Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 22, 1892, Page 10

BLESSED ARE THETIES That Bound the Pioneers to the Fertile Soil of Oass County. EARLY STRUGGLES AND LATER REWARDS Historical, Geographical, Agricultural and Industrial Facts, THEY TICKLED THE SOIL; NATURE SMILED Thriving Communities and Comfortable Homes Dot the Landscape. BRIEF SKETCHES OF GET-THERE PEOPLE Ma of Towr facturing and Commercial Resources and Cities, Thelr Past Growth ta—Detailed Review of Cass county lies in the souticastern part of the state, bounded on tho north by the Platte river and Saunders county, south by Otoe and west by Lancaster county. ‘The average olovation is 1,000 feet above ses levol. The surfaco of the couuty consists of bottom, table and undulating prairie land, the latter comprising about three-quarters of the whole, The vtuffs of tho Missouri are high but narrow, and the uplands back of thom aro intersected with oroad valleys, trayersed by streams with gravelly beds aad fringed with timbor. The soil 1s dosp, of in- exhaustible fertility and produces enormous yields of grains and fruits of ail varieties common to temperate climates. ‘The subsoil is a porous clay, spongelike ana oapable of retaining moisturo in reserve. Cass county has plenty of timber along the banks of tho streams. Au abundance of blue, gray and white limestone and valuable bods of fire clay exist in inexhuustible quan- tities. There has never buen a iack ot rain- fall in the county, and this fact, in addition 10 the numerous crasks and rivers, makss it one of tho best watered counties in the state. Tho Missouri as above stated forms the east- ern boundury, the Platio extonds across tho northern 1ino with the exception of a small coruer and the Weeping Water,tho principal 1nterlor stroam, risos a little west of tho cen- ter of tho county and flows in a southeasterly direction for a distanco of thirty-five miles, emptying iuto the Missourr. Pawnee, Cedar, Turkey, Four-Mile creek, and other smaller streams, varying in length from four to twolve miles, head in tho central portion and flow north into the Platte. Salt cresk cuts ncross the northwost cerner of tho county, receiving the waters of a num- bor of trbuteries which water the northwestern portion of the county. Branches of the Lattle Nemaha water the scction south of this una numerous creeks of minor importance empty into the Missour: on the east. Tho Weeping Wator affords ex- cellent water power which has beeu utibzed by the eroction of mills on its banks at vari- ous points, All varieties of both wild and tame grasses thrive and grow luxuriantly, which tact, taken in connection with tne ample water privileges, groves of limoor and fertile soil, makes Cass county a paradise for stock and grain raisers. The hund of man has added 1o, and utilized tho natural advan- tages, until now almost the ontire area em- braced in the county isa succession of highly cultivated fields, rich pastures, luxuriant mendows, prosperous cities and villages, orchards, groves, and elogunt rural howes. ‘The area in square milos is 550, or 852,000 acres, practically all under cuitivation. Statistics of Grow For the year 1801 tho asse show number of head of stock Horses, 12,055; cattie, 30,0713 sheop, B04; hogs, 49,02, *91: wheat, 21,(40; corn 117.694; oaus barley, 4. miliet, meadow, ‘I'he assessed valuation in IS0 was 35,42 and in 1801 1t had 1wereased to 35,100,985, ‘Che estimated actual valuation for 18501 was €33,000,000. There are sixteen banks in the county with an aggregate vaid up capital of $510,000. The total bunk deposits are §1,161,- 039, Bank deposits per capita $16.65. Thero are 120 miles of raiiroad in the county, tap- ping every portion and uffording siippiug uud traveling facilities for_every coruer of the county. Tl B, & M. bas 37 miles, Missouri Pacific (6, and Roc Istaud 17, Plattsmouth, the county seat, is connected by rail with every town inthe county. I'horo are 19 postoflices and more than a dozen im- portant towns. Cass county has an even 100 school districts, with 103 Scheol buildines, 147 teachers, and 5,222 pupils 1 1591 agawst 7050 in 1800, C ranks fifth in the state in point of school populaticn. The educational intercsts of tho county are at present presided over by Gerdon W. Noble, superintendent of pub: ivstruction, The population in 1550 was 16,683 and in 1890, 24,800, a gain of 3,207 in ten years. Farm lands range in price from £30 to $100 per acro according to locution and value of imorove- ments, rs’ returns us follows: mules, 1,249 Acros of grain for 857 0,797, Platts: Plattsmouth, the county seat and prinoi- pal city, is sitiated i the nortteaster: part of the county on the west bank of the Mis- sourd, near the mouth of the Platto, us its nume