10 THE OMAHA DAILY KUK ; SUNDAY. MAY M , 1802-S1XTKEN PAGES.
GREAT IS SAUNDERS
Ooncroto Facts Attest Her Right to Rank
Among the Finest.
RICH IN ENERGY AND RESOURCES
A Treeless Plain Transformed Into a Bloom
ing , Embowered Garden.
MARKED GROWTH EVIDENCED BY FIGURES
The County Dotted with Homes of Thrift in
Urban Groups and Singly ,
SHORT SKETCHES OF TOWNS AND CITIES
the Oitlilitn C'nilniicn of Itowardoil Toll
lluuril I mm the I.lpn of Siuitiilcm'
ravorcil son * ) lll Rriiiliy | < > r
( ivt.ThiTii Urlt.
Kobrnsun tins at Icait n aozon "best ,
counties In tUo stnto , " anil Huurdurs stands
nt the head of the list. Nuturo 1ms bestowed -
stewed favora lavUhly on thut common-
ivcallli , nud ninn hns necopioil her uroffcted
favors with thanks. Only a few years ago
Sauiiilnr.s county was n Iroclnss plain , except
where a few stunted bushes llnud tlio nu
merous watercourses. Thoutjh naluro Und
donu so much , the hand of man nlono could
ndu the foaturoi cominon to homo and civili
zation. The sketch which follows will only
dimly reflect the nartwlly erected su
perstructure , roared on the foundation laid
in the beginning.
The present boundaries of Saunders
county were defined October 8 , 18(57. ( It em-
Dracoi 751) square miles of territory , or 483-
840 acres. Tlio Platte river bounds the
county on the north and oait , Cass and Lancaster -
castor counties on the south and Butler on
the west. It Is the best watered county In
the state , bouig traversed by many streams
well distributed over the county , with the
eroat 1'latto forming the boundary on two
lidos , as stated nbovo. Waboo river
Is the most important stream. It rises
In the northwest part of the county ,
flowing In n general southeastern
direction clear across the county ,
UiuKonally , emptying Into the Platte near
Astilanil , in the southeast corner. It forms
n natural convenience for all the lesser
streams of the county. K.iml crook rises in
the cxlremo northwest comer , Hews south
nud east , emptying Into the Watioo near the
center of I ho county nt Wiihoo. Silver creek
rises in the northern part , ( lowing southeast ,
omptylnu into the \\nhoo nt Memphis , In the
loutbeastern part of the county. O.ik creek
heads near the center , north and southa few
miles west of the Plalto , Hews in a southerly
direction , watering the southwestern portion
ot tbo county. Hock crook is another im
portant stream In the southwestern portion of
Iho county. Otoo crook heads In the northern -
'
orn uart o'f the county.runs south , disappear
ing In places und again coming to Iho sur
face , finally emptying Into the Wahoo near
Ashland. Tbo ( Jouonwooil rues in thn north
west , Hews southeast anil Joins the water * of
Wuhoo creek near Wahoo. Dunlnp creek Is
one of Iho branches of the Cottonwool ] ,
Upper and Lower Clear crcolts also How into
the VVahoo. Thcso streams nearly nil head
In Saunders county and huvo their origin In
springs. The surface of tbo entire county Is
a succession of streams , rolling prairie , bottom
tom landi and level plains , as. Indicated hy
the above description of the many streams.
l'\llon < : < i of Prosperity.
The natural advantages of tbis favored
portion of the public domain soon drew pop
ulation enough to claim every foot of govern
ment land , nftor the Hist few pioneers blazoa
Iho path. In 1SOO there were not twenty
white pconlo In the county , and progress In
wealth and population was slow up to Ibll'.l.
The vote polled In IbliS was only J1S3 , at n
limo when nearly the entire population were
idult males. The total assessed valuation of
property in 18l' > S was only $ lb ( > ,413. In Juno
1870 the population had IncrcasoJ to 4,5'JI ' ,
Hid the assessed valuation to f' ' > . " > S'Jll ; , and
ivory aero of government laud bad been
tnliou. The population In 1SSO was 15biO
and In IbUU was U1.577 , nn Increase in a decade -
cade of 5,707. The assessed valuation for
18SO was ? 1 , ! > 5I,488 , and for Ib91 , Sl.lll.-ir.y . ,
un Increase of wealth for taxation In eleven
years of $ J,1CJJ,1K)3. ) The present estimated
actual valuation is fJ7f > .M , JO. 1'horo U n
fraction over 113 miles of railroad in the
county , divided between thrco great com
peting UPOS , the Union 1'acitlo having
41 81-100 miles , the II. & M. 411 miles , and the
Fremont , Klkhorn & Missouri Valley Sbv ;
miles. These lines travcrnu every portion of
tbo county , so that there Is scarcely a farm
that is not convenient to n donot.
Tlio Union Pacific enters the
county near Valley In tlio eastern
part of the county , running in a general
southwest direction diagonally across It. The
B. & M. cnton the county nt Ashland in tbo
Bouthcast corner , runs diagonally across to
the northeast corner of the county. The
Fremont , Klkhorn mid Missouri Valley
enters the countv from Fremont , near the
editor of the north line , running almost duo
couth to the southern line at Corosco. A
branch ol Iho latter enters the county at the
same point , runs west along the northern
boundary , leaving it nt the northwest corner.
The slapping facilities und traveling conven
iences are as nearly perfect as they cau bo
made.
Cltlrrf mill Towns.
