12 THE OMAITA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , JULY 3 , ' 1802-SIXTEKN PAGES.
BOUNTIFUL BUFFALO
Where Corn and Currants Thrive Equally
Well with Wheat and Ilax ,
A COUNTY THAT NEVER KNEW A FAILURE
Eofuaing Fifty for Land Bought a Few
Years Ago for Four.
INDUSTRIES ABREAST OF AGRICULTURE
Cotton Matufncture on the Very Stops of
King Corn's Throno.
MERCHANT , FARMER , MECHANIC PROSPER
IVIml nil AtoniBo Nrlinultn County Cnn
Mum rnriiiH tlmt Ylrlcl Never l.cM
tliuiiTuo Tliiiuftiiml it Vt-.ir C'lciir
1'rollt to the AtU-ntlio Tlllor.
Of the tnntiy counties In Nebraska wUlch
hixvo made rupU nnd subUnntml program I"
the nnst ton yo.ir * probably no count/has
advanced moro rapidly or boon Improved
moro subUantlally than Buffalo. It Is
bounded on the north by Custor nnd bhor-
rniin counties , cu&t by Hall county , on the
south by the I'lallo rlvor and on the west by
Dawson county. Tbo soil Is a rich , black
loam , with n heavy clay subsoil , whloh por-
mlU It to withstand nn aoundancd of rain
fall or n IOIIK contlnuoa drouth without
serious rusults , us the history of the past
demonstrates , n fnlluro of crops baying
uovor boon oxperloncod In this county.
The dry saaion of two years ao was the
severest test ever experienced , yet Buffalo
county contributed several hundred bushels
of traln to her needy neighbors , oosldos pro
viding for the moro tuifortunuto within her
own bordori. The county is thlriy-sovon
miles Ion , ; , east anfl west , and twonty-four
miles wide , north and soutti , containing a
llttlo ever .175,000 ncros. It is peculiarly
favored with streams , the Loup running
through the northern tier of townships ,
Wood river running throuuh the center of
the county , nnd the I'latto forming the
southern boundary. Those nro fed by many
lessor streams and creeks , so that
there nro but few sections which
nro not supplied with runninjc water. With
the exception of it small trnrt in the north
eastern part of the county and nnothnr in the
northwestern , almost every ncro of ground
can bo successfully cultivatrd. The Wood
rlvor volley is especially fertile , out as tuo
surface of the county rolls gradually from
ttiis valley Into the valleys of tbo Loup nnd
1'ltuto It is dilllcult to ducido whicu is tbo
most doalrablc.
County Orpiul/atlim unit Knrly Diiyn.
The county began to bo settled llrst near
what is now the village of Sbolton. Governor
lloydand liii brothers Josopti and Samuel nnd
Patrick Walsh , nuw assistant adjutant gon-
urnl at the Soldiers Homo In ( Jrand Island ,
wore among the early pioneers , coming bora
in 185' ) and 'l > 0. HulYulo county was organ
ized In January , 1870 , and Governor Butler
appointed the following olllcors : Treasurer ,
Henry Dugdiilo ; clerk , Martin Slattory ; probate -
bate Juueo , Patrick Walsh ; commissioners ,
Thomas K. Wood , Kd Oliver and Samuel
Jioyd. Tbcso commissioners appointed John
Oliver sheriff nnd assessor.
The llrst election was hold in October , 1870.
Mr. Walsh was clectod probnto judge and ap
pointed county superintendent by the com
missioners , The clerk and treasurer-elect
failed to qualify and each of the olllcera ap
pointed by the board to llll thcso vacancies
aupolnted Mr. Walsh as his deputy. As the
work was not very heavy , Mr.Valsb per
formed the duties of county treasurer , clerk ,
probate judge and superintendent of schools
nil at the same ilmo and so
lar as wo can learn gave satisfaction
In each position. Whulhor ho drew four sala-
ilos or not wo cannot sav.
The llrst land patent was Issued to Joseph
Boyd In ISM , and wus granted for military
service. It conveyed 100 acres of land half a
mile from the present village of Gibbon.
The Hist tux list was madoout in 1870 , and
contains thirtv-itignt names. The highest
assessment is returned by the Boyd brothers
and amounts to $151.50. The Union Pacilio
Haliroad company was assessed flM,7(32.19 ( ,
and tbo total nsses .meat amounted to $14-
S97.'JC. Tbo tax list for 18'Jl ' shows the valua
tion of ronl estate to bo SJ.Ul'J.bSO ; personal
property , $751,951) ) ; railroad nnd telegraph ,
f7M,70.VJ7. There nro 107 U-10 mlles of rail
road now in the county , divided between tbo
various lines , returned by the state auditor
as follows : Union Pucillu main line , 38 10-100
miles ; Omaha & Republican Valley , 1U
70-100 ; Grand Istsnd & Wyomlnc Central ,
1500-100 : 15 & M. , 0 10-100 ; Kearney &
Blaok Hills , 2S 7-100.
rmpcrty , Knil anil I'urHntml.
There are eleven towns and several ship
ping stations located along th'isu roads , and
four postonli'os .scattered through the county
away from railroads.
The county's assessed valuoof real and per
sonal property , outsiilo of the railroads. Is
Hupposod to be about ouo-sovonth of the
actual value. This would glvo a real value
of $1917IS10. ! There nro eight national and
nlnu stnio banks in , tbo county , with a capital
of over f'JUO.OOO ami a per cauita deposit
of n little over iU , the population of the
county being about W.5UO. Tnoro are 117
school districts In Bullalo county , with
mi aclioolliousoi and 150 teachers. Mr. N.
P. McDonald looks after tbo county's edu
cational intercuts , und is a verv ofllciont olll-
cor. Kami lands nro worth from $10 to $50
iiur acre , but the cheaper land Is being rapIdly -
Idly taken , and there is moro breaking Going
done in the county this year than has boon
clone before in llvo or six'yoars.
Ai would naturally bo expected , tbo first
ficttlora located In the eastern part of the
county , but us soon as the B. & M. formed
u Junction with the Union Pacific at
Kearney , tbo town of Kearney Junction bo-
vun to grow rapidly , and In a short tirno was
for ahead of the older sultlomcnts. The
county scat was lirst located at Gibbon , but
in 1874 , after a bitter light , it was voted to
remove the same to Koarnev. TUo railroad
companies offered to do'nato a block of
ground and erect u building if the county
commissioners would locale the county
oftlron on the south sldo of the track. The
offer was accepted , and the site has boon
used for county purposes over slnco. In
] 8b7 the work of vho counlv baa grown so
that It could not bo satisfactory conducted
in the old building , and the board of super-
vUora voted to build a now court house , and
the contract for the
present largo and com-
iiiodious building was uwurJod to W. 'i\
Scott of Koarnev. The building completed
and furnished cot tlW.OOO. is an ornament to
the city , and an imlio.ition of the prosperity
existing in 0110 of the bust counties in the
itato.
htutii Imlnittrliil Srhim ! .
In the winter of 1870 the state legislature
appropriated $10,000 for the purpose ef build *
Ing a Iteform school. The citizens of Kear
ney bouuht u quarter-section of land lying
northwest of town and offered it to the stale
for that purpose. The offer was accented ,
and a lur o building wus erected on * the
bra AT of u hill commanding n tine view of the
Plutto rlvor. und aUo looking down upon
young , irrowlug unit unertfoUu Kearney ,
juice tben a turn , uranary , live family
Dulldmgs und n department building huvo
DOOII added. On DM Ifith of March last , all
mo girls who bad been sent to this school
wore triimfi'rrod to the Girls Industrial
ichool at Geneva , mid tbero uro now " 00 boys
it this Institution. '
On tbo farm worltod in connection with the
ichool thcro uro now In the neigh oorbooil of
150 acres under plow. Thirty acres have
eon put Into outs , t > even IUTJS into corn ,
tbout forty acres In various lauds of gardou
truck , und eighty uoros into sugar boots.
rheiouru50lKHciibbngo plants and 25OJO
lonmto plants now sot out. Kaalshes , lot-
luce , onions , utc. , nro tot out ut Intervals
tbout two wi-oltn npurt , BO as to buvo them
. omliiL' on for use during the cntlro season ,
iomo Idea of tbo amount necessary to satisfy
UO hungry hey * mar bo had from the stuto-
that it tuUoj aMX ) radUbui uud two aud
n half bushels of set onions , nftor they nro
clcaticd nnd trlmtnod , to tnaxo ono mo.il. Hut
while n crcat deal of time and attention Is devoted -
voted to gardening , experience his domon-
stratcd that the state is gainer by making a
iDcclalty of tbo sugar beet. List year their
crop nottorl thorn ? i3 par aero , lifter deduct
ing all oxnonso for seed and freight. Slnco
then Mr. Smith , who has charge of the nerl-
cultural work of the school , 1ms given a great
deal of thought nnd study to their cultiva
tion , and ho believes that'thls year the income -
como will bo at least ! i5 per cent greater.