indicates, twenty-one miles south of Omaha aud thirty north of Nobraska City. 1t bas a population of 10,000, and is 1he gate- way to the great scuth Platte country, The population in_ 1550 was 4,180, ILis on the main lino of tho Chicago, Burlington & Quiney. the Missouri Pacific, and the Kan sas City, 8t Joo und Council Bluffs rail roads, is onlv thirty minutes by vail from Dmnhn. the motropolis of Lho state, and two hours from Lincoln, the capital, Kour- teen passeug r trains leave Plattsmouth daily over tho difforent roads. Ono of the finest ruilroud bridzes in the country spans the river at Plattsmouth, and anotbor will be completed by thoe timo this sketch goes to the readers of Tur Bee, The Ciicago, Burlington & Quincy shops aud round houses ure located' at Plattsmouth, employ- ing bundreds of won, the mortbly pay roll awounting from £35,000 to $15,000, Manufuctures, Auwong the manufacturiog inlerosts of the clty are the brick and terra cottis works,with a capital of §0,00), and a capacity of 10,000 brick per day. Tho Plattsmouth canning factory, capital 0,000, capacity, 1,500,000 cans yearly, emploviug 125 hands, Four cigar factories, owploying four to tifteen hands each. A buzgy wod wagon factory,an electric lamp factory, stoam launary, and other establishments of wa industrial nature. Public Improvements. The ity has recontly completed an ex- tonsive system of soweraxo at @ cost of 0,000, 1t has a fine system of water works costing 8125,000. Siroot grades ave estab lshed, und Main sireet is paved with Sioux Falls granite at a cost of 0,000, Tuo streots aro lighted by both gas and elec- tricity, ‘Toe electric licht company has a capital of §0.000. Two and one-half miles of electric motor street railway is laid, and was operated fora uime, but at prosent is Iying idlo owing to litigation, with & fair prospect of speedy adjustment. Platts mouth bas @ flue fourstory high school building and four ward schools, employing twenty-eight teachers Thecity has ten church edifices costing rom $1,000 to §15.000 each. There aro iLie) daily newspapers, the Journal, by C. W. Sherman, democratic; Herald, by A. B. Kuotts, republicai.; an; the News, by G. I, 8, Burton, indopendent ‘The Jouranal and Herald also issuo weekly edi- tions. Plattsmouth has three bauks. Bauk of Cass Couuty, capital, $0,000, C. H. Pac mele, president; J. M. Patterson, cashier. First National, ol $0,000, Johu Fitz- gorald, prosident; S. Wangle, cashier. Citi- Zens' Bauk, cavital, $50,000, W. H. Cushing, vresident; J. W. Jobhuson, vice wresident. There are sevoral good hotels, tbo Hotel Riley velug the finest ana best appoiuted hostelry iu the state outside of Omahs and Lincoln. The county offlcers took possesainn of the naw court house on May 7 of this year. It is the best county buildin expendod anywhore in the s The cost was £10,000 for the buildi It is three stories in neight, the lation and walls being of brick and stone, and the in side finish of onk and ash, with amplo vault room for each county dopartment. Taxpay- ers givo County Commissionors Anron Loeder, A. B. Toad and Jacoh Fritsch great credit for the manner in which the funds were hanale Weeplng Water, Weoping Water is located nonr the center of the county and has a po| ation of 1.500. It is one of the oldest and most important towns in the county, and for vears made a hard fight for county soat honors. Manufactu Woeping Water has oxtensiva stons quai ins, operated by two differcnt compan the Weeping Water Lime and Stone company tho Nebraska & Colorado company, show the magnitude of the in dustry it may be stated that thero ara 200 cars used by these com nios labeled, “Between Wespig Water and Omaha only The Chase large corcern tensive plant the Nobin sewing sewing maching Manufacturing company is a with heavy capitul and an ex Ihe company manufactures machine, and i3 tho ouly manufactory westof tho Mississippi river. It has recently passed iuto now hands with amplo capital and in- creased facilitfes, ‘T'he machinery alono cost 160,000 'Tae buildings are of brick and the machinery massive and of the latost iuven- tion Mills and Elovators, Weoping Water has threo roller mills, all run by water power, and two of them also have steam for omorgencios. The city has threo elovators, The alliance opocated ono for two years, but now ronts 1t o other par- ties, A pressed brick manufactory is ono of the most important industries, tie clay used being of very superior quality, and the works of largo capacity. The Missouri P citic railway enters the' city from the north, south, and wost, forming o junction with the dispatcher's office locatod there, Tho city has first cinss water works and electric lights; ono first class hotel, tare ehurohes, the Conaregational being built of Weepiog Water