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SOCIAL AND CIVIC
LIFE OF FREMONT
Minister Tells of Growth in
Sixty-One Years; First Fam
ily to Keep House a
Minister's.
By REV. F. M. SISSON, ..
Castor Methodist Episcopal Church of
Fremont.
The first picture of Fremont is to
be seen in the gathering together
of a small band of deserted Otoe In
dians as they were discovered by
Lewis and Clark over 100 years "ago
on the spot where the beautiful city
is now built. The first family to keep
house in Fremont was the Rev. Isaac
Heaton and that was sixty-one years
ago. This faithful servant of God and
humanity saw to it that the founda
tions were lain in righteousness.
When G. Louis Dickenson made his"
first visit to America he came to the
conclusion that the dominant national
passion was for wealth. On his sec
ond visit he revised that judgment
and decided that the great ambition
was not so much for wealth as for
power. On a later visit he' concluded
that the ruling passion was not for
wealth nor power, but for accelera
tion. Whether he is correct or ;iot,
we are sure the work of the world
cannot be done by jumping jacks,
but that real novelty in life is always
an inner freshness and trcver an out
waftl change. The person whose
faithfulness in individual and social
service yields him the glory of seeing
new growth in the personality of
others lives always in a new world.
Best Endures.
The personnel of the early settlers
assured the fostering of the best and
most enduring social and civic fea
tures of Fremont. One of the inter
esting facts was the organization of
the women in the early settlement
into a club known as the "Coffee
club." One of the chief features was
to care for any that might need. Out
of this grew the now prosperous and
eminently useful "Charity club,"
which organization keeps tab on the
worthy ones who need help and
spends hundreds of dollars every year
to relieve Suffering. There are a num
ber of other organizations that are
constantly doing worthy service along
the same lines, such as the Flower
Mission club, the- Big Brothers' club
and the Associated Charities. There
are , a number of organizations for
social betterment, such as the Maga
zine club, the Men's club, the Coun
try club and the Young Men's Chris
tian association. These, in connection
with the social organizations in the
lodges and churches, are so many and
so democratic that no one needs to
be without their benefits. Hobnob
ery is an unknown quantity. Democ
racy is prevalent everywhere.
Church Bell Tolls.
The government of Fremont is
under a mayor and councilmen, eight
in number. A young minister, conv
ing tp a small New England parish,
noticed with astonishment that in
stead of the church bell ringing out
with quick, commanding tones, it was
tolled; he wondered who was dead,
but before the day was over be. found
out that they were all dead. The
bells for the social and civic interests
of Fremont ring with a vim. No
funereal notes are rung out at any
time. A city of lAtWl) people, located
in one of the richest valleys in the
world, at the juncture of the Platte,
Elkhorn, Logan and Maple valleys, it
has steadily built to its present pro
portions as a center of manufactur
ing and jobbing interests. Its agri
cultural trade, its commodious busP
ness houses, its beautiful 'homes, with
parks and drives, its religious and
educational advantages, makes Fre
mont a contented, industrious and
hopeful city.
Hub of Rail Lines.
Fremont is the hub of a system of
railroad lines that makes it one of the
most accessible cities in the state,
making its connection with the west
and northwest unexcelled. In its pos
tal business, which is usually a true
barometer of commercial life, Fre
mont stands third in the state. The
city has four national banks, one
state bank, four saving? banks and
one trust company. It is one of the
regularly listed clearing house cities
of the United States, the clearance of
the last fiscal year being $30,416,198.
Back of all its progressive enterprises
is a well organized, wide-awake Com
mercial club, with more than 300 pay
ing members. These men, with other
organizations, are ever alert to the
business interests of the city. Fre
mont is the location of one of the
best, most practical colleges in the
west. All of the leading churches
are represented. A larsre and we 1
equipped Young Men's Christian as
sociation building, manned by a com
petent secretary, added to other ad
vantages, makes it almost an ideal
city m which to live. The Country
club owns an elegant club home, bro
viding, among other things, one of
the best golt links to be found any
where. Among the city's latest im
provements is the new $225,000 hotel
known as the Pathfinder. This hotel
is equipped with the best and most
modem facilities and accommodations
and is in charge of one of the best
known managers. Mr. R. D. McFaden.
1 Paid by Citizens. '
This enterprise, paid by the citizens,
in addition to the building of one of
the largest grain elevators in the
country costing $250,000, is some in
dication of the faith the people them
selves have in the, future of this city.
This year the "tractor meet," with
representatives from all parts of the
United States, will be the greatest dis
play and demonstration of this mod
ern helper to the farmer that the
world has ever seen. Not to be for
gotten is the hearty and libera re
sponse made to the call for the pur
chasing of Liberty bonds, far exceed
ing the amount apportioned to our
city and county. What was true of
the Liberty bonds was also true of
the Red Cross appeal.
We can only say in concluding
this brief resume of some of our
social and civic conditions, come
and investigate, which wilt mean to
the convinced that our claim to pre
ferment is well grounded. We welcome
all worthy people to the enjoyment
of our advantages, as. by mutual co
operation we hope to develop one of
the best and most substantial cities of
the west.
Farm Tractor Arrived
Just in the Nick o' Time
Nothing could have been more for
tunate than the fact that the tractor
was developed and made practical
at just this time. It is badly needed.
The great world war has drained this
country and every country of its
horses. The lighter animals have
gone for cavalry horses. The heavy
horses have been sold largely for.ar
tillery use. The great breeding farms
of Belgium have been devastated and
the horses used for war purposes and
in many cases for meat. France, the
home of the Percheron, and Great
Britain, land of the Clydesdale nd
the Shire, have been otherwise occu
pied than in horse breeding, and the
production of draft horses from these
countries has greatly decreased. The
tractor is needed to take the place of
these horses. It would take years to
replace them with other horses, and
the world has important work to be
done and could not afford to wait. It
takes four years to produce a horse
that is capable of doing heavy wofk.
It takes much less time to produce
a tractor that can do the work of sev
eral horses. -
Hitching up to a tractor is the mod
ern way of farming. Hitching up to
tne advertising columns of 1 he Bee is
the modern way of merchandising.
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FREMONT
CANDY KITCHEN
Manufacturers of Pure
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Lunches put up
at all hours
Phone 21
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Proprietor
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Is a complete electric
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summer cottages,
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rural stores and
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DELCO-LIGHT
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It better living
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6 to 10
For the benefit of a few skeptics we will have '
at Fremont a Delco-L,ight plant which will
run 24 hours per day during the entire show
Starting at 9 a. m., Monday morning,
and stopping at 5 p. m., Friday, Aug. 10
To the person guessing nearest the total number
of revolutions of the fly-wheel during the run.
Delco-Light is Simple, Durable, Economical
Delco-Light runs on Gas,Gasoline or Kerosene
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Ask some of the 1500 Nebraska Delco-Light users what they think of their plant.
$50
In
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C E. WAGNER
9
1903 Farnam Street
Distributor
Omaha, Nebraska
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