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BOY IN IOWA, MAN IN IDAHO
Short Story of the Difference the
Location Makes.
TICKETS
HOW RAY E. BKOWN HAS WON OUT
Cashier of a Thrlvlna Bank at 2.1.
will a Commanding Posltlan In
HI Town and ttrowlnsr
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THE OMAITA BEIv. APRIL 24. 1010.
FILER, Idaho, April IS (Fpcll Com
pondenca of The Bee.)-Thla entire state
Is one series of surprises. One after an
other; the succession of pictures In a hlo
graph show. Here at Filer, for example,
I an Iowa boy holding- down a cashier's
Job In an 15,000 hank.
Back home h'-'d hn In school, yet. prob
ably westPng with the Intricacies of Eu
clid, but In school, all the same. Here In
Idaho, no great are the opportunities fnr
the young man that h U not only the
cashier of the bank, but In the largrst In
dividual stoekhoder In It: la the leading
man of the town; everybody la glad he la
there, has the only bunk. In married 10 an
Iowa girl, and is planning to put up a
tlS.000 bank building, major portion of
which la rented already, before a stick or
atone or a Jirlrk ha been bought for It.
Ray E. Brown was born at Orient, la.,
in 1887, which makes him "a little lex than
13 yeara old. Ordinarily he'd be playing
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Cashier Filer ptute Bunk.
town ball on the back lota. v But he's not
that aort of a boy. Ile a running- a bank,
a home and a town. He's too busy putting
up that building Which one man told In
confidence will pay at least 15 per cent
net on the Inveatment. Ile a Belling stock
'in that building to the merchants in the
town and before he gala through with It
that building will have Interested In its
construction every "live wire" In this
place.
Bora on aa Iowa Farm.
Brown wan raised on an Iowa farm. His
father waa Frank D. Brown,-well known
around Orient and fairly well known all
ver Iowa. The father's precept and prac
tice la to "be square." And this he taught
hi son so well and so thoroughly that
young Brown has a definitely honest way
of doing business that Inspires as much re
spect out here In Idaho as the old man's
way 'of looking after things haa Inspired
In Iowa.
t In January. 1907, young Brown married
Miss Edith Bcavercomb, the daughter of a
I farmer, also living at Orient. He was then
j 10 years of age and a year later came to
I Idaho, where he went Into the Filer State
bank as teller, entering on his duties there
In August. In December, 1909, a year and
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MRS. It. K Brown.
a half later, ho became cashier of the
bank, a position he has he.d with dignity
and aucotss ever since.
Bank la Growing.
The bank began with a capital of tlO.OOO,
and ao aucceaafully haa Mr. Brown con
ducted Ha affairs that at the present time
It has over 170.000 In depoalta with a 15.000
aurplua. And thla after only two years In
business. It will take an eastern banker
about two minutes to have this fact soak
In: Thla la a profitable Institution. It is
making money. But It Isn't making half
the money It wilt make, because Filer la
growing. It la located In the center of
the Twin Falls tract, the greatest area of
Irrigated lands In America, or In the
world. It Is acknowledged to be the beat
farming aoll In the entire state of Idaho
a land of eunahine, alfalfa and big red ap
plea, which sell on the Omaha markets as
high as 3 per box, or about one-third of
a barrel. When the farmers get busy with
that SSO.000 acre of the best land on earth
and the railroada and other afford the f
clllUee that Filer has now and which will
be developed, then the town will be of
Some site. There will be mora business
houses, and more money. And Brown la
the first man en the ground.
The result of hi foresight, earnestness.
