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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 10,' 1917.
THE BEES SPECIAL LINCOLN HIGHWAY EDITION'
Ihighway lllllfe
Mud Snow Sand
Hold No Terrors for the Motorist
Who Carries In His Kit
THE DICKINSON
MUD LADDER
With this simple and effective device
the motorist need have no fear of the
deepest chuck hole. If your car mires,
just force the end of the ladder under
the rear wheels and your car will
climb out on its own power.
Makes Tire Wearing Chains
Unnecessary
No stakes to drive, no rope and tackle
necessary.
When not in use the ladder folds compactly
into a space thirty inches long and may be car
ried under the rear seat. When it is not in
use it is not wearing out your tires.
Made in All Sizes For All Cars
and guaranteed to do just what we say it will
do take your car out of any mud hole' or
sand pit, without damage to car or tires.
i Your Equipment Is Not Complete
v Without the Dickinson Mud Ladder
PRICESt
Small (3K
Inch), $7.50
par Mt, wtthla 400
milM of Schuylar,
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4 and 4 H -Inch tint
$8.50
par tat.
Oultida territory
50c additional
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This cut shows bow tho Mud Ladder works for
you.
Charges Prepaid On Cash Orders
L. W. DICKINSON
Schuyler, Neb.
Why Our Customers Talk
Recently we have heard a number of remarks
about this store, and they were all complimentary;
Customers are sure to talk when they are well pleased,
and just as sure when they are displeased. In the lat
ter place we stand back of our sales and "make good"
any unsatisfactory purchase, merchandise, price, ser
vice there's where this store wins. That's why the
people of Schuyler trade at home and at this store.
Headquarters in Schuyler for touriit equipment
Roberts Variety Store
Schuyler. Neb.
ON THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY 1
ritLa-tguj a Us M20 .fit, t
HalleyV Place
The Popular Corner
of the Town
Schuyler the Proud Possessor of the
Largest Flour Mill in Nebraska
Schuyler, Neb., is t prosperous lit
tle city of over 3,000 people. It is lo
cated on the Union Pacific main line
and is the terminal of the Omaha-
Schuyler branch of the Burlington.
The business streets are well lighted
and the residence district is nicely laid
out amid beautiful shade trees. The
main streets of the city are sandy,
well graded and drained by cement
gutters on each side.
The banks of Schuyler are strong
institutions and have deposits in ex
cess of $2,000,000. This fact of Itself
speaks for the prosperity of the sur
rounding country and the city itself.
The school- system of Schuyler is
modern in every respect, from kinder
garten to high school, and the high
school has been organized along the
lines adooted by many other towns
and cities of having junior and senior
high school, which permits of special
izing in the seventh, eighth and ninth
grades. In the senior high school only
the academic subjects are taught. A
thorough stenographic and business
course has been added. Domestic sci
ence and manual training are given
equal attention and are equally well
equipped. A graduate from the
Schuyler high school is fully equipped
to register in the University of Ne
braska and in the North Central As
sociation of Schools and Colleges,
which accreditment places it in the
front rank among schools.
Largest Flour Mill in State.
The largest flour mill in Nebraska
is located at Schuyler. It is the Wells-Abbott-Neiman
company, makers of
Puritan flour. This business was es
tablished almost half a century ago.
At first a very small waterpower mill
was built to supply local needs. It
has grown from this small start to a
mill of 2,000 barrels every twenty-four
hours, and its products are distributed
over a territoy extending from the
Canadian border to the gulf and from
the Rockies to the Atlantic. The great
success of this mill is due to the fact
that the people in charge knew how
to make good flour in the first place
and then made it good in the second
place.
In setting the standard for Puritan
flour high and overlooking no oppor
tunity to improve their methods, the
Wells-Abbott-Neiman company has
made good from the first and continue
to do so. A complete laboratory is
maintained at the mills under the care
of a specially trained chemist to keep
a constant check on the quality of
their products. Very few mills go to
such an extent in maintaining the
quality of their product at a standard.
The business of the Wells-Abbott-Neiman
company was large during
the month of April, this year, 50,000
barrels of flour were made, which
means that over 230,000 bushels of
wheat were used. The amoutn of
cash handled was $1,210,000. Tele
phone and telegraph bills were over
$2,000 and the payroll $13,000. Twen-
Schuyler
County seat of Colfax county.
Population, 3,500.