The stale has recently purchased n now
sugar-beet drill which plants thosecd In rows
eighteen Inches apart and twenty pounds of
seed to thu aero. The ground is plowed toner
or twJlvn Inches deep ( the deeper the better -
ter ) , and the * eoJ is drilled In ono-half or
three-quarters of an Inch deep.
The drill is followed by n farm
roller , and the ground is rolled per
fectly smooth. After thu boots have como
up sufliciuntlv they uro thoroughly cultivated
und Kept perfectly free from weeds. Mr.
Smith has been hliflily complimented by experts -
ports in sucar boot culture , and parties de
siring to start In this industry will do well
to rorn pond with him or visit the stuto
farm.
Itr.non tcir Illc Iti-turiis.
Another growin ; Industry at the school is
plclditig and canning. Last year they t > 'Jt
up over 11,000 bottles of grated horseradish
nnd pickled the product of tour acres of
cucumbers. North of tno main buildinir
Itiroo acres are devoted to grapes and black
berries. The Alvlr.i and Concord grapas and
Schneider blackberry nro the principal vari
eties now sot out. South of the school buildIngs -
Ings and between the road and canal Mr.
Smith has bad sot out llvo double rows of
celery with 1,200 plants In each double row ,
making ( i.OOO plants for early uso. The
variety sot out Is the "white ulumc. " The
soil hero Is peoullnrly ndnptod to the raising
of this dcllmny , and the canal furnishes
water for Irrlnatini ; purposes , which Is qulto
mi essential feature in the culture of celery.
Alongside of the celery Is n patch of cauli
flower , containing U,000 plants , all looking
fresh and thrifty. Tills year thu school has
llvo aero * of cucumbers , whloh nro being
raised for the Nebraska Soi'd company of
Omaha.
The question is sometimes asked , "Why
does thu industrial school raise so mjch moro
nnd better garden truck than any wboro else
in the county ( " The unsvvor sometimes
is : "They have an army up
thoer to taito care of It , " but
Mr. Smith says tbat is not the true reason ,
us tlie amount cultivated is only In proportion
tion to the holu ; that one reason Is because
"
tbo land is "well nnd llrmly rolled , and
another because it is frequently and thor
oughly cultivated. Land rolled us soon us
the seed is In retains tbo moisldro nnd
warmth and seeds generate bettor and faster ;
then , when the crop is up , n frenuonl nnd
thorough stirring of the so'il brings the moisture -
turo nearer tbo surface even In tlio urvest
seasons , und the ground does not become
baked und packed.
"One trouble with farmers In Nebraska , "
says Mr. Smitn , "is that lund is cheap nnd
they try 'to farm all creation. ' As a result ,
much of their time , strength und crops ure
lost. '
Two years and n half airo the Hsu commis
sioner put some bass , pike and pickerel in
one of the school's Hsu ponds , nnd in ( mother
pond some Gorman carp. A year ago the
carp were transferred to another pond and
homo of them weighed live pounds each. It
Is qjito probabli that b > tuls time they will
weigh at least eight pounds.
The agricultural department of the school ,
ns a department , is much moro than self-sus
taining. It Is even a source of revenue to
tbo state. Ono other Improvement being
made on the farm this year is In redeeming
a lugonn containing about ten acres of land
and makin ? it tillable. This is being done
by a ditch which Mr. Smith has had
cut from the herotoio.'o wet piece , through
tbo riago on ono sldo unu running the water
oil into the sowar drain. The ditch will per
haps use half nn ncro , but will make avail
able ton acres which is worth much moro
than the time occupied in digging.
Kutori > riiii Kuuriiuy.
The city of Kearney , as It Is today , con
tains 10,000 Inhabitants. It is located en the
main line of the Union Pacilio railroad mid
way between Boston and San Francisco
1,733 miles from either point. Tbo citizens
nro largely Americans , many coming from
the New England states. One of the princi
pal features which has brought it into na
tional notice is Us unique , never failing uud
magullcout water power , The water is
brought from tbo Platte river , seventeen
mlles north of west fiom town by means of u
canal twenty-live foot wide nnd llvo
foot deep. There uro two reser
voirs , or lakes , along the line of
tbo canal and ono at its eastern terminus in
tbo northwestern part of the city. This is
thu smallest of the three , und its surfico
covers un urea of about forty ucros. A newer
house costing $150,000 has been built on the
edge of the luke , uud the water has n fall of
70 foot into the waste-weir below. While
the water for tbo canal is drawn from the
Platte nvei , it is u fact that tbo bed of the
river may bo dry audyot thcro will bo plenty
of wuter in the canal. This is caused by u
never falling body of watur under tbo bed of
tbo river , audit 11 this .second strata of water
which furnishes u continuous supplv. There
arc four turbine wheels in the power bouso
nf U.VJ-horsepowur each , nnd tlicso run the
lurgo dynamos from which is generated the
electricity running nit ever the city , pro
ducing light aud power.
But if Kearney Is noted for anything moro
thuu her water power it is for her cotton
mill. The mill is built near the second lake
in tbo canal about two iniles wujt of Central
avonuo. Tbo building is ISO feet long , ! OJ
feet wide , two stories high nnd contains
4,000.000 bricks. The articles of incorpora
tion weio Hied July 3 , lb',10 ' , and the incorporators -
porators wore James W. Cumnock , G.
Marston Whltln , George A. Draper , George
\V. CumnoeK ana Henry K. isuucr , capital
ists und manufacturers in Massachusetts ,
but the mill is nevertheless a product of
Kearney push , pluck and perseverance.
Part of the machinery has already bear tnod
and tested and found perfect. .Ono hundred
bales of cotton will be lioio boon alter , if
nut before , this nrttele is In type nnd stored
In the largo warehouse. Ono bale of cotton
has already been received nnd the time and
expense Involved in Its delivery was not uuy
greater than it would huvo been to lav it
down at thu eastern mills. About 300 Impels
will bo employed In thu mill at tint , and to
nccommodutu some of them forty houses
have uuon built ncnr tbo mill. A starch nnd
shirt factory are the next buildings to bo
erected and run in connection with ttio cot-
tun mill.
Koiirnuy'H Caiiiilni ; Ciiiii | > iiny.
In 1838 a company was organized nnd a
cunning und pickling factory was built. Tbo
building is 70x100 fool on tbo ground , throe
atorius high nnd provided with sheds und
storerooms. The years I8VJ nnd Ib'JO wore
hurd years for a young industry of this
nature , but lust year tbu company did u
good and prolltublo business. Tnoro wuro
put up nnd shipped from this factory last
season 10J.OOO a-lb. cuns of corn , 111,000
Il-lii. cans of tomatoes , 72,000 1Mb.
cans of pjas , and r > 00 barrels , or 1,5'JO ' bushels ,
of picklui. During Hie canning season , and
in emi day 000 bushels of tomaloos were
canned. The vinegar manufactured is a
pure article , made from corn , rvo anJ barloy.
Thu cap , citv U 1500 oarruls pur annum. Lust
yuar U. M. Steele & Co. of Omaha handled
the entire product of the plant , From pres
ent Indications ilio output this vour will bu
'
dojble what it was lust , Tnuo'lllcors of tbo
ujiiipjny uro F. L. Huston , pnuidunt and
general malinger , und John F , Huston , sou-
rotary.