Wahoo Is a beautiful Htllo city of 2.500
population , located near the center of the
city on Iho Wahoo rivor. It has been the
county eoiil since 187 ; ! . It is fllty miles from
Omaha , has three railroads and has thrco
passenger Unliis n day each way to Omaha
or Lincoln. Wuhoo has four newspapers :
The \Vnhoo Wasp , published every Thurs
day , edited by J , B. Wright , .republican ;
Wnlioo Democrat , published every Thursday
by John Sherman ; the Now Krn , every
Thursday , edited by P. H. Longfellow , alli
ance ; Pntel Lldn , u Hohemuin nillaneo
paper , published every Thursday by ,1. A.
Hospoiiosky. Oho largo roller mill , three
elevators , with an aggregate capacity
of 00,000 bushels , though they
do not handle one-tenth the
grain they did n few years ago us most that
l > raised Is fed to stock on the farms , There
iru four banks with a combined capital of
M55.UOU , and deposits ot over half a million ,
i large proportion of It belonging to farmers.
SVnboo has ton churches representing as
many different denominations , a iawedlsti
Lutheran college , an elegant lligh school
building and other ward schools , In manu
factures there Is a machine shop , a oretunory
that cost $5,500 , and runs the year around , a
brewery of largo capacity , and an extensive
tannery will bo in operation in a very few
weeks. An electric light plant and a splen
did system nt water works. At present the
court house Is n frame building that noes not
do credit to n rich county like Saunders , hut
Ibo question of voting $ fJS.OOO In bonds for
building n fireproof county building will bo
lubuillto'l to the voters very soon. Tlio pre
liminary steps have already been taken and
the sentiment in favor of the proposition It
ilroo3t a unit. The now city hall U perhaps
the finest In the stale in any town the size of
Wnlioo. A number of leading citizens
ilubbed togeltur and built an elegant opori
IOUBO costing fiH.OOO. Paving comes next
md soon the business streets will linvo
faisod llin mud era. Ashland , In the south-
last part of the county , bus a population of
1,000 , wus incorporated In 1S70 , and i& now
me of Iho handsomest towns In the mate ,
vlth splendid brick blocks , olcolrio light
/orks , two banks , two rallroadi , two largo
Boiler mills , two elevators , six churchc * ,
argo High school bulIUInp , water works and
Itbor modern Improvements common to en-
Uirprliliig wettern towni. U has one news-
iper-ltio Aibland Uaiolle , edited bv Hon.
. J. i'loliett , published rvery rrlduyro-
; ubllc4iu In politics.
Valpuralto.lf In the southwest corner of the
Bounty , on the Lincoln and Oacenla branch of
Iho Oinaim ( c Uopubllcan Valley division
if tbe Union Paclllo , on Hock Creek.
t U in the center of n great pnu-
ill and agricultural dUtilct , with iplcu-
dlil "shipping facilities and hm numerous line I
brick blocks of business housos. The popu
lation Is nbout WO. It na.s one bunk , ono
roller mill , two elevators , three churches , n
eood High school building anJ ono weekly
now.'impor , Icdepondcnt In politics , edited by
H. B. Uornn.
Valparaiso also has rv line hrlck opor.i
house , the upper story of which fur
nishes ono of the finest lodge rooms In the
country , occupied Jointly oy the Masons ,
OJd Fellows , Modern Woodmen , Knights of
Pythias nnd Uruti'l Army of the Republic.
Four toucher * nro oinploved In the schooU
Which urtMvoll up to the Nebraska standard.
There h also n move on foot to ostabllsn
another bnnk All Kinds of business Is lively
nnd Valparaiso has a splendid future before
h r. The site ivm hoinosteadod in thn fall
of ISO'i by H. K. Johnson who Is still n leaJ-
Ing citizen.
Mead Is one of the boU llttlo towns In the
county with a population ot MO , ono bank ,
two clovatois , four churches , coed school
buildings , and weekly rcpJbllran paper ed
ited by W. F. Prlrcley.
Cednr niuffs iicnreonter of north line of
the county has n population of 4UO , two ele
vators , two churches , One High school build-
Ititr , and ono bank , tbo deposit * of last yo.tr
nmountlng to $100,000 , whli-u may bo liken
as an Indication of the wealth ot the commu
nity. The Cedar lllulTs Opinion Is odlti-d by
S. C. Yenny , published weekly nnd Is neu
tral In politics.
Ceresco , ne.ir the center of the sout'i ' line
of the county , has a nonuhitlon of TOO , ono
bank , two elevators , throu churches and ex
cellent schools.
Wo ton has 500 population , ono
bank , two elevators , thrco jhurcbes ,
KOCH ! High school building , and is
n great grain shipping station. It has its
nowsimpor , the Western Scythe , neutral in
politics , weekly , edited by Joe Camp.
Pr.iguo , near northwest corner , has n pop
ulation of IMO. ono roller mill , one bank , good
schools and a live trade.
Vutiin , In the eastern part , has 300 popu
lation , two elevators , two churches , good
schools nnd n bank.
Ithapa hasJIOl ) ptoplo , largo roller mill , two
elevators , churches und schools ,
Memphis Is n Htllo village of 150 , two ele
vators , churches , schools , etc.
Colon has Uoli people , two elevators , n
church , schools , nnd Is a good business point.
All these are railroad towns and the amount
of business they do In n year would surprise
n tenderfoot fresh from ono of the sleepy old
Now England villages.
A small portion of the eastern part of the
county has low , wet spots , which are now
being drained by ditching , under the super
vision of the county commissioners. This Is
no' , bottom land , neither Is it uniformly
boggy , but is coed agricultural land that
could not bo bought forlO an acre. Hero is
the testimony of a few of the men who made
tholr monov holding the plow In Saunders
county :
J. I ) . Coolr.
Ono of the oldest nnd best known farmers
and stock raisers of Saundcrc county is J. D.