Union Pacific and Burlington railways. '
Four banks, with large deposits.
Two newspapers, which are a credit to the town.
One flour mill with capacity of 2,000 barrels per day.
Four hotels, well equipped to accommodate touring
motorists.
Six churches of various denominations. '
Good electric light and water plants.
Excellent public school system, pop factory and Car
negie library.
ty-one salesmen were employed and
the same number of brokers to cover
the territory in which Puritan flour is
distributed. This year's output would
make a solid train ol o.UOU cars. Busi
ness has never been better than at
present
Shipments Heavy.
The books of the railroad agents at
achuvler reveal the fact that there
has been shipped from Schuyler in the
last year 105 carloads of cattle,' 347
carloads of hogs, fifteen carloads of
horses, 120 carloads of corn, forty
cars of oats, ibl cars of hay.
Schuyler has two newspapers, each
published from modern plants. There
are seven churches, an opera house,
two picture play houses, roller skat
ing rink and dance hall. A fine Car
negie library supplies .the citizens with
fiction and reference works. Schuyler
has a large civic club composed of
women members and a commercial
club of over sixty members.
In Schuyler the visitor cannot but
be impressed with the fact that he
has found a good city. If the visitor
will call on R. O. Brownell, secretary
of the Commercial club, he will be
able to get all the information neces
sary to convince him that Schuyler is
a real live place.
Good Manufacturing Center.
Schuyler is a good location for
other manufacturing plants and the
citizens would encourage the estab
lishment of this sort of concern in or
near the city. Travelers on the Lin
coln Highway will find Schuyler hos
pitable in every respect. All sorts of
repairs can be secured for your auto
mobiles and modern garages will sup
ply you with storage and supplies.
Be sure to include Schuyler in your
list of stops, while going to the Colo
rado mountains or while on your way
back. The people of busy, prosperous
Schuyler will welcome you and tr.at
you royally.
Prominent in History.
Schuyler has a prominent place in
the history and development of the
Union Pacific railroad. The first rail
road station was built there in 1868
and a section house at the same time.
The next building was a dwelling
erected by W. P. P. St Clair, the
agent and telegraph operator. C. L.
Smith and brother opened the first
general store in 1869 in a building
12x16 feet in size. Thomas Shaw
started in business there as a black
smith about the same time.
Then came Frank Tolda, Parker
brothers, Sumner brothers. But up
until the spring of 1869 Schuyler was
little more than a railroad station.
The city of Schuyler was platted
by two Union Pacific railroad offi
cials, H. M. Hoxie and Webster Sny
der, April 6, 1869. E. E. Greenman,
county surveyor, laid it out. Soon
afterward the townsite passed into
the hands of Clarkson brothers. In
January, 1870, an addition, South
Schuyler, was made by Daniel Hash
berger, Clarkson'a addition being
filed the month before. Numerous
other additions to the city have been
made since then.
Made Into i City.
So rapidly did Schuyler grow that
in the spring of 1873 it was decided
to adopt a city form of government.
A special election was called for May
12, 1873 at which the following offi
cers were elected: F. E. Frye, mayor;
C. M. Greenman, police judge; John
Carel, C. P. Tury, A. P. Upton, J. C.
McBride C. E. Sumner and D. H. Van
Antwerp, councilmen; M. Helmcr,
marshal.
The land office of the Union Pacific
railroad was established at Schuyler
in 1871. C. P. Tury had charge of it
from the beginning until 1877 and was
succeeded by J. T. Clarkson. Many
thousands of acres of Nebraska land
were disposed of through this busy
office.
Schuyler is a city where peace and
plenty and prosperity seem to be in
the very atmosphere. Its growth from
the earliest times of the state hat been
remarkable. Situated as it is on the
main line of America's greatest trans
continental railroad and having
around it some ot tne richest farming
country in the world, its present is
such as would be expected from its
natural advantages with which it has
been endowed by nature and its great
and growing future it fully assured.
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MOTOR CARS
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SCHUYLER, NEBRASKA .
Repairing,Accessories
6? Road Service
SCHUYLER, NEB.
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Insurance
Real Estate
Otto Zuelow
First National Bank Building
Schuyler, Neb.
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The Leading Hotel
of Schuyler
LINCOLN
HIOHWAY
The
Commercial
Hotel
Mrs. Cora Pryor, Proprietor
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Headquarters
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