pressed brick and costing £0,000. One large High school buldink,and ong ward school house, employing ten teach- ers, Tho Weeping Water acadomy employs six teachers. Tho acadomy ives a four- year course, academic,scientific and propara- tory. I is considered one of the best con- conductea educational institutions in tho wost, Weeping Water has two bank Cominercial bani, 850,000 capital,T. K. Clark president, 1. M. UHoward, eashior; Ilirst Na- tional, capital 50,000, D. A. Gibson, prest dent,” M. F. Woleott, cashier. Tw woekly uowspapers. Tho Wocping Wator Republican, by J. K. Keathly, has a large ulation and a big advertising patronage. ndepenaent Bagle, allimace, by H. G. Louisvitle the B. & M. road, eichtecn miles north- west of Plattsmouth. The vi 4in March, 1572, and 1 1870 had a populution of 300. It now has a population of between 700 and 800 inhaoitants, and for its 5120 is one of the busiest towns in tho state. Louisvilla is noted for its ubundauco und excelient quality of clay for the man facture of pressed brick, pottery, oto. It is the ceuter of a rich farming and' stock rais- ing community. The town has & graded school employing four toachers, —threo chuvches, one roller mill, threo elovators and ono bank, Bank of Commeres, £,000 capital H. Parmele, president, C. A. Manker, cashier. The Louisvilo Courier Journal, by George Maytield, republican, is the only paper. Newhawka. Nehawka is only 4 years old, but has dy iaken rank with other towns in the county of longer standingz. Thy Missouri Pacific roan cstablished a depot at that point less than tive years ac A few mouths lutor Luwsor Siivldon, whoso houiestead 13 ouly a few rods from 'the depot, erccted o Tarso koneral storo, building and’ placed bis son in rzo with a $10,000 stock of goods, From that thy preseut bustling, rich young city sprung up, backed by one of tho richest and best faraiing, frait sod stock growing communities in any of the states. Iuis sur- rounded by a thrifty class of citizens, nearly all of whom own their lands and most of them independent. Near the town oxtensive stono quarrics have recently been opened by Omaba parties, who have crected o crusher and aro turning out hundreds of cars of d mension and crushed rock and lime. Ne. hawlka bas two churches, 18 now building a 1ine new graded school building, two_cleva- tors, two hotels and one bani, capital $10,039, C. H, Parmele, presidont; D. C. West, cash- ier. Cashier West, in spoaking of the class of men who have accounts with the bank, stated that at least $2).000 hal been' drawn out of tho bank during the last year to pay morteages, thut the de- posits ran as nigh s £70,000 4 rly ail belongzed 10 fArmers—perhaps 1ot more Lhan £5,000 in active accounts. Tsuac Pollard, ouo of the old settlers, who owns 1,300 wcres of laud adjoining the town is engaged n erceting o Uhrece-stocy stone aud ricis butlding, $4x9). [Such story is ten feet in heiznt, tho lower one ol stons quar- ried on s own farm aud the two uppor stories of brick made av home. Mr. Pollard has forty uores of boaring apple Lveos, sev- enty acres of young orehard ana ten acres of cherries and bis new buildinz 15 for the pur- posa of taking cars of his fruit as well as the products of the many orchards throughout st soction of country. Tho building will e arranged for cold storage, packing and sortig rooms, manufacturing of cidor, wines, und jellies, etc , and i3 the first venture of the kind iu tuis part of tho country. During the last year thero were shipped from Nabuwia 522 cars of farm and orchard pro- duets, eighteon cavs of lima and 1,637 cars of stone, most of the latter going to Omaha, Uniol Union, the next station to Nehawka, on the Missourt Pacific road in the southoastera part of the county, has a population of 400, Union has throe churches, two clovators, o roller mill, one newspaper, the Union Lsiger, republican, by Charlos Graves; one bank, Union ban’, J. H. Carion, presidiat; A. 1. Eikonbary, cashicr. In 1591 Uniou 'shipped out 404 car’s of produets. Codar Creok. Cedar Creek, a few miles west of Platts- mouth, near the north line of the couuty, on tho Platte, 18 a small town of about 500 population, but is an import- nt shipping station’ 01 the B, & M. It has wwo olovators, ons roller mill, ood 5000018 and churches, aud onjoys the ulstine- tion of shipping out more loads of freight annually than any other town in the state except Omahu and Lincols. This is account- ed for by the exteusive working of stone quarries and saud pits. One firm alone works fifty men aud ships from fifteon to twenty cars a day of stons and sand. Cedar Creck las one bank, capital §,000; C. H. Parmelee, president, F. A. Murphy, cashier, Eugle, Eagle1s in the soutbwestern part of the soutity, has o population of 