Cook , residing on bis farm three and one-
half miles south of Wnlioo. Mr. Cook Is n
very pleasant hospitable gentleman , and the
visit of Tun UKB nrin to his elegant homo is
ono of pleasant mnmorlcs , A arlvo over the
country in his carriage behind u spirited bay
to.un.ii wnllc through his orchard nnd groves ,
a tour of his barns and ninoug his blooded
cattle , supplemented by n farm dinner over
which Mrs , Cook presided , was the reception
accorded your correspondent. Mr. Cook Is
one of the llrst settlers HI the county , begin
ning at the bottom and enduring all the
hardships , privations and incessant labor
cominon to the pioneers of this woUorn coun
try , and ho is also an example of what nmy
bo accomplished by perseverance supple
mented by intelligence and inspired by that
intuitive desire for nn independent home so
common to the people of this countrv. Ho
came to Omaha in 1803 and in lSli',1 settled in
Suumlers county , on u homestead of SU acres
and a pre-emption claim of 100acres. Having
no money , ho held his laurt and worked nt his
trade , that of n carpenter , contractor and
bridge builder , to earn the money to Day out
on bib land , and make some improvements.
Ho traded his kind of work for team work.
It cost him $1.50 1111 acre to get his HrsfJ.'i
ncros broke and ho paid for It by bulldlnir a
house for the man who owned the team. Ho
Is now tbo owner of 700 acres of us line form
land as there Is in America. The homo place
contains MO acres and the buildings on it
huvo.cost a llttlo fortune. The orchard is ono
of the best in the county , the trees alt nor-
foctly healthy , no tun scald , borers , curcullo
or anything of the itind. Last year Mr.Coolt
muao four barrels of ciucr , sold $ UO worth
of apples and still has plenty in his cellar.
Ho Hhclters his orchard with a grove on tbo
south , but leaves U open to Iho north , which
is just the opposite to the common way. Sev
eral barrels of borne mndo grape wine also
lie in the cellar. Mr. Cook bus a model cat
tle barn , 44xl > 0 , with stall room for sixty
head , water in the barn , self-feeding appara
tus and room for K0 ! tons of bay. His horse
barn Is 44x72 , has three floors , self-feeding
arrangements nnd mows for sovcnty-llvo
tons of hay. His mows are now partially
tilled with tbo sweetest kind of timothy and
clover hay. There arc 100 acies of tame crass
meadow on the place. Ilo has crib reom for
5,000 bushels of corn and a bog house that ,
accommodates 1"0 bead. Ho is feeding three
cars of polled Angus cattle , some of them
his own raUing.tlmt are beauties. There nro
now on the nUco 100 head. Throe loads
wore marketed a short time ago , nnd to
Hhow what good breeding and fuelling will
do I might add that they topped tbo market
$1.its tbo day they sold. Mr. Cook has a 100-
acre farm a short distance from the homo
place which ho rents on the halvoj to L. P.
Larson , a Swoao. It is a highly Improved
farm and Mr. Larson is a model farmer , so
of course there Is money in it. Mr. Larson
puts bis labor against , Mr. Cook's farm , owns
half of the stock and gets half of tbo proceeds -
coeds nnd Is getting rich , while Mr. COOK
has for the last two years made 11 per cent
each year on bis invostincnt. Last year they
each made 100 gallons of grape wlno on the
farm and sold 13 worth of grapes. Mr. Lar
son also marketed 500 quart ! ) of blncKberrlcs.
Mr. Cook has just returned from n visit to
bis old homo In Pcnnsylvnnin , nnd ho de
clares that In his opinion tbo farmers of this
country nro 50 per cent bolter oil than In the
east. The same old buildings still stand on
eastern farms tbnt wcro there rears ago ,
while hero tanners nro constantly putting up
new and better buildings. Farm
ers nro mnklnir moro hero two to one
than In the old slates inrlhcr oast.
Mr. Cook Is a stockholder nnd one of the
directors of the Fir.st National bank of
Wnbon , nnd also owns slock In the Hunk of
Cedar lilnffs. Ho has ma.lo every dollar of
It farming and raising Block right hero in
Maunders county , aud Is justly proud of his
success.
A.Siilriullil Stock 1'itriii.
Everybody in Saunders county know.s
Oliver Watson. He Is otio of the landmarks ,
nnd has made a record as n nibller. Ho
struck Nebraska at Plattsmouth thirty-six
years ago , when ho was n kid , as ho puts It.
He ranni to Sounders county twenty-four
years ago , secured a homestead of eighty
acres , built n llttlo board shanlv , lived in it ,
two years , then built u llttlo frame with a
lightning rod on It and more recently built a
good one , The collar nlonn cost $150 in
money besides his own work , and a cistern
cost (75. lie has 7IJU acres of land , nnd bis
farm Is ono that would make nn oustorn
man's eyes water It is a natural stocu
farm , Wahoo crecu with Its shollering groves
of limber running through It , giving several
miles of creek ban it , nil fenced Into pisturus ,
in speaking of the thick growtli of limber ,
Mr. Watson said ; ' 'There was no timber on
Iho west slue of the crook when I en mo
hero. Do you see that big coltonuood
down there ) Well there was not a aprout
them when I came Here. In fact , tbcro was
not oven white people tic re to speak of at
that time There was no Wahoo , nor no
Lincoln. I Hied my homestead in Nebraska
City. 1 rode a mustang from Columbus and
rode it hard too , for I hud no money to uuy u
dinner with on tbo rood. I needed it. every
cent , to pay for Iho Illlng. But my laud Is
worth now , talcing Iho whole tract together ,
at least f 10 per acre , but I would not sell It
for foil , because It pays more than 10 per cent
on u vnluuilon of $51) ) nn acre , I toll my boys
that they nro better oil with the farm than
they would bo with Iho money at twice what
It xvould bring on Ihn market. What price
did I pay for lanal Well , when I got to
where I coulundd to the homestead , I bought
some railroad contract land as low ns $10
an acre , but generally about $ ' 5 per acre ,
Hut 1 could pay 3,000 for an eighty now
easier than I could pay } 10 nn acre then. I
have over 100 head of cattle and am feeding
thirty now. Have marked a good many ihls
year , Oh , I suppose 1 am worth probably
175,000 , but 1 tell you now I worked for it
winter and summer and If It was necessary
could go three days without eating. "
Mr. Wauon Is a typical rough-and-ready
western farmer , genial aud t-onoroui to a
fault , proud of hit success , but. not a bit
" tuck up. " There is not u bettor feeding
gieiind In tbo stale than Mr. Watson's aud
every foot of hi * laud , except tbo creek aud
Umber ; ts w rich and productive iw It can
bo. Ilo has IItoon ( acre * of winter wheat
that thoroughly covers the ground nnd UOO
acres of tame grass. Of course ho has made
If all on the far.n.