In the east part of town und close to the
railroad truck is a largu rod building \ipou
which is palntod "Kearnoy Oat Meal Com.
puny. " An ouimuul company was organized
nnd the building commenced about two years
ngo , but thu stockholders were mostly , If not
all , funncM without any exiurioncu In such
mutters , nnd for want of proper manage
ment tbo enterprise WUH it failure. Thu lat
ter part uf lust year u now company wiis or-
gunirou with u paid-upcupiul of SH.OOJ , und
in January Mr. K. M.lUnklii , ex-county
clerk , was elected nmnuger. Mr. Kuiikln
giivo the company his best ollom und euro-
lul utlcntlon utiU tbo plant made money from
its siurt. The latest nnd most improved
machinery wus bought uud thu mill bus a
fnuucity of suvunty-llvu barroU p r day. A
largo quantity of the meul is Mintumod In
tills county , und some U shipped to Colorado.
Utah nnd Wushlngtoo , Thu company bus n
couporaco In connection with tbo nilll uud
makes all tbu barrels used ,
lu the southwest part of town Is the uaw
plow factory. Thu building is of brlek , BOX
75 feet on the ground ana ono story blirb.
Tbo plow to bo manufactured , i tbo Hodg
son patent , and distributing points
buvo nlroudy boon established lu
the surrounding states. In udditlon 10
the complete plow a specialty will bo madu
of auparuto plows for repairs. Mho shop U
under the tmnn jmont of Mr.V. . M. Kuhn
fnrmnrlv of Omnhn.
Another manufacturing industry of which
ICoarnoy is proud Is tbo Kearney flouring
mill. The mill has been in successful opera
tion for iibjut fivn ycar.snnd iW products
linvn always boon of the bjjU It wu < first
run by stp.tm pnxvor but the nnnnaamont
finds it moro convenient and cheaper to run
by electricity. The huge motor is run bv n
special wlro'und ttu service U moil satis
factory. Mr Hirtlolt in spotkin ? of the
service said : "This Is the only flour mill In
the world run bv electricity , and thuro la no
'
newer like It. " 'The mill has n capacity of
BOO barrels per day , but tbo ptesnnt output
is only nbout olantv barrols. This repre
sents"40J bushel * of whont. They have
shipped several ears ol Hour to Liverpool ,
England , but their surplus Is now sent Into
the southern states. I1 boy also grind from
fifty to 100 bushrls of corn into meal nnd
. ' 1.000 to 5,000 pounds of food per day. The
olllcer * nro It. L. Downing , projldnnt ; W.
U Tlllsoo , treasurer ; John J. Bartlett ,
secretary uud manager.
Municipal inil Industrial IVntiiros.
The brlckmnklng industry lias civou em
ployment to a largo ntiuibor of hands each
season for several years , but , this year moro
brick will bo burnt than ever boforo.
"Dlcit" Hibbard , ns ho Is familiarly called ,
has recently put In what is known as tbo
closuto continuous kiln. It Is composed of
twelve chambers , each chnmbar burning
0,000 brick. There is only ono larger kiln
in the United States than Mr. Hibbard's. '
and that Is In California. Ha employs
twonty-livo bands and oxpscts to mnko0.000-
000 brick this season. Ho already hns
ordnrs for nearlv that many. This yard
occupies four ncros of ground and tbo eluv is
of the finest quality. Mr. Hibbard Intends
putting in two moro kilns , ono for making
paving brick nnd ono for nrossud brick.
"
Mr. A. S. Hut ley has n "brickyard near Mr.
Hlbbard's ' , nnd turns cut n very line bricic ,
but does not burn so ovtonaivmv.
While Kearney is practically an electric
city , having ever six miio * of uloctrio street
car lines , a grjat number of lire lights , un
innumerable numbar of Incnndnscont lights
nnd a number of electric motor ) , still tba
city Is not dependent wholly upon electricity
forlts lleht , us the Kearney Gas company
has over six miles of plpo and ever DUO con
sumers.
In 1833 tbo City Water company was or
ganized , nnd on tbo 1st of January , ISM ) , llvo
mlles of pipj ware laid , tbo works tested und
accepted by the city. There are now twnn-
tj-otio miles of mums and KW hydrants in
uso. There has roeonty boon n now Hro
alarm system adopted , and when an alarm is
turned In the pressure is run up from nn or
dinary pressure of fifty pounds to a Hro
pressure of eighty or 10J pounds to the
sqtmro mob. Tbo water Is drawn from n
largo well , thirty-two foot deep , or from
fortv-oight two-inch drive .veils , nnd the
pumps bnvo n capacity of 3OJJOJO , gallons
per day. Mr. Jnmos Wilson is the superin
tendent.
In IbOOtho Kenrnov OpoM House company
was organized und built ono of tbo linost
operu houses between Omaha nnd Denver ,
nt n cost of 5110,000. It is llvo stories high ,
built of gray limestone and provided with an
electric elevator. The opera bouso proper
has n seating capacity of 1-)0 , and is n
model in nil its appointments.
Tbo banking business oC Kearney Is con
ducted by four national banks , ono savings
bank nnd one state bank , as follows : First
National , capital S15'J,000 ; F. V. Robertson
president , F. S. Spalfotd assistant cashier
Kearney National , capital 8150,000 ; W. A.
Downing president , W. C. TillsSn oashlor.
Buffalo County National , capital SIOO.OOO ;
Ross Gnmblo president , A. F. Gamble
oashicr. City National , capital , § 100,00(1 ( ;
H. C. Andrews president , J.
S. Adair tashior. Farmers Bank ,
capital $50,000 ; Low Hobertson ,
president , J. A. Boyd oashlor. Tbo total deposit -
posit is S7ir > ,000 , a largo portion of which is
{ armors' money.
I'rrsi , I'ulplt mill reil-t ogy.
The daily nnd weekly events and the
"molding of public opinion'1 are looked after
by two dally pupors , ono soml-woouly and
three weeklies. Tbo morning and weekly
Journal is under the editorial management of
L. B. Cunningham ; the evening and somi-
wekly Hub nro managed by M. A. Brown ;
the Now Ern Is edited and published by IJoy
nnd Frank Kliono , und the Standard comes
out each week with editorials from Messrs.
Jidgorton and Eastcrling. Tbo Urst tbroa are
republican in politics and tbu last is tbo
organ of tno farmers alliance.
Kearney is blessed with n number ot band-
some churches and highly favored in thu
ability of her pastors. Thu largest building
Is the property of the First Baptist church ,
Uov. E. J. IJosworth pastor , built two years
ngo at n cost of § 18,000. The Presbyterians ,
Key. W S. Barnes pastor ; Congregationalists -
ists , John AsUin , D.D. , p.istor ; First Metho
dist Episconal , Dr. Uidgowny pastor ; Trinity
Methodist Episcopal , Hov. Shinglor pastor ;
United Presbyterians , Hav. Purvis pastor ;
Chnstian church , Jlov. Atwutor pastor , and
St. Luke's ICpiscopal , Dr. Oliver rector , have
each very neat and commodious houses of
worship.
The educational advantages to bo derived
In Kearney are equal to those of eastern
citioa. The city schools are under tbo supcr-
mfndonco of Prof. T. J. Moroy , and grad
uates from the High scbool are entitled to
outer the ftuto university. In udditlon to the
largo ' , handsome High scbool building , there
nro t'hreo brick ward schoolbousos , employ
ing in all twcnty-Hvo teachers.
But irom this lima on , the lover of learning
who desires to continue bis or her studios be
yond the High scbool course need not leave
Koarnoy. On the ( itb of Soptombcr next will
open tbo fall term of the Platte institute.
Tbo college is located in East Lawn , n resi
dent addition to tbo city , and easy of access.