80), a good graded school, and churches; one newspaper, the Engle Eaglet,” by S. S, Englisn, republica and ono bank, capital §,000, J. Q. Adams, vresident, A. C. Adams, cashier. kagio is & live town aud a great shipping point. Avoca. Avoca. a fow miles southeast of Weeping Water, 1s oue of tne best towus in the county, popuiation 400. It is a good trading and shipping point, with churches, schools, olevators and geueral business. Avoea has one bank, capital $10,000, Dagid Deun, pr dent, George Rowland, casnier, wood, (Greonwood is in the northwestern part, neur the Lancaster county line, twenty-five miles from Lincoln. Itis a great town for business, has its grain, stook, shipping and general werchandise business, newspaper and bank, First National, capital #0,000, Jobn Fitzgerald, president, N. H. Meekor, cashier. ire nwood bas 400 populution, and does twice the busi- ness of ordinary towns of its size. It is a grest wrain and stock polat, has two banks, State Bauk of Elmwood, capital $25,000, - win Jeary, prosident, .' D. Stevons, casbior Awericat Exchange Bank, capital 25,000, 13, A, Stohor, president, W. 5. Watevs, cashier. The “Elmwood Echo, by A. W. Mayfield, republicas, and the “Elmwood Lsader," in. dependent, by H. D. Barr, gro the two papers. South Bead. South Bend, in the- northwestern purt of the county, ou the B, & M. aud Missour for the amount | | Blufts a | vich and well | nothir.g to bogin 'K OMAIA DAILY Pacific raiironds, has & population of 500, b largo ston® quarrics, henvy @rain and stock business, two elovators, two churches, a ood graded school, & nOWSpAper and a bank, £,000 capital, David Dean, president, F. V. 1"olsom, cashier. Alyo, Marray, Wabash, Muardock and Rock o all 1mportaut teading points with their weneral merchandise business, churches, sehools, banks and nowspapers, A cultivated county like Cass re space than @& newspaper can spara in a siuglo issue for a complete v up. Lot the tostimony of citizons county tell the rest of the story, quires rmoro ot the Went in Debt for His L B. W. Bates of Nehawka isa living example of the possibilitios of Nobraska ag: riculture. Mr. Bates landed in Cass county twonty-four years agn with a team, wagon, and a fow dollars, sufticient_to go to house keoping. Mr, Batos savs: Yes, | have boen fairly successful, considoring 'that 1 had with. 1 went in debt for my first 160 acres, paid it and improved the farm nicely at th same timo. As time wont along I bought more land until now | own 420 acres, 400 of which lies in Avoea pre two aud one-half miles south of Nehnwka. have a fair_house, good barn and six acres of orchard. Thore ara forty acros of tamo grass on the place aud I fead from ono to two and one-half cars of cattle a year, and sell plenty of grain besides. 1 huve twonty acres of land hers in town, some business property, in all about $,000 worth of town provorty. [ have made monoy every vear and made it all out of the farm. I think others could do as woll or better, by practic- ing proper economy and industry. Not Get Awa Lawson Sheldon, the father of Nehawka, camo 1o Cass county in 156, in compnny with his brother-in-law, [saae Pollard, They wore among the first white men in the coun- try. Mr. Sholdon, who, by the way, was somewhat reluctant to talk about his own alfairs, said that 4 and Pollard came to ne Water creok to build a sawmill and but soon Plattsmouth on one side and Nebraska City on tho other left thom about sixteen milos from nowhere, with a sawmill on their hands. Ho had a little money wh he came to Cass, *“but,” said he, ** it was uot tong untit 1 would have been glad to get away with as much money as I brought, but I could not. I pre-ompted 160 acros and built a log house, ana kept on acquiring land until I now have 8,000 acres. I soon built the honse I now live in and myself aud =ife have camped right on this sume spot all these yoars. 1uever had any luck and wo have dug what we have out of the ground by hard knocks, Taxos are a burden we cannot es cape. and I have just paid $1,000 taxes this week and uin not done yet. But I uever had auy mortgages to lift. 1 bought my land all the way from i2 to $20 per ucro and some for 0. I ront most of my laud av two-liths grain rent. 1 do not bay stoek catile to fued but raiso them myself. I am excius.vely a producer. Last year I fod some cattle but sold 7,000 or 8,600 bushels of corn at 50 cents per bushel. T earry about 400 cattle all the timo, but uniess things chaage for tho better will cut the number dowu. I never had any €ood Juck but have always raised good crops and manage to make » living.” Mr been a prominent man in I part of the stato over since he iirst sot foot on Nebraska soil. Hs has boon repoat- edly seut to the legislaturo, and mudo his timo., He' was