Sells lilt Ornln.
\V. .1. LchrcAtnoto Saunders county thir
teen years njro with $1,500 and nothing else.
Ho laid his money away anil worked for n
year at $10 n month. At the end of the year I
ho bougnt n quarter section for $2,500 , paid J
f 1,000 und spent the balance of his cash for n ,
team and loots lo farm with nnd went at It >
$1.00U In debt. Five years later ho bought ,
another quarter at , $ ,15 an arro. U all lays
ten miles east of Wahoe , four miles south
east of Mead. Ho owns It all yet. has It well
improved , and ho Is out of debt nud made It
every cent on the farm. When asked If ho '
made it out of stock , Mr. Lehr replied : "I
never fatted n steer in my life. 1 have fed
some bogs , but usually sell my grain At
present I keep ono hand and farm : \ portion
of the land , but nm lorcod lo rent most of It.
I nm serving my second term ns county com
missioner nnd only get u share of what ts
raised , wh'.lo I could get It all It I could bo at
homo. Hut I make good money oft of the
farm as H is. The crops have never fulled ,
1 have lost year's corn crop on hand , 4,000
bushels. Yes , nny man who will woik can
make nioncv farming. I know men in my
neighborhood who , u lew years ni-ii ,
had htcrallv nothing , lived In dugouts
nnd wont elT on tbo tntlrnnds lo work by Iho
day for somelhln ; : to oat , who are now own
ers of big farms of 000 or 700 acres , well Im
proved. There are plenty such und Ihoso
sxamplos spoilt : for themselves. Tbero is no
lark of proof that farming p.i.xs In Nebraska ,
If Unit is what you wont. "
Mr. Lchr did not seek n second Inrm of
oIIIc nnd sajs It has been u big loss as well
ns nuisance lo him.
I.unil in u llitgotil.
D. K. Wilson , in sneaking of his experi
ence In Nebraska , said : ' 1 came lo Sauu-
deri county In the fall of Ib70 with n leant
and wagon , but entirely Innocent , of p.ionov.
I homosteadcd KiO acres eighteen miles north
of Wiiboo and own It yet , 1 Imnrovod It ,
fenced it , put buildings on it nnd spent con
siderable of mouuy on U. 1 tlrst built n dug
out and lived In It throa years , then built Iho
house that now stands there. My barn is
the largest In Iho precinct , has slablo room
for 100 head of cattle and seventy-live Ions of
hay. 1 bnvo a good orchard nnd plenty of
small fruit , which grows anil bears profusely
without much attention. Four years ego I
was elected shcrlfT and moved to Wnuco ,
where I bought n nice llttlo house nnd where
I now llvo. A year ago I bought 1110 acres in
Hoono couuty nnd am cugaced now in feed
ing cattle tborg. In fuel , 1 have always fed
some cattle. Had ninety acres of corn on
the Hoono county farm last year that aver
aged sixty bushels per acre. I rontei1. tbo
Saunders county farm for SJ.50 per
aero cosh rout. What money I hnvo
made I have dug right out of Ne
braska soil , nud I have no kick coming.
I began poor as nny body and In earlier days
had not much show to make money. I huvo
raised wheat and hauled it to Vromost lo
sell at . ' ! 0 to , ' ' , ' > cents a bushel , nnd have paid
ii" hlith us $1.50 for crossing the Platte river.
The Omaha markets are a great thine lor
Nebraska. It gives us a market whom wo
can sell our stock in nny quantity and got
the cash for it no peddling it out. I am
feuding Hit head on the Hoono county farm.
A Colitciilrd Fanner.
Ono of Iho happiest and best contented
farmers In Nebraska is U . .1. Nichols , who
came to Saunders couuty in Ib7 and homesteaded -
steaded Kiu iicres thico miles southwest of
Wuhoo. " 1 had a little money. " s > ald Mr.
Nichols , "nbout $1,000 , enough to build a lit-
llo frame hopse , 14x ± 2 , buy some lools lo
work wllh and live on until 1 could raise
something , l have made money every year ,
not very fast , of course , on my small farm
and with some limited means , but enough 10
impiovo my place nicely and give us most of
tne comforts nnd even some of the luxuries
of life. You ask mo what I did for a starter.
