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How the Tractor Put Fremont on the World's Map
RKMONT! Why, that la wher
th hi tractor meets art
held:'" This l the exclamatlou
that now grvrU almost an?
mention ot tha city of Fre
mont. All over the T'nltcd
Plates, whirever you meet any man plio
know the meanin of the void tra' tor,
ou will find that It la close'y associate
In Ms mind with th word Tremont. In
the mind of the limiVmont intn tnd
others who ra Interested In farm ma
thlnery the two wo; H are jirvtlcally
synonymous. Aa soon a they hear you
ay "tractor" they tVn" oC Fre-nont.
and the name if Frenunt now rreana the
bis tractor demonstrall ma to triem.
Even before the National rower Farm
ing demonstrations were held there, Fre
mont had an enviable reputation through
out the stain of JSuhraiik t. E'ery one
who had heard of Frtimont knew that
U was one of the mo beautiful snd
pleasant places In Nebraska in which to
live and a good town In uhlili to do busi
ness. The only thing that was nectisxury
to place Fremont on the world's mop
was to spread It good reputation.
The tlrst step came when Mayor WoU
and other prominent Fremont citlaena
started adverUsing the city aa a Lincoln
highway town. As soon as tho coast-to-coast
tourists got to speeding through
Fremont they began to spread the good
reputation It had already gnined. Tho
g-ueets at the earlier tractor demonstra
tions took up the good work, until now
the name of Fremont Is known In the
far corners of the earth.
At the first power farming demonstra
tion Frof. Otorge K. Condra of the Ne
braska conservation and soil survey had
his moving picture man there aud took
tome excelleut pictures of the big ma
chines at work. Lat year he had them
there ugaln. These pictures were) dis
played aX scores of county fairs through
out the state and at the Nebraska state
fair, and attracted a great deal of at
tention and comment-
For the last three years the Illus
trated weeklies, the dally papers, Im
plement and machinery trado journals
and larm papers have welcomed theso
demonstrations as new material of In
terest to their readers and have feat
ured thern prominently In their columns,
-with numerous pictures. 1 icing the first
of their kind in this or any other coun
try, the Fremont demonstrations have
received an astonishing amount of pub
licity. Last winter a Nebraska man was trav
eling In 11 rax 11. Aa the train rolled along
Tie looked languidly out upon the land
scape, noting; the level plains) starred
with advcrtiblne hill boards, just as
' they are in this country. Suddenly he
was electrified to see the name of Fre
mont staring him in the face from one of
these bill boards. There, In big letters,
all along tho route, he saw advertise
ment after advertisement of a tractor,
with the , statement, "This machine at
tracted much attention at the Fremont
denionstratlou last summer.''
During the last winter the Scientlfio
American received a letter from Hol
land, requesting Information concerning
a tractor pictured in Its columns in the
write-up of the national power farming
demonstration at Fremont the preced
ing summer. Without doubt these re
ports of the demonstration were widely
read in European countries) and would
have elicited many such inquiries had
not the various countries been so occu
pied with tljo war that scientific agrl.
culture has met wth a temporary check,
V. K.- Deamukh, an agricultural en
gineer representing the Central India
Agricultural and Engineering associa
tion of Ehujatilpur, was a guest at the
11(11 demonstration. He had come all
the way from India to learn, in the
beit place possible for acquiring such
knowledge, what could bo learned about
the tractor. Ills association is an edu
cational one. seeking to acquire and dis
seminate among the people knowledge
of modern scientlfio methods of agri
culture in a country In which farming
U at present in a most primitive stage
ot. development. A study of modern
methods of agriculture is Incomplete un
less It includes a study of the tractor aa
power, and properly to pursue this
branch of study necessitates . a trip to
Fremont during the demonstrations.
One of tho tractors entered in the 131S
demonstration was sent to Fremont from
Cleveland, O., under Its own power.
The tractor, loaded with supplies, tore
among other signs, a big placard read
ing "Cleveland to Fremont," nnd the
outfit attracted much attention on the
country roads and was surrounded by
big crowds In every city, town and vil
lage through which it passed.
There was a time not many years ago
. when it was necessary to add "Ne
braska" when mentioning th9 town ot
Fremont. Otherwise some one might
think you :noant the Fremont In Ala
bama, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa. Kansas
Michigan, Missouri. New Hampshire,
North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Utah
or Wisconsin. Now no ono thinks of
ny of these Fremont when the word
Is spoken, except possibly people who
live In or close to one of them. Fre
mont suggests Nebraska at once, and
the big crowds, good times and pros
perity that attend the national power
farming demonstrations, and believe us,
Fremont is just the kind of town that
will take advantage of having been
Placed on the world's map and will keep
there from now on and make Itself felt
in the business world.
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Internal Combustion Traction Engines)
MANUFACTURER.
Aultman ft Taylor Machinery Co.
Avery company
Hker Manurac'turlng Co..
Bull Tractor Co.
Bullock Tractor Co.
Trie Penning Implement Motor Co.
Diamond Iron Works
Itauch Mnnufurtiirlng Co.
Ihiytorr-Dick Co.
Electric Wheel Co.
Bmcrson-Brantinghem Co.
Fairbanks, Morse ft Co.
0. W. Klllott Co.
Hart-Parr Co
Heiiier Manufacturing Co.
links Tractor Co
Holt Manufacturing Co.
Holmes Tractor Co.
Ruber Manufacturing Co.
Hume Manufacturing Co.
Imperial Machinery Co.
International Hsrvcster Corporation..
Jol et Oil Tractor Co.
Klnnard-Haines Co.
Kuhnert Ryde Co.
The lwter Tractor Co.
Mayer Bros. Munufacttirtne Co.
Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Co.
' Nevada Truck and Tractor Co.