onc of tho in tho impeachment ot l).l\ll Ilullur was one of the men who ed out of Omahn to Florence with the tive branch of the state government in their bats and assisted in bringing about, the removal of the capitol from Omaha to Liu- caln and secording to s own words, spoken in jost, “that is enough to aamu anybody politically.”” He has now taken the contract to build up Nebhawka, which is only four years old, and with the richest portion of Uass to back him, thore is no doubt but ho will suceand, as roferonce to tho Ne- hawka sketeh in this articlo would indicate. nd. Mr, Owes Nothing Now. Mr. P. Williams owns 540 acres and farms itsix miles southoast of Loulsville, Ha camo to Cass county 1 1573 with somo money in his inside pocket and bought his first land at $10 an acre. Later on ho bought throo eighties for 85,000 und another 140 acres At £10 an acre. I'he homestead consists of a balf section, all in cultivation and weil im- proved in all respscts, When asked as to lis wanagoment of the farm Mr. Willlams ropliod: Well, I raiso_plonty of corn and feed cattle and hogs. I shipped this soason 240 head of hogs of my own feeding, 140 of them averaging 330 pounds, and sold for $1.60 in Omaha. The next 130 head averazed 250 and sold for $+30 in Omaha. My observa- tion has bon that o faraior who raisos grain, foeds a fow hogs and solls the balance of Eis grain makes moro money than foeders of cat- tie. Tho farmors of Cass county make money oevery year. Many of thein have money in the banks. I consider this as good a farming country as therc is in the world. I had to goin debt at times but [ owe nothing now, alttiough | have lost eonsiderable money buy" ing and shipping stocl. Andrew Sturm. Andrew Sturm is ono of tuo old_settlors of Cass county. He came in 1557, with nothing in tho way of monoy capital and vre-cmpted 16) avres of land one and a half 1ailes wost of Nehawka., Heowns a squaro section now, well improved and well stocked, and ho mads it, overy dollar, on the farm. Ho feeds the cattle raised on the place, and solis thy bal- ance of his grain. By this_process he has becomo a weultny man. His son, A. I, Sturin, dos an cxtonsive grain, lumioer and conl busimess at Nehawla. Mr. Sturm, jr., says tho grain business i Lot what somo might think it was in 50 g00d an agricaltural district, owing to the fact that most of tho erain1s fed to stock. Ho remarked that grass is growing arouna elovators now that a fow yenrs ago did a big businoss. ‘Taught School and Broke Prairio. County Judge B. S. Ramsey of Platts- wouth camo from lowa to Cass county twenty years ago, und bought eizity acrs of raw lund twelve miles wost of Platismouth for 300, Ho bogan with little or nothing ex- copt his native onergy. Said ho, *l taught sehool during school hours and broke prairie mornings and evenings until L had the eiztty broke ont. ‘Phero was not i sign of a troe il sight, 50 [ plantod a large grove of wainut trees and an orchard. I built a small, choap house out of cottonwood lumber ana rentod the farm ont for #25) a year, cash rent, until throe years ago when I sold it for cre. "1 now own 100 ocros mear Platis- mouth, There is no doubi but Nebraska farmers aro prosperous, making money casily if not rapidly, though L'hive had a limited porsonai exporionce as o tarmor)’ Judgo Ramsoy has lived in Plattsmouth for ‘many years and is now serviug his second torm as county judge, elected by a nonpartisan vote. Born in Cass County. Georgo Stobtmann was born in Cass county. His father camo to Nebraska thirty- eight years ago and has o favn of thrée- quartors of a soction. Goorgo has ¥0) acres four miles south of Louisville in Center pro- cinet,on which bo is now engaged in building 4 modern farm house to cost $2,0,0. In speaking of farm matters in & gonoral way e said: “If a farmer works and saves what he makes, thore is always a good living on a farm. I have my land all 1n cultvation, have three actes of orchard, which bears well. Idonot feed stuck to any extent, but raiso grain for sale. My corn was light last year, but I got 2,50 bushels from eighty weras ; oight acres of oats went forty bushels per acre. Nover lost auy hozs with cholora,’ The Oldest Settlor in Nebraska, R. O. Hoback 1s a jolly old gentieman of over three score and ten in years, but in looks and manpers would bo taksn for a youth of 43 or 50. ~ He claims to b tho oldest tier in Nebraska, baving crossed the river before oreakfast ou the moraing of May 2J, 1854, and taken possession of & claim which he had oreviously bought of the lndians for $10, bafore the title of tho lattor was extinct. Heo' never had more than 240 acres at any oue time and now only has sixty acros, When asked why be had so small a patoh of land he veplied:” *I have thirteeu