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It is the NEW TOWN IN IDAHO where the most
money is made. NEW TOWNS GROW AND PROP
ERTY VALUES INCREASE, so that an investment made
in a new town is sure to return many fold. Filer is one of
the newest towns on the famous Twin Falls Tract of the
Carey Act Segregation. Located in the center of the fam
ous TWIN FALLS TRACT Filer is now and will increase
in importance as one of the most important places in
Southern Idaho. Just now opportunities are many, easy
to grasp and hold on to; cheap to get into if you are on
the ground. WE WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT
FILER; WANT YOU TO KNOW OF THE CHANCES
FOR YOUNG MEN, AND OLD, in this splendid little
city of a country so new that the values here at Filer have
easily doubled every year for the past four years. YOU
CAN DOUBLE YOUR MONEY AT FILER. You are
sure of the amount you put in; sure of the amount you can
take out; sure, ahvavs sure of the future; which is the
best thing after all. 'MONEY GROWS ANYWHERE IX
SOUTHERN IDAHO; BUT BEST OF ALL, MOST RAP
IDLY OF ALL, AT FILER', on the famous Twin Falls
Tract, the largest irrigation project in the world. Write
for the FREE LETTER OF INFORMATION; GET THE
LIST OF PROPERTY NOW FOR SALE HERE, find out
all about Idaho and Filer before vou come. We ARE
GLAD TO TELL YOU. WRITE RIGHT NOW. TODAY.
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Located in the center of
the Twin Falls Tract of the
South Side Irrigation Pro
ject, Filer is the central
trading point of almost A
QUARTER MILLION
ACRES OF LAND; the
largest irrigation project
in the known world. This
land is now all taken up so
that the investor coming to
this city to put money into
enterprise, real estate, or
investments, is coming to
an assured and established
city. Filer is midway be
tween Twin Falls, Idaho,
one of the best known cit
ies in the west and the
third largest eity in, Idaho;
and Buhl, a busy little
market town. These cities
have grown and in each of
them fortunes have been
made by and because of
the very things that MUST
MAKE FILER ONE OF
THE LARGEST AND
BUSIEST CITIES IN
THE STATE OF IDAHO.
Certain of results and of
returns, the fanner, bank
er, capitalist, who comes to
this city DOES NOT
TAKE A CHANCE with
Fate. He is sure of the
return of his money long
before he invests it. Es
tablished less than two
years ago Filernow has not
much more than oOO peo
ple; its growth is health-
Bank is a splendid institu
tion and is planning the
erection of a $'H),000 build
ing. An elevator and mill
ing company is erected and
doing a good business with
Double Your Money
It la not a difficult matter to SHOW YOU HOW YOU
CAN DOUBLE YOUR MONEY IN IDAHO. Here Is a town
of 500 people; it is surrounded by 25,000 acree of land
which never had a plow stuck Into it till two or three years
ago. The land produces for the settlers. The more set
tlers, the more town; the more town, the greater the value
of the land. TO BUY NOW WHILE IT'S CHEAP; sell later,
if you want to at the high price. WE CAN SHOW YOU
HOW TO DOUBLE YOUR MONEY IN FILER. WRITE TO
DAY. IT'S FREE,
Hotel Wanted
Three general merchandise stores, one hardware store,
one grocery store, two large lumber yards, two drug stores,
two livery men, one bank, one specialty store, one candy
store, and other heedful and necessary mercantile insti
tutions of the city bring a good amount of Commercial trade
to the city. Land seekers, settlers, and other travelers
would make a first clasB hotel a paying institution from the
beginning. We want a good hotel. We WANT A OOOD
HOTEL MAN TO TALK TO US ABOUT ESTABLISHING A
HOTEL HERE. If the right man talks in the right way and
can show' us what he means to do and how he means to do
it then we WILL GIVE HIM TWO COTS UPON WHICH TO
BUILD HIS HOTEL FREE OF ALL COST. We don't want
a La Salle, or a Hotel Baltimore, but we do want a GOOD,
FIRST-CLASS COUNTRY HOTEL, well kept, run right, and
at reasonable rates. We will help a man who can give us
Buch a hotel a good start. Write to us today. Write right
now.
deep, supplying pure ar
tesian water. A school
building which cost almost
$20,000 is erected, finished
and occupied. It will have
to be enlarged next year.
Electric power which
serves the people 24 hours
each day, electric lights on
the street; parked thor
oughfare s, L o d g e s,
Churches, Theater, and all
the conveniences of an
eastern city twice its size,
Filer is "the one best bet"
of all the cities of Southern
Idaho. The point is this:
Ask for information. We
can tell you more in a let
ter than we can in an ad
vertisement. Drop us a
card; say that you, are in
terested in Filer and in the
West; say that you would
like to double your money.