Tbo main building is a three-story brick
structure , -IOxJO ( feet , containing the recita
tion rooms , superintendent's prlvato olllco
nnd livliij. ' rooms , tenchors' dormitories , and
rooms devoted to tbu business und musical
courses. On oithcr side nro students' dormi
tories , lurgo enough to accommodate eighty
pupils in each. Surrounding the buildings is
u campus of twonty-livo acres , handsomely
arranged and boaulilloil. Thu 1 acuity for the
opcmtng term will bu Prof. C. A. March of
Luwrenco university , superintendent nnd
business mumigur ; Mrs. Agnes C. Paoitard ,
from state Normal of Westford , Mass. , lady
principal and instructor in English brunches
und Normal methods ; liov. Hoburt G. Os-
born , H. A. , LL. B. , of Yale , professor in
history , literature and ancient languages und
chaplain ; Miss Bird Lucy , 13. S. , of Univer
sity of Minnesota , ton chin4 in natural sciences
and mathematics ; Mrs. C. A. Murch , urt In
structor and matron : Mrs. Hannah Austin ,
housu mother. Whflo tbo institute was os-
tublisbod by Bishop Graves of the Episcopal
diocese of the Plutto , the school will not bo
sectarian. The principal object is to put a
good business , Normal or collegiate educa
tion within the reach of all , and ibis bus
boon done by putting the total oxncnso for
ono scbool year of forty weeks , including
tuition , board , furnished room , light aud
boat , nt $120. II. II. iJydenham , sorgennt
company A , Nebraska National guard , will
give Instruction in military tactics , nnd spe
cial Instructors will bo provided to teach
shorthand , telegraphy and muslo. From
present Indications tbo attendance at first
will bo qulto satisfactory.
Ki ) irm > y JuhhttrA *
Since the Kearney & IIlack Hills road
has boon in operation quitu un uctivo
Jobbing tnuio bus sprung up. Thu IIMl
linn to embark : exclusively In u wholosulu
line was tlio crocury IIOUHII of K. Cuddlngton
it Sons. The venture proved successful und
now Daniels Brothers uro conducting a
wbolosnlu Jewelry store. Harris & Friedman
are wholesaling drygoods , and tbu F. H. Git-
unit Lumber company buvo branched out
qulto ux'onslvuly in their lino. Tbu towns
ulong tbu line of the Kearney & Black Hills
railway uru particularly good points und
merchants Hnd tlio.v can do very well ulonir
tlio llnui of tbu B , & M. und union Pacilio
also.
also.Tbo
Tbo Kuarnny Cold Slorugo company was
organized Muy 1 with a capital of $5.000 , Its
olllcors uro George A. Keck president and
treasurer. Cbarlos Benedict vice president ,
and A. Froil Cole secretary. Its business
consists of the cash purchase of all the sur
plus butter and eggs produced on the line of
the Kearney , t Blank Hills railway , und the
Union Puollto between Grand Islnnd on tlio
east und North Platte on thu west , and deal
ing In all kinds of field nnd garden seeds.
The company's facilities for storing the o
nrticloi uro unsurpassed In thin atata. The
cost of the building wus $15,000 and It 1 *
lilted up in ovury way according to tbo lat
est nnd host iduas of refrigeration. In
Omnbu thuro Is u cola storairov > troboubii
larger than this ono butnowburo in tbu state
is there ono nuy moro complutu. Tbu com
pany bus purchased In Its territory sluca It
commenced business about 15,000 pounds of
butler und 15,000 do/.on ogii * .
In udditlon to tboo , Kearney has a num
ber of lessor Industries whloh materially
help to sxvoll tbo vast volume of busiuui *
transacted , Among these Is tbu Kearney
Manufacturing company , with a capital slock
of $10.010 ; O. W , Whllnuor president nnd U.
Mlllitran socroHry. " Kuhn Bros , have qulto
n lar-ra foundry AHcm ichino shop , turn out
flMt class work nnilMiavo built up n good
buslnosi. Thoro"Sr\ ! ; two bottling works and
sunnnor drli.k rflnriVifautUrc.'S , ono being op
erated by T. F Mummer and ilia ether bv
the Midway BottKirl Works cjmpiny. The
Kearney Cornlctt.irl ) . S. C. A > roi mnnu-
L-or , do most of'tlld local work In that line.
Kj.irnoy Sto'ic woflc * . J U. Holme * mana-
cer. mnnulucturi ) .I'Vory ' sunsrior stona w.tltt
nnd have turno'but nianr line olecos of
carving. The Hill'blank ' book manufactory
and blndcrv , In tl > ri\-oction \ wlln thu ofNco of
thu Jully Hub. tvWgVowlng Industry.
I'l cxpi'nitM Touns 11111) ) Villages.
The village ofsclton ! Is located on the
Union Pncltlc r.illrouii n the oust ocl.ro of tbo
county , six mlles north of the PUtto river or
southern boundary line of tbo county. It
ha u population of uoout UJJ wUluuwnko ,
onor/otio. pro t.nroi4 inhabitants. It has
two banks the First National , capital ? 50-
O.W , George McHner president , A. H. rftcr-
rott cashier , nnd Sbelton bank , capital $ ' . * . -
IUO , Gaorco Mortimer president , S. 11.
GTJVCS uuhlcr. Thu Snclton Clipper , republican -
publican , Is u neat , nowsvVJOkly. . edited nnd
published by Frank Ujed. Tbo vlllago is
well provldoJ with slorjj of nil kinds , and is
surrounded by some of tbo wealthiest , thrift
iest and pro poroiH farmers In tno county.
Mr. Molsnor , proildrnt of the First Na
tional bink. sottlail hero in un early day
without a dollar , took up u homes to ul , nnd
Is now rated to bo worth u quarter
of u million. A largo majoilt.v of tbu depos
itors in the Shullon banks uru farmers , nnd
most of them came to this county llftcon ,
twenty and twonty-llvo yenrs ngj , with
scarcely u dollar. Slioiton" bus u good four-
room suhnolbousu and employs live to ichors.
Gibbon is sltuatoJ on thu Union Pacilio six
miles west of Shclton nnd twelve mllus east
of Kuarnov. It was the llrst town settled In
the county and some whn wont there iiwt
nro still on the old homesteads. Its present
population Is about hOJ. Two banks tlio
First National , cnplfal $50.000 , Jnmss H.
Davis pn ldflnt nnd H. F. Flint cashier , nnd
tbo Stutu Bank of Gibbon , capital fjJ.OOO , C.
E. Woodruff president , C. C. Hollowuy easu-
lur take care of the surplus cash In thu
township. The Gibbon Flour Mill is located
onVooJ river nt the edge of town , and man
aged by Mr. I. N. Davis. This mill Is run
by water power , has a capacity ot fifty bar
rels per day , mid has n reputation for pro
ducing as good Hour ns nuy In thu stuto.
This thriving vlllago supports two nows-
papers. Tbe Gibbon Beaconpublished by tbo
Gibbon Publishing company and -illted by
\\illiaiu Rood , is a good , sound ru'publican
paper. The Gibbon Uoporter is a live col
umn quarto , all homo print , edited and pub
lished byV. . H. Carson in the interest of the
farmers alliance' . In addition to the four-
room public school building , with its four
tuuoheri. Gibbon has u very successful Nor
mal scbool nnd business uollngu under the
suptrlntondoney of Prof. U.S.Conn. Lastycnr
over 100 pupils \VJru in uttondance. The
-building now occupied by the Normal
school was built for and occupied first
ns n courthouse , tno county sa.it Doing
originally looitad hero. The country sur
rounding Gibbon is as line and fertile ns
the sun over shone upon. Mot of this
country was settled up by fanners who bud
nothing but the lund , nnd as the land was
not considered coed security then they could
not got Into debt , and since then they have
maun enough oil nf their farms to keep out
of debt. The ban its have u good deposit and
the larger half Is iii farmers' names.
Elm Creek is u > good town on the Union
Pacific in the western part of the coanty. It
has n population of about 100 and supports
two banks and a newspaper. The First Na
tional bank has u capital of 550,000 ; Henry
Gibbon presldont rJll. Famsworth cashier.
The farmers and Merchants bank , B. H.
Goodnll president * J. H. Mossick cashiur ;
capital Sl'J.O.H ) . The Elm Crook Sun keeps
the citl/.ons informed on local events , and is
a very creditable nix-column quarto edited
and published byjK , N. Volk.
On tlio iMNinfo'yWi ISJack llillx Komi.
Leaving Koarnrjrpn ( the Kearney & Black
Hills railroad , thalifct town ( oacbcd is Am
bers t , sovonteen"mllos northwest from
Kearnoy. it nasia population ot ubout uuj
aid is growing. JTiVo or six business lioutoi
are now being uro'ctoU as well as quito a num
ber ot residences/Tlio , Omaha Elovalor com
pany nud. iho Fowlec ( Clevator company uro
represented hero , und since the lirst of Janu
ary hive shippad ll ! > cars of grain. A fifty-
barrel Hour mill built on Wood rlvor and run
by water power Is owned und managed bv " E.