children. When 1 came to Nevraska aod fora long time afterwards it did not look as if the coun- try ever would settle up and I did my s ave toward populating it. I never did anything but farm and have nover kuoown a faillure n all the years [ have boen hore. I have been 10 several of the states and have never seen 8 country whero furming wus as easy and profitablé as it is hero. ‘The development of the state'is tho mwost wonderful thing imagioable to me. I have seen it all grow up from a wilderness to Ms present high state of vcivilization. In 1334, wben [ was in tho legislature at Omaha thore was but Little there and now 1t is a city Lhat ex- cites the wonder and adwiration of the whole world.” Mr. Hoback recites an incident of his leg islative experience at Omaha over which he still laughs hoartily. [t was ou the ocoasion of & reception st the residence of (iovernor Sauuders, at which Mr. Hoback and several 929 BEE: SUNDAY other backwonds MAY Togislators wero prosont, who knew nothingof refined or fashionablo soclety. Said he, *I was givon a plato and o cup of coffes, hiki'no place to sit down, could not pour out mychfMoo as I had boen accus tomad to doini 4t Yome, and [ never was so complotely done i in my life. Mrs, Suun dora is A nice lufly and seei1g my cmbarrass ment came an showed me how to act 1 tell you, now,' nid ho, 1 would ratber fght Indians than eat a fushionable lunch.” Awother Votera Henry Rousoh Homesteadod oighty acves in 868, coming 10 U'ass county with an ox team, aud lived in Wis praivie schoonor while he built a small shahly. He broko his prairi with the ox tean and lived in true primitive simplicity (poverty expressos it botver) until time and industry brought about bette days. Mr. Rousch now has a good substan. tial rosidence, a batn, x4 foet on the ground, scales and other improvements. He raises Poland-China and Jersey hogs, graded cattle and Perchioron hors: He added another eighty to the farm, making 160 1 all, and everything there is on the plac £EOW 0vt Of thosoil at tho touch of Mr. Rousch and s family Judze W, ¥ Judge W. H. Newe!l has boen a resident of Unss county for twenty-two years. Ho had a little money whon ho cams and bought 160 acres of land at §15 per acre. He still owns it and enough inore to make in _all 700 acres. The judge is weil fixed financially, but still works hard as ever, aud 15 one of the men who knows whercof he sooaks when he say that the farmers of this conatry have made $10 to overy 81 mado by merchants, Said b “L havs lived in Piattsmouth for soveral years, and to my kuowledgo thera has not been a singlo Plattsmouth business man who has made himself indapendent through pro- lits from his business, while on tho other hund evers farmor in the county Who prac ticed proper cconomy and industry has ba- como independent, many of them rich. T'ake our German far for instance, they all bogzan with nothiing and are now well hixed, and would laugh at a man who would offer them &) or #0 an acre for their farms. Thoy mako a groater per cent of profit on_thoir farms, twice over, than the money at 0 an acro would yi-ld at currvent rates of interest, Nedrly all of thom have money 1n the banks, in fact the buik of tho deposits in our banks belongs to our farmers, and I know of banks with hut £,000 capital that have as hich as £10.000 deposits. Go to Weoping Water or Nehawla, or any of tho other towns in tho county, and you will find my statement is strictly true.” Thero are men who will not want 1o believe those things, but they can b coavinced by making inyuiy at tho banks.” Judze Newe!l was seen on a freight trai goiug from Plattsmouth to Cadar Cre where be works about fifty men and ships tiftoen to.twenty cars ot stone a day and long strings of cars of sund. Omaua has plenty of foundations ‘made from Cedar Creok stono furnished by Judee Newoell, and the foundation of the Hotel Riloy ut Platts- mouth camo from the sams source. Judge Nowell served as couuty judgo, also troas- urer for two. torms, and has recontly been nonored in his selection as an alternative to the Munneapolis conventio Newell, Raises Grain and Stook. Mr. A, Dill is one of the old Cass county farmors. Ho owns a half section in Murray precinet, six miles north of Nehawka, which cost him considerable monoy, bus it_pays a 200d interest on tie investiment. Mr. Dill zives s oxperiency thus: I camo hero in 1855 with a small sum of money, bought 100 acres of land at #15 por acre. 1 have sinco bought 140 for #40), and an eighty for $1,450, 1 have it reasonably woll improved, 2ood fences, buildings and an orchard of 125 trees. My plan has been to feed stock on a small scalo, and T seil grain besides. There is not more than hali an acre on my farm that is not tillalo, [ do but little farming