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The Kearney
Commercial Club
invites correspondence from persons
or firms who are desirous of locating
in a fast-growing community where
farming is successful, home life ideal,
school facilities unsurpassed and man
ufacturing made possible by the cheap
: est electric power in the state.
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I write for information j
Patterson and Company
I Growers and Jobbers of
FIELD SEEDS
Fancy Grades Alfalfa, Amber
Cane, Millet, Sweet
Corn Etc.
Samples and Prices on Application
FORD CARS
FORD SERVICE
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PATTERSON MOTOR COMPANY
j KEARNEY, NEB.
Kearney is Midway Between Boston and
San Francisco on the Lincoln Highway
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Right on the
Highway
A True Comfort
Station For the
Tourist
Kearney ia the county leat of Buf
falo county, Nebraska, and it a pros
perous city of approximately 8,000
people. It is on the Lincoln High
way midway between Boston and San
Francisco. In the neighborhood of
sixty trains daily are operated on
the Union Pacific, K, and B. H. on
C B. & Q. in and out of the city.
The streets of Kearney are broad and
many of them are paved. The Lin
coln Highway approach to the State
Normal ia said to be the most beau
tiful drive in the middle west. Kear
ney has a fine public library and an
excellent system of public schools oc
cupying seven brick and stone build
ings. A state parochial school Js lo
cated here at well as a military aca
demy, state industrial school for boys,
state tuberculosis hospital and the
Kearney State Normal.
A canal eighteen miles long devel
ops the power for cheap electric
liehtt in the citv. The industrial es
tablishments include large flour mills,
grain elevators, canning factory,
brick works, foundry and machine
ahoDt. also natural and artificial ice
plants, stock raising and feeding inter
ests. Kearney nat a nne nve story
ooera house. deDartment stores, two
large five and ten cent stores, publish
ing houses, two daily newspapers, three
banking houses, savings ana loan
association, wholesale houses, elec
trolier lighting system, many Deauti
ful hornet and churches, a live com
mercial association.
Near the Old Fort.
The main noints of interest in and
about Kearney are: Old Fort Kear
ney, new Platte River bridge, court
house, "1733" ranch the largest poul
try farm in the country, Lake Kear
ney and the State institutions. Kear
ney is an educational center and a
good place to like.
Kearney folks are now very much
elated over the new North American
hotel which will be completed by
January 1st, 1918. The North Ameri
can Hotel Co., in planning the very
beautiful building which it is now
erecting in Kearney has included
many modern features. Social fea
tures ot the highest character oecause
it is realized that these features will
be highly appreciated by the auto
tourists and others who may stop in
the city. The North American hotel
Kearney
County seat of Buffalo county.
Population, 8,000.
Three railroads Union Pacific, Burlington and North
western division of Union Pacific.
Has a canal eighteen miles long, developing 3,000 horse
power for manufacturing purposes.
Has large flour mills, grain elevators, an alfalfa mill,
cigar factory, creamery, broom factory and foundry.
Home of State Industrial School for Boys, State Normal
school, with 1,500 students, and Kearney Military academy.
Has a high school, six grade schools, twelve churches,
and public library of 12,000 volumes.
Has two public parks, a county fair association.
Has twenty-seven miles of concrete sidewalks and paved
streets.
Owns its waterworks.
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j THE CITY NATIONAL BANK
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at Kearney, according to the informa
tion given out by the Omaha office
of the firm which is handling its de
sign and construction, is well under
way. Shipments of steel and concrete
have already been made and the
ground has been prepared. Kearney
will stand out as one of the most
progressive cities of the country
when this hotel is completed.
To Transmit Power.
"The Central Power company which
now owns the hydro electric plants
of the Kearney Water and Electric
Power company, located at Kearney
and will increase the capacity and
connect same with the Central Power
Loup river development at Boelus,
Neb., creating thereby a total hydro
electric development of approximately
1U.UUU horse power, which together
with the steam plants will increase the
total to iv.vw horse power. All power
plants of the company will be tied
together by means of power transmis
sion lines ana power lines will be
built' from the Kearney properties to
the smaller1 towns of Buffalo county
and from these lines rural service will
be supplied.
