Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-06
KEARNEY COUNTY.
Crops, immigration and Politi cs.

LOWELL, Neb., June 4.
EDITOR BEE,
The growing season is fairly upon
US, and the abundant rains of the
last week have infused new life into
every form of vegetation. Crops
are looking exceedingly well, giving
promise of an abundant harvest and
profitable returns, as there will not
be sufficient grain and crops raised
to supply the home demand, owing
to the very large number of immi-
grants that are being added to our
permanent population. Those of
the new corners that are already
here will plant sod corn very largely
and i'm this way help make out the
deficiency.
This county, heretofore passed by
and its advantages overlooked, is
now being appreciated and settled
with an almost unprecedented
rapidity. This is evidenced by the
fact that for the months of April
and May the entries at the U. S.
Land Office in this county averaged
about 80 per week, or an aggregate
of about 240 entries. Should this
rate of settlement continue, as we
have every reason to believe it will,
during the season, the population of
Kearney county will have increased
from 800 to 500 per cent. before snow
flies.
A Danish colony, which is set
Ting mostly in this county, has its
headquarters in Lowell, and prom
ises to become a valuable acquisition
to population, being respectable
not only in numbers, which is con-
stantly~ increasing, but also in wealth
and intelligence.
With the e facts and prospects, 1
think We can, with reason, feel that
our permanent prosperity is assured,
and that the census oflSS0 will find
us neck and neck with our older
sisters Oh the great highway of pro-
gress.
There is, however, onething more
that is necessary to our complete
happiness and fullest development,
and that is the throwing open for
settlement Of the cid Fort Kearney
military reservation, situated almost
entirely i'm our county. The Fort
has been abandoned, the buildings
torn down and taken away, the
frontier, where forts are needed, be-
ing at least one hundred miles west
of Us.
Under these circumstances, there
appears no good reason why the law
making it a reservation should not
be repealed and settlers allowed to
acquire title thereto the same as
other government lands.
POLITICS.
Your true western man Is q poll
tician or nothing, and although he
may not want office himself, gener-
ally has an unnumbered host of
friends, who will be miserable unless
he consents to sacrifice his private
inclinations and interests, for the
welfare of the State. The seductive
allurenients of a little brief author
ity, are almost certain to overcome
the average Nebraska mind.
The theory that the office should
seek the man, not nan the office, is
certainly in consonance with good
taste, but does not prove that hon.
orable and worthy men may not So
licit positions of honor and trust.
Nor is it any proofthat they will not
faithfully discharge their duties If
elected.
Among the many worthy men
said to be aspirants for the very re-
sponsible position of State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, Prof.
A. ID. Williams, editor of the Low
ell Register, is prominently men,
toned. He is a graduate of Hamil-
ton College, has large practical ex-
perience as an educator, having
held q similar position in West Vir-
ginia, and since his advent to Ne
braska, had charge for some time of
the State Normal School at Peru.
Without disparaging any Of the
other candidates, it is safe to say he
is eminently well qualified.
QuILP.