M. IIecbI. Tbn Bank of Amberst , T. E.
Spauldlng president , ( i. E. Mouroo cashier ,
with a capital of $12,000 , is doing a very suc
cessful banking business.
Nine milo ; beyond Amherst is the village
of Mtllor , with a population of 800.
The Miller Union , E. P. Burnett ,
editor and proprietor , sots forth the
advantaKOS of the Wood Uivor vulloy in
very glowing term * , and is Incroasli.g in cir-
culntion weekly. Two banks look after the
Hnnncml interests of the community nnd nro
well patronized. The First Bank of Miller ,
of which W. C. Tillson is president , nnd F.
D. Brown cashier , has a capital of SJ5.000.
Tbo Bank of Miller has a capital of SJJ.OJO ,
M. Maddox , president , and \v. L. Maddox ,
cashier. There are throe elevators , a lumber
yard and several general stores to supply the
demands of tbo people. There bavu been
150 curs of grain , besides a number of cars of
live stock , shipped from this station this
year.
Perhaps the most/lourUhing / town in the
county outside of Kearney is the vlllago of
Kavonnu. It has between 900 and 1,000 in
habitants , is a passenger und freight divi
sion for the B. & M. nnd is only a milo from
Nantuskot , a poUofllco on the line of the
Union Pacific. Thu B. & M. company bus
Just completed ono uf the linost eating bouses
on their line and Mr. Seeloy is building n
very largo Hour mill on tbo bank of Beaver
crook. A handsome Hvo-room , brick school-
bouse , costing S7.00J , g.vos tbo00 children
exceptional advantages , and the cltl/ons
tuko considerable pride in tbo institution.
The town furuisnos a good market for farm
ers living in the south half of .Sherman
county und the north half of Buffalo county ,
S3 that trade is drawn from mlles around.
Tbo ranch of the Nebraska Land und Cattle
company , coverhiL' two sections of land , Is
located near Havonna nnd the company
makes it its shlpp.ng point. Two
binks First National , capital , $50,000 , O. M.
Carter president , r' . E. Shaw cashier ;
State Bank of H-wcnna , capital $ .25,000 , L. J.
Dunn president , F. A. Bohac cashier. Tno
Havonnn News , C. B. Cuss editor , is tbo
oclv strictly democratic paper In tbo county ,
and is a crodllablo exponent of its party's
principles. The Ilavonnn Creamery com
pany , organized four years ueo , gave the
dairy Interests quito nn Impetus nnd the
creamery is well patronized. Mr. A.V. .
Wicher is manager , and tbo product of the
creamery has always boon in demand nt
highest market prices. Two olovulors , ono
lumber yard , two nurdwaro stores and four
general stores do a good business.
In addition to these towns , Buda and
Odessa on tbo Union Pacitlc , Glen wood
Park on the Knarnov & BUok Hills and
Ploasanton on tho.Grand Inland & Wyoming
Coutral uro goodrahipplug points for irrain
und calllu. , , ,
I'rollU of lliifMlti County K.mnur * ,
There 1. " an old English ndnga which rends ,
"the proof of tbu pudding is the outing
thereof. ' ' Bo it is'with ' localities ; the bust
proof uf what u oouuty can produce is what
It has produced , ivst ycnr may have been
nn exceptional season , but it ut least shows
what tbu soil In Hiilfalo county Is capablu of
doing. SV
Mr. A. C. Bessie came to Buffalo county
fourteen years uKoiTind took up 1(10 ( ncros
thrco nillus uust of Kcurnoy. Ho now bus
HP. ucros under uulUvatlon. Last year ho
had Rovonty-ilvu upta * of oats , from which
bu thrashed 5,800 barbels. Twenty acres out
of tbu plocon nra eil 123 bushels per aero ,
und ono piece of tourand tbreo-fourths aurus ,
which was pasturoU'tlnti ! Juno produced
I : ! , " ) busbots. Ho biut sovoiity acres In corn
and husked I00 bushels from tbu sumo. Ho
sold bis oats at0 cents and bis
corn ut 110 cents per bushel , making liU total
Income from 115 acres for ono year $ : . ' ,700. Ho
Huys bo can average SOJO pur year off of this
farm , and If thuro is auy doubt as to the
ubuvo Hgurus there nro thrdo men who will
muko atllduvlt to tbo facts. Mr. Ilosslu will
Imvo sonm of bis grain at tbu World's fair.
Ho bus no mortgusus of any kind aguiust
him.
him.O.
O. 1) . Ifosslo cnmoto this county In 1873
und took up a homosloud In Center township.
Last year bo had in 1'Jti ucros which yielded :
Fifty acres of oats , : . ' , & ! . ! bushels ; l\toon
ucros of wheat , 000 bushels ; slxtv ucrus of
corn , a,000 bushels. Ho roaliiod llU ; < .Ui.
His oats stood six fuel high und were so
tblcK a borio could uot ba soon u short dls-
Unco In from the odgo. The vuruty planted
wus tbuVhlto Kuftsiuu. Mr. Hessli bos n
good bouso , barn and outbuildings on bis
place , but no mortgage. Never troubled wltb
bail but once.
L. H. Bond came to this county In 1831 ,
bought 100 acres tbroo aud a half mlles
southeast of Konrnor , has 105 ncro.s tinder
cultivation , feeds all bu raises to bU atojlc ,
nynragooorn crop fifty bushels per ncro , ha !
rnl od n great man. ? hogs but never Iroublci
any with cholera. Small fruit donsu't seem
to do very well in his vicinity. Ho hns pnti
for bis farm , house , barn and outbuildings
besides buying town property from inonoy ho
has made otT his fnrm.
II. Salsbury nf Center cnmo hero sixteen
years ago from Illinois nnd took up a homestead
stead , Hu has now IUJ ncrcs M
under rultlvnlinn , forty acres used for pasture -
turo ; tistml yield , fifty bttshoU of oats
nnd fortv-llvo of corn tier itcro. Ho
doesn't try to ralso Any wheat. Ho makes n
specialty ot Clydo htirsos nnd has from twcn
ty-Hvo to ttnrty bead on his fnrm all the time ;
hns made good money handling thorn nnd Intends -
tends to continue raising und dealing In line
stock. Ho eenerally hn from 'JOO to 350 bogs
on baud und wts never troubluJ with oholoru
butonoyenr. Ho had a line orchard but the
ball twoyo\M u o cut H down , Ills land is
worth from $ ,15 to $10 per ncro. Mr. Salsbury
has n good house , windmill , largo bain mul
commodious outballdinus , und expects to
clour hh place from all Incumbmneo next
year. His corn Is now up foady tu cultivate.
It Mtglit lor I'mir uinl U'ou't Titlco fifty.
Savon miles northeast of Koarnov nro the
farm nnd residence of Mr. M. Y. Suavely ,
llu uamo hero twelve yours ngo and bought
IliO ncnn of railroad lund At $1 per uaro. Ho
bus slnco refused $5J per ncro for Iho snmo
lund. Last .vo.ir Mr. Snavoly raised enough
grain from 10J uuros to feed twonty-livo
horses nnd slxtv cultlu through thu winter ,
rutnln enough for send this yuar and soil Jho
surplus for $5'J8. Hu bus no mortgage on bis
land and has miido enouuh out of this farm
to not only puv for It but buy u section ol
western land bo < kloj. tie admits he wo.ild
luu-o been bettor olT had lie not made some
bad Investments. Ho has n line lot of young
applu and cherry trees , besides un abundance
of small fruit , u largu stinstantiat burn anil
outbuildings , 'incl twenty-live ncros of tame
liny , whlob is looking line this yoar.
.losopli Witters has lived near tbo sputhorn
line of Thornton township for the past nine
teen yoars. Ho took up eighty acres as n
homestead nnd bought eighty ncros railroad
land. Lust year hu raised twenty-four bush
els of wheat , fifty-six bushels of oats and for-
ty-suvon bushels of corn per acre. He
has a nlco grove around his bouso nnd
last year bis orchard yielded moro
apples than bo could tnico cnro of , bosldns a
largo quantity of gooseberries nnd currants.
Hosiys : "If farming Is carried on lu the
right kind of n way it will pay. I hnvo had
about us much of the ups und downs as any
of them , and I don't ewe n man n dollar.