Buffalo county land, in general, is
naturally adapted to irrigation and
through the efforts of the Commercial
club and the Central Power company,
will be given opportunities for intensi
fied farming.
Buffalo county has but very little
waste land and has a variety ta nit
the desires of almost any farmer no
matier wnat crop ne prefers to raise.
A very large acreage borders the
Platte, Loup and Wood rivers and is
as rich as any soil in the world. This
is the valley land, and the balance
is table and hill land and has rich
black loam top and clay subsoil.
Value of the Soil.
Valley lands in the county around
Kearney ranges in price from $85 to
$135 per acre and the hill and table
land ranges in price from $35 to $100
per acre.
Kearney is called the electric city
of the west because of its excellent
and profuse lighting system. Motor
tourists passing through Kearney
shouldmake their plans so that they
stop over here for a time. Auto re
pairs and supplies are supplied by
concerns making this their business.
If there is anything in the way of
equipment that needs replacing or
which you forgot to provide before
starting you can get them at Kearney.
The stores provide everything to be
found in modern establishments at
prices in line with Omaha and other
points in the state.
Kearney's New
North American
Hotel
Truly Metropolitan
In Character
Tli holsl bnlldlnc which
tl BOW being erected la thli
pity by this company Is to
bo of absolutely fireproof
construction, and In It ar
rantoments and appoint
ment! tne Tory latest ldaa 1
ta modern hotel building
and operation art being
prorldtd for Including
it modern fatur suoh
at telephones and hot and
oold running wator and
private bathe In guest
room, vaauum cleaning
and refrigeration, machin
ery, elevators, eta, etc.
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Social Features
of this
Hotel Building
Among other attractive
features which, this hotel
will offer Its guests will be
the freedom of the social
rooms on the second floor,
which for their beauty and
appointments will compare
moit favorably with the
finest hotels In the country.
Here will be found the
ball room, the tea room,
private dining room, and a
'most elaborately furnished
lounging room.
The restaurant and main
dining room will be one of
the finest tn the west from
the viewpoint of furniah
lugs, cuisine and service.
Architect' Drawing of 7-Story Hotel Building
Now Under Construction at Kearney, Neb.
BANKERS REALTY INVESTMENT COUP ANT,
ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS.
Kearney's New Hotel which will
be completed about January first,
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place to break your journey whether
it be for a few hours or several days
KEARNEY-
One ot Nebraska's most arlstocratle cities, with Its progresslveness fully
' manifested by mils after mils of exceptionally wide paved streets, uniquely
lighted, and by myriads ot beautiful homes and handsome business buildings
with up-to-the-minute merchandise and merchandising methods, will be a
pleasant revelation to the autolst who travels via the Lincoln Highway. And,
fully In keeping with these conditions, this company Is erecting here a modern
hotel building which many a larger city would point to with pride because
' of the modern appointments It will embody for the comfort and convenience
ot those who will seek shelter or pleasure beneath its roof.
Is other words, Kearney, which is Just a nice day's Journey west of Omaha
en the Lincoln Highway, will soon be able to provide an ideal ending for an
Ideal day's trip through one ot the most productive agricultural valleys In the
world in that H will be able to offer hospitality of a most exceptionally
pleasing character to the stranger who stops within Its gate.
The North American Hotel at Kearney It ens of a ehaln of modern hotele
which Is being established In the middle wtst at the present time by the
North American Hotel Company
(inc.)
I lhe "Old Reliable" Bank
Of Buffalo County
29 Years in Kearney
Resources $2,250,000.00
DAN MORRIS, President
GEO. BURGERT, Vice President
C. W.NORTON, Cashier.
F. W. TURNER, Assistant Cashier.
K. O. HOLMES, Chr. Board of Directors.
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When in Need of
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Kearney, Neb.
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