Then we can take up the
points that you want to
know about, can iuforin
you. Write to us today. It
costs nothing. And while
Filer, Idaho, needs vou;
you, of wherever you are,
need Filer, Idaho. And
you do NEED FILKR.
Write today.
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ful and steady. The town
is surrounded by the finest
acreage of all of the quar
ter million acres of the
Twin Falls Irrigation
Tract. The Filer State
those farmers who were
fortunate to come to the
Tract early and whose
lands are now producing.
The town water is supplied
bv a well over 500 feet
7 Guaranteed
This is a new country; we have hundreds of families
here from Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. They are accus
tomed to the comforts of life which they enjoyed in the
older settled cities of the Middle West; their former homes.
The result is that THEY NEED MONEY FOR THEIR
HOMES, SEEDS, TREES, TO CLEAR THEIR LANDS,
FENCE AND PREPARE'' IT FOR THE CROPS. The
consequence is that there is a demand for more money than
we have and we CAN ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE YOU
SEVEN PER CENT NET FOR ALL YOU HAVE.
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Look here! We have told you that we want you to come to
Filer. We hare told you that we want you to ask us about Filer.
A little information never did any one any harm. We have told you
thrt we can double any Investment you make here tuid we have told
you that we can guarantee you a net income of 7 per cent for your
Savings Bank money. Now vou write to The Filer State Hank and
ak about us. Ask if what we have said in this advertisement is
true'. And we have told you that we want a hotel man with a little
capital who can put in a nice little hotel without any fuss or feath
ers, but a hotel to suit the needs of the town; a hotel that will keep
abreast of the town. Now if this doesn't interest you, paes it along,
won't you? We'd do It for you. Write to us. And if you don't
want what we have some friend of yours may.
MI
IFILJEIR,
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Q Filer Commercial Club.
Twin IFall County, IDAHO
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Industry and honesty la that he will hav
the blgsaftt bank In this section of the
country. He la on the road to win and he
will win.
0iporanltlea la tho West.
I believe that any young man that
comes to the west will succee.l," aald M-.
Brown. "The difficulty out here la not In
finding an opportunity, but In keeping an
opportunity out of your way ao you won't
stumble over It. A young man wants a
little money; and a very little will eeo him
through. We are all lowans, Nebraskana
or Kansans out here and we won't see a
fellow from home 'fall down' If ha has any
good In him at all. The land la cheap;
there la a great deal of It; It can be had
on very easy terms, and a farmer atands a
better show of making things go than most
anybody. There are close cash markets.
The mlnrs afford a quick, cheap, outlet
for everything you can raise, and generally
speaking, I think that Horace Greelny'a ad
vice la better today than It ever waa. 'Go
weat, young man,' ought to be said again
by another man big enough to have every
body hear It. I am very glpd that The Bee
haa aeen this opportunity to make this ef
fort In the right direction.
"I get my Sunday Bee here Monday
night and that makes ma feel tbat I am
pretty close to Omaba and Iowa. I be
lieve that The Bee ran do a great, big
work In pointing out trese opportunities to
the younger men of Nebraska and its uls
ter states. And you can gay that we are
glad to see all the boys ocme and that we
will lend them a helping hand when they
get here.
Km Place far a Loafer.
"They rust have some money; grit, na
tive eenee, and hustle and Industry. The
west la no place for a laay man and he
won't succeed here any faater than he gets
aUng at other places.
What we reed most of all Is men with
money; cash la what Is wanted to lend to
the families comlrur here to make a new
start. Their security Is alwaya good; they
are willing to work and to make good, but
thev need the money for seed, trees, home
bullolng and temporary necessities while
the trees are growing.
"If you know anybody with money at
low rates of Interest In Omaha you may
send them here. He can double his money
right here In Idaho while he holds the best
security that was ever put tip."
And so talks a boy of 13, cashier of the
Filer State bank, with a home, a business
and a reputation In his town second to no
man's.
THRIFTY BRITONS
SEEK HOMES HERE
(Continued from rage One.)
AdvertuM la The Uea arid keep busy
gatea from Franca, Germany, Austria,
Russia, the United States, Holland, Bel
glum. RoumVnla and other countries. A
number of well known people were among
the English delegates. Including the ohlet
rabbi. Lady Rothschild, the countess dow
ager of Desart, Lady Battersea, Lady
Cohen, Lady Fandell-Phllllps, the Hon.