Weil , I raised wheat as long as it paid aud
then wont lo r.tisingcorn , hogs aud cattle. I
now have good farm building. ] , house , Darn ,
cattle sheds , orchard and nny amount of
small fruits which grow almost sj.on-
luneously in Ibis county. I have 100 ncres of
tame grass and it do s well , especially If
mixed vvilh clover. I had fifty acres of corn
last year thut made forty bushels lo the
acre. I had thirty-two acres of oats , which
Is a part of the 100 acres now in grass. I
naslurod hull of it and cut sixteen acres ,
which made forty-five bushels per acre. I
have as good teams as anybody lor farm or
read , buggloi and all conveniences farmer
needs. I have made It all rlcht houi nn this
little farm except the small amount I brought
with mo. Tbo onlv thing necessary to make
a success of farming in this part of Ne
braska is to attend to business nnd not sit
around town cursing the government and
trying to save the dear people. I ewe no
body and could scare up a llttlo money if it
was needed.
Comhlnuil Ilmhicss and Pleasure.
Olio of the funniest incidents connected
with pioneer efforts in Saunders county is re
lated byV. . H. Dickinson , now proprietor of
the Stule bunk ot Wahoo and owner of 1,000
acres of land. "Dicu" is an Englishman ,
"
with English sporting proclivities" born in
him , nnd came over hero when ho was but
17 years old , with u rich father to draw on
for spending money. He tramped over the
country hunting nud tlshliig until bo at
tained his majority und then with $1,500 at
his command he sclcctod nn eighty of land
in tbo exact geographical center ot Saunders
county and .secured it ns a homestead. He
says : "I was totally Innocent of the first
principles of farminu nnd had no neighbors
to Inform me , but I started out lo improve
my homestead , f paid $500 for a team , rmcoti
anil harness nnd i ( > 0 for two yoke of oxen ,
got a breaking plow and went to
work. The oxen bad never been broke to
work and I didn't know haw from gee. I man
aged to break eleven acres In seven weeks
and then wished It was beck in Us primeval
state acaln. I did not know enough lo have
my plow luy bent out or sharpened and It
run six to eight , inches deep. Occasionally
I touched up the heel with a file , but you cau
imagine in what condition Iho plow shaio
was. Tbo oxen could not run olT for I had
them anchored nil riht ana they would
novcr move n foot until they had eaten all the
grass in reach. I kept a gun strapped on the
plow bourn ami often loft the breaking team
stand white 1 went to shoot ducks or ante
lope. Finally after I had wasted my $1,5JO
anil M oiked myself almost lo death , 1 made
up mv mind that I was not made lor n
farmer. 'The grasshoppers cat upinvoorn
and I hired all my neighbors with wagons to
help ma haul my poor , thin , stock hogs lo
Fremont , where 1 pouttled them out for what
1 could got , nnd 1 goiju l uiuugb lo pay the
men for hauling Ibom. It cojt $5 a load lor
hauling. That onueit my farming. "
Mr. Ulolclnson tolls his funning experience
in n humorous way and laughs heartily over
it yet , although it happened in
Iblil ) , ano slnco that time ho has
become ono of the loading men not on.y of
Wahoo but of the mate. He is nn enercotio
ruslk'r that does not know the moaning of
Iho word fall since ho parted with that
breaking team. Most of the substantial im
provements of Wuhoo bear his imprint and
many of them would still bo In the future
but for nis fore > lght und energy. Hi ] served
ns mayor of the city for years nnd not only
Inaugurated but In the face of opposition
and injunction suits completed mo > t of Iho
public impiovomonls , away ahead of what
must psoplo thought wus ncccssury or ex
pedient. Ho made the tlrst map of S.iumlor.s
county.
Charles Perky Is another example of suc
cessful ( justness under dinictiltles. Ilohnine-
alcuded In Saundora county in IbtiS and
farmed until 1877. Ho tud no money lo start
wllh but novcr allowed uitrcultle.i to cause
him lo falter. He now owns 400 ceres of
valuable land well improved and stockoJ , U
president of the First Niillonal bank of
Wnlioo , owns a largj block of stook and Is
director of the bank ut Cedar HIulTs , was
county treasurer four jears and deputy for
llvo vcnrs. Ho bus beer. IdenUrioJ with
much of the substantial proiin'fta of Wu'noo
and Isi liberal contributor to charitable and
church causes.
I'urin by I'rcixy ,
Henry Johnson nf Iho firm of Johnson &
Perry , Wanoo , is ono of tbo best
known siockmcn and formers In SuunJors
county. When naked for t a experience in
Nebraska farming ho repliuJ : "Well , I farm
on ijullo n largo huulo , but I do U all by
proxr. The llrm of which J am n member
ha * done n livery nud llvo Hook business for
years , and wo own considerable of laud ,
which wo munago through tilled help.
I came lo Saundorc county in IbTO uim
1,000 In monov and In ISTii bought eighty
acres four miles wou of A hwml for $1,00 ! )
nnd sold It in I8SU forf-.UOO. In 1877 wm
elected sheriff and oervoJ four years I
kept my land anil had it farmed anil nfier my
term of ofllco expired foni'od a co-nanner-
ship with A. Perry. The firm bought 'JiM
acres of Mill road , and two miles north nf
Wuhoo. Wo then bought IOJ ucroi In l1 ' )
and the following year -10 acre * adjoining.
Soon after Tfe-boueht 210 acres Ion miles
norlh of Wahoo for $7 , Ml and sold It two
year * later fof M,4fflJ , The same land Is now
wnrth (40 tiff jlcrfi. Wo hnvo Mnco bought
240 ncres Jo/Hli/t / / the town.ofVcstoti for
w hlch wo patif jfkr > OJ nnd still' own It , Wo
hire most of , our farming done and feed the
grain to c.iltlomr.d hops , nud wo nmlio It pay.