myself now, but ront my lanu for grain vont. 1 oannot say just what per cent it makes me on o fair valuation of the land, but so long as 1t keeps me out of debt, makos me a living, pays iho taxes aud makes me sowe money, | don’t care. I cansuy I preler graiu rent to §3 an acro cash.” Bought Tmproved Lands. Androw Pitman of Nehawla is one of the men who came to Npbraska at a compara- tivelv recent duto. He brought movey enougn with him to buy 240 acres of im- proved land for £5,000.." He afterwards paid 0 an acre for a well improved eighty, and 22 an acro for another quarter section. He also owns 16) ncres in Greoley county. He has since sold 1t ali at a satisfactory advance except the Greelev county farm, which he still owns. In spoaking of it to Pz Bee man Mr. Pitman remaried that he made all bis means by farming, having foraerly farmed in southern Indiana. ‘“The money I brought here was the proceeds of the sale of my Indiana farm. Nebraska is so muzh a bet- ter, easier and more profitablo farming country thun Indiana that there is no com- parison. I now own abour $3,000 worth of property in Nehawka. T'hisisa rich agri cultural country whers auy man who works can make inoney, unless sickness or somo other unavoidable calamity bofall him.” Made it by Hara Knocks, H. H. Timuw, whoso note for any reasona- ble amount would be good avt Any bany, camo to Cass county in 1558 with two yoke of oxen, a cow, somo household goods and $L in money. Ho has acquired & half section of land, has it highly improved, well stocked aud plonty of monoy in the buuk. He never had a dollar fall to him, has never had any nelp from auy source; but made it all by hard kuocks on the farm. Leo Pallard is one of the wenithy men of Cass who came eariy with nothing to start with. He is now the owner of & large tract of highly im- proved land aud lives in an elegant home uoar Nehawka. Ho mado his money on the farm, and is said to ba worth at loast $4,000. Ho is a genial gontloman, taking lifo ensy and on good terms with everybody. Deury Behrns is a Cass county faviaer who mukes 1t pay every year, Ho owns 305 acres of valuable and bighly improved land in Avoca precinet, in section , aud is a stock raiser as well as furmer. He has had splendid returns for his labor, and 1s satistied with results, Captain J. M, Cremer owns a farm of 240 agres in Tipton vrecizct sinco 1875, Too farm has excollont buildin g hedwo fences, 43) apple trees, 50) poach trees and ten acros of grove. I'lio land is a high state of cultivation and well stocked, ‘Tho cabtain makes pleaty of moucy oa his little farm. William Westlake settlod cinet in June, 1867, All his Lo has 400 acres, was raw prairie, and ho bought only eighty acros in tho start, ‘Ihe furm is il improved, has costly builaings ana plenty of them, with everytbing ols abouttho place which makes farm life at- tractive,. Mr. Westlako 15 8 successful farmer and stockman., In pariicular is he well knowu as a hopseman. Ho 1s an exten- sive brecder and oarries off the prizos i this and other states. { Abrant M. Rockwell, Mr. Rockwell ia' a promineat farmer of Center precinct, ownlug 10 acres in section 26, township 11, vange 11. Ho came to Cass county in 1877 and took up wild land which is now highly culfgred and well stocked, Mr. Rockwell is .a,very successful grain, fruin and stock raisan. Among the First. ‘Theodore John 15 066 of Lhe mauy Prosper ous farmers of Stove Creek provinct. e be- gan with a homestedd of eighty acres in sec tion 20, in 1868, whon tnere wore but few aboad of him. The .farm now contains 240 acres, well improvad dn every resvact, build- ings, fences, groves and un orshard of 200 trees. Stove creel 1uns through the place whicn makes it alZgbtl place to keep stock aad Mr. John devate§ 1 largely to that pur- pose. He keeps good cattle bois and horses, 1t has all grown gradually out of the eighty- acre homestead, with nothing but 1nteliigent labor to bring about results. Hus Severst Farms, Tuomas Rankin has beeco a Cass county farmer since 1571, Ho owns a howvstead of 400 acres in Rock Bluff precinct, a ranch near Broken Bow, N b.,ana ‘o) acres o 12t tawattamie county, lowa. The homestead is highly improved, well eauipped with build- 1ngs, farm machinery aud weil stocked. Mr. Rankin is not complaining of hard times to any extent. Grain and Stock Ralser. Poter Coon was one of the first settlers in Center precinct, taking a homesteaa there in 1807, Ho aud his brother were the only settlers n that part of Lhe country for somo time. His farm, whicb is one of Lhe finest and best iu the vountry, lies 1u section 20, township 11, raugo 1. Ho broks the first furrow and vlauted the first troy for many miles around. He bas a giove o! five acres in Avoca pre- land, of wuich of forost