Nichols ft Bheptrd Co. '
: Pioneer Tractor Co.
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Peoria Tractor Co.
Parrott Tractor Co.
ADDRESS.
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Peoria, 111.
Springfield, III.
Minneapolis, Alinn.
Chicago, III.
Cedar Rapids, la.
Minneapolis. Minn.
Pendtiaky, O.
Qulncy. 111.
gulncy, ill
Rockford, Ill-
Chicago. 111.
PeSmet, S. D.
Charlea City. I.
Carroll, la.
South Bend, Ind.
Stockton, CaL
Pt. Clinton, Ohio
Marlon, O.
Hume, III.
Mlnnespolla, Minn.
Chicago, 111..
Juliet. III.
Minneapolis, Minn.
Chicago, 111.
St. Mary'a Ohio
Mankato, Minn.
Minneapolis, Minn.
Nevada, la.
Battle Creek, Mich.
Winona, Minn,
IVorln, 111.
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The Russell at Co.
Samson Iron Works
Simplex Tractor Co.
Sweeney Tractor Co.
Strite Tractor Co.
St. Paul Machinery Mtg. Co.
United Traction Co.
Waterloo Qas Knglne Co.
Wallla Tractor Co
Racine. Wis.
La Porte, Ind.
Massillon, O.
Stockton. Cal.
Mlneapolla, Minn.
K annus City, Mo.
Minneapolis, Minn.
St. Paul, Minn.
Canton. 8. D.
W aterloo, la.
Racine, Wis.
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Or 28, SO and 36 face. Long; not wheels, but caterplller tracks
Fremont and the Railroads
TAND at the big union station
of the Union Pacifio and the
' Chicago & Northwestern rail
way systems at Fremont
There you get some Idea of
the importance of this city
from a railway standpoint. This ' is
largely the reason for Its many prosper
ous wholesale, Jobbing; and shipping
firms.
No other city of equal alze in the coun
try has such splendid railroad facilities.
Situated on the main transrentinental
line of the Union Pacific railway, it has
frequent and swift trains to all points
oast and west Fremont has twenty
trains a day to Omaha and there are
fourteen trains every day between Fre
mont and Chicago: twelve between Fre
mont and Kansas City; nine between Fre
mont and Denver and other Colorado
points; seven trains between Fremont
and Cheyenne, and ao on.
Ksery passenger train stopa at Fre
mont of course. Even the crack"
Overland Limited, extra-fare train- of
and out passenger trafflo of this com
munity of 40,000 soul Is enormous.
The Union Parlflo line la double
tracked to the west and to the east and
at the west It affords outlets for Fremont
shipments, and all others over the Ore
gon & Washington railroad, the Oregon
Short Line and the Southern Pacific sys
tem with their numerous branches.
Fremont la located also on the main line
of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad,
of which It la the big Nebraska center.
This Una covers North and South Da
kota and Wyoming and makea connec
tions at Superior, Kan., with the Hanta
the Union Pacific, stops there and the In
Fe system to the wide southwest. Fre
mont shippers and manufacturers are
covering this country through to the
roast.
The Chicago, Burlington Qulncy has
built through Fremont In more recent
years, Its new Ashland to Sioux City
connection with the Great Northern sys
tem running- through Fremont where It
also has a handsome passenger station
and freight depot This gives Fremont
direct shipping facilities to all points on
these two vast systems of railroad.
It Is an Inspiring sight' especially at
night, to see the mighty freight levia
thans of the rail rnortliut and chugging
and rumbling out over the Union Pacifio
line, "double-headers" many of them,
pulling a hundred cars. And the great
passenger trains of twelve to eighteen
cars, coming In, pausing for a moment
lmpatlontly and then disappearing wlftly
along that S.OOO-mlle highway!
The freight butlnees of Fremont itself
amounted, In the year 1914, to 12,797 whole
Carloads, this nelng In addition to the
leaa-tlian-carload shipments, which alone
came to 76,206,266 pound a
Among the outgoing carload shipments
were 1.2&6 care of wheat 401 cars rf
com, 396 of grain products, 116 of live
stock arid 2,243 miscellaneous.
The Incoming cars lncludod 261 of lum
ber, 212 of cement 2.271 of grain, 1.0)
of ooal, eighty-two of live stock and
2,015 of miscellaneous gooda.
Freight revenue from Fremont In
creased 121,872 In 1914 over 1912. Passenger
revenues Increased 120,144 for the same
respective periods.
Twisted Sibilants.
A very pretty girl from a wests rn town
was the latest arrival at a select board
ing school In Massachusetts. Being
pretty and well dressed, she became very
popular.
Phs was elected to be an usher for the
monthly musical, and, be'ng painfully
shy, she was much wrought up over It
She never could do It no, never! But
the election es positive there was no
drawing out The evening found her
perfect flutter of pink frills, awaiting to
receive the early coiners. Kach of the
young women who were acting in tins
rapacity bore forward an Imposing audi
tor, and fe.laie found herself inquiring of
a very old and elegant gentleman, la a
voire scarcely audible:
"Mir, shall I show you to a sealt"
"What, what, what?" demanded the
austere old fellow, holding h i hand to his
ar.
Hlr," she screamed. In a flustered
voice, "shall 1 sew you to a sbeetT"
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American Granite & Marble Vorks
0. A. PETERSON, Proprietor
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
All Kinds of
In American and Foreign Granite,
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INTERIOR MARBLE STEPS AND SILLS
FIRST CLASS WORK GUARANTEED.
FAIR PRICES.
Lettering, Cnrvini? ami Tracing
Done AVith Pneumatic Tools.
Office and Display Room 218-223 North Main Street
Block and a Half North of Union Station.
Bell Phone Red 143. FREMONT, NEB.
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