Nuvor had n thing mortgaend since I hnvo
boon In the state. I food considerable grulii
nnd hold the rest for good prices. I suffered
from thu grasshoppers fourteen nnd 11 It con
years ago nnd wni partlnlly balled out ton
years ngo , but have never seen nn ontlrofnll-
uio. The smallest crop I have ever had on
account of drouth was two years aeo , nnd
then I got n llttlo over seventeen bushels of
wheat to tbo aero : bud about ton acres of
coin sheltered by the timber , and thnt went
twonty-livo 'bushels per aero. I have my
homestead hedged In with u hundred locust
trees and locust does very well for a bodge.
It seenu to stand the drouth nnd wet
weather first rato. In 1875 I broke some
ground nnd the next spring 1 sowed some
timothy nnd clov < > r upon It , uud I don't , know
of any tame grass in the country that stands
the woatbor any butter than that bus. I bo-
llovo wo will raUo fruit hero and bollovo it
will grow bettor und bettor until we bavo a
very fair fruit country. Ono trouble wltb
farmers is they buy all tbo machinery they
can got , then lot It stand out nnd It rots out
moro than it wears out. " Mr. VVutor * has
an attractive place , with flowers in the front
yard , a beautiful grove of his own planting
surrounding the house , n nicely painted barn ,
granary and outbuildings , all denoting good
nmnagoincnt and strict attention to business.
X 11. Pool cnmo to this county sixteen
years ngo nnd scoured JO acres in Divide
township , which is still bis homo. It is now
all under cultivation except about twenty
acres for pasture. "My ordinary
yield , " said Mr.'Pool , "is flfty-flvo bushels
of corn , thirty bushels of oats , aud ootwoon
fourteen and llttcen bushels 01 wnont per
ucro. Have never boon troubled nt nil with
drouth but once , and that wus two years ngo.
Have n small orchard of apple trees and
doing very \voll. Don't raise much stock.
Believe thnt where n farm is managed prop
erly in this county it will pay every time. "
. Never Hull it Total faIIurn.
C. A , Borders ot Pralrlo Center postofllso
camo'noro eighteen year ? ngo and has now
320 ncros , of which 140 nro now under culti
vation. Ho says : "I usually put nbout half
my land into small grain and half into corn.
Never bad a total failure , aud with tbo ex
ception of two years never had a partial fail
ure. Even tho'n I raised enough to carry mo
through all right. Nuver struck by hull but
once und then was bothered only u vnry lit
tle. 1 usually have nbout Hftv hof.d of cattle
and from thirty to sixty hogs. Was never
troubled with cholera but once , aud then I
lost nearly every hog. I have an orchard of
about 150 young npplo trees which I think
will bow this yr-ar. The prospects for crops
this year are very good , t'rulght rales being
equal , a farmer can do as well hero as In
Illinois or Iowa. I have lived In flvo state *
und would rutbor live here than any of tbo
others. "
B. Tumor lives near the center of Thorn
ton township and went there from Missouri
in 1873. Hu took up a homestead of eighty
acres nnd contracted 100 acres from the rail
road company. Ho hns 1'JO acres of land
under cultivation and an orchard of 'JIO
standard apples , besides cherries and egg
plums. Ho sots out a fuw young trees each
voar. so bus a fresh orchard coming along
gradually. Ho says : "My experience U
that an orchard is not so ionc-livod hero as
In the east or south , and by setting
out trees each year your younger
trees will take the plaeo of the older
ones us they die out. f sot out tbo lirst
black walnut tree in the township in 1871 I
have never given it any nttontion or cultivu-
tion whatever , nnd It is now six inches through
nt the butt. If 1 hud given it proper cnro it
would undoubtedly have boon much lurcer.
My strawbernoj nro in full bloom and my
nil well. 1 had
trues promise Hve-yoar-old
apple trees that bore well last year , nnd aru
in blossom this spring. The ordinary yield
Is twonty-six bushels of wheat , sixty bushels
of oats nnd tblrty-tlvo bushels of corn per
aero. Ilnvo raised u grout many hugs , but
never bud onu die from cholera. I have paid
for ull my lund , raised all my stock and
bought 100auras In Colorado und don't ewe a
dollar for any of it. It has all boon made
out of my farm boro. There has been no
hint ! sold around mo lately , but the last plena
was a truut of raw land and that brought $15
per aero. When I landed hero , nil in tbo
world I bad was a team , two cows , $10 in
money and good health Tbu ro.it I huvo ac
cumulated since ana $50 will cover all mv
doctor's bills In tbo last nineteen yuan. T.
K. Lineborgor came out hero a few years ago
from Illinois , but got bomosic k , rented bis
furm for a term of years and moved buck. In
u your or two ho cumu back , guvu his tenant
$100 to vacate und ho has buun living beru
contented over since. It xocms that every
man who noes nwuy , whether ho is a renter
or not. wants to como back aguln. I never
bucb u pluco for thnt. "
Sporuliiturrf , Nut I'urmciiM , Muy Iuio.
vv'hon your correspondent visited the
genial , hardworking Frank Uic < J , who lives
aud owns bJO acres on the east line nf Divldu
township , bo found him painting the end of a
corn crib bu bus Just built which will hold
15,000 bushels of corn. Mr. Klcu came to
Buffalo county ton yours 111:0 , und the second
yuar utter put in bOO acres of wheat. It did
not pay ns well as some ether crops nnd since
then hu lias given u great deal of attention to
flax. Last voar hu bad In 500 acrui and
VdUed ubout nlno bushels of seed to the ucro.
Ho also hud JJO.J ucros of corn lust year uuil
has now on bund , ufter feuding ull winter
uinl putting in tills season's crop , OJO buslmls
ol nice , bright , yellow corn growing nnd t00 !
acres of small grain. Ho is u linn believer
In listing corn , us bo gets butter results tak
ing ono year with another. Hu suys :
"U hero farmers Imvo lost inouoy In this
county and nio still losing U , is by speculat
ing nnd going In dobt. They HOD lund in
creasing In vulue uud buy morn than they
can take caroof with the expectation of soil
ing ut an advanced prlcu. As soon in they
do this they cuatu to bu farmers strictly und
lieuomu speculators , and tben if they loio tlio
country is to bluiuu for it. " Ho bus u small
upplo and pear orchard and bolleves that
whore u niMij ( rivds proper lima to It fruit
raising wi do well hero. Laad around him
, s huld at $ JO per ucro. Thu fertility of thu
neil is unlimited , uud after ruining flax for
nlnu aucouislvu seusons it scums to bo just as
rich und productive us ovur.
O. D. Brink camu to Kearney eight years
ago und nuw owni und rents llvo farms In
different parts of the county. Last year ono
of his farms of 110 uoroi , on n valuation of
$50 per ucro , paid him for uno-tblrd of tbu
crop which ho got , 10 JI-10 pur cent , ufter
laying bis taxes und ull expense * . In runt-
ng furuis thu usual custom is for tbu router
to got two-thirds aud tbu owner ouo-tbird of
the crop. The renter ntso bos his garden
patch which the owner does not tnito into
consideration.
Hon. A , ( } . Scott said : "I bavo n quarto
suction vnluod nt $5,000 , nnd In.-tt year my
third of the crop paid mo 14 ,10r cent on the
Investment. I never nnd nnythlng in Iho
stnto tbat has paid mo n bolter Dorcontagooi
the investment than my farm. "
P. F. H. Sctinrs , ox-sheriff of Buffalo
county , has been bore thlrtoon years , nnd hn
480 ncros nround tils homo near Prnlrlo Con
tcr , of which 400 ncrcs nro under cultivation
Ho snys } "There Is no reason on o.irth whv n
farm in Buffalo county won't pay it It Is
tnkon care of. List year wns but n trlllo better
tor than nn nvorao year , nnd I think It wll
bo bettor this year than last , Ono gren
trotiblo U the class of men who fnrm. Ono
class hang nround saloon * nnd never work
and nnlohor class como hero with nothing to
start with , and never farmed before , nnd bo
cau o they don't got rich right away tbov go
tllsgustod with the country und say nil tnoj
can ngalnst It. This year I expect to go
twenty bushels of wheat , forty-Hvo bushels
ol corn , thlrty-rivo bushels of oarloy and lift ;
bushels of oats to the aero. Last year t bin
n plooo of oats thatwontsovonty bushels , um
1 got 317 bushels of llnx from eighteen ncros
Have n small orchard of apples , cborrlos ntu
plums , but this country Isn't fnlrly oponei
up for fruit yet. There Is n grout denl of now
land being broken this yoar. F. Y. Robert
souls breaking 400 ncros ; John Brady , 400
John Hoc , " 00 , and many ether smaller
tracts. "
Alu-itys u Sure Thing to Count On ,
William J. Smith of Sbolton sallied on his
homestead In I87J , nnd now has 100 ncros
under cultivation , with good housu , barn um
outbuildings , und no Inciimbranco
"Nuvur saw soil moro productive- ; cat
usually depend on forty bushels of
eau per acre nnd about thu sumo for corn
don't try to raise much wheat , nnd never
could make much money raising stook. "
Sheriff Nuttor came to this county thirtj
veurs ngo nnd settled in Sbolton township.