treas, & good archard and an ologant restdonce, which was ono of the first good houses built in that locality. The farm is highly cultivated, produces Iarge amount of grain and supnorts high grade stock. The transition from unbroken prairie to hichly cultivated fioids, from a hut o & luxurious home, from primitive inconvenionces to modern appliances, was mado from intelligont tilling of tho soil Finest Gro Zuray S, Vosburg camo to 1878, poor, like all tho rost propricter of one of the Centor precinet. He first took up a tract of uncultivated land of 160 acres and by untir ing industey and the outlay of hundreds of dollars he has built up a homestead which is worthy of notico. The farm is inclosed with hedgo fences and surveyed lines and tio has A grove of forest trevs said to be unexcelled in the county or state. Ho has a fino re dence, tho usual barns sud shods and a ¢ crib 24x33, with & foundation of masonr: e land is very fertilo and Mr. Vosbure raises immenso crops, His twolve yeira of farming in Nobraska bas boen quite satis tory. Iour years ago he harvested bushels of corn from less than oighty acres of ground o In tho County Nabraska in and i3 now the bost litule forms in ro Camo m on Foot, Idgar A. Stopher camo to Cass county from fowa in 1868, walking from Pacific Junction to Stove Creok procinct, where ho filod & homestead claim of cighty acres on section 30 Ho then returnod to lowa, rigged upa team aud wagon and brought his family (0 the new home. He began at the bottom but now he is independent. He has a hand 8omo residenco, & commodious barn and other farm buildings, groves of forest tr.es, orchard, windmills aad almost everything o bo found on western tarms. Ho has ndded to his homostead along as ho got money anead until now his home place contains 330 acres, and he has besides two farms in Tip ton precinet, one of 120 and aunother of 160 acres. The farm is weil stocked with Dur- ham cattle and good horses. Ga reat, In tho spring of 1860 Garry Treat, then a young man, left Ohio with u liorso aud buggy and after a month’s travel brought up at Woeping Water,then a small villago of half a dozen log cabins. Ho at onco secured 210 acres of unimproved land in_scotion 35, township 11, range 11, on which was a smail log house and a woll, ' He fought during tho war and then came back, boat his sword into a plow- sharo and went' to work 1o mako & homo. Mr. Treat now has one of Nebraskw's finost farms just outside tho city limits of Weaping Water, a stono house which is o wodel of neatness and taste, orchard, small fruits, ete. Raises Hambletonian Horses, John T. Marshall lives iu ono of the finest residoncos in the southern part of Cass county on soction 25, Weening Water pro- cinct. Ho has u fino favm well improved, ex- tonsive wroves, orchard and small fruits, 'and farm buflmngx to shelter all his stock. He makes a speciaity of raising thoroughbred Hambletonian horses, . I Rexford is ono of tho old settlers of Cass county and & sucsossful facmer. Ile acauired his first iand in 1866, in sections snd 36, his residence being on the former. Mr. Rexford took the land justas it eame from the hand of nature, and vraving all the difticulties of his day,poverty included, began the work of makin a homo. ‘Thers was not a troe of any kind on his taud or in sl;ht of it, but it was not long until five acres forest trees and an orchard woere growing o the place as & background for a very small house. His land is all fenceld, and all either cultivated, mowed or pastured, Jucob Tritseh, Cass county votors are proud of thoir Board of Cointy Commissioners, who have just finshed decidedly tte tinest court house in the state for the money it cost. Jacob Tritsch is o momber of the board and is also # successful favmer. He owns a haif section of land 1 Eight-Milo Grove precinct, twelve milo southwest of Plattsmouth, whicih cost bim §7,500. He came to Cass twenty-seven years age, when under age, got a team and vented iand and far.aed it until bo marvied, when ho bought 160 ncres for 3,000, Niné years later ha bougnt, another 16) adjoinmng, paying £,000 for ii. The entire Lract is now highly improved, all fenced and cultivated except_what is seeded down for pasture, orchard of 130 trees which boro 300 bushels of apples last veur. The houso and barn cost at loast $2,500. Mr. Tritsch says: “1 raised 110 acres of corn last year averaging forty to forty-five bushels por acre, twonty acres of oats, rather light, made thirty-five bushels an_acro, and seventy acras ot wheay that went fifteon bushels. I never feed stock, but raise and sell grein. Of course I havo mado monoy at it or I could not be whero I am today. I can make more money out of grain than by feeding stock. 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