Wo fed ItOO Citttlc during the year and have
on hand ; i.0 iieaj now I think the big
nncKors InllMtibo the markets to some ex
tent , but do not think they control
It. as some , iteckmcn claim. For in-
Ktanca theroj were 3(5,000 ( cattle
on the Chhlaoti'1niarket ' Monday , April 'J5 ,
und they hammered prices down from ' . ' 0 to
40 cams a hubdrdd. The next day lliero wcro
only 5,000 and'tfj market steady. Hecolpls
continued lig t A r n few days and Iho mar
ket became strong nnd prices went up.
Farming and slock raising pay us very well
anil wn nro not uomplalnlns. Wo bought liO
acres of laud one mile north of Wahoe this
spring. This Is a grand county , bo bettor lu
the stale and to ! urico of land Is low consid
ering advantages. "
M. llrli'lisini.
M. Krlckeon Kis won for himself n homo
nnd fortune by tilling Saumlors county "oil.
In loply lo quo'ltons he said , " 1 came hero
tWont.v-ll.ruL'year * a o , look n homoito'id
and lived in a'snd house llvo yoarj , 1 own
Jl ) horn anil nn 8J Him miliH uwav. 1 have
Improved prettv well , have peed buildings ,
nn orchard , sunli fruit nnd 10,1 tu-ros In tame
grass. I fed two can of cattle this season
nnd hnvo , VJ head on luind. 1 Imil good
health nnd good will to start with. All
I have I made njlu bora farming. Some
make a success of it and some do not as in all
other busltiossfs. but n man who falls to suc
ceed fanning Inue would bo very likely to
fall anywhere. "
ItcltciTluni Icm.l.
C. O. Johnr.ou < nys : "I sold my farm of
eighty acres In Iowa and cumn hero with
$ JOJ. ) Ion years aito and bought 1'JO ncr s
hero three miius's'Miih of Wutibo for $ l nn
acre. Last fall I boupht another forty at
130.01) ) per ncro I have built n barn nnd
Icnces , iho Improvements 1 Have put on coilIng -
Ing nbout ? 1.5JO. I line this bolter limn
Iowa an farming country. Times have been
n little hit hanl , but farmers who work can
make a lu Inir und lay up a llttlo monov beside -
side * . A grt'iu deal"ilcpendi uuon the man.
As for fruit , I have sixty apple trees and
plenty of ijranes , blackberries , strawberries
and other small fruits. "
Hull Nothing \Vli t ! vi > r.
Nols Hcngslon ha * hcou an owner of Ne
braska ell twi'iily-Uireo yoira , and in that
tlmcwllh nothing whatever lo start with , ho
has mndo n splendidl > unproved farm of ; UO
acres , six nnd : > half mites south ot Wahoo.
Ho made it nil on Iho farm nnd Is still nl It.
Clinic limit In Drill.
P. P. Church Is ono of the neatest and
most successful small farmers In Saunders
counly. He lives about thico miles couth of
Wahoo. owns UK ) acres of land which he
homestcadod anil nre-ommeo twenty -oneycors
nuo. When askid how ho got his start ho
replied : "I mndo It by hard work. When
I came hero I owed SJOO back east , over nnd
above what 1 brought with mo. When 1
took mv claim I built n shanty 12x12 , lived In
it two years , then enlarged n'little and lived
in it between Ihroo and four years , then
built mv present residence wbicli Is quite re
spectable. Jiy barn > ou see there Is a jjood
one and cost nboutlCOO. You sec 1 IIKVO a
nice little orchard , groves , shed- ) , scalps ,
water work" 11110 other improvements which
have cost mo nbout 1,000. Tbo land is all
fenced , nil broke , nnd twenty-live acres of it
seeded ilovui to Inrr.o crass. I ewe a llttlo.
hut hnvo cattle ro.-uly for market that will
mcro than pav all I owe. 1 raise all the grain
I can and buy iomo every year to feed to
cattle. 1 never saw a butter farming coun
try thnn this. 1 know renters hero who raise
grain for nlo nnd make plenty of money ol
it. i am confident I could never have done
as well back enst as hero , thouch I have not
done ns well as nuny others. " Mr. Church's
farm looks as neat IM n well kept lawn. Ho
has a row of boxoldor trees Iho" entire longlh
of his farm , next to Iho road nnd a raw of
cherry trees along.tho norlh line , and every
thing nbout the plnci presents a picture of
contented , wospoixms , rural life.
"x.'D. ' lliorp.
You want /experience / as a farmerl
Well , it iloes not amount to much , as f am
one of the llttlo fellows , bull have done very
well for the elrjmeG I hvo had. I came to
this county In TSt".l 'with a team , wagon nnd
less than SlOu in money : 1 homcstoaded 100
acres tblrloen miles southwest of Wuhoo in
Hod : Creek precinct. 1 own it yet and have
forty acres of railroad land lo it. I
have also bought fifteen acres just outside
the corporate limits of Wahoo , which I oc
cupy us n borne , and it is a nice one. There
nro four acres of orchard on it. I llrst built n
dugout in the bank of Hock Creek and lived
lu it live years , apd tbon built a frame house ,
2Jx2i : , four rooms , a b.irn2l.\'U , corn crib llix
o' } , am ! other sheds and buildings , thud a
nice orchard on thohomostoad just beginning
to boar in 1 74 , when tlio grassbonpars , as-
slsled by droucht , killed it. I rout most of
my land , but still farm. I think tbis is the
best farming country I have over seen. I
like farming ; it is ca > y lu this couutrv. and
I cannot sco whv any in in with ordinary
Judgment nnd industrious habits cii'inot
make mono.v at it , even if ho is not able to
own the land. I have never missed a crop.
I hnvo had no exnerlcnce with beet raising ,
but think It would be n paying business. My
farm would eell for { DO per ncie. "
A Hunk Pri ldrnt.