Mrs. Kllotv Torke, Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Muntefiore, Mrs. Blechoffshelm, Lady
Samuel, Lord Swaythllng, Mr. Israel Zang-
will and many others. Altogether the
gathering waa one of the most representa
tive sten Id lxmdon for many years. And
the steps taken. It is confidently believed
will have a marked effect In stopping the
awful traffic In young girls.
Redaction la Drink BUI.
The temperance people of the Vnlted
Kingdom are congraultlng themselves and
the empire on a smart reduction In the an
nual drink bill. -
Mr. a. B. Wilson, secretary nf the
I'nlted Kingdom alllanoe. has Just made h'a
annual estimate. Having considered tiie
effect of Increased duties and price, he
saya: "I estimate the total expenditure of
the United Kingdom on alcoholic lluuors
during 1910 at 9776,812,425, as compared with
IM6.3(2,410 In 1
"There has, therefore, been a decrease
In expenditure of tJ.4S.8ri. If there had
been no Increase In prices the reduction In
the total expenditure would have been M.
7Sy.98S. "In 190B th average expenditure per head
was $17.25, and per family of flvo persons
$J6 2t. Theee figures are, of course, no real
Indication of what was spent by the adult
population which actually consumed the
liquor. It la estimated that thla class num
bers about 66 per cent of the tola! popula
tion, so that on this basis the per capita
expenditure Is approximately 11. 2ft per
person.
"Three special causes have hern In
operation during 1909 to reduce the con
sumption nf alcnlujllc liquors. The dimin
ishing consumption, though to some ex
tent attributable to the recent depression
In tiade. is principally the remilt of a con
tinuous change In the habits of the peo
ple. The third cause is the Increased price
of spirits, which haa been the chief factor
In causing the enormous reduction of over
7,0oi.00u gallons In the quantity of spirits
consumd."
Rao prejudice exiels la England, Just
as II dors In the United btates. For in
stance: One of the candidates for the po
sition of houve surgeon at the Norm Cam
bridgeshire hospital at Wisbech was an
Afrlcun, and It waa concluded he waa
white, but to the astonishment of the com
mittee, on his arrival they found blm to
be quite black. He had good testimonials,
but failed to secure the berth.
GIRLS PUT UP GREAT
JOKE ON THE GOVERNMENT
I'relrod that They Are l.osl, bat Are
Found Before Marh Dainaae
is Done.
CAICl'TTA. April 23. (Special Dispatch
to The I'.ee.) The British military author
ities are fuming over a practical Joke
perpetrated recently, which threatened rl
ous consequences. '
The stury goes that about a month ago
the daughter of a well known lieutenant
governor, about 20 years of age, accom
panied ly two girl friends, was on a visit
to friends on the northwest frontier, and
one day went to All MasJld, a fort near
the mouth of the Khalber Tasa.
From thuie the three ladles sent a tel
egram to General Wodehousa, aa It were
from a responsible offic er. r. i-lnriioj that
they had gone out into the nUml cnuiitiy
and hud not returned, (ireat anxi.-ty hud
been felt, and he concluded by saying that
he found it very difficult to restrain the
garrison from turning out en inasi-o to
lescue the girls from their peril.
The news, nf course, waa bent on at once .
from the general's headquarters to "Cal
cutta, where It created the intetihei-t ex
citement In the highest quarters. The Tither
of the enterprising damsel and the com
mander-ln-ehlef spent several houis In de
liberation and In hastening from Fort Wil
liam to Govern men t house, and from tv.
eminent house back to Fort Wllllutn.
If the girls did nnt retum a foice woum
have to be sent out after them, ami If a
force were sent Into the trilial country,
however Innocent the Intention, It m I m h t t"l
half a dosen suspicious tribes In artiiH.
And an engagement might lead to u lK
frontier campaign, which In turn might
causa a rupture with a now well mined
Afghanistan. The anxiety, therefore, was
fully Justified by the apparent .
the situation.
It is said tnai it a n " " "
hours after the fateful meisaso had HI
Calcutta that it was i.'ovii(d Unit ti,,
military organization Jf an tmpu l i rj
been saocklngly hoaxeL