Ho wns u successful fnrmor until olootod to
olllco Inst full , nnd snvs 'ahnro Is no question
out what farming will pay ns well huro ns
unywhoro In the United States. Buffalo
county Is ns coed ns any county north o
the Piatlo rlvor , and 1 don't know of any
bettor south of U. "
LynmnCary came to this county from lowi
six years ago nnd bus 1,240 acres in Schneider
township ; 700 ucros uro under cultivation.
"Novcr bothered with bull nor seriously b.\
drouth ; not nt all except two years ngo. The
crops nre almost absolutely certain , nnd wo
always count on forty bushels of corn ,
oii ; lit con bushels of wheat , thirty-five bush
els of oats , and ono year I raised twenty-live
bushels of rye to the ncro. Last year it went
u llttlo bolter und 1 got tB3l ) busbols of rye
from llfty acres. 1 Iced u great many cattle
and sch llttlo or no grain. 1 consider Ibis n
fair fruit country. "
George Wltmerof Elm Creek settled on bis
place ton years ago and now hns UOO ncros
under cultivation. "Land is worth $ , > 0 per
ncro and is Just ns good land as can bo found
unywhoro. If u man can make money any
where on a furm no can muko It in Elm
Creek township. Smull fruit does very well
but trees seem lo bo short-lived. "
Nntlmn Campbell of Kearney cumo to Buf
falo county in 1872 nnd 1ms funned ever
since ; hns now Hvo farms covering in nil two
sections of land. "Corn and oats have nvor-
uied forty to forty-live bushels to the ucro
each , and wheat eighteen. Winter wheat does
well some years , but , " snys Mr. Campbell ,
"tho two years I tried it , it dried right out.
Potatoes yield from 150 to 20J bushels per
ucro. Ilnndlo considerable stock nnd never
sold n bushel of corn in my life. Always
feed it. Have raised as high as 4,000 bushels
of wheat and 10,000 bushels of grain In ono
year from 500 ucros. Have 110 acres of low
land near tbo river in tame grass timothy
nnd rod lop and it does first rate. Have
raised n great many bops but was never
troubled with cholera. The best remedy 1
know for hog cholera is to feed thorn plofity
of raw potatoes nnd coal nsbns. Ilavo tried
raising fruit snmo , but do not consider it n
sura crop. In routing my farms I usually
get ouo-thlrd the crop ; cash rout Is $2 nor
acre. 1 farmed for n number of years in
Wayne county. Now York , but can make
more inonoy off of the same number of acres
hero thuu I can there nnd with less labor.
Never had a mortgage against ono of my
places. "
Alter TMimty Years' Importance.
H. J. Allen settled In Sbolton township In
1872. Has 2.0 acres of which 180 are under
plow ; the balance Is pasture land. "Tuino
pasture does very well. Land is worth from
$30 to f 10 per ucro. Some Is hold much
higher. Tbero Is quito a coed deal of fruit
all nround mu and ( lees well. Hnd ono hall
storm nbout ten years ago. Two years ago ,
whnn It was so dry , 1 piowod deep and got
thirty-five bushels to the acre ; pticus being
high I made us much tbutycar us I do in an
uvurugo yuar. Am qulto a believer In deep
plowing and thorough cultivation ; the land
seems lo ihrivo under it. There hnvo boon
no other partial failures in tbo past sixteen
yenrs. 1 have good improvements on my
plaro , never had a niortgagw against It nnd
Know of a good many others in the township
In similar circumstances. Many of them
cnmo huro In un early duy without n dollar. "
Brand Cole came to tbu stale in 1S5I und
settled near Plattsmouth without a dollar.
As the country has settled up ho bus kepi
buying further west. A short lime ago no
bought tbo section of land known as section
25 , In township U , ran no 15 , nnd paid for it.
Ho would not oven lot the llnal payment , duo
Iho railroad company and drawing only 0 per
cent interest stand ngnlnst the tract. Ho has
made every dollar of his monov farming.
Herman Holier , who owns throe-fourths of
section 4 , in township 10 , rnngoin , came hero
n poor man and now owns this land , well im
proved , and n line lot of stock ! raa from all
incumbr.uicas. Hu originally owned only
half tlio section , but madii enough nut of Unit
to buy tbo ihlrd quarlor and pay off a mort
gage that wus uuainst it. Hu now has inonoy
in Ibu bank and bis last year's crop in ibu
bin.
bin.T.
T. J. Parrlsb came lo Buffalo counly in
1874. Ho now owns 4SO ucru * in Ulverdiilu
township nnd 1,010 ncros in Sarlorlu town
ship near Iho northwest corner of iho counly.
On Ills Klverdulo farm bo has 'J25 acres under
cultivation nnd his nvurago yluld is fifty
bushels each of corn nnd oats lo Iho acre ;
doesn't raise nny wheat. Has 100 bond of
cattle , all Hereford's or Jerseys. Tbo Hero-
lords hu feeds und .ships , tbo Joruys bo
loops for dnlrying purposes. Hus rulsud u
front many bogs und ulwavs with good suc-
cnss. Haw land is worth about $20 and iin-
proved land from $ . ' 15 to $10 pur ucro. In Snr-
torla township bo has ' . ' 50 ucros under culti
vation und his oat nnd corn crop for the past
Inn voari bus nvorasod sixty bushels each
per ucro. lUw lund In Ibis township is worth
§ 10 par aero and improved places will average
ago nbout $20. Ho bus ; < 50 line looking beef
steers on this farm and last year raised 250
bogs. Ho never sells any corn , but foods it
alt to bis stock. Fruit has not yet boon tried
to any extent In this township. Ho has
good houses , outbuildings , wind mills and
fences around his farms , nnd say a "If furm-
on would diversify their crops moro they
would bnvo bettor success. They rniso u
great orop of corn und nothing else , and
Qurso becuuso they don't ' gut n good pnoo for
It. or they rulsu moslly of just one ihlng und
If il fulls or tbora Is no mar Hot for it , they
lose. And then , if they try stock raising ,
Ihey got thu common grade nnd moot with
no bettor succor. It don't cott any morj to
isoop ngood unimul thuu u poor onu , und
.lioro U u good dual moro In it. A fuw duys
ngo 1 sold u Jursuy cow for $15 , when if it hud
juon u common grade animal , $18 Is nil I
cnuld bavu got for bur. If I had a small
> lauu I should raise wheat , but now I run
nto ether channels. For sovorul years 1 was
n the hardware buslnuas and there Is no
luostlon but what , on the amount invested ,
'arming ' pays n much bolter intoro.it on Ibu
nonuy thin it dooi invested In other busl-
1USS. "
I'mi' 1'rnlt funning.
I. Hurtborn came lo this county seventeen
ears ngo und bus paid a grout dual of utton-
ion to frdlt raising , Hu says : "Thn bust
'urlotios of upplo for ibis country uro the
leu Davn ! , winosnp , gonntln , ( Missouri
ilppln , Wulbrldgo , woiiHIiy. snow , Ducboss
of Oldonourg , Cooper's early whltound Colo's
in IP co , allbouut ) olhor varlolloi do very well.