H. H. ICnapn , president of the Cedar
Hlufls bank , has 1,200 acres of land and is
worth at least $70,000. Ilo came to Saundcrs
county in IS'iS ' without any money. His la.id
lies In ditlownt tracts , moUof it near Co.lar
HlufTs. Ho has a 400-ncro farm four miles
east of Wnhoo , which is highly improved anil
ns good soil as over was made. Mr. Knnpp
routs his land for grain rent und makes a big
interest , not only on his original investment
but on the capital represented by the pres
ent worlh of bis farms. lie was enuntv
treasurer four years and is prominent in all
that per'alns to advancement of public in
terest , though a fowyoirs ago ho was a ponr
honipstcador on Iho treeless prairies of Snun-
dors eo u niy.Ilo
Ilo Slicks to tlio I'liriu.
George Putncv came to Saunders countv
in an early day , poor but full ol onorcy. which
ho expended in tbcrigbl dli < vtlon. Ho iia as
Handsome and well improved n farm ns there
Is in the county , nnd he oilll sticks in it nud
farms It. There are 40J acres in it. Ho has
ircontlv built a now farm house which cost
$ : i,500 and his grounds about Ibo house would
coinparo favorublv with city lawns kept by n
professional gardener. Mr. Pulnov has the
name of being ono of the oc t hoi ; raisers in
tborountrv nnd ho always keeps iho best
sloclt of all kinds. The water works for
supolvlng his stock with water bus ro.t n
sniig sum. The family have every udvrut-
ace that an Independent living affords. Ono
of his sons is r. professor in Iho Burlington ,
la. , coflcL'o , where ho formerly wai a uupil.
A TrnU Kiirm. .
C. C. Turnoy owns and ll/os on a 500 acre
farm one mile Irom Cereioo , in Hock Crook
precinct. A fow.vc.firs afo lie wus n poor
blacksmith , worlqifipit his trade for 5) ) to D )
cents n dav. Ilo3..ivi.'d (1)3 ( ) Money and laU
the foundation for mhomo by nrquirine land ,
n llttlo at a limn , Hie Is known ns the most
successful fruit grower in Sunnuors countv.
Mr. Turnov his jrftlrty-acro apple orchard
bat niDkcs him { ) . fortune every yo.ir ,
besides all Ihu.prr.ull fruits. He maliot
whw and elder , gin * big prlcm for atiplos
when other orchards fall. Hut oulsido of
his fruit ho has "I1J fi" " , an oio ait
house , big bar-fit1 ; , , nil ornamental ground * ,
lie made Ills moling on the farm , hut loft it
long enough to sui-n ) one term as county
treasurer. * ' ' '
Cunii fytrVjii'iil Muil It ,
J. D. Lumkubl/Uiono of ( ho old llmors ,
bavin ? been hero twenty years. Like nearly
nil that sotlloil hbtA'nt that lime , bo had no
means to speak 16f , ' liomo tra < loil and nre-
omptPd , aid : lived like nil Iho pioneers. Ho
now has 1,000 ncrp5pf land well Improve ,
live : ; in inwu und rents his land. He is con
sidered worlh. $75OJU.
nins Jlaiirii'ii. '
Hans Hanson has bought n handsome
homo In Wnhoo , aivl rents his 403 acres of
land. He came htro In 1V70. und had lo
n'uikulo g tune lo gut money t-nouixn to
send for hU family , uu.l then Ihuy lived in used
sod bouse. Ho now has a Up lop farm ,
which bo rents lo ono of his .sons for $ S'JO a
year , ami rents another pleco for enough to
br nL- his routs up to over $1,0J3 a year. Ho
Is independent.
WUUDbUiir S FACIAL SOAP
.Srali , an ) Cumplcilim.
v ( so fvli * ' ox | > crl iico.
I * r .1 lf mud.
iutlJ C'nko iin < l K8 pacu
unit I'lti jr m l lUiAaly ,
mi hklii MK p itvrvvui
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V -'V" ' \ \ \ lil I iirl i M rk . Mar. . I'llllliKl ,
V ln1ne ! < rN Hn.f ,1 i air , rim-
rr , utc , rdinureJ. Cocicllttton r HI otic : ur tjcualt *
JOHN H. VVCOD'ITY. D M legal - Institute.
125 IVctt ASuU Nir rl ( Aexv VurU t'lly.
BEAUTIFUL TEETH. .
© UGH A. SWRRT BRRATH.
What can bo moro charming In a person than llKAUTIt'TL CM-.AN THKTH and a SWKKT KKKATH. Ono may bo
robnd In the richoat nnparol and ornaniontod with the rarest ( joins , yet If accompanied with unsightly , dirty tooth ,
the charm Is gono. While , on the other luui'l , a pot-son possessing a beautiful or even cloun sot of tooth , wtan'nccotu
p.ttiiod with plain dross , Is at all
tlinos attnictlvo nnd fascinating.
DO NOT delay Ihoso important organs
VISIT DR. BAILEY
OMAHA'S
LEA DING DENTIS T ,
atid have your month put In a hoallhy
condition. For these who hnvo boon ID
unfortunate ns to lose a part or nil of
their natural tooth , a beautiful artificial
sot may ho made so natural in appear *
unco as to decuivo Iho closest observer.
Teeth Inserted Without Pt'atcs ,
no covering In the roof of the month. It
will pay all who ilosiro Artificial Tooth
to investigate- method.
HroUon tOL-tli and roots made tmofttl
and natural looking by artificial crowns ,
all without -Miii.
Our WonderfulLocal
Local Anccsthcttc
or painless extraction is causing much
tivorablo rommont all over this suction
of the countrv.
Wejtill make a Set of Teeth for Five Dollars , a fit warranted in every case
R. W. BAILEY DENTIST
. . . , - - ,
Office , Third Floor Paston Block , 16tli and Pariiam Streets.
