IUH nm\ tie T m e u > liumi i > ) curruipuiuuiici Mo U-'tue - or tiuirutm'iitH bunt l > . muu < ir
urui > pit i tuii n n t to iu .uui uti HHIHIIIK or utindtir i in i ( turBunu ! inivrvluw pralitrroti C
Inturrtr - * | inii-'i.'t ni.'i lAljtuunus of l.iio euat Iruu OUlcu li untu ) i
buuauys iu u seud BIUIDJI Jur
DB. j. E , MCGH.EW
,
THE SPECJAUST ,
It unsuniussod in i he in Uiumii ( if ull forms of
PKiVATK DISEASES , und nil dKuriinrt.
nnd dulillltlus ui youth mid inaiilioo I. iTjitur * '
I'XIiPrluiicu Hik tut , inn i-b null f.ic Illtitxt uri
liruftii'ully uiillnuUi 1 Tin' T irtxir in ri'foin-
inoiiUwl hy the iire-i1. u < l uuihirtifd in tli < -
Btronsfht tornib Ijy vlujiuiijilc fur fair trniitV
Infill Kill ! lllllll'bt llloft.-l.hllin.il UClvllIl ! Ttlll
unit. ! jiowi-ifui riMnudii.'t , Kno it lo iiindurn
hcltmrit lor HID t > uouib.ful truulintnt ut the
fu low in ; diu'uhci ,
GOWORRBOfA-JmiuoUlutP ri-llef A ooin-
ti flu rnrriiliout thu Ici.i. uf un lunir's ilinu
ULKET- Out of ihii must con i > lol uiid nuo-
cu < n , rul trt'utiufiitfc fur sltut und n 1 uiniornip
tlihcb ir.'i-k fi know n IK ihr niHiticiil jirufu -
bum Thu resuitfcure truly jn(1i-rJul
STRTCTtJRE ( irn li : t I.IIIIMII remufly for
tin 1 1 nut uii'iil of HUiutt.ru w illiinu jiiiin , uul-
iinu in cl iHim. . A MIOI.I rmiiuikubli ! ruiniiUv
SYPHILIS- ircuttncnt lot thu lorrl'jlt !
i b o.icl cllktiust ) hat t-vur Ittnm more fcu iu : > , ful.
! nor Imfl ktrnMSiir DiidorM'iiitinls In the licht
Of inuiliiru bi-iunvo thife dibtiu p U | xu > itlviily
curab.o und rit'ry truce of llm puliuu uiitlruly
rfiiiuvtitl from tlm liloud.
LOST MANHOOD , uud tiuiMttou. uorvous-
iiu 4 , tliuldilv. clttkpunduncy uud ull wuuicjMto
and dUordurs of youth ur muutiuu * UJitrf
obinluud ut oucu.
SKIN DISEASES und all ( lisuiibe * nf the
Gtuiiiucn , lilodd lUt.r , luunuyv mill liluddur
iiru irn.-itud buautt fuly ! with tliu Krtiutunt
Uiinw n rtmmdloi. fur Ihuno diktmstib
\Vrltv for o rrulur * and ijuuetiun lUt , ( rue
Utli nitil J'artmiH t > t . , llmaha , Ab
I tmndlo the t'JJII'l'LK < IMJ.K
WIMNGSTOfKS , und am 11 i t .lo-
{ jnijiliic' oi'durfi on hhort tiotue AJy
hsi coinjirisus tno following i n.ipi'a
. rc ( i htuc-Ut )
Anaconda , Bull Mountain ,
Cold Kin , Beuna Vista ,
Blue Bell ; Work.
Alamo , Washington.
And ull otliLT rulliili v st.icUh. nT tliuii n , lies ,
at in il IIH many Kloi'Ub uf tlm Loam . , iu Ah-
jiun it IK ! Crmtd iu ntm
Mum cif tlir I'r M c Citu-L hturkb lii. i. moru
th n doubluri wiilnti tliritiniinthB ' 1 nu A.IIU-
f ( nifl.i b'opU uold lour month * uzo lit I > cunth.
hll'l Ri 1 i- now tot ovcrtl uttr bluiti. ( "ilitn nrvr
iiiini'b : iriioi liinp I'Vrry fi' du'b with msl UK
tfociu iiro iiMi'ts.
A iroiitlriii in < if OuUHKil lllulTa Ir.ni lil homo
nf ihlbMouk ut ( > utmth tlm liitliu imn < if
Murrh und li.u bllic'U rnfUMCJ fl tot It In-
vi-MiiiiiuiiH madi ) ul lou rutui. All uurroijum-
Oinifo ( iroiupily unswurud.
J. S. CIBSOK ,
] U IJiUcb J'otil. Aonuo ,
Colorado Siifin 'h , - - Colorado
N , M , RUDDY ,
THE ONLY FRACTAL OFIIBIAN
lHHiuti , ] Jtli hi I uruuiu bt. Thu lur
EYES TESTED PH.EE
vlud t < > r < ! nody ull ilcfuut * of uyt > -
riu-ui Hjiurtu' lus uf jnmrjntourt yuautj
i tl und uu.
hulliKiolJ .SjinrU-'M ' un 1 Iye.'ltt ) > ti i , fl
bud ujiwuri 'J/i-u Iit i pru . r pi m fjr
CluwiUk lliiuJ rorrrati ) butnu ( luy n riU' ' 'f J
ABTITIOIAL HIJMAS ZYEj IRoEHTEB