L'ho Hyslop , Whitney No. 20 and Martha
crabs h'uvo given good sutufuotion. Plums
are quito hardy , especially ihu wild geese ,
orost garden , Du Sola und Minor nro ull
oiled varlotios. The Hussln uprlcot ls u
very promising fruit. I raised u nlco lot
of pears lust your uud think thuy will do
rcu3onu1 > ly well In IhU county. In grupos ,
ho Concord ntuuds ul tlio hcud
> ut the warden , n soeuilni : of tbo Concord ,
ha Elvira , u light colored variety nnd
ilooro'a early do very woll. All loading vurl-
olios of red und white currants do well. Tba
lougbton und Downing gooseberries as well
as ull kinds of ruipborrlus and blueUlurrlo.s
'leld plentifully. Lust year I ruUod us line
i Lucrotlu dewberry us I ever saw. Homy of
bo berries were two inclioi long and us
largo us the end of my thumb , Chorrlo * nn
immense. All stnndnrJ varieties , especially
Iho early Richmond , do very well , I hnd
plumi on my trees last your thnt I plnuU-d
three vonrs ngo. I follow D. B. Wler's svs. .
torn of planting plums , nnd that Is , three or J
four of ono variety nnd then thrco or four of
another , and so on. I hnvo nn orchard nnd
mirserv of nbout twenty ncros , anil this year
everything promises woll. Tbo greatest
trouble has boon that too many trees have
been shipped hero from the east which wora
simply culls when they cnmo hero , ami others f
nra dnmaircd In iransiu Sotno farmers take J
cure of their trees , but tbo majority don't Jf
glvo tbom nny pnro whatever. They Imvo sc . *
much else on their hands thnt they ilou'V ,
take cnro of their trees nnd If the trees don't
do well iho trouble , in their opinion , Is in tin
country. Strawberries do grandly , nnd
there Is no reason why n person with n plot
of ground two lods square can't have all tin
strawberries they want If they talto nny care
of thorn nl nil. "
Mr. George S. Keck of George S. Kock A
Co. , among the Inreest and most extensive
fanners In Buffalo county , snys : "Whlla
tbo spring has not boon such ns would lend
ono to believe thnt our corn crop will bo as
heavy ns it would have been had wo oxporl-
onccd n warmer nnd earlier spring , novortbo
loss , there Is nothing to lead one U
bellevn wo will not bnvo nn abundant crop ol
small grain nnd u corn yield equal to If nol
nbovo our general nvorngo. The pnst two
weeks bnvo been very favorable for corn ,
and with llio exception of the very earliest
planted corn Is now showing nicely. From g
tbu present prospects our small grain crop in
this county will bo enormous , equal to , if not
surpassing , our lust year's crop , which wns
tbo record breaker. Buffalo county , nnd es
pecially that portion of it lintmulluloly tribu
tary lo Kearney , is experiencing u Inrgor
opoiing of now lands thnn I bnvo soon before
in iho six years I buvo bcon in this county.
The Kearney cold storage , commission and
seed companies have placed ever 2,000 bush ,
ols of Ilax seed this sprliuull of which Is
being planted upon ground broken this voar ,
This probably Is not ever onu-tblrd of ttu
new land broken in Buffalo counlv Ibis
spring , nnd it is snfo to suy thnt sod crops
will wnvo this full on 10.000 ncros of Innd
whore lasl yoat prnlrio grass nodded in tin
wind.
WlntorVliiut Milken tliVUu Om-s Wonder.
"We bnvo now In crop nearly 1,000 ncros
of land in Odessa nnd Ulvonlnlo townships
nnd were foolhardy enough last year lo pluco
out 250 ncrcs of winter wheat , u crop hereto
fore unknown and untried In Buffalo counly.
The wlso men nnd prophets in lown nnd in
the country shook Ibeir beads nnd snld 11 ibis
firm know moro uboul funnlnc Ihoy would
not huvu been so rush. But time works many
changes nnd now tlio scenes bavo shifted
nnd in place of ull thalncroacu frozen out and
blown out , as they prophuslud , there stands
toduy a Hold of wheat that would gladden
the oyu of any farmer seeing It. Fur ono
milo It strotchus away , nnd the bonds Just
beginning lo appear show Unit unless some
accident occurs It will bo nn enormous crop.
Tbu bends ns tboy now uro run from Hvo to
cighl Inches In length , nud ono nlant'lnkun
from the Held within thu last fo-.v days
showed twenty-one heads , being the growth
of a single grain planted last October. From
all prospects this will bu Iho gruatuH yield
ot wheat over known in Buffulo county , and
it will all bo thteshod direct from the .shock
uud sackud from tbo machine. From thu interest
torost tnkon in this crop among thu farming
community around Kearney , llioro is no
question but what every busbol will bo sold
for seed Ibis full nnd planted in Buffulo
counly. A winter wheat crop grown by
every farmer in this counly , yielding what
Ibis crop promises , will increase the valua
tion of Buffulo county $10 pur ncroit ; being
buyout ! dispute that n winter wheat crop
coming to successful fruition will yield from
ton to Jlfteon busbols per aero moro than Iho
spiing wheat , and tbo advantage derived
from Ibul increased yield , and tbo conven
ience of both planting nnd harvesting the
winlor wheat crop , will certainly raise the
value of land In this county $10 par aero.
Buffulo county never looked fnlrer than sha
docs today and It mny bo said about bar as n
celebrated ill vine once said ubout Ibo straw
berry , 'That God might bo able to
uiakn a fairer ono , but ho certainly
never bud done so. ' Stock of nil
kinds bus wmtorod well nnd is now rapidly
gaining in woighl upon Ihngras.i. This yuan
promises to bu n banner ono for this county.
\Vo buvo now upon our pastures fiOO bead of
cattle of different ages and their condition
when last seen by mo verities thu statement
us lo Ihu condition of the stock. "
In addition to tbo above Hon. J. L. Keck
says : "A few yenrs ago I bought n section
of land for $8 per ucro. ' 1 nuro are 410 ncros
of It under cultivation nnd lust year's crop
paid for tno land , cost of planting , ana ul
tnxos nnd Interest. "
But reports similar to tbo above could bo
quoted without end. If n person doubts it ,
or wants n furm , lot him "como and sou. '
"Seeing is believing. "
WUUUBUKVb S-AUIML MJAP
, .
The result of so yean * oxnorluiiro la
ingbklniliBOtidDii l'or , ih'bjlrur.
or rtuitt by mall for Or. ( NamjJi
mul 1 46 p l o Imok on Dec-
IlhiHlnittiilnnSklii Scalp nouiMinl
Blood DlNenxoA AUo IMifljuruim nt
llkn UlrthiiiArki , il. ' ! < , \ \ HMO , In.lta .
Ink an < l I'nuiler lUika , Hram. I'll
tlngi , } U > turt * f MIM * HuH ) > rllnnui
llAlrtrinii > l , PitrlilIolopttirtitclc
CoVBulfiduu frrn nt Rlrf or by Idler.
JOHN H. WOOD8URY , D. I. , 125 W. 42d St . New York City.
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DR. SNYDER ,
THS SUCCESSFUL OUESITV SPECIALIST
Mrs. Etta llulllcan , licjorr nnd altirr treatuicut liy
Uf. Snyilur
An It well known , lo n Inruo iiumlior of on
frluniN m * lnvn buitn unilor tliu trcntuit'nt of 1)1 )
O.V K. < n-lcrthuculolnitiilniH'chillstof Clilcitfl
Incut ) HI 181li of Jtinunry , I SI. , for olmilty niiu
very ur/illfyliiK results , tlio following atutomuii
of HolKlit nntl ma.iHiiremonU hufuru nnd iifturMU
dnyn' trculincnt will oliuw :
Iloforo. After. Iou
U'elxht.ll'i puundJi. . 27U pimndi . . . . ffl joini'll '
riic-Bt. . Mk IncliuH. . . 4 < liifhua \Hf \ Incliui
iVulat d > % Incliei , . 4r > Inclius l&H , Incliui
Illpi. . . < a liicliua. . . I'l Intiliua W Inclioi
"All the time wo liuro iillomlod to our rrfrulai
lUBlnois , KutTuruil no Inconronlonoo whntovvr nml
mrobocu Improving ovury day. Wo would mlrliK
nlllll aletud with oboult/ wrjto to lit Knydur.Vu
will bo plnntud to uniwor nil lutton of Inqulrf
wlioro stamp Is Inclosud , " Klcu I.nlcoVli ( ) Tliuoi ,
April 1 , IW5.
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