Cut this out for a gulilo. Telephone 10S5. KiitrniH-o on Sixteenth stroot.
HOM F
TMmTo'rmrc
INDUS1RIES ,
Jiy Purchasing Goods A fade at the Following Ncbraski Factories. If you
cannot find what yon want , cotnniuni itc with the manufacturers as to lohat
ctcafcrs handle their goods.
ANlNl S
OMAHA TENT AND OMAHA BASKET FAC-
AWNING CO. , TOKY.
FIIK | , Im'nmncki , nil nn I rapacity KW per t'ny
rnliiiur clothing , "cml for I'acSlnniiotP1 * to onor *
culnlo-uo. IIU Farnim. Olllrosui uii | Av Tul.1775
IJKISWKUK.
FRED KRUG BREW OMAHA BREWING
ING CO. , ' ASSOCIATION
Our bnlllod rnlilnct boor ( Hmr.imecM to oqiml out-
acltruroi ! to nny tmrt i-lla brnmli. VKiimi
ol tlio city. ICxport botll.il b'jjr '
1UU7 Jnckion Stratit. ilnllvuroa lu fumltloi
OMAHA BOX FACTORY JOHN L. WILKIE ,
Nnllo.l nnrl Davottllnl
.Mnnufnrturor of pn ; > i5r
IICXCM. ( fiptcltjrS.OTJ pur boxo < , ISJ-21 ht.M.irr'n
day Itau Oiimha. fol. 411
I' O coxT > > Avomn
WESTERN STEXM
BRICK YARDS
All klniHnf orlcki. L'll'i ft
II.A. M. n II. J. I' . I'no mi
Proprietor.
CO-- ) KICK , KTO. I OAUH1AGKS.
CONSOLIDArED | THE O3TERHOJDT.
' rijirlni W n Mfit.Co
COFr' E CO
, , Incnrpdratuil.
Importers n U Jobbon , Itcpnlrlnz on churl no *
llni I'arrlik.'i ) p.ilnlliu.
HII llanicy i. ' l.'Ol-lSUlCnm Tel U'37.
U'I = i. I _ CMHAUS.
SOUTH OMAHA ICE J. H. RICHARD ,
CO.
Clunr * . . Toh 03 nn I
onico. li'Ol I'nrnam St. HmuVorj' ArllclJi.
101 * I'nrnvn
H. BES = LIN. SMOKE BLU ? SEAL
Special Ur.inili null 13 CIGAR
ontar.
I'nrtory , 5W. ) I'.itrlo'c nra
Moro. 8.IN. ! liltli Ineob JusUnlok , mt'f
i nvic WORKS.
CHAS , SHIVcRICK & OMAH\ \ STEAM DY
CO. , WORKS.
furniture , Carpjti and
Drnpnrlui. description 1311. llo.Ti-1
KOS Karnn'n
Kl.OUlt.
S , F. OILMAN
OMAHA MILLING CD
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1013-15-17 lOt-t
Office & mill , till .V.IDti
C. K. lltnck , Muni. or.
IKONVOKKS. .
KLND1ANG. [ MAT'l'ltlJHSKS.
OMAHA KINDLING THE OMfHA MAT
FACTORY. TRESS CO.
Mnltrcws , funllicr pillows
t nt
' lows nml I'uinfurtiTH.
rousonntilu prices I'ntt 'lotraleonly 111. U III
Umntin. Tol. 41,1. Mchul is
OVKKAI.LS 1 > Ul NTtHS.
RFED'JOU PRINTING
KATZ-NEVINS CO. ,
CO. .
2Ji I DoiiKlai.
Ileo l
'T'HE RIPANS TABULES regulate the stomach , liver and
bowels , purify the blood , are pleasant to take , safe and
always effectual. A reliable remedy for Biliousness , Blotches
on the Face , Urighl's Disease , Catarrh , Colic , Constipation ,
Chronic Diarrhoea , Chronic Liver Trouble , Diabetes , Disordered
Stomach , Dizziness , Dysentery , Dyspepsia , Eczema , Flatulence ,
Female Complaints , Foul Breath , Headache , Heartburn , Hives ,
Jaundice , Kidney Complaints , Liver Troubles , Loss of Appetite ,
M c n t a 1 Depression , Nausea , Nettle Hash ,
I'ainful Digestion , Pirn- pies , Hush of Blood lo
the Head , Sallow Com- plcxion , 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 rchidts 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 tubule after each
meal. A continued use of the Tlipans Tabules is the surest
cure for obstinate constipation. They contain nothing that can be
injurious to the most delicate. Price : One gross $2 , sample bottle
15 cents. For sale by Druggists , or sent by mail postage paid.
Address THE HIPANS CHEMICAL COMPANY , New York.
The UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS1
that the
eh r Bros. & Go's.
I
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NOMNKI ) AUTISTS. from Cnj j v un I Iron a pulillo Inn ; ? jin-jiiillrol la favor of
lih-r niiikm , Hh t-afoli jsi.rmlMl .In liii'-tMimil mint l > | I ! HJ ! of L'NC'DM
MO.N ArrimiuTis. :
ArrimiuTis.MAX MEYER & BRO. GO. ,
Sole Agents , Omaha , Nebraska.
Established /S66.
1316 Douglas Street , Omaha , Neb.
buuda/j lu ii , ui. lo 1) ui. Buua ttuuip l r iw. ?
UUBMKU < ! ( ) ( > 13S | SADDljlSHY.
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SADDLERY CO
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CO.
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Ull Anrnuy , Mrirtly puio whtt4 I fail
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i Eye Glasses ,
or llio correction of nlltluforti uf rUloa
Solid Cold Spectacles
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