Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-07-20

po>ite Omaha, where trunks, Dagyage ana
person were transferred to ferry boat that
soon landed all on the Nebraska shore
again. Here the party were met with q
number Of hacks, and shown around the
city,
is situated on the west bank Of the Mis-
souri, river, and the visitor is impressed,
at first sight, that wealth is predominant
here 1t contains population of 1900
and is remarkable for its magnificent man
sions, which equal in number that of any
other city in America, according to popu-
lation. There is one feature, however,
about this city, that will, sooner or later.
dctract materially from the good character
of the place, and that is that real property
is held at rates SO high as 70 put a prohi-
bilion upon its rapid growth, and finally
roi' the place of its presciencc, But few
years ago, 100 acres of land sold at the
site of Omaha for $1,000; now the hold
crs of that property ask double that price
/ for town lot, out of the same 160 acres
No judiciouS man will invest in the city
at that figure, when he can go twenty five
miles from there and purchase a number
one farm for the same price he would pas
I for naked lot i'm that place. Men who
reside there, and have a lucrative bust
ness, can afford to pay high prices for lots
rather than pay the enormous rents; but
when the places are all filled at the pres
ent rates, there is nothing TO invite emf
+ igration. We sec no;hingto hinder Oma-
la from becoming the great western me-
tropolis, if this great obstruction is re-
moved. But with Nebraska City on the
south, where the citizens areas magnani-
nous as wise, and everything in it, about
and around it, are inviting emigration, and
the vast territory of unsettled country
west, where lands are cheap, will all OPP
crate against Omaha, unless city property
holders reduce their rents and rates OH
real estate
y few words now in regard TO
NEBRASKA GENERALLY.
When in Nebraska in 1868, visiting the
same points laid out for the excursion
party, it was the opinion then of the citi-
zens that the limit of fertile soil lay not TO
exceed sixty miles west of the Missouri,
and when remembered that on the map
studied when school boy, was marked
the Great American Desert. took it for
granted that the people of Nebraska were
telling the truth SO they were, as they
then believed Then the savage roamcd
about Lincoln, and hunted the Lcfalo a.
Crete To-day the buffalo ard savages
arc far beyond Lincoln, and the buffalo far
beyond Crete and in our notes of obser-
vation along the Burlington & Missouri
River Railroad, which has now been ex
tended thirty-fiv miles beyond where the
buffalo ranged seven years ago, the soil
appears equally As fertile as near the Mis-
souri, river If this indicates generally the
character of the state, Nebraska is destin
ed some day, to outstrip any other state
in the Government We have no desire
to change our location at present, and per-
haps could not if we would, but should it
be either our good or bad fortune TO
change, location west of the Missouri
would be our choice.
Any person or persons determined to
move west, will find it perhaps to their
interest to locate in Nebraska, and AS tim
Der is scarce, and facilities for importing
fuel necessary to comfort in a new coun-
try W ithout timber, the Burlington and
Missouri River Railroad Company's lands
would be preferable. The limit Of these
lands from railroad, is twenty miles, in
creasing in value according to distance
from the railroad The range of prices,
we were informed, are from 81 to $i5 per
acre, and can be purchased on long time,
the purchaser simply paying the interest.
The uniform quality of the land here rem
ders it almost impossible for any person
to be cheated, even though he purchases
without seeing the samc-the only choice
ty of the land, bat in the relation it sus-
tains to water, timber and railroad thor
oughfa:cs.
THE CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE
Of this state are remarkable for their en-
ergy and success. There are some bad
men